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Now that Marcus Hendrickson is officially the third string QB they need to use his athletic ability at a different position. Its either going to be Bradley or Goska under center, and if there are no injuries we could see Bradley the entire season, and a very athletic guy on the bench holding a clipboard.....

I found this on youtube. I believe Matt Greene is in the video....

I read somewhere (maybe it was the forum here) someone likening UND Hockey to yankee baseball. I tried not to agree with the statement, but the more I think about it its true. People criticize every move made by the Yankees (true of the Sioux)....they have a huge fan base all over the nation (true of the Sioux).....and outsiders, whether they are man enough to admit it or not are jealous of the success and tradition of the Yankees (completely true of the Sioux). UND has become the team at the Final Five that other fans cheer against....It all makes sense now.

Which I think allows for the use of Purper Arena. It worked last year when they hosted Bemidji State, and the atmosphere was great. I really hope the NC$$ takes it in the shorts with this one. Their is no way that they can make a private facility, not state or university owned, change something. Sorry NC$$....free speech...

Thanks sir. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Ralph Engelstad have something in his will about the facility going away if the name was changed? I know they won't blow the building up, but I can't see the Engelstad family being happy about the symbol being removed from the arena.

Question.....UND does not own Ralph Engelstad Arena (or do they now?)....If they do not own the facility, how can they make the place that they rent (used to be for one dollar a year), change what they have at the facility? If UND does not own the facility it doesn't make sense....Thats like a college kid going to his apartment land lord and telling him to take out an entire wall. Or an NDSU grad applying for a job at a bank....it just doesn't make any sense..... If Ralph was alive, I think he would have bankrolled an anti-trust lawsuit against the NCAA.... PS: NDSU shot was at my brother, an NDSU grad, who frequents this forum, yet decides not to post his opinion....

I think anything would be a major improvement in the quarterback play from the last two years. I really don't see how it could get much worse, but I do agree with your concern about the interceptions. Then again, you have a kid who had a couple of 6 TD passing games, and he's got to have some kind of idea how to play the position. Because this is really another year that doesn't matter (gasp...I know....but its true), my opinion has been to give Bradley the offense for the entire season and let him see what he can do with it and give him as much experience as he needs for next season. If its a bust, then at least we won't be cost a conference championship by poor QB play. I'm excited to see what the kid can do.

Naw....let them stick with being the Thundering Terds.....no need for a new name.

Agreed....all signs point to Bradley. Give the kid the reigns to the offense and let him develop before entry into the Big Sky next year.

I love how the last poster points out that Al Carlson is an NDSU grad. Its amazing how many people were unaware of this. I thought it was common knowledge.

This is what scares me the most, and the reason that I don't want a new nickname. If they pick a new name that is a disaster than I absolutely care because its the name that will be representing my university's sporting teams for likely the rest of its existence. If there must be a new name, its got to be something that the alumni, students, etc. can live with, which likely means that the aforementioned must be involved in the name process.

This isn't under the NCAA definition of hostile or abusive......duh......

Watching a bit of that "Becoming Wild" with some Chay Genoway clips. I think he has an outside chance to make the Wild at some time during the season. I think the training regimen that he went through while at UND under Mr. Poolman did him well. It was fun to see him on the ice again. Probably start the season down in Houston is my guess though. PS: Just watched Zucker get worked in a physical one on one close quarters drill.....Makes sense that he'll spend another year in Denver.

If they do decide to go with a nickname I hope they give alumnus of the university and current students a say in what the new nickname will be. I would hate for it to be a minority rules situation all over again and have a nickname committee of six individuals decide the name for everyone. Email is cheap....start an email campaign where you take suggestions from the aforementioned groups of people. Take the 15 most popular suggestions, dwindle it down to 10, then 5, etc. You know what I mean. This way you have a name that the majority of individuals agree upon.

I think regardless the university will lose money on the apparel that they sell in the future. Many like Vince (and myself) will be pained to buy anything that does not say Sioux or has a foreign logo on it. They will still sell plenty of "University of North Dakota" sweaters, etc, or t-shirts with the ND logo, etc, but it will probably never truly be like it was because for years you will have the renegades that under any circumstance will not buy the new logo apparel. I'm with ya Vince. I'll be right next to you with my tattered sioux sweatshirts.....and my Central Redskins stocking cap!

Brad reports today that the Sioux got a commitment from Luke Voltin, forward who played at Hill-Murray before heading to the USDT. Also scary to read that Matteau is thinking about playing in the Quebec Junior League....Would hate to put him into the JT Miller what could have been group.....

UND will have a nickname sometime within the next two school years, but I'm in the 50% of the voters that do not want a new nickname at any time. Here is a question. With a new nickname does everything that the university established with the sioux legacy eventually die? I have a two month old son. When he gets to be 10 years old will we still be talking about the once great Fighting Sioux name? With what the NCAA wants to do with the arena, will there be any remnants of the nickname or the logo other than what some of the diehards will still try to keep alive? What will my son tell his children in 30 years? I'll do my best to try and teach him what it stood for, and the pride that went with cheering for the fighting sioux, but I really don't think he'll ever be able to understand what it meant to people. In my opinion (I'm always wrong people...just my opinion)....no new nickname means that the lesson will need to be taught again and again (A) What the Nickname was before it was retired. (B) Why it was retired. ( C ) Why it will forever be a controversial issue to many individuals who disagree with what the NCAA was trying to accomplish with their legislation. Lets say in 12 years UND is playing in the frozen four title game on national TV. Barry Melrose (if he's still with us..) and whoever is calling the game will at some point have to bring some light to the issue of why UND has no nickname. Just my two cents.

Or get rid of the fighting, and call themselves "Spirit Lake Sioux". Get rid of the Fighting part.

Talk about a kid who went from big man on campus to...."whatever happened to Josh Siembida"?? Last I heard he finished out at Quinnipiac or something like that. I had a class with him at UND that he showed up a total of one time for.

Look at us simple bloggers here at siouxsports.com pushing the issue, and before you know it the kid decides to play his hockey at UND. I'm interested to hear how many Sioux players go on this website and read what people write about them. I hope not Andy Kollar....he may find me in an alley some day... Who should we talk about next? How about Jon Lizotte? I bet he's not going to UND either...

I appreciate the thoughts.... The rest of that day you wouldn't believe the number of times I heard the letters NAIA......Plus I remember that being one of the worst attended games at the Alerus Center as well. Only like 5,000 people there....he got in his jabs about that too.....dumb bison lovers....

One big issue that Mr. Leigh will have to deal with in his attempt to get the Native American population up (which of course was his goal in the first place....I hope) will be getting more Native American students to qualify academically to attend the university. One of the qualifications for college is obviously graduation, and Native American students unfortunately have a drop out rate that is twice that of the national average. I think the university would love to see more Native American students, but it isn't possible with the test scores we are seeing via NCLB. As an educator, the statistics we get back through state assessment and NWEA testing is staggering. I said it a while back when this issue was first starting. There are so many issues that Native Americans are facing today, like alcoholism, diabetes, poor living conditions on reservations, graduating young men and women, you name it. Why a nickname fight would be the on the forefront of issues that come into the headlines is beyond me. And of course, with an issue like this comes negative publicity, which puts those other issues further away from the limelight.

I watched that game with my younger brother (NDSU Graduate....ahhh....) and of course had to hear it the entire game about how Sioux Falls looked like the better Football team, the better coached team, the more excited team, etc..... Sad thing is...he was right....that game wasn't a fluke. The better team won....

I like the concept. Looks pretty cool. If it was my choice (everyone will of course have opinions), I would go with North Dakota written out in cursive across the chest, or start with capital letters near the right shoulder that run down towards the left hip.

I wouldn't worry guys. You'll be able to buy at an inflated price from the NC$$ for at least the rest of the year.