GeauxSioux

Or we could follow the galactically stupid Al Carlson and have no conference for the majority of our sports, be black balled by other institutions, play Mayville on a regular basis, see falling attendance, falling enrollment, less in donations and generally abandon the idea of having an athletic department.

I'm hoping to see some of this kind of performance from Mr. Bradley.... Go SIOUX!!

Since 1, the law is unconstitutional, as the SBoHE has direct control over the colleges, not the legislature and 2, there is no penalty for violating this supposed state law, go ahead and spew all you want Al. The more you talk the more foolish you look.

Until the new nickname is rolled out in a year or two.... NORTH DAKOTA. I have posted before that I would like the jersies to say "DAKOTA" on the front until the time that a new nickname is chosen.

I watched the Saints/Raiders pre-season game last night and got my first look at Taiwan Jones from Eastern Washington. One of the commentators said that they had never seen anyone that fast. He wasn't lying. He had a great game running the ball against the Saints and is a fun kid to watch. The only negative I saw from him last night was pass protection. That Saints blitzed and Casillas ran right over and through him and sacked the Oakland QB. Jones had 81 yards on 13 carries.

Over 10,000 with a Sioux win 27-14.

Forgive me of this already been posted.... [url=http://plainsdaily.com/entry/ncaa-willing-to-reconsider-settlement-demands-for-refitting-ralph-engelstad-fighting-sioux-arena/]NCAA

Did the Sioux find a diamond in the rough? Eielson's Pat Brown earns walk-on spot with Sioux Read more: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Eielson s Pat Brown earns walk on spot with Sioux

From the article the number of freshman students are down 9 from last year. It appears the growth is due to the graduate students and an increase in retention of existing students.

More students at NDSU and UND Nice to see growth in the graduate programs.

You could be right, but the last "facilities future" included the retractable roof stadium. The links that the Herald had are no longer valid, so who knows what they are planning now.

'IT'S NOT A LOGO': Proud of creation, disappointed by its fate, 'Fighting Sioux' artist says symbolism always intended to 'bridge all the gaps'

That image is from iconarchitects.com, which came after the jlgarchitects master plan. There was a blog post on grandforkslife.com where the architect said that the horseshoe wasn't going to be built. They were planning for the stadium with the retractable roof, but it was still a long ways out.

I think I read August 29th is the announcement day.

I am glad UND didn't wait. What went on behind closed doors in South Dakota may have left UND out in the cold. The MVFC was not even talking to either UND or USD until UND accepted the Big Sky invitation. There was likely some arm twisting to get the MVFC to accept one more Dakota school. I don't think they would have gone for two. UND has taken the path that I had hoped, the Big Sky. An added bonus is not having to listen to the bison fans about UND tagging along, riding coat tails, etc.

I stirred that pot a little and you're right there is no way that Sioux will be in the name. When young Mr. Davidson from Spirit Lake passed away last week and his grandmother is a huge Fighting Sioux supporter, I was thinking that Spirit Lake Sioux would be a nice tribute to those who supported the Fighting Sioux name. I'm not so sure that Spirit may not be part of the new nickname.

No worries. I didn't take it personally. Just pointing out that Al is in it for Al.

I don't believe he did this for UND to begin with. He did it as a power grab from the SBoHE. He was told by the GF representatives not to do it and most of them voted against it. I didn't herald him as a hero then and think less of him now that he is running away from a problem he created.

The soccer season begins tomorrow against USD..... UND to kick off 2011 season tomorrow hosting USD Hopefully the ladies will take it up where they were towards the end of last season before falling the championship game on penalty kicks. Go Sioux!!

It's a source of revenue to fund the athletic department. it doesn't operate on unicorn farts.

There is a definite market there.

NDSU has had a very good track program for years, unlike UND which has not made track and field a priority. I think that is changing. UND hired a new coach, that turned the Northern Colorado program around. That hire was one of the indicators to me that UND was moving forward with the indoor practice facility.

I have it on good authority that UND will have a nickname, but it won't be for a year or two. The revenue to be gained by having a nickname to market is to big to ignore.

Autrey Golden committed to UTEP. Willis running back Golden commits to UTEP