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That was their former President Potter's agenda - once he left so did any support of the issue. Ironically he left SCSU in financial distress - should have spent more time watching the budget. The story also goes that liberal professors would offer student's extra credit to go hold a sign at UND games, once the extra credit went away so did their concern about the nickname.

So now they've found a way to infuse FU into hockey conversations - FU decision makers are not interested in adding hockey, they had the chance, they passed. Can't we try and keep the hockey threads an FU-free zone? I have never understood the reason for bashing Saint Cloud - we don't like it when the rodent fans look down their nose at us, why do so many insist on doing it to Saint Cloud. Having been to several games there (always when the Sioux are in town) they have a nice arena, recently remodeled which shows support, a great student section that is always full and have invested in coaches which has resulted in strong recruiting and a run of great teams. Plus their booster club is very welcoming to UND fans at their social every year - it's a competitive rivalry and an easy road trip. What's not to like?

What good could it do you already get every recruit you really want?

Love it but I can bet there are many liberal do-gooders who would find something to hate about it.

I believe the ultimate decision makers on campus will not allow "No Nickname". They will simply use the "No Name just keeps the Fighting Sioux alive" argument. Remember the Native American Cultural Center representatives also stated after their walk around campus that they wanted a new nickname chosen (which they demanded happen by this fall or they would start a negative campaign nationwide to discourage Native Americans from attending UND - wondering whatever happened to that threat?).

First everyone was concerned the decision was going to be made by a small group and leave out a majority of the stakeholders, now that they are trying to give everyone and every group a chance to participate they get raked for dragging their feet. Would someone please share how they could have accomplished both?

Yes but a reminder - piss off the NCAA and they have ways of getting even - no hosting, if you are on the bubble you don't get in, the "if we catch you wearing any Sioux clothing your team goes home episode. I wouldn't doubt if they would threaten to take away any hosting UND has already been awarded.

Yes it's walking (crawling) distance from the hotel.

MC's will be wall to wall Sioux fans - get your Hairy Buffalo at MC's and you'll be ready for the night. Remember the social at Brother's Pub on Saturday from 4-6. Both are located downtown.

You can assume the worst and believe there is a conspiracy or you can believe they are doing the best they can in a no-win situation (created by the NCAA). Other schools that have had to change their names have gone through the same pain - Miami of Ohio who was just in town was one of them. UND has named a large committee with lots of members with great UND backgrounds - I can't believe they are all in on the same conspiracy or that someone won't speak up if they feel they are being manipulated. Honestly I wouldn't want to be in their shoes - no matter what name they come up with (and it appears just being North Dakota won't fly) they are going to hear from those who hate it. Really what more could UND be doing to try and involve as many people with an interest in this as possible?

Well of course they are because as was stated over and over again earlier this season, a team with 5 losses has NO CHANCE of making the playoffs.

It was a very rushed day - Champion's club over at the CanAm - maybe they should have made an announcement!!! I was outside when the team walked in and was very loud and proud - that crowd was very small also.

https://www.facebook.com/arentwesiouxenough?fref=nf It appears that no name is a possibility - unless they are just appeasing the masses.

The story I heard was that after the game he was pretty distraught and had been getting taunted all game - he broke and came up the side into the stands - I didn't see it just heard about it.

No matter what name is chosen there will be reasons to hate it - I still like the thought of finding something regionally linked. Someone suggested this name to me: Nordic Warriors Of course you can easily trash any name that is suggested but it's just another possibility linked to the Scandinavian culture of the area,

Anyone know anything about NAU's #66 climbing into the stands after the game and going after some fans?

The opposite of love isn't hate - it's indifference. Many FU fans try to claim they are indifferent about UND but their hate language says otherwise.

I do agree that it is inevitable that there will be a new nickname chosen. Just for the sake of discussion however I have to say that based on your criteria even if UND was sincere in wanting to move on without a nickname there is no way they could because there will always be fans wearing Fighting Sioux clothing. Uber politically correct Stanford chose a color as their mascot and there are still plenty of alumni that wear Stanford Indian clothing. Just because a school can't control what it's fans wear and cheer doesn't mean they aren't sincere.

After reading the story in the GF Herald there is no way that no nickname is an option.

How about this for a positioning: Nicknames are antiquated, they come from a different time in the world of higher education. Today nicknames have become a source for insults, slurs, inappropriate chants and slogans. Therefore UND is choosing to focus on its entire community and promote and celebrate the entire University by choosing to NOT have a nickname. We are North Dakota. (Of course the NCAA will B**tch Slap us back into reality but hey it's something to talk about).

In the big picture this season was never going to be a Storybook Season - doesn't really matter how many wins we end up with - i's day by day for the future.

Someone involved in the public forums needs to throw that option out so we hear whether or not it is an option. I'm guessing it's not an option - anti-nicknamers would say it just encourages perpetuating Fighting Sioux. I believe the NCAA has mandated a new name. UND needs it for marketing revenue.

There are so many of you FU Trolls posting under so many nicknames no one knows how many posts you have - but the reality is you continue to find the need to come here and defend FU - which supports the inferiority complex syndrome so many of you seem to have. By the way UND is will be always be THE Flagship University of the state ...Buttfootball (no need to rebut we can just copy and paste previous FU troll comments). .

We met his parents tailgating - must be something behind the scenes because they seemed to like his situation.