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    Indian nicknames in the news

    in UND Nickname

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    There are people that actually think the nickname will be an option again.  But that isn't what I was referring to.  I was referring to people that don't want a new name competing with the Fighting Sioux nickname.  They don't want a new nickname because people will yell that at games and more people will stop yelling Fighting Sioux.  They want to keep the old identity, the Fighting Sioux, on an unofficial basis rather than have anyone start using a new nickname.  So it sounds like you are part of the group I was talking about that doesn't want a new nickname because you want to keep using the old one, even though it would be as the unofficial nickname with North Dakota being the "official nickname".  That is why I said it is obvious why most people want to keep North Dakota, it is because they want to keep using Fighting Sioux on an unofficial basis not as an official name.

     

    I'll say it again:

    Sooner or later the NCAA will see through that thinly-veiled ruse and fire up their arbitrary and capricious rule making machine and deliver the next blow. 

    Indian nicknames in the news

    in UND Nickname

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    I can't wait until a name is chosen and this issue can be put to bed forever. Central is going on 10 years with a new name and it's grown on people, the same may happen at UND.

     

    OK ... it's trivia time:

     

    1. Wahpeton HS's nickname before Huskies?

    2. Devils Lake HS's nickname before Firebirds?

    3. Grand Forks Central HS's nickname before Knights? 

     

    Bonus: 

    University of North Dakota's nickname before the one banned by the NCAA? 

     

    If you are over 30 you probably went 3 for 3; if you're over 40 you probably got the bonus too. 

     

    If you are under 30 you probably said, "Before Huskies, Firebirds, and Knights? What are you talking about?"

     

     

    If we'd have dealt with this when it was clear the old nickname was no longer sustainable we'd be going on a decade of the new nickname. 

    NCAA admits they are corrupt

    in NCAA News

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    The NCAA thinks it's a branch of government.

    Heck, there are people out there that believe the NCAA is a branch of government. 

     

    Reality: The NCAA can not create law.

    Reality: The NCAA has no law enforcement authority.

     

    Heck, the NCAA runs more like ... well ... organized crime: intimidation, blackmail, claiming authority where they have none, knee-capping some (Alaska), ignoring others (North Carolina). 

     

     

    It's over a decade old, but I think the NCAA would still make this list if it was created today: http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2002-12-08/the-best-little-monopoly-in-america

    Obsession

    in Community

    Posted

     

    Results on the first essay:

     

    Grammarly found 22 critical writing issues and generated 2 word choice corrections for your text.

    Start the free trial to correct your writing errors

    and enhance your text.

    Score: 67 of 100(weak, needs revision)
     
    plagiarism-app_tour.pngPlagiarism !
    • Unoriginal text detected

     

     

    Second essay:

     

    Grammarly found 20 critical writing issues and generated 7 word choice corrections for your text.

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    and enhance your text.

    Score: 76 of 100(adequate, can benefit from revision)
     
    Plagiarism !
    • Unoriginal text detected

     

     

    I wonder what set off the plagiarism detector ... in each paper. 

    UND VS WSU GDT

    in Football

    Posted

    McFeely is a guy that makes me take past advice into action.

     

    The advice was received long ago from a man who worked at KFYR Bismarck and he said every radio has two knobs: one to change channels, one to turn it off. 

     

    When McFeely comes on I use one of the radio knobs.  

    Obsession

    in Community

    Posted

    I wonder what would happen if you'd drop those two essays into something like Grammarly.com (a free plagarism detection and grammar checking website for teachers)?

     

    I wonder if anyone has done that ...  :whistling:

    2015 Recruiting

    in Football

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    Recruiting?

    I'd rather find a way to clone the late 1980s era Washington O like (Jacoby, Grimm, et al) or the 1970s era Raiders O line (Shell, Upshaw, et al). And while we're at it, can I get the '85 Bears D line (Fridge, McMichael, et al) or the Purple People eaters (Marshall, Eller, Page)?

    Give me one O line and one D line from above and I'd call it good. Not too picky, am I?

    Scores around the nation

    in Football

    Posted

    The Herd has to get the slow starting offense figured out.

    First it was WSU, Montana, and now UNI putting ways to slow down the NDSU offense on tape; now, there's tape on how to attack the NDSU defense courtesy UNI.

    What I noticed was the UNI D line staying in their lanes and not allowing Wentz to scramble (breaking pass coverages), forcing him to stand in and pass (against coverage).

    So what's the story on UNH and Coastal Carolina? Flash and dash teams? Isn't UNH traditionally power ground game?

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