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No. Kidding. Please stand by: The following is a pat myself on the back session. When this fiasco started I said we needed to replace the name immediately to maintain control of the process. (By "we" I mean folks that care about UND Athletics and that supported the retired name as long as it was sustainable.) Well, we didn't and now we don't have control. We have committees and processes ... and delay, delay, delay. We, those who care, lost control. This is where I say my four favorite words: I. Told. You. So. We should have a new name and logo for about a decade already. We should have moved on. Instead we live under the specter of the old logo, including every little possible incident that can be remotely associated to the old name (see: last spring's t-shirts). When I realized that's where we are I changed my avatar to what it is today. My avatar is the DC Comics character "The Spectre".

Thank you for your forensic accounting of and continued interest in University of North Dakota Athletics.

Your request has been taken under advisement.

The performance by Germany v. Canada tonight surprised me. I expected the Canadians to repeat Friday night.

... again, assuming it is accurate and complete.

Someone with no other substance in their life?

You're assuming the data presented is complete and accurate. You know what they say about the internet. As far as your second statement, you said it ... and prove it.* *You should have said "correctly" as you need an adverb for your verb "looking".

The latest on the sexual assault that happened "121 feet from an on-campus property" at NDSU. http://www.inforum.com/news/crime/3640054-ndsu-did-not-notify-students-saturday-after-armed-stranger-assault-near-campus

Three months. Based on FPD and MPD history, they are going to struggle to solve this. http://www.inforum.com/news/crime/3640335-most-metro-homicides-solved-within-few-days-its-been-3-months-case-slain-ndsu

Rumor has it that Nick Schmaltz is on the wing with Auston Matthews at center tonight for the USA U20 exhibition v. Sweden.

Rumor has it that Nick Schmaltz is on the wing with Auston Matthews at center tonight for the USA U20 exhibition v. Sweden.

He was pass-happy. Bucky Badger runs the pig. Incompatible.

The roar has been restored!

And it's highly ranked in family practice. http://www.med.und.edu/news/2014/05/und-receives-top-ranking-by-american-academy-of-family-physicians.cfm

The NFC Central summed up in just 46 seconds.

Thank you for your input; however, the board owner decided long ago against that path.

I thought the NCAA mandated OT. So'd they give everyone a "participation" ribbon instead?

OK. OK. 1. The mods here have real jobs; we don't always have time to babysit the forum. 1a. Thanks to 'bang' for acknowledging that. 2. If you aren't talking recruits in this thread, you're trolling --> see forum rules. That's all that needs to be said on that. 2a. I trust you all will self-police yourselves individually on that from here on ... (or else, and if you read that as a warning, you got it).

"Several blocks" is disingenuous, John. That's half a block from campus proper and abuts a campus parking lot.

Pretty strange assault case happened basically across the street from the NDSU campus Saturday night. Three female NDSU students were assaulted. http://www.inforum.com/news/crime/3639511-police-release-description-suspect-armed-stranger-sexual-assault-near-ndsu

The problem here is clear. After the 1980s came the 1990s and first few years of the 21st century. After that came 2006 to the present. And what comes after that is coming.

Elves in a battle royale: Christmas come early.

I've said NDSU's problem next year will be losing the starting safeties in the Tampa Two. Losing three LBs (OK, two, given one is done already due to injury) and the DE just compounds it. PS - No disrespect intended to either, but Frazier and the Moorhead kid are not John Crockett and the NDSU offense hinges on establishing the power run game.

At least Nick has a reason for being invisible last night: He was playing for Team USA against BU.

Yes, they could have. They are playing MBB there (just mens, not womens) while their BS Arena is under construction so they have connections. (Yes, there was a Force game schedule for Scheels the night of Dec 19; however, there is no game Dec 20. NDSU could've politely asked the Force to move the game back one day. It probably would've been better for the Force to not be up against the other event in Fargo the night of Dec 19th anyway.)