The Sicatoka

If that's your belief ... Go Rushmores. ... Go Lone Stars? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_nicknames

Pretty tough to screw up when the middle of your 'batting order' has names like Jim Messina, Randy Meisner, and Timothy B. Schmit.

Leave Bob and Doug McKenzie out of this. Oh ... other kind.

Use just the head/mane, change eye to Pantone 347 (official UND green), and done. (That's the logo PCM proposed for "Nokotas" and comes from an old Poco album.)

A Schloss' tweet about 13 hours ago:

I always though Eastern's mascot should be ... ... an emu ... Eastern Michigan University ... EMU ...

Folks, there are going to be many, many people (gluten) intolerant to that name/logo. We don't need to start a war with the celiac community.

I trust The Zeb more than The Muss.

So you're leaning pro bird flipperingish?

Their admin changed their setting such that you can only see parts of it if you're logged in.

Third, yes (try the dagger shot). Fourth, no. Kick FG, take lead. You did it to win from 54 the year before. Compare end-of-game management of the 2012 UNC game to what we saw last week (2014 NAU). No question who I trust. (Hint: pick the game we won)

Let me set up my statement: Last time in Greeley, Mussman, with 0:47 left, down one point and on the opponent 34, and facing 4th and 1, and with a kicker who's hit from 54 on that field (year before), rather than making a 51 yard FG attempt goes for it and fails. (That's the day I was sure Mussman had to go. I had to wait another 365 days.) So, my statement: I just want a better job of clock management and situation awareness than the last time in Greeley.

Side note: Feel free to unclick the bold (B) any time.

The Big Sky app / Big Sky TV shows that the conference has the infrastructure to produce games and get them where they need to be (internet or satellite up link). If ESPN can get content for little to no investment it'll catch their eye.

I guess from a "flip the bird at the NCAA" perspective I could live with either Ghost Riders (and we know which former riders on the plains we speak of; hint: REA plaza statue) or Black Stripes (I wonder if we could cut a deal with Adidas ... ) And yes, finding a way to "flip the bird" to the NCAA with a new name that still meets their PC criteria would help the name garner some favor with many. The problem: We'd be setting ourselves up to drag the albatross forever.

Ow.

Ah yes, the lost member of "The Village People". http://forum.siouxsports.com/topic/15780-new-nickname/?p=726043

The NCAA policy affects names and imagery.

It's a pretty compelling argument.

Like I said elsewhere: Lisa, get well. Life first, hockey next. and

Wasn't Montana on NDSU's schedule the week after UND and now it opens the season? I was hoping NDSU would look past UND to Montana. Not so much now.

That's NDSU.

Volunteering?

I'm surprised no one has told me " ... the pattern is full." I'd never dug into the legend / mythology behind the Ghost Riders. It's actually kind of interesting (and ties to Norse / Germanic mythology).