The Sicatoka

To be clear, do I wish the logo was at mid-field? Sure. But it's not, and it's not going to change until naming rights at Alerus Center change. No amount of grousing here is going to change that.

If you want a UND logo at mid-field, buy out the naming rights from Alerus Financial and put it there. Short of that, those who own the rights will do what is within their rights. You don't have to like it; heck, you don't even have to agree with it; you just have to deal with it.

Complaining about a roof over our heads and new state-of-the-art turf under our feet. Seriously? What next? Your ice cream too cold? It's nearly as bad as complaining that the free $104 million hockey facility only added on a 3500 seat basketball facility ... for free. That's almost $200 million in facilities that UND plays in that they've payed ... zero ... for. For perspective, we're still waiting to close out raising the $20 million to do Phase 2 of the yet started Phase 1 of the indoor training facility. Complaining about a mid-field logo suddenly seems pretty petty to me when all the other gifts and blessings are considered.

I know NDSU does their own production, buys air time on stations, and then sells their own ads. I don't know if UND does that.

As someone said to me once, "We're just a lawn mower toss away from the next problem."

SLC and Seattle should be a couple nice weekend destinations in a couple years ...

“That which is received is received in the mode of the receiver.” – Thomas Aquinas

Briggs never saw it.

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=IRGDcux4GEw&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DIRGDcux4GEw

With a logo nearly identical to a team in an adjoining state?

I wouldn't mind using a great horned owl mascot with UND green eyes. They are the apex predator of, they rule, the skies in this region. They consistently feast upon prey two and three times their size.

Want to know if you're covered? http://www.radio-locator.com/ Enter the call letters of the station and after a couple clicks you'll be able to bring up a coverage map for the station.

So many of you missed what I wrote ... note the use of the word "too" when you re-read it.

You are able to post here but not do a simple internet search for an FM station operated by Prairie Public Radio and Television? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFJM

Considering that according to 2009 data over 47% of North Dakotans are of German ancestry ... uh, Norse? Uh, ... no. (Let Minnesota have "Norse" on their no Super Bowls football team.)

Why would Rough Riders work? Because many states use the state nickname as the flagship university's moniker. And what is ND's nickname? The Rough Rider State. Why would Reapers work? Because of history and future. Farmers of the distant past were called reapers. More recently grain harvesting equipment was called a reaper (the McCormick reaper). Because of the ag focus, use that theme on green uniforms. Today there's a UAV designated the MQ-9 Reaper. Use that theme with white jerseys. And the (Grim) Reaper most of us think about with that word? Black jersey.

"Norse" should not work under the NCAA's "RENO" rule ... the rule that caused the demise of the last moniker. RENO -- no monikers relating to Race, Ethnicity, or National Origin. Then again, they only seem to selectively enforce that rule.

Flood of 2013? It's ba-a-a-a-ack ...

Is Al Carlson behind this? Can't say; don't know. Will he willingly use this to keep working toward his end goal (dissolution of the ND SBoHE and return of those powers to the Legislature)? Oh yeah ...

We finally deal with the UND moniker. And the fiscal issues at NDSU (Dr. Chapman). And Dr. Shirvani and the turmoil of his tenure as NDUS chancellor. Now this: NDSU president accused of destroying 45,000 emails subject to an open records request http://www.inforum.c...icle/id/404107/ Welcome to the next round of Al Carlson and his Cabal claiming ND SBoHE and the NDUS is completely out of control and looking to wrest control over ND Higher Ed back into the Legislature. Thanks Dr. Bresciani. Edit: Fargo Forum headline updated to: NDSU president denies deleting 45,000 emails subject to open records request; state AG investigating

The endzone is flat and level. It's either green or has a white overlayer. What more representative do you want? Replace the corner pylons with sandbags maybe?

Weak, weak, weak. Try something like this: You're such a pitiful soul that you are out at bars by yourself after closing, hitting on females out of your league (by your own admission), getting into alley brawls, fleeing law enforcement, and then giving Jerry Springer worthy confessionals in the back seat of a squad car. That would be an insult.

Someone really just admitted unfamiliarity with the word "secede"? <facepalm>

Since we are playing scenarios that are out there ... Let's say the DU/UNO/Summit gambit happens. That'll probably be a couple years out from now. By then the negative gate impact of Big Ten Hockey will have hit UMn/UW. That means UMn/UW will need something to respark their fan bases (because PSU and OSU won't offer the spark). And now the Big Ten has opened the precedent to affiliate members (Johns Hopkins lacrosse in the new Big Ten Lax). So, I say let DU/UNO try that gambit, and then have UND apply (beg?) the Big Ten to let UND play as a hockey affiliate. Hey, I said "out there" ...

I've had an athletics administator at an NCHC school say as much to me.