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I like the discussion but seriously there is no way any leftist/sympathist/protectoroftheweak will allow for any name that even remotely preserves the name FIghting Sioux - not likely they would embrace "Norske" either - hasn't the table been set for UND Spirit, UND Green and White?

I was at the game - supporting the team. I'm not one to read a few sentences in the paper and start arm chair coaching or dissing players and coaches. Injuries have weakened what is a young, develooping offense. We all know the O line and D line need to develop and they will. The games that are considered winnable will need to be won by defense and special teams - both doable. We very well might get destroyed by the top tier Big Sky teams this year - doesn't mean these kids or coaching staff aren't trying or that they deserve to be beat down by their own fans. Leave the negativism to the trolls - lord knows they will be climbing over the wall in the next few weeks as display their inferiority complex daily. Thought for the day - I love when trolls come here and tell us we are arrogant. My definitions: Pride - when you post about your team on your own fan site. Arrogance - when you post about your team on another team's fan site.

They would accept Norse because there is already at least one college that uses it Luther College - a small DIII college in Iowa (which I do not see as a deal breaker). being of Norwegian decent I like it (and thus would not organize a walk around campus in protest). But the North Dakota Norse doesn't exactly slide on the tounge (unless you pronouce it Norsk - however North Dakota NOR-SKI does .

Most of the smack is eithe generated by trolls or in response to trolls - there is a difference between healthy discussion/difference of opinion and troll smack - if we create a smack thread we are just inviting more trolls and more smack.

When someone admits they are a troll they should be banned. I also think when someone comes on board and admits they hate UND (constantly)they should be banned. When someone continually posts degrading posts about UND and seldom has anything else to say they shoul be banned. It would take me less than 5 minutes to come up with a list and the site would be much more enjoyable.

Even though they have day jobs don't the play by play guys for UND hockey actually work for UND directly when they are announcing games? Perhaps we will continue to see Pat on the air now that he is a UND employee. He's one of the nicest guys in sports you will ever meet and great to know he's staying here, connected with UND.

Dude - we dd it on own fan board - not someone elses. Every post you make here is proof.

Once agan so litle going on at FU that all there is to do is continue to show the inferiorty complex about UND. Once a Flagship always a Flagship - the sooner you accept that the less time you waste having UND take up space in your head.

How does that go again? It was their Super Bowl. It meant more to them than to us It was just anther game UND's goal is to win the Big Sky again and play in the NCAA tournament

You trolls need to get together and agree on something - last year the standard troll message was none of the minor sports count. Of course our standard message is that for your cross country and soceer teams UND was their super bowl.

I would like to hear from the Mods on how this thread is even remotely appropiate to a UND Fan Site. Don't give me that "We want to hear from everyone" crap - this thread was not started by someone who "Just wants to bring an outside perspective". There is no way any other fan board would allow a thread like this to be posted much less stay. If all you want is trolls and BS you are well on your way to driving many legitimate UND fans who just want to talk about our teams away.

So you could get 50 to pony up the dough and have Sioux Forever license plates made? UND doesn not own the word "Sioux". I'm not a ND resident otherwise I would check into this.

Hey Cratter got any new gizmos with your tailgating rig - we picked up an extra space -and asked to be moved away from you that cost us a little more in Champions club dues.

I think there is huge opportunity for UND football staring them in the face - start selling "Bubba Hats" with the UND Football logo on them - hey "Cheese heads" started out an insult and now it's a badge of honor

So why not the UND Brave - based on the pioneer spirit of ND settlers and even the air force base being located nearby? (of course there is a subtle reference to the native american term "Braves" but someone will always find something wrong with any name.)

As was posted earlier here, I heard on the radio that 24 football players at Duluth got nailed for underage drinking. The announcer then said, "If they would have been hockey players the police would have looked the other way."

Thanks for taking the time - so many of us are so tired of having to revisit the facts whenever a new troll comes o board - trolls live on revising history and pulling facts out of thin air.

I'm more of a realistic than an optimist. I was hoping for no blow-out but more so I was hoping to see good tackling and crisp play calling and fewer mistakes. What I saw is what we all know - it starts with OL and DL, which were both overmatched. The year we beat UNI you can point at the lines being able to hold their own and often dominate which opens up a lot of options. Gonna be rough against the top tier this year - anyone who thought otherwise wasn't paying attention. I'll be there for every home game supporting the team and it won't be by second guessing the staff or dissing any players - and I will never use the word "suck" when discussing any UND team - not my style.

Only caught the first half but liked what Alex T brings - sounds like he let a punt get behind him in the second half but gotta appreciate him coming north for one season.

Yup the Sioux Bar in St. Cloud is all set up for it. When I called and asked if he had ESPN3 on any TVs he asked if I was a Sioux fan without me evening sharing that was the game I wanted. It's the Ultimate Sports Bar in Waite Park, MN.

So does that mean that even the best sports bar won't be able to televise ESPN3?

Gotta love the trolls - how many schools that schedule OOC schedule more than one or two years out - the fact that there is "no return game" is pure conjecture and just another attempt at being able to say "See now THIS really proves that we are better". The reality is the last time they played UND hosted so it was FU's turn to host for the first game, the follow-up game is actually game 1 of a new series, probably not annually but also probably not all in Fargo (NO ONE KNOWS). But if FU trolls need to spin this to feed their inferiority we are used to that.

Perhaps it's been pointed out but if UND hosted the last game that was played it was FU's turn to host the next game, they then get to host the next game (2019) and UND will host the following game (ain't no way the third game is in Fargo). So it really is just getting back on track.

I have always been able to find UND fans on a football road trip.

However I would say that even if UND had already chosen a new nickname those shirts would have still been made and somehow UND would have still been blamed (for not totally banishing the logo from campus for example - which again would not have stopped this situation from happening.)