Cratter

I'm starting to wonder if Explorers will be the compromise between the inanimate object and Roughriders crowd.

Or they are just pandering.

It appears there is probably only really about 7 names under consideration: Explorers Hawks (listed 3 times) Force North Stars Roughriders (Cavalry is basically a duplicate) Spirit Sundogs

They have to know if Roughriders is on the finals for vote, it wins in a landslide. So do they purposely leave it off? Seems like they want a hawk, spirit or force, and that leaves only one slot left: North Stars?

Minus their obvious love of hawks. There's only five non inanimate objects on this list .

Glad the committee has a sense of humor. Can we see the real list now?

He wants to name UND after the Indian Tribe of Spirit Lake in North Dakota. UND Spirit Lakers.

FYP

UND Spirits: Drink Up. Cause beers for wimps. That'd make a great shirt at (formerly known as) Springfest.

Here's one of the definitions of "Force:" Law. unlawful violence threatened or committed against persons or property. Does UND want that association?

UND Thunderhawks brought to you by Thundersticks.

Pretty sad that when this started the SS community knew Force, Spirit, and Sundogs were the favorites to be (some of) the finalists....and here we are.

We can pretty much assume at least one of those three will be one of the final three.

Looks like the new favorites are Hawks, Force, and Spirit among some of the committee members.

Spirit. Pride. and Sundogs. Its like a running joke that needs to end.

I think you summed it up pretty well.

Well he didn't beat the banner.

What's a "proper member of the media"? If Goon counts...

He's not going to Europe. He's not fooling anyone.

Credit Dave for making a guaranteed $10 million in five years.

That's why I said best teams. Gotta weed out the crappy tournament teams, like the big tens autobid.

Haks legacy is he was a good coach. His teams often "overachieved," had good "second half runs," good in NCAA regionals, but always laid eggs in the semifinals.

1-7 against the best teams remaining in college hockey. That's not a very good "best of series" against college hockeys top teams.

If you're not safe in North Dakota you're not safe anywhere.

I'd be very surprised if Game day went to a FCS school 3 years in a row. Not much left to talk about. I don't see it happening. No "NDSU just beat a FBS team again" talk this year. But itd would be cool if it did.