The Sicatoka

Morning of Fri May 22: 95 - Ray77 73 - The Sicatoka 71 - UND-RedSox fan 59 - MafiaMan 51 - andtheHomeoftheSIOUX!! 49 - jimdahl 38 - fight on sioux Please confirm.

Will there ever be another US President who'll claim anything to do with North Dakota, much less that he'd have never been President if not for his time in North Dakota?

Hammer: Why not add in the non-common sports also (MW at NDSU; MIH, WIH, MS&D, WS&D, MTen, WTen)?

That's the beauty of Cavalry -- it shows the epic stupidity of the NCAA's policy. Irony is a harsh mistress.

Not truly a "tax return" but IRS Form 990.

If you read the policy as written, it says no race, ethnicity, or national origin based names. Yes, if they read and enforced their own policy Irish and Vandals would be on the chopping block also.

OK, it's been 72+ hours since Brad Berry was announced ... and still no natty! Fire Bubbs?

Oh no ... we'd be "copying" U of Virginia ...

"Norse" breaks the NCAA rule (no race, ethnicity, or national origin based nicknames). At least the committee didn't think Norse was a horse (because they think Nokota is a tribe). I'd put "North Dakota" into the second tier. I consider each tier unordered and agree.

If it's Cavalry I'm a gettin' me one-a these.

Saskatchewan CFL: founded 1910 GFRRHS: founded 1967 Cedar Rapids USHL: founded 1983 Sioux Falls (SD) Roosevelt HS: founded 1991 You say copy. Apparently there's a lot of copy. Others say choosing the name given to the followers of the man who was ND's greatest advocate.

You need to have something Minnesota, like their state motto or state nickname, thrown into the mix.

Between that (flickertail = gopher) and the North Stars idea (Minnesota state motto) why don't we just rename the state to West Minnesota?

I'd vote Wild for the rhythm in saying it. North Da-ko-ta Wild No-ko-ta

Seems there are many things in that category.

Johnson and Stamkos are serving Ray77 very well; Lundqvist for FOS ... not so much. Morning of Thu May 21 94 - Ray77 71 - The Sicatoka 68 - UND-RedSox fan 59 - MafiaMan 49 - andtheHomeoftheSIOUX!! 49 - jimdahl 37 - fight on sioux Needs confirmation.

Ames High School Cyclones in Ames, Iowa, home of the Iowa State Cyclones. Did I know that before I looked it up? Nope. Didn't care. Most folks outside of Grand Forks County will be the same regarding Roughriders.

Lighter green and matte finish?

Negative. Meetings there would confirm a grave site. No can do.

Wow, Carlson did that ... and he still gets re-elected.

Rep Carlson has come back from Indianapolis with his tail between his legs once. He knows this is one to keep clear of because the statewide electorate has spoken.

ASU went through a study and committee process prior to January 2008 to end up at Red Wolves. No rushing. But they also executed, instead of choosing to dwell nearly perpetually on spilled milk. And I think they did OK with their logo and word marks; however, I'll defer to the connoisseur of such things, MafiaMan for his opinion. (I'll admit I'm not a fan of the white, runny mascara on their dog.)

I'm going to need gfhockey's W-2 calculator for that cypherin'.

And people also forget you can be good at more than one thing: Florida Gator football and basketball both peaked in the same time frame. Oklahoma was #2 in football and MBB the same season. And look at Wisconsin FB and MBB right now. If you want UND FB or MBB to be better, support them.

Question: If that silly "cooling off period" law never happened, would UND have a new nickname installed since retirement of the old in 2012. I say yes it would have. Immediately. That would have followed what Arkansas State did: - ASU picked "Wolves" on Jan 31, 2008 - ASU retired "Indians" on Feb 28, 2008 - ASU got NCAA approval on "Red Wolves" on Mar 7, 2008 ASU went 7 days without a nickname. Smooth. Simple. Integrated. In place already for nearly a decade.