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If the semifinal contests break one way, we’ll have a championship game between the Fighting Irish and the Fighting Sioux. Almost certainly, that will be the first title matchup between Fighting anythings.<\/p>\n

If the semis go the other way, it’ll be the Wolverines against the Bulldogs. A matchup of animals that we’ve only seen about a bajillion times.<\/p>\n

Based on that totally frivolous criterion, here’s hoping for a good championship fight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If the semifinal contests break one way, we’ll have a championship game between the Fighting Irish and the Fighting Sioux. Almost certainly, that will be the first title matchup between Fighting anythings. If the semis go the other way, it’ll be the Wolverines against the Bulldogs. A matchup of animals that we’ve only seen about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":140328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1426],"tags":[677],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAre we going to fight or just be animals? - College Hockey | USCHO.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If the semifinal contests break one way, we'll have a championship game between the Fighting Irish and the Fighting Sioux. 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