The Sicatoka

Hard look, find the overlaps, make the changes, free up budgets, get to take on some new initiatives. <-- What a concept! The catch is that you have to stay in that self-evaluation mode.

When the #gobc "cleaners" and "mechanics" are done with you you'll fail more than a retinal scan.

I like the old Panther attack cat logo, but I don't mind this new one. It's a million times better than QU's "kitty paw" Bobcat.

So you were in the room, saw the roll-outs, got asked for an opinion ... and you didn't leak any here. Turn in your #gobc covert operative decoder ring on your way out the door.

I think Ed is pointing out 2000 amateurs picked "Hawks", just like thousands of other amateurs picked Hawks at so many other schools transitioning from Native related names. So yeah, he is saying it's generic and bland. Professionals would have taken time to really find something that is unique and distinct to and about North Dakota. Ed comes from the mindset of "this is my job, I'm going to do it". You could see it in the way he handled the budget; if he could have, he'd have handled the nickname the same way. The predecessor was all committees and consensus; all that gets you is bland and generic.

"I am an expert witness, because I say I am." -- the stranger who appeared in a cloud of smoke

And that's why I said what I said. Unless the offer had clear, obvious, and measurably better results* for UND, it's a non-starter. *Results just don't mean "straight cash", it means exposure and advertising.

Ed Schafer talks about his time as interim UND president: http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/education/4046524-outgoing-und-president-reflects-successes-plans-champion-new-budget I'm glad to hear he plans to keep working (for UND and the NDUS) during the 2017 Legislative session. Also, Nursing is suspending a small specialty graduate program so they can focus (staff, time, resources) more on the programs students are trying to enroll in. And the move fits better with the long term vision of the Nursing school. What concepts! Maybe some of what Ed preached is going to stick. http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/education/4046511-enrollment-suspended-und-nursing-specialization

I'm fine with "alternate" uniforms as long as something key stays visible and recognizable enough to know at a mere glance who it is. For example, Dallas could go to a silver jersey, navy pants, but if they kept that silver helmet with the blue star, not a problem.

You must also be "humorless".

"Raise it!" carries "motto of the decade" until the boys do "Leave no doubt."

Not a fan of the "yo' mama" jokes? https://www.google.com/search?q=yo+mama+jokes&espv=2&biw=1400&bih=949&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjXm6y2s4rNAhVQPlIKHeogADIQ_AUIBygC#tbm=isch&q=yo+mama+jokes+funny

2016 Red River could go toe to toe with the Gophers.

We talking lines, teams, or CHL v NCAA? If we are talking teams, UND wouldn't have put CBS out against London's top line. London's top line would have seen a whole bunch of UND's Heavy Line. The Heavy Line shut down Michigan's CCM line and everyone else they were matched against.

No, I don't believe the B1G has a Scientology division or offers conference play in that.

Bridgestone (with Broadway Street right there) is a lot of fun. No further comment.

Yup, and far less tough and gamy than elk.

I've been accused of being many things in life, but "humorless" is not one of them. If I was humorless I'd remove every poster that gives me even a remote whiff of "poseur odor" from this site. Instead, they survive to self-immolate (which always makes me laugh and smile).. And because you seem to have completely missed the reference ...

Mmmm .... bison .... it's what's for dinner.

St. Louis? Really? Why not MSP? Oh, yeah, ... those guys. Why not CHI? Oh, yeah, ... that logo that UND can't be associated with (but the B1G apparently as the 2017 hosts can)*. Why not WPG? Oh, yeah, ... that's Canada which rhymes with anathema to the NCAA. Why not DEN? Nevermind ... If ARI got their "stuff" together on a new arena, but that is now ASU turf (sand?) I guess. STL it is. *The Herald says 2017 CHI is hosted by "Our Lady of South Bend". I thought the B1G was hosting there. < shrug > Having the Fighting < five letter name of a race of people > host there might be even worse.

To me Cincinnati is a no-brainer. It gets West Virginia a local rival and gets the Big XII into (lots of TVs) Ohio. After that, Memphis makes the most geographic sense. Connecticut make the "TV" sense, Houston makes no sense at the Big XII already owns Texas, and BYU makes ... what sense?

Let's recap: Full Membership? Pipe dream. Never happening. Hockey Affiliate Membership? Worth the conversation if the B1G calls, but it ultimately comes down to ... this.

So every time you point out SV might be wrong does an angel get its wings or something?

Pure guess by me, but reading the Herald story and the mention food and a soft nightclub scene, you have to think more bar-restaurant. If there wasn't already a Shotgun Sally's that'd be my instinct.

We were in remission, and then you came back.