Teeder11

No, dagies, it's even simpler than any of that -- it's the law. They have to. University lawyers interpret the law to say that once the petitions are filed and certified, "the repeal" is on hold, thus, the law on the books before the repeal would go into effect until the June vote decides the matter. Dumb, I know, but that's how they're interpreting the law.

Well, in a way, yes.... but I would do it for free any day. I love the University and have devoted most of my life to it.

It was never their intention to destroy anything, only to strengthen the University. Now the NCAA, mind you, has every intention of destroying the nickname. If you want to assign blame, make sure you pin it on the right organization.

I'm told that UND is preparing to immediately revert back to the Fighting Sioux nickname once the Secretary of State certifies that there are enough signatures. They aren't planning any shenanigans to remain nicknameless, despite a successful petition drive. UND officials have told me that once the petitions are filed and they are certified, they will abide by the letter of the law and go back to the pre-repeal law that was pass last spring in the legislature. If the primary vote in June fails then the name would be discontinued again, and then the waiting game starts again for the constitutional measure in the fall. What a yo-yo of events this could turn out to be. All that said, the info above comes from UND officials. The SBHE may have other commands for UND, and history has shown that the UND admin will fall lock step in line with what their bosses on the board tell them to do.

UND had a 1st day spring enrollment of about 13,500. As of Jan. 27, it had grown to about 13,800. The all-time spring enrollment record was set last year at 13,458, so UND has already eclipsed the record this year and it's still growing. The final UND spring number for this year should be realsed next week. I have no idea on NDSU. They have been pretty mum on those figures in recent years.

I didn't check out the roster, but maybe they're getting players from southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan (Brandon, Boissevain, Estevan, etc.). Or maybe there are some kids coming down to play from the Alberta oil sands region, if their parents get jobs in the Williston Basin? Interesting nontheless.

Who knew? Williston State has a hockey team, and they knocked off THE Arizona Wildcats. http://www.williston...1871e3ce6c.html

Hopefully the students will show because it's on a Thursday night, instead of going home to mama and papa on the weekend-- at least they might stay for the first half.

^^What an arrogant punk. Typical.

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. I would say "different" as opposed to "better," given the different time lines for D-1 entry and transition and the conference affiliations. I try to be as objective as possible, though, I admit, I tend to be a little more lenient or sympathetic to shortfalls and optimistic or hopeful for the team's future than fans from other fan bases would be -- but delusional -- I don't think so. If you are too objective and realistic about your team, it makes being a "fan" no fun. In fact, one is probably not a "fan"atic at all, in the truest sense of the definition.

So huge!!! I looked at the recruiting tapes on Tuilagi that were posted and at some of the warm weather schools that we were competing with and I thought -- no effn' way. Wow! I may have to become a regular at Spring ball and the Green and White game this spring. That's how excited I am.

That is so freakn' awesome! What a charmer she is. Her dad looks like he could still lace 'em up for UND.

As far as I can gather, this reality show, ala "Ice Road Truckers," is still in the pilot stage, shopping for a network to show it. Whether it makes it to prime time or not, it's an interesting look at life in Williston these days. http://www.fishingbuddy.com/boomtown_girls

I was going to say that, too, but I thought it was too obvious.

Yeah, but you gotta remember that .... 1. the game didn't mean as much to them. 2. they were looking past UND toward the SDSU game. 3. (my personal fave) they were "playing down" to UND. 4. they didn't show up to play, as it was a "meaningless' OOC game. 5. they would win 9 out of 10 games against UND. 6. Pat Sweeney "homered" Dom Izzo so much, causing Dom to say nice things about UND, that the balance of the universe was thrown off enough to favor a UND victory. 7. but football. 8. but(t) hurts. Take your pick. Heard 'em all before. Listen, NDSU is a very good team in bastekeball, football, volleyball, soccer, etc., relative to other teams in FCS and the mid-major level. There is no denying it. UND, too, is fielding very good teams relative to its competitive landscape. But the arrogance and excuses from both sides just gets nauseating.

It goes for both of you.

Idalksi won't have to recruit very hard to get this elite player -- in 2018! She sounds like a chip off the ol' block. I saw her dad score a beauty of a goal in the 1987 NC game at the Joe in Detroit. http://www.leaderpos...6005/story.html

Looks like this is shaping up to be the year of the walk-on. Nebraska paper says Sam Foltz is going to be a Husker under Pellini. http://www.theindependent.com/sports/fyfe-foltz-johns-to-walk-on-at-nu/article_5367d400-463d-11e1-8526-001871e3ce6c.html

Stat Nerd, here. OK, so JoLam and Mo are 1 and 3 in scoring in the nation, respectively. Jo (25 G, 37 A, 62 PTS) and Mo (22 G, 34 A, 56 PTS). Jo is putting up nearly 2.5 points per game. That's impressive! But get this little factoid, of Mo's 22 goals, 17 of them are of the meaningful variety, as in either game winners, short-handed goals or power play tallies. Mo makes hers really count! Source: http://www.uscho.com/stats/overall/division-i-women/2011-2012/

Growing pains in Dickinson. Good problem to have? http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/event/article/id/54793/

Nice move by UND and the State Board! This is a clear example of UND serving the state's current needs. Meanwhile, down south.... http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/347821/ Not a good sign for the nanoscale industry.

^^^^^^^^^^This. Bingo!

I like it. I thought it was fun. And if the players like and it gets them pumped, so be it.

Point is they've been using it for years, even decades. It is nothing new. You just are noticing it now because of the loss of the nickname and the emotions are still so raw.

Relax. There's no vast conspiracy taking place before your eyes. Wayne, Tom Miller, Schloss, Virg before him, and Kevin Fee, when he was there, and countless other sports writers that have been at the Herald have been using the term "Green and White" for decades as a substitute for "Fighting Sioux" and "UND" in their writings. Before you might have read right over it without even thinking about it; now you are more sensitive to it, and rightly so. My access to online Herald archives, which go back to 1995, show more than 4,100 references to the term "Green and White," and many of them are instances where "Green and White" was used as a substitute for "Fighting Sioux," or "Sioux." And I would wager a bet that I would find thousands more examples if the archives went farther back than 1995. "Green and White" also is the common term that is associated with the annual spring football game at UND, as in the "Green and White intersquad game." Below is the earliest example that I can find in the Herald archives. It is from a UND hockey game story about a series with Alaska Anchorage. Notice the quote from then-UND coach Dean Blais. I never knew Blais as someone who was anti-nickname or someone who wanted the name change to something else. Take the usage of "Green and White" for what it is: something that Herald reporters have been doing for years. Not some silly plan to sneakily and subliminally plant the seed for a new nickname in the collective mind of the public that reads their sports stories.