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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.

Mafiaman, Your a prime example of what I was talking about regarding misconception of traveling fans. The article mentions the legion of UND fans traveling to the Twin Cities and descending on the past final fives, It made it sound like all these fans were traveling from Grand Forks to the cities for the games. I have heard multiple times at the Final five on how well UND fans travel ( and alot do travel from Grand Forks and from other cities) but you yourself said you traveled down 494 to HWY 5, which are roads in the twin ciites. A lady I used to sit by at the final five commented on all the UND fans at the Final five and how well they travel and when I asked her what part of Grand Forks she lived in her replay was "I live in Eden Prairie". Don't get me wrong, I get there are UND fans that travel but when I hear people at Final Fives or in this years case the NCHC Tournament say UND fans travel well, there not all coming from Grand Forks, they live here. I know I ruffled some feathers and I may have worded some things wrong but my point is UND fans DO travel but they ALL do not travel from Grand Forks, just ask Mafiaman and other posters on this board that live in the Twin Cities that will be attending this years NCHC tournament, I classify Minnesota fans as well, when I hear how well they travel ( ex: games in Denver) most don't travel from Minneapolis, they live in Denver.

Your right, maybe I should have worded it differently. All I'm saying is when I hear that certain fan bases travels well they are implying they travel from the city where the school is located in which I think is misleading. Of course there are fans that travel from Grand Forks to away games ( Final Five in the cities, Saint Cloud, Mankato, Denver) but to say all of them came from Grand Forks is hard to believe.

Relax Goon, All I'm saying is when there are UND fans in away arenas NOT all of them travel from Grand Forks. Like I said there are many many transplants that live in the cities, Denver, etc. As for the Omaha games, no doubt there were a lot of UND fans there but to say most of them traveled from Grand Forks is a reach IMO. At the Final five the UND fans I sat next to all of them ( around a dozen lived in suburbs of Minneapolis)

I always think the word 'traveling fan base" is overrated. Case in point, there are a lot of UND fans that travel to the final five but with 20,000 UND alumni living in the twin cities I wouldn't doubt most of them travel from the suberbs. Same thing with Denver, there are a lot of North Dakota transplants that live in the Denver area. No doubt, there are fans that travel from Grand Forks I just think the majority of fans at the away arenas live in those cities. You can say the same thing about when Minnesota plays in CC or Denver, there are alot of Gopher fans in the arena but I willing to bet most of them live in the Denver area.

A guy I went to High School with (Fargo Shanley) went to St. Joes parochial school in Moorhead. When he went to Shanley instead of Moorhead high the High school coach for two years was recruiting him to transfer from Shanley to Moorhead to play football.

Funny thing is, you never here a PUBLIC school fan admit they recruit, they say only its done by the Private schools. Even know you give them multiple examples of public school recruiting.

You can add: Elk River hockey, Apple Valley wrestling, St. Paul Central girls ball, Moorhead Spuds Football ( at least they did when I was in high school), Fargo North ( my sister was recruited by the girls bball coach to get her to transfer from Fargo Shanley to Fargo North). Point is some Public schools recruit.

And we all know public schools don't recruit also.