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Wow. The symbology was updated quickly: Wikipedia on USS North Dakota

The USS North Dakota now has a coat of arms. If this stays talking about this coat of arms I'll leave this thread open. If it turns to possible new UND monikers I'll close it. Keep the moniker talk in the "New Moniker" thread. Thanks.

Yup. Here's the USS North Dakota's coat of arms. I say UND's new moniker is on here somewhere, either Rough Riders (pistol grips) or Reapers. What say you? PS - Bonus point to anyone who can tell me why one pistol is gold and one is silver. PPS - Who first rolled out the idea of Reapers ...

Back in the days of the "tear-away jersey" I remember that it looked like backs (Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas in particular) had stuff waiving in the wind, trailing behind them. Those jerseys were loose and there was a lot to grab onto in the back of the jersey. But when you grabbed it ... poof! ... tear-away and the back is gone. When the tear-aways were outlawed they went with the same cut for a while. But they changed to a tighter cut in the lower back shortly thereafter. Now why was that? Just coincidence?

Just saw the tweet: Captains and alternates will be announced later today. My predictions: C - MacWilliam (too many will pick Knight) A - Knight A - Rowney and if they go with a third A I'm going darkhorse ... The General. Yeah, I left Kristo out of the mix. Not sure why.

Since this is as likely as anything: The Y Line: Rowney, Pattyn, Chyzyk The Double-Letter Lines: MacMillan, MacMillan, and O'Donnell; Caggliua, Rodwell, Gaarder. (Pattyn is already on the Y Line.) OK, now I'm stretching: Special Ks: Knight, Kristo, and Parks (hey, there's a K in Parks) That leaves Grimaldi, Sanderson, and St. Clair. Not sure what to go with there.

Best ever status would be locked up with that. It'd take something more to hit legend status. But I don't put it past him.

I wish Nick Saban would give me credit next time he uses my ideas. http://www.footballscoop.com/news/7144-saban-wants-only-60-70-teams-at-the-fbs-level#FCS

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UND has a math placement test also. I'm going to echo watchmaker's question: How are Tri-College (NDSU, MSU-Moorhead, Concordia) students counted by NDSU?

Given those numbers, why are 13% of NDSU students in remedial (below college level) courses at NDSU but just only 5% at UND*. Something doesn't flow logically there. *per the ND SBoHE last week.

The last official policy statement (a university address) I'd heard was from Kupchella* and his long-range plan to get UND to about 15k enrollment and then focus on raising enrollment standards to be more selective. Kupchella believed that 15k or so was about the limit for the current buildings and infrastructures. *Kudos to that guy. I believe his tenure laid the foundations and framework for today's growth and successes.

The NCAA mailing office gave them the address.

Given that the man has helped form the NCHC after the WCHA was abandoned by the Big Tenners, and he got UND into the Big Sky, all while dealing with the spectre of NCAA sanctions (due to the former moniker), I'd say he's earned it. Faison extended to June 2017

Did you remember to drool into your keyboard after typing that to certify it the same way NDSU fans do.

You folks missed the best spin: You wanted an incoming freshman class smaller than UND's? Uh, ... sure you did. Closing thought: I thought schools coming off championships saw large bumps in applications and incoming freshmen for the following one to three years.

" ... students who want a traditional full-time college experience ... " Yes, but how much longer will that be the collegiate education model. I know a UND student who last year was taking N credits in the classroom in Grand Forks, plus another 3 credit UND class online.

The vessel to do that already exists, and it's called the WAC. If Idaho and Denver put their foot down and said, "We will rebuild" to NMSU and Seattle something might start to happen. As long as they (any of the WAC4) are shopping the WAC is unviable.

I did this analysis on another board last night: Denver fields a team in just 2 of 6 mens sports sponsored by the Big Sky; they field teams in 5 of the 8 womens sports sponsored by the Big Sky. Denver doesn't field cross country, indoor or outdoor track and field teams on either the mens or womens side. There are six BSC championships right there.

The decision to accept an invitation, or give an invitation, to a conference is not done by fans nor by athletic directors. It's done by university presidents. And they think far more about academic standing and reputations than fans do when it comes to conference alignments. You are the company you keep.

The way I see it, the South Dakota schools will from now on look south and east, toward the population centers in Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri, for conference affiliations. And I think you'll see the same out of Omaha going forward also. They all have Missouri Valley Conference dreams (as does SDSU's big rival ). Edit: Same for Northern Iowa; they will look more easterly than westerly. I think we'll see three tiers of Division I football shortly after the new playoff starts in 2014. I think it'll be today's top 64 (maybe up to 80) FBS teams at the top-most level. Next you'll have the rest of today's FBS and the top part of FCS (Big Sky, CAA, MVFC) at a new mid-level. Then you'll have the non-scholarships and the schools that don't do max allowable scholarships at a lowest level in DI. Given there are about 124 FBS and 122 FCS today, it'll probably split out about 64 to 72 at the highest, then 96 or so, then the rest (roughly about 80).

That's easy. Either ... (a) the world's greatest conference rope-a-dope is being played out masterfully by Hurd and the WAC, or (b) there's no one at the helm of the WACtanic and it's iceberg dead ahead.

If you're right it'll be the greatest rope-a-dope since Ali left the ring.

Seems the WAC is all but done as a football conference. http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_21355122/wac-drop-football-after-2012-season Additionally, if that was Hurd around Grand Forks with Faison last week it would lead me to believe Hurd was looking for a job (probably replacing Sean Johnson).

The 2013 schedule has a ridiculous run in it: SDSU, Montana, open, Montana State. Putting USD in the open slot would be murder's row. Based on that and already having 7 home games says UND is definitely looking at making a playoff run. Plus, not signing that USD home and home allows UND to look for a one-time "money game" in 2014 (where there is space for it). Projected UND FB schedules at: http://wiki.siouxsports.com/doku.php