As most of you have already figured out, yesterday’s blog post “Audio from ‘The Timeout’ available for the first time” was an April Fool’s joke.
As I sat and watched the comments roll in, I was reminded of my favorite April Fools’ columns and thought I would share them with you again today.
2008: “T.J. Oshie signs with the St. Louis Blues and gives up a chance to compete with North Dakota at the Frozen Four” (link no longer available)
2009: “Rule Change: Ties in the Frozen Four to be decided by shootout”
2010: “REA to cut beer sizes and raise prices for 2010-11 season”
2011: “NCAA to drop nickname settlement and sanctions altogether if UND wins hockey championship”
2012: “Audio from ‘The Timeout’ available for the first time”
Which are your favorites? More to the point: Which, at the time, did you fall for?
You are not cool, my kids bedroom has to be repainted now.
I got into a semi-heated argument with another sioux fan during the 1st overtime of the Denver vs Western Michigan Green Bay regional game last year. It wasn’t until the 2nd overtime started that I started to think something may be amiss. That was of course was confirmed when I got back to the hotel that night and your column was the only place on the entire world wide web that I could find anything regarding the rule. If you notice the timeline, I had that bogus rule ingrained in my subconscious for two years!
I loved last years. I really wished it would have been true and that we could have gone all the way. I love the Sioux, but it is also time we start acting as one school.