GeauxSioux

What is the UND press conference about next Wednesday? Could this be the "something exciting"? http://www.aleruscenter.com/?page=ViewEventDetails&EventID=1276

The "new UND teams" Won't UND be fielding the same teams as last year with some personnel changes? I've already made hotel reservations to head up to ND for a football game this year. Didn't make any last year, so that will be 7 more people at one game than last year

Getting back to your original post, the MVFC is a nice football conference, but is all it is, a football conference. The other Dakota teams play in the Summit, a revolving door conference, for most of their other sports. The first chance a school has to get out, they leave. The Big Sky has a stable home for most of UND's sports. Being in the Big Sky also give UND a unique identity among the other Dakota schools. July 1st can't get here soon enough. Hello Big Sky!!

Lending A New Name To Boston College's Hockey Non-Conference Rivals Boston College's ideas...

Glenn Beck is on right now railing against the elitist white man (NCAA) making UND change the name. He loves the logo.

Not gonna happen. When UND accepted the invitation and USD backed out, there was a time frame for UND to pull out and not face any penalty. UND wanted in. With the nickname debacle there has been talk that the Big Sky may block UND. That obstacle is gone. IMO the only way UND leaves the Big Sky is if there is a shift in the NCAA divisions and UND wants to elevate to a higher division and the BIg Sky doesn't. But I think Fullerton wants the whole Big Sky to move that level.

I think the NCAA did a fine job of embarassing themselves.

Big Sky Commissioner Talks UND Name Change, Struggles At UM Whether you believe there were concerns within the BIg Sky or not, it is good that the election is in the rear view mirror and UND can look forward. July 1st is coming quick, a new chapter for UND with the Big Sky.

Nice piece from CBS Sports... NCAA accidentally ships North Dakota State's championship banner to North Dakota

We'll use your avatar for the logo. Done.

I would support a number of different ideas, as I have over the past seven years on this issue. Sica just came up with one recently that I kind of like...Owls. They are predatory and eat small rodents. Hmmmm, which rival has a small rodent as a mascot? Owls have a reputation as intelligent, which would go along with an instiution of higher education. There is a new research based search engine called scholr.ly. Their logo is an owl. This would look pretty cool on the jumbotron at REA.... and I always liked the owl in the tootsie roll pop commercial.... [media=]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhjb4P_jnKk

Again from UNDSID

From UNDSID Talking about Measure 4 and is it end of the nickname issue.

Again with the sheep? Ya know.... people are starting to talk. Get the flock out of...... Nah, too easy.

Sense that does not make. The ones who wanted to blow up the athletic department should be the ones to put forth a new nickname?? I would think the opposite would be more appropriate. Wrong, but more appropriate.

Great call from Paul of Grand Forks. Got to talk about Fighting Sioux, hockey, national championships, Matt Greene, Parise, etc.

Not election result related, but I didn't want to start a new thread for this. Tom Sullivan is on the radio talking about North Dakota's vote on property tax and wants input from North Dakotans on the issue. http://affiliates.foxnewsradio.com/radio/player.html

NDSU was not going to get into the Gateway if it weren't for SDSU standing by their partner. USD wasn't going to get in until the Big Sky came calling and threatened the Summit plan. I don't believe that UND was ever going to be invited. I think a lot of arm twisting happened to get USD in. I am thankful the UND was invited to the Big Sky and didn't end up in NCC 2.0.

MVFC is just a football conference. The Summit has baseball.

I have no interest in NCC 2.0. BIG SKY!!!

I understand the part about a home for the football team and the Big Sky was a much more attractive invitation, but if Kelley and Douple were as complicit in back room conversations as some are alluding, it would seem to me that Kelley would also be working back room deals with the Douple for the Summit/MVFC. Sica has it right.... how could Kelley have been so powerful as to be directing the Summit (Douple) what to say?

Has anyone read the post over at www.sayanythingblog.com regarding Douple and Bresciani? Rob Port is trying to once again say that UND (Kelley) was complicit in getting Douple to say something against UND due to the nickname issue. It seems Bresciani gave Douple a bad report card. Douple went through the SUU president to find out who gave the bad report. What I have never understood about all of this is, if Kelley was buddy buddy with Douple and getting him to help UND get rid of the name and get UND into the Summit, why would he cancel the impending Summit visit days before it was supposed to happen and accept the Big Sky invitation? That never has made any sense to me.

Found this on the WAC board....Grand Canyon University wins Learfield Sports Directors' Cup https://twitter.com/...133680063135744

How about this noise from Dave Hakstol via UNDSID Swallow your pride and admit that voting YES is the only real answer for the future of UND.

Are you so in favor of the name that you'd watch the hockey programs strangled??.....