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  1. tnt
    Similar hit as the Duluth player that got suspended for a game. Consistency, that is what we ask for all the time. I think this is a case where they are being consistent, so I have no problem with it.
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    I guess I'm in the camp that Roughriders isn't a decidedly bad nickname. As I look at most people on here, it is the lesser of all the evils, but it seems like many of the Roughrider supporters are voting for something rather than against something. That speaks volumes. Lets face it, we were never going to get a consensus no matter which nickname we would pick, and the constant back and forth would be taking place with any names brought into the discussion. I do wish they would have left many of the names on the list they ruled out early so we could have debated some of the strengths and weaknesses of those, but I do think Roughriders has the potential once people get over their biases to other names.
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    Think Hoff's dad is Geir, who played on the Michigan State team that lost to the Hrkac Circus in the 1987 Natinal Championship game.
  4. tnt
    So let me get this straight, the same consultant company that pushed Fighting Hawks is also going to design the logo? Is that the case? The pushers of the generic name so nobody is offended will somehow come up with a unique and exciting logo? How about that word getting out! Oh, but we the people picked the name, so it all looks so legitimate!
  5. tnt
    ...and we aren't sure yet about Vermont. Lost to us and Omaha but beat Minnesota, so the verdict is still out.
  6. tnt
    Saturday's tickets sold.
  7. tnt
    Friday's tickets are sold. Saturday still available.
  8. tnt
    Yeah, just exactly like it is a wait and see how good the team is until they play stiffer competition, I want to see the same from Hrynkiw. That said, they have both done everything they can do to this point, so the fact they can all be learning as they win is great for a young team with a goalie that is just getting his feet wet at this level. Keep it rolling against Wisconsin.
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    True, we build people up way too high, and then look for every way possible to bring them down. I suspect the truth is somewhere in the middle between the myth and reality.
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    Hey if the hawk and bird lovers out there want to get behind something, how about the fact that TR created several of the bird refuges in the state, and by executive order created a National Wildlife Refuge. So yeah, he actually has done a lot of things for North Dakota and the country because his conservation spirit was born here. Honor him for that alone in my eyes.
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    Other than the fact that they would have never been named Rough Riders if not for North Dakota's influence. In fact there might not have been a volunteer unit period, and certainly not one involving TR.
  12. tnt
    I hate the term experts as much as the next guy, but he did foretell us most likely moving toward that type of nickname.
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    Yes, I guess that was an assumption. There are so many things in our history that we aren't proud of, but put us where we are today. Without Manifest Destiny our country doesn't look like it does today, and we wouldn't be having this conversation about UND. We can only hope we learn from those historical circumstances.
  14. tnt
    ... and I assume you had no problems with the nickname Sioux, who scalped and brutalized people? This is the very reason we will end up getting a generic name like Fighting Hawks because you can find skeletons in everybody's closet. Romans 3:23 .
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    The point being that he shouldn't have been?
  16. tnt
    Guess Ron His Horse is Thunder forgot about that quote too, as well as many Native Americans of his time.
  17. tnt
    I could have been happy with a form of that and just be Peregrines. You could still have a Falcon logo, but have a unique name that has a few ties locally. Yes, Peregrines doesn't sound right initially, but all unique names need some time to grow on you.
  18. tnt
    I have 2 tickets for each night versus Wisconsin, Section 302 A, Row G on the aisle in a short row above the entryway on the end the Sioux shoot twice. $45 per ticket. PM me and I will get back to you.
  19. tnt
    If they blew this whole thing up and kept names that weren't offensive like Nokes and Arrows we could have at least had unique options to choose from. True, some people would still hate them, but after what we've been through, I would take something like that in a heartbeat.
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    So the question would be if none reach 50 percent, and the last two are close, then what do you do? Now it would be better to use the Herald voting idea. Now see Jim brought up this possibility. How would the other two feel if they were close but ousted by Nodaks to get to the runoff. They would be asking why close isn't utilized in this round. They sure set themselves up. Why do they keep acting without thinking?
  21. tnt
    So Jerry York just starts calling around that are already committed elsewhere, and does what he does.
  22. tnt
    ... but your orignial point was that the old Ralph had a huge home ice advantage. Yes, in years they are winning it did, but when they weren't, not so much. So far we haven't really seen that in the new Ralph, and with the recruiting tool of the building, hopefully we don't anytime soon. So if we keep on top and keep seeing packed crowds because of the advantages it gives us in recruiting, I would call that a bigger home ice advantage.
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    ... and for this I blame the committee and the consultant for pushing things forward that had no basis if they would have adhered to their own criteria. Don't give us the "unique, tied to the state, source of pride" crap if you have no intention of using that in your evaluation.
  24. tnt
    Except those fans weren't rabid during the lean years in the early 90's In other words it was an advantage when you were winning, which is probably the case with the New Ralph as well.
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    So according to some, we can't vote RR because of Ron His Horse is Thunder, and Hawks because of Kelley, so Nodaks is the only ... wait, I heard Don Lucia loves that so he can show his disdain for North Dakotans, for that matter most of their fan base. How about voting on merits of each name.
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