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57 North Dakota 40 Chicago St 8:35 2nd half

49 North Dakota 34 Chicago St 12:07 2nd half

41 North Dakota 30 Chicago ST 15:36 2nd half

29 North Dakota 20 Chicago St. Halftime

Like many others, this is a tough issue for me.................. I love the name and logo as much as anyone and would love to keep it. But when the news broke about the legislature passing this I had mixed emotions. I like the idea of giving the NCAA the middle finger for sticking there nose into somewhere that it didn't belong..............but I feel I also grasp the potential ramifications that will come toward the entire University athletic department as a result of keeping the name. I think I would fall into the category of being more of a football and basketball fan than a hockey fan, although I'm a season ticket holder for hockey and I attend more hockey games than any other University athletic event. I guess coming from a small ND town and having no exposure to the sport of hockey until I attended the University plays the largest part in that. I'm a moderator on this site that regularly patrols the football, basketball, DI reclassification, community and other sports forums, but I rarely police the hockey forum because I'm not that knowledgable about the sport in general, just a fan of North Dakota, so I leave that to others. I also rarely enter the nickname forum, but when I do (this thread for example), I find a majority of posters in favor of retaining the name at all costs, a minority that errs on the side of caution, and a miniscule number in favor of doing away with the name. What I find intriguing is that when I do get involved in the nickname forum, I am rarely reading posts from members that also participate in the football, basketball, DI, or other sports forums. But most of those names and avatars I can find as prominent posters in the hockey forum. There is nothing wrong with that at all...........you won't find many more passionate fans than UND hockey fans.................the only reason I mention it is that I've read numerous posts in this forum that proclaim that the nickname is not divisive on the UND campus. I actually think it is. And I don't mean by the Native American students, or the PC professors..................I mean between the stakeholders of the University. Unfortunately, it seems like it has come down to showdown between UND's hockey-only fans and UND's all-sports fans................. With the move to DI, it is true that likely the only sport affected by post-season sanctions as far as hosting goes is football. To me, and likely many others, that is a big deal. It is difficult to win national championships at our level of football without home field advantage. As a hockey fan, I fear Big 10 hockey. Sure one can speculated that Minnesota and Wisconsin will only have 20 conference games, and they need to fill the rest of their schedule. We can argue until we're blue in the face that the Gophers will not walk away from the UND rivalry, but what motivation would there be to keep it going? Every other Minnesota program (SCSU, UMD, MSU, BSU) will do cartwheels to stay on their schedules. I would think it to be highly unlikely that UMTC would continue to travel to Grand Forks when they won't even invite our track & field teams to their campus. North Dakota is the only Dakota school to not have played football or basketball on Minnesota's campus the last 4 years for a reason. Honestly, that doesn't break my heart, but if this bill passes, we won't be welcome on Wisconsin's or Iowa's campus's either. Not a big deal for hockey, but it is for every other sport within the program. Who knows who else will follow their lead?

64 North Dakota 67 UVU Final That it is a hard one to take............ Good job by the guys to stay focused and get back into it in the second half.

64 North Dakota 67 UVU 3.1 seconds left.......

Trailing by 1, Schuler misses two free throws with ~5 seconds left..............

63 North Dakota 63 UVU 1:48 2nd Half UND did have a brief 5 point lead again. Webb has knocked down two 3's during this stretch........

53 North Dakota 53 UVU 5:42 2nd half Schuler playing very well.................

45 North Dakota 53 UVU ~8:00 2nd half

39 North Dakota 47 UVU 10:40 2nd half UVU really taking away the inside from UND............ Don't know the stat, but it seems like UVU is shooting really well in this half.

35 North Dakota 40 UVU 15:52 2nd half Sooooo many fouls goin on in this game. I think Benter and Brekke each have 3........... UVU has the momentum..........just converted on a 4 point play.

27 North Dakota 29 UVU Halftime

27 North Dakota 27 UVU 1:03 1st half

26 North Dakota 24 UVU ~3:00 1st half

17 North Dakota 13 UVU 7:38 1st half

12 North Dakota 3 UVU 11:59 1st half

9 North Dakota 0 UVU 15:51 1st half Free Webcast

Would love to see South Dakota remain on the schedule in the coming years for all sports, but I have my doubts.................... The fact that we still are not playing NDSU in women's basketball and that there is no agreement beyond the 2011-12 season with NDSU for men's basketball leaves to believe that logic does not always prevail when it comes to scheduling in the "revenue" sports. I would not at all be surprised to see USD off of the football schedule after the 2011 season............................

I'm guessing we'll have more than that one game in 2013......................

I had emailed Sean Johnson about the SDSU game earlier this winter..............I can't remember the specific date, but he told me that SDSU was scheduled for a September game at the Alerus in 2013.

I'd be pleased with 7-4........................

Hmmm............ I believe NDSU was able to set consecutive attendance records when they were going 10-1 and playing only for GWFC titles. And don't forget that NDSU's attendendance has been down since becoming playoff eligible and joinin the MVC. North Dakota loves a winner.........................there just not all that interested in who the wins come against..........

But whent the "big boys" come, I'd consider the #16 DI team in the country a "big boy", where were the fans?