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You know, they might have blown their chance. They should have sold the rights to determine the new nickname.

This shows a capacity at SDSU at a little less than 20,000. One of the SDSU shows on Midcontinent said 25,000.

Well South Dakota State added on to their Stadioum so the seating capacity is 25,000. Are they setting themselves up to be ready for some sort of move. What would UND have to do to be ready in case things move in a different direction with the Big Sky or making a different move with some of the Dakota schools? 25,000 seats for a small town like Brookings seems like a lot.

So if they chose to change their name, they shouldn't be allowed to take the name Trojans, Minutemen, etc.? Don't believe in double standards.

That's fine, but don't complain about there being no nickname options when only one would have been satisfactory in your eyes anyway.

I wonder why there are no good names on the list. Maybe because you are basically saying it was North Dakota or nothing for you and many others. If you had enough foresight like the rest of the people and realized that was never going to fly whether they said it was an option or not, then that's on you.

... and to be fair to leadership, what name did you put forth?

Someone posted this sign awhile back as well.

Yes, and I believe if your option of Nodaks is selected, I think that should be part of that nickname as well, as it would break it up a bit from just being the University of North Dakota Nodaks.

If the Sioux nickname had never been used before, I think current students wouldn't want that now either, because I don't think many have a deep appreciation for history.

I think you are being disingenuous, because if you really thought that most people were against Roughriders from around here, you wouldn't be constantly rehashing how they can't have the same nickname as someone in town.

Which would in essence be no different than being just North Dakota.

No, that would be the nickname fiasco that is doing that. Seriously, the media is always going to give more coverage to something that more people are interested in. Football has been getting a lot of coverage, but not in a positive light, with the dismissal and defection. They probably would be getting more positive coverage had they hung in with the Bison, rather than getting steamrolled.

Yeah, they have used green and white for so long, so why would it be hard to use certain adjectives to differentiate? I think once you state either UND or Red River in an article, people can follow thereafter, and if they can't differentiate by that or the names of some of the athletes, they probably don't care anyway.

Yeah, just like some thought Sioux was a derogatory term for snake in the grass, the term Nodak is used as a derisive term. So if that name came to fruition, would the NCAA take my offense to the name as seriously as they did for the vocal minority?

Could he still play with the Kelowna Rockets, the WHL team that drafted him?

Don't know if they rotate DB's as much as they do linebackers, but it seems like the defense always plays a lot of backups anyway. The term "starter" is only a label, and can change in a minute if you play well when you are in. It's all about performance, as it should be.

To me NoDaks is just as generic as Hawks on top of being redundant.

It shows he scored a goal in the 2 preseason games he played. If you are looking at game stats, he may have sat out a game.

Where do people think that Schlossman will have UND ranked in his preseason listing? Minnesota? I think he will have the Sioux 4th and Minnesota 8th. Think he will have Denver or Duluth as # 1.

Yeah, since Mussman wasn't big into keeping in-state talent, and remembering Iverson trying to recruit other guys to come here, I was thinking he was part of the new regime that was bringing hope to the program. Definitely need to get the discipline back into the program, both on the field and off the field.

Wasn't Iverson one of Bubba's recruits?

But don't you see the irony, that NDSU rubes were whining that people might target Wentz's injury, and they had the questionable hits.

I believe Stumpf trying to twist Studrud's head was pretty blatant, again with no penalty.

Was hoping they could have made it close if they could have had some ball possession and the defense didn't have to be out there the whole game. It was evident early that wasn't going to happen. Knowing that the offensive line didn't give us any time, holes or push, it frustrates me that the coaches thought another athlete could find a hole where there wasn't any. Why pull the redshirt off of Iwarri Smith in that circumstance and trade a season where he should be learning and bulking up for one that will give him the best chance to succeed? Our offensive line needs to get better, and not so sure we have the horses there to let any running backs succeed, much less a bunch of true freshmen.