hockey1

I agree with your post, I moved from Fargo to the cities in the late 80's and I am a huge Gopher fan BUT, I admit it is embarrassing in a city with over 3 million people we can't even fill a 10,000 seat arena. All i hear is "there's so much more to do here in the cities and there's nothing to do in cities like Grand Forks" which is a bunch of bull. Sure there is more to to do in the cities but to say there's NOTHING to do in Grand Forks or Fargo, St.Cloud, etc is completely untrue. I keep reminding my friends who were born and raised in the cities that when they make comments like this it just shows the Twin Cites arrogance (which there is a lot of).

And no other city besides Fargo has jobs for doctors, lawyers, judges,pilots...??? Fargo must not be that bad of city to live in. Sorry Sicatoka, that was easy also.

If Fargo is such a curse city to live in, why are there so many UND alumni living in Fargo?

Your right, the nickname issue has been going on for many, many decades. I remember hearing issues back in the 1960's with the Sammy Sioux mascot controversy. People were upset with the imagery of a Sioux Indian as a cartoon figure.

Just curious, Are you saying NDSU has bandwagon fans. Also, do you think UND has bandwagon fans?

I just don't understand how NDSU being a Home EC and Farming school can have 21 overall National Championships while the Flagship University in North Dakota can have only 12.

Just curious what you mean by"Ditch diggers from Fargo"?

Another example of a great response when you have no comeback in regards to trophy's.

Its ok NDSU can't take the nickel trophy, it wouldn't fit in the trophy case anyways with all the National Championship trophys. As for fitting in UND's trophy case, it has lots of room. Sorry CM, that was to easy.

Its all good scpa305. As a former North Dakota resident for 25 years I had no problem with the Fighting Sioux nickname and I am sorry to see it go. I had a family member play basketball at UND and had many friends attend UND but for me personally I really don't care what UND picks as their nickname because its not my issue. I actually like the North Stars name but I do believe if UND picks that name they will be open for some ridicule, not that UND or its fans should care.

First of all, I didn't say I would ridicule UND for picking a neighboring State's Motto as their nickname. I just think and it seems like some posters on this forum have suggested that some Minnesotans will make fun of UND for picking North Stars as their nickname.

As a Minnesotan, I and I'm sure alot of Minnesota people wouldn't be pissed that UND picked North Stars as a nickname. In fact I believe many would laugh and ridicule UND for picking a neighboring state's "state motto" as their nickname.

So, your saying UND has fair weather fans just like NDSU and the rest of college/pro teams.

i couldn't agree more.

So, Are you saying UND has fair weather fans. You seem to imply NDSU fans are,

I didn't realize UND came up with the Sioux indian head logo ( Chicago Blackhawks logo), The interlocking ND logo ( Notre Dame's logo), or the Chelsea Daggar song.( Chicago Blackhawks goal song). Looks like UND has done their fair share of stealing also.

I thought REA was considered off campus by like a foot.

Does anyone if the REA put in a bid for the regional?

I believe The University of Minnesota's policy on scheduling teams with native american nicknames is they will try to avoid scheduling teams with native american nicknames UNLESS the NCAA has approved the name and there is no restrictions on that team (ala, Florida State Seminoles)

That'a boy Darell, it took a few posts for you to finally admit that Grand Forks is a fair weather city but like I said every city is a fair weather city some fans in those cities just don't want to admit it.

So, is that an admission that Grand Forks is a fair weather city?

still waiting Darell for you to admit Grand Forks is a fair weather town just like Fargo and every other freaking city in America is.

.. As for number 1 sports goes UND hockey was the number 1 sport in the early 90's but because they were bad they were only playing to a half full arena. You never answered my question as to where were these great UND fans when the team was bad? I admit NDSU fans are fair weather and they do jump on the bandwagon but UND fans are no different, just look at what their attendance was in hockey when they were bad and now in football. Like you said when the team gets up and running their will be over 10k fans at the games but where are they now? Like I said I admit NDSU fans are fair weather but I have not heard you say the same thing about UND fans.

Who cares if it was the old ralph or the new ralph, when UND was not good their attendance suffered. It's true there getting 11,000 people in the seats at the new ralph but the team has been good to very good since the new ralph opened. My question is where were these great fans in the early 90's when the team was bad. Like I said every city has there fair weather and bandwagon fans including Fargo and Grand Forks

I don't know how old you are Darell but you must not have been at the old ralph in the early 90's when the arena (6000 seats) was not even half full for games, heck even the Gopher games was only 3/4 full. All cities have fair weather / bandwagon fans, (Fargo, Grand Forks, Minneapolis, Denver, Chicago, etc). When the teams do well the fans are there but when the team starts to lose the fans stay away. If UND football starts to win the fair weather fans will be back and the bandwagon will grow just like it did in Fargo.