The Sicatoka

Sorry, but "Green Falcon" is a way old-school comic character.

Learn about that ship's crest (and the meanings behind it) here.

Is this where I say, "The US Navy stole it from GFRRHS, and people will be confused"?

Pretty sure someone else owns the intellectual property on the name "Fighting Falcon".

Roughriders is so terrible, so "dirty", the US Navy would never allow it to be put onto the ship's crest, the ship's patch, of a US Navy ship.

Does anyone really think Emmert heard it, much less cares. Emmert won. PS - Regarding "FU" send one way or another, read my signature.

This atrocity of a list is precisely why those of us engaged in UND Athletics should've demanded full control long ago. Here's a textbook example of a "friend" out to "help" us.

In person, oral exam; Chewey and I as proctors. (jdub27 is my alternate; siouxphan27 is Chewey's alternate.) Russ McDonald will not be part of this group.

Words mean things.

Well, it's coming in dribs and drabs. Yesterday: 20 Gage is captain. Today: This. Dare I say we have our first officially confirmed by UND Athletics incoming freshman.

I believe in media-speak that makes you a "hero" and a "survivor".

If you weren't writing to Kupchella and Harmeson, your Congressional representatives, and Walter Harrison, Myles Brand, and the NCAA, back in August 2005, you were never in the game. If you don't know why August 2005, you didn't even know there was a game.

There should be a quiz to be able to vote on UND's nickname. You'd have to be able to explain why and how we got here to pass the quiz and vote.

Anything that doesn't limit the number of times you can click and vote is just a "who has more keyboard time to waste" contest. Not useful. Sites that you have to log into and vote are slightly better (like this) but have failings in either (a) allowing more than one selection in a pick one situation, or (b) still being a self-selected survey base (you logged in to vote).

I chalk such behavior up to lack of etiquette, manners, and social grace. Those traits (and lack thereof) can be universal.

A links style course near cold water should favor the UK guys: McIlroy, Rose, Poulter, Westwood.

... cough ... TrailKing ... cough ...

That's the benefit of Roughriders some just don't get. It's the same benefit USC gets. Sure, Trojans, proud group from history for the more staid crowd, and a bit of racy* undercurrent for the younger generation. Roughriders is the same thing. *I say "racy". I still laugh that the consultant used the term "dirty". What is this, 1950?

And USC would be so good for Trojan jokes with that mascot of theirs with the big ... sword ...

Wasn't the name supposed to be selected by May? Standard joke here: Yes, they said "May" back in January, but not what year.

Nightmare scenario: Bucci goes to NBCSN to call NHL Eastern finals between the Buffalo Eichel-Sabres (yes, they'll be renamed by January ) and the Philly Flyers. My $2 for 66/1 on Philly ... gone. Then Bucci replaces Doc in calling the 2016 Cup Finals: Eichel-Sabres v. Edmonton McOilers

I really don't have a problem with that number for LAK. Part of it is the money thrown at them by gambling LA fans on the weekend excursion to Vegas. Part of it is that they are one year removed from a Cup and still have those core guys. They had a lot go wrong last season (Voynoy, slow start, Mike Richards, and at season's end we find an issue with Stoll) but if they can figure out their defense over the summer, they'll be back.

If I were to throw down on someone not in the top one third of that list (the break is at 14/1), and considering the return and the reality of them pulling it off, I'd pick the Winnipeg Jets at 25/1.

My response? "Your girlfriend likes Roughriders."

I'd say Mr. Bahl has REA connections. I guess I'd wonder more about a MLB executive that doesn't understand the value of a nickname in marketing a franchise. I wonder if he'd be willing to dump "Twins" and just market as "Minnesota".