Risky, on 13 January 2012 - 04:31 PM, said:
I don't know what he said but I could imagine it is a response to what was said by Bison fans and players after their football game.
It was a response to that.
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Posted 14 January 2012 - 09:46 AM
Must be pretty vulgar for Mr. Faison to call up Gene and apologize for it. One thing for a player caught up in the moment to say something stupid but for a coach, but that's Roebuck. By the way I hear that Faison can't wait for him to retire so he can get his own coach in there. So guys what did he say? And the big question of the day will the gf media take him to task? I'm sure the media was there. I'm betting we'll hear nothing about it from the gf media. Top secret you know......
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Posted 14 January 2012 - 10:55 AM
Bison Dan, on 14 January 2012 - 09:46 AM, said:
Must be pretty vulgar for Mr. Faison to call up Gene and apologize for it. One thing for a player caught up in the moment to say something stupid but for a coach, but that's Roebuck. By the way I hear that Faison can't wait for him to retire so he can get his own coach in there. So guys what did he say? And the big question of the day will the gf media take him to task? I'm sure the media was there. I'm betting we'll hear nothing about it from the gf media. Top secret you know......
Faison wants his own guy in there? Just like Gene got his own in at NDSU? Hows that working out for NDSU Womens bball? Worry about your own coaches, fans, and athletes my friend. We don't need your opinion on a man who did more for UND athletics in 20+ years that just about anyone in the history of the school.
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Posted 14 January 2012 - 02:05 PM
coach daddy, on 14 January 2012 - 10:55 AM, said:
Faison wants his own guy in there? Just like Gene got his own in at NDSU? Hows that working out for NDSU Womens bball? Worry about your own coaches, fans, and athletes my friend. We don't need your opinion on a man who did more for UND athletics in 20+ years that just about anyone in the history of the school.
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Posted 14 January 2012 - 04:13 PM
petey23, on 13 January 2012 - 04:19 PM, said:
Anyone know what kind of Salvo Roebuck fired off on NDSU today at Sioux boosters in Grand Forks? My sources tell me apologies have been issued!
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Posted 14 January 2012 - 06:02 PM
GeauxSioux, on 14 January 2012 - 04:13 PM, said:
My mom went to Boosters yesterday. I called her after I read this and called her to ask about it. She said that he did comment on it, but nothing vulgar was said and her mind nothing that one would need to apologize for.
Maybe we have over sensitive AD's. I think Gene and Mr. Faison are trying to put an end to the bad blood as it really helps no one. Each school has it's own strenghts and weaknesses but over all each school promotes excellence in everything they do. In the 6-7 state area their are only a couple of schools that can compare (UM & UW) and never two within 70 miles of each other or in the same state.
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Posted 14 January 2012 - 06:51 PM
Bison Dan, on 14 January 2012 - 06:02 PM, said:
Maybe we have over sensitive AD's. I think Gene and Mr. Faison are trying to put an end to the bad blood as it really helps no one. Each school has it's own strenghts and weaknesses but over all each school promotes excellence in everything they do. In the 6-7 state area their are only a couple of schools that can compare (UM & UW) and never two within 70 miles of each other or in the same state.
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Posted 17 January 2012 - 05:51 PM
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At the booster lunch held Friday at the Alerus Center, Roebuck allegedly called North Dakota State fans “racist blowhards.” That remark allegedly was in response to North Dakota State fans chanting “Sioux suck” during a welcome-home celebration for the Bison football team after it won the NCAA Division I FCS championship against Sam Houston State on Jan. 7.
Not sure what the allegedly part is about, that is exactly what it was in response to.
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Posted 17 January 2012 - 11:42 PM
Buck is dead on! That school to the south IS the reason we have to get rid of our name. The Sioux suck after everything they do and the t-shirts is what upsets the PC crowd and Native Americans the most! No where else in the country does what the hayseeds chant down south. Like Frank Burggraf said about the bison football team "You can win a championship and still be a loser." Amen Gene!
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Posted 18 January 2012 - 10:27 AM
They didn't even quote Gene correctly in the Herald story. His comments were a tongue-in-cheek reference to the "Sioux suck" chant by NDSU...since we are no longer named Sioux they must be talking about the Native Americans which would make them racist. It was a harmless comment at Sioux Boosters which is basically a pep rally and did not warrent a written apology to the president of NDSU. For God's sake Faison wasn't even there and nobody cared or was even talking about it but this administration used it as fodder to once again make their anti-nickname case and show everyone 'see here is just another reason why this nickname is destructive'. They use Gene as a pawn and create negative PR for the very University they represent to further their agenda to do away with the Sioux name and every tradition that came with it. How pathetic! Just falls in line with all the other half truths this administration is pushing to the media.
Ever since Gene made the comment that he would chose the Sioux name over Summit League membership this administration has been on his back. Gene has done a lot for this university in his 25 years and doesn't deserve the kind of treatment he is getting from this administration. Gene is not retiring any time in the near future unless he is force out by our administrators who are in the process of trying to eliminate everything that has to do with the Sioux name and its traditions!
Ever since Gene made the comment that he would chose the Sioux name over Summit League membership this administration has been on his back. Gene has done a lot for this university in his 25 years and doesn't deserve the kind of treatment he is getting from this administration. Gene is not retiring any time in the near future unless he is force out by our administrators who are in the process of trying to eliminate everything that has to do with the Sioux name and its traditions!
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