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I mean we played against them in hockey in South Bend just three years ago, when we were no longer wearing the Fighting Sioux logo, and when the interlocking ND logo was increasingly being used and marketed by the University. I know that the two teams were honoring existing agreements to play each other, but irrespective of that, there was absolutely no beef by NDU at the time when it came to our use of the interlocking logo. I think logo concerns is like problem #99 on NDU's long list of issues when it comes to conference shopping.

That discussion was all about the Fighting Sioux logo. UND and NDU have longstanding mutual understandings on use of their respective logos. There's nothing to see here, folks. Move along.

Yes, however, the jury is still out on whether it will be enough of an outcry to mute any other choices that surface.... and then it would be up to the powers that be to decide whether it's in the best interest of the University as a whole to go down that road. Again, I could live with it, but I'm not making the big bucks that those people get who have to make and live with these decisions. I don't envy them at all.

I respectfully submit that #4 should be #2 and vice versa. Awesome sliding finish by Jewels ... hope we can get another year out him at UND!

He he.... Now why would I do that? No, I'm serious about what I wrote.

I, too, hope it will be given a fair chance if that is what the majority of stakeholders in the next round of this saga "vote" for? (I put "vote" in quotes because I don't know how the next committee will ultimately decide to garner input on the matter). I could respect that result, if that is the prevailing choice. But, speaking for myself, if we can't be Fighting Sioux --given the settlement agreement and the stark reality that the NCAA and PC nuts won't ever leave us alone if we thumb our nose at the world and continue to be the Fighting Sioux, I would want a new name that our new generations of students, athletes and fans (like my young daughters who were born after the settlement) can grow to rally around. Something that we can have fun with and market; something that in a few years or decades will be as revered by the younger generations in the same way we in the older crowd love the Fighting Sioux nickname. I think, if there is little to no outcry to be just "North Dakota," the committee/UND leadership will ultimately bless off on a new replacement nickname, knowing full well that there is a long row to hoe ahead before if will be accepted by a large majority of UND fans.

This I can agree with.

I know. I knew the man very well on a personal level.

I would say that is true. I have seen about the same amount of Sioux gear at all the games I go to. At the same time, I have seen a huge surge of "UND" and "North Dakota" gear at the same games, presumably because that is what is largely sold today. Though,I guess if you were voting with your dollars, it would not be that hard to pop into Scheel's or the Sioux Shop at the Ralph to pick up some new Sioux gear.

Why don't throw Tom Clifford in there, too, for good measure? I have the utmost respect for all four of those men and their individual opinions on things, and I would venture to guess they respected mine, or at least they gave me no indication that they did not. BTW, I have had long polite conversations with all four men.

At the hockey games, yes.... at the football games, it's markedly less, and at all other sports, it's barely audible and sometimes not uttered at all. Not saying it's a bad thing. I've always liked it, as it's part of our institution's history.

That wasn't the reason we were laughing at Darell! Sorry, Darell, we're hardest on the ones we love. ( :

You and PETA are going to have to pry it out of my cold, dead hands!!!!

That was a superb blend of hyperbolic romanticism and revisionism. Well done, Frank! But you still might want to stick to your day job. ( ;

Still think UND did not waste its share of the Challenge Fund. Sometimes Universities have to prioritize academics over athletics. Hark! I know that's blasphemes to say such a thing on here, but it's true. Some Universities have a lot of exciting things going on academically and use this money to bolster those area, others are Johnny-Come-Latlies that apparently don't have much to support in the realm of academics, so they do what they've always done, rape academics for athletics, bulldoze forward and ask for forgiveness later. I would say this is especially true at DSU and MSU, and look at the states of affairs at those two institutions.

Cool story, bro; the only problem is it might not be legal. I applaud UND for proceeding the way it has. There's a lot of good things happening on campus because of UND's dealings with the Challenge Fund.

Simmons is done for good.

Calling Sportscenter Top 10!

2-nuts. SAB with another shutout. 6th shutout in last 10 games for her.

Think you've confused them, Homer. They want so badly to come back with something like "UND better get its priorities straight, then." To which the only two-word retort would be "we do."

http://www.undsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=58577&SPID=6390&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=209884514&DB_OEM_ID=13500 A lot of hockey pedigree in the crop of new recruits coming in for 2015: Kennedy Kidd - Father, Trevor, played hockey with the Calgary Flames, Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers and Toronto Maple Leafs, and was a member of the Canadian team that took silver at the 1992 Olympic Winter Games. Riley Koberinski - Father, Scott, played hockey at UND from 1985-89. Meghan Lindsay - Uncle, Derek Laxdal, played hockey for the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Islanders and is the current head coach of the Texas Stars (AHL). Bella Mantaro - Father, Jason, played hockey at the Air Force Academy. Olivia Swenson - Lettered three years in hockey and two years in lacrosse at Chaska HS.

Why would she want to stoop to that level? DCZ was an insider long before there was even a figment of a mention of anything remotely called a %gobc.

I seem to recall the new UAS center, AKA Robin Hall, which is going up on the western edge of campus, also used challenge fund matching dollars. I think UND did nice things with its money... it is just interesting to me to see where individual institutions are investing this money.

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