Teeder11

She may have been supplying reasons but it also sounded an awful lot like she was dissuading the group from going down that road (admittedly, even after Charging Nakota had already been accepted). My problem with GC's interpretation of the NCAA settlement with UND is that there are other NCAA institutions that use nicknames/words that derive directly from N.A. culture and language. i.e. University of Alaska-Fairbanks Nanooks (Inuit word for polar bear), UCONN Huskies (Inuit word for dogs kept by the Inuit people), University of Maryland Terrapins (Algonquin word for a type of turtle), and University of South Dakota Coyotes (Nahuatl root word for an animal that is prominent in N.A. folklore. The Nahua people are descendants of Azetcs in central Mexico.), University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Mocs (shortened from from the word moccasins) etc. I could go on. It would seem GC is just doing her job, but IMHO, she is being too hypersensitive to the terms of the NCAA settlement regarding use of NCAA imagery in a nickname. Maybe the thought is that, as has been shown before, because we decided to fight the NCAA, the rules are different for UND.

They are looking into that right now. That's what Lowell and the committee asked the consultant to look into. Lowell was very confused why one would make it and the other did not. I agree with Lowell. We shall see what they decide.

You are correct. I was at the meetings and McDonald was a little lost at first as to what Lowell was asking about.... McDonald thought he was asking about the tribe known as "Nakota," (mostly in Montana, with some small bands in western North Dakota), when in fact, Lowell was referring to "Nokota," the feral horse in western North Dakota. It seemed like McDonald had no idea what a "Nokota" was and it was the first time he had actually heard it mentioned. McDonald was listening in via teleconference, so maybe there was some technological reasons for the misunderstanding. It was UND's general counsel who was most adament that Nokota was too closely aligned with N.A. culture. Lowell disagreed vehemently, and I tend to agree with Lowell. General Counsel is interpreting things much too broadly here IMHO.

Here's hoping commits stay committed and returners don't change their minds.

Best to Hak!

Dropped out, huh? Bummer. ?

This must be your first time on SiouxSports, then. Wow! You've been busy today-- over 200 posts!!!!

Let me slow it down for you. The nastiness and hypocrisy associated with the UND-NDSU rivalry is not an anomaly in the world of college athletics. It is the norm in all great rivalries. That does not make it right. That is just the way it is. To wish that it should just go poof and be gone is one's prerogative but it is pretty naive, too. And to highlight a hypocrisy on one side while dismissing or ignoring one on the other is not just hypocritical, it is also disingenuous. This is fun!

My, you are naive, aren't you, Pollyanna?

Neither side owns the high ground on hypocrisy. It's very mutual part of any great rivalry. Next.

They mean "region" as in upper Midwest, not just northeastern North Dakota.

All very true. It was interesting that Oregon was interested in Smith as a PWO. The Ducks are pretty synonymous with "fast." He must have some pretty decent speed. As far as football IQ, I Don't know.

Projected safety, corner, returner, slot receiver, running back? Or all of the above?

Relax. Geaux Sioux, this is a fan message board. Everything is done in hyperbole. ( ;

It certainly is the proverbial "sausage being made" isn't it?

Teeder11, on 05 May 2015 - 2:59 PM, said: Fixed your fix.

I was just talking about this very thing with a co-worker... and your explanation was my best guess, too. I just wished that there would have been a happy medium on the lag time between the time the lists arrived from the outside agency to the time it was released publicly, at which point better vetting could have taken place and some of the confusing matters that are confounding people today could have been cleared up and alleviated. I think it should have been released today rather than immediately after it was received. Just my 2 cents. I do realize, however, that someone could then accuse UND of manipulating the data... so damned if you do, damned if you don't, I guess.

Not hypocrisy. Just being overly transparent -- to a fault.

"They" reconvene tomorrow at 6 p.m.at Twamley 404.... bring your own popcorn.

This is my read, too.

^^^I was trying to come up with a way to explain that very thing. I love the Red Pepper because of all the great experiences that I have had there over the years -- same with The Moon and other Grand Forks Iconic places --- and all the nostalgia that comes with it.

Dillon was a hard luck case, hampered by injuries. Kiser showed spurts at the 5 but utimately got pushed around with her slight frame. E. Thompson was recruited to play volleyball originally. Gave it up and tried b-ball. C.thompson was a walk on from lower division Northern State. Buckley never saw a lick of action as a freshmen last season, as opposed to Strand and Sawatzke, who both got a lot of bench minutes. Meyer also sat for the season.

A quick glance shows the absence of Dillon, Kiser, E. Thompson. C. Thompson and Buckley.

To the tune of "White Christmas" (apologies to Irving Berlin): I'm dreaming of a Hambone update With every SiouxSports post I read With exclamation points aplenty, in font size of twenty And the words 'FBS runningback coming' indeed.

Seems a lot of that goes on unabated on here on all sides of this issue.