GeauxSioux

"BC Connection" from the late 70's. Was it Kevin Maxwell, Cary Eades and Mark Taylor?? There was also the "Zap Line" with Rick Zaparnuik (sp?) at center.

IF they were able to keep the logo to go along with North Dakota Fighting Spirit to honor the people of Spirit Lake and the stand they took, I could support this.

Bleacher Report.... I am usually dumber after reading it and this was no exception.

I see that Brad tweeted that they had 2,182 on the live chat on Saturday. Wow! Unfortunately I wasn't one of them due to power outage. I had to catch scores via blackberry.

The fake by Anderson going down the lane was pretty nice, too. He caught the Bronc player flat-footed and scored any easy lay-up.

Seconded.

Split??? You stink Dave. We get CBS College Sports here, so I get to see the Sioux on TV once again tonight. I watched BB last night, hockey tonight and BB tomorrow. It's almost like living in GF, but warmer.

UND signs key document to start unmanned aircraft simulator training building at GFAFB

Before I offer the crazy question, I want to say that I can't wait for the Sioux to become an official member of the Big Sky and I'm just tossing this out there to get kicked around. What if .... The Sioux went FBS? The WAC is begging for schools to join. One of the reasons that has been given for allowing the Sioux to forgo the nickname and logo, is that that UND wouldn't be able to host any NCAA playoffs games. The only teams that I can think of that could host NCAA playoff games are the football team and possibly the women's hockey team. If the Sioux went the FBS route, their is no playoffs. You are playing football for conference championships and bowl appearances. Sure the Sioux wouldn't be able to play Minnesota or Iowa, but I'm sure there are a large number of teams that would play the Sioux. UND could tell the NCAA, put us back on your "hostile and abusive" list, we are keeping the name.

DVRd the game last night and watched it late. Fun game to watch. I don't think I have ever seen teams hit such a high percentage of 3's. Reading the box score, they both hit 63.2% on 3-pointers. The Sioux played pretty good "O", but now need to start working on the "D". Too many times last night the Broncs went right past the guards and into the lane. The Broncs also had 8 offensive rebounds. Still ....good to see a "W" With all five of the players in double figures being freshman, the future of Sioux BB is looking up. Go SIOUX!!!

You and Dave Berger need to start a club.

Faison's Press Conference The written statement was solid. The video adds emphasis to some of the words such as "never".

Faison's response.... Edit: I like the last sentence the best.

Agreed.

UND does not control this issue. SBoHE does. The SBoHE hired Kelley. Kelley hired Faison, so it woiuld make sense that since President Kelley cannot control the issue, his AD can't come out on one side or the other on the issue.

Faison is emphatic that the UND administration did not do what Douple said they did. Faison isn't allowed to have an opinion on the nickname/logo issue. Listening to him, though, he likes the fan's pride in the name. I think if allowed to have an opinion he would keep the Sioux name. He also recognizes the revenue that is generated from jersey sales and that it will take a hit , if the name changes.

Kelley denies pressuring Summit League on nickname issue

Stop being so pragmatic and logical about all of this. Agree with points 1-6.

True or not, why is this story coming out now? As was stated previously Doufus has already proven himself to be a liar, either he is lying now or was lying then. Which is it Commissioner Doufus? If Kelley/Faison were involved in this and were buddies with Doufus through all of this, why did they cancel the Summit League campus visit the Friday before the Big Sky announcement. If they were in cahoots with him wouldn't they have been working with Doufus to get into the Summit and the MVFC? All the blather from SDSU/NDSU folks said that USD played the patient waiting game and got what they wanted and that UND was stupid to jump at the Big Sky deal. If this nickname scandal was going on behind the scenes, wouldn't there also be Summit/MVFC conversations also. Then there was the scheduling statements/mis-statements between Taylor and Doufus, regarding the Summit schools not scheduling UND because of the nickname issue. While I agree that Kelley didn't do all he could to keep the name, I don't believe this story. It just doesn't make any sense. I do think Doufus better polish his resume, as either way this comes out, he doesn't look good to the Summit presidents. Edit: Thank God UND is in the Big Sky and away from this twit.

MidcoSportsNet put together this very cool video from the Minnesota series.... Edit: Just noticed that Jim had this posted on the front page. Oops.

Good news: Dropout rate is high And people wonder why America is falling behind in the world academically.

Manitobans get it....

Post of the day, dagies.

Your letters need to be orange.

Is orange starting to become more of a school color? I believe it just started out as the orange flame in the academic logo and if you look at the UND homepage., it is starting to get used a lot more. Mikejm pointed out in another thread that there are whispers about "Spirit" being the new name. Is the orange going to be part of the color scheme for North Dakota Spirits?