It's shaping up to be a busy little October with Homecoming, Potato Bowl, and Sioux-Gopher Hockey/Sioux Football tripleheader in three consecutive weekends.
In all fairness, he said he'd wait, save his money, and choose the authentic. Doesn't sound like it has anything to do with high rollers or income levels to me, just personal preference. As for me, the replicas are just fine.
The Summit is an autobid and is a realistic possibility...unless the Big 12 or Big 10 come calling? I'm not for selling our soul for a conference invitation, but middle ground needs to be found, and I'm trusting that those conversations between Kelley, Faison, and Douple are happening.
The politically correct minority is now running the show at our colleges, universities, and in turn the NCAA, unfortunately. So we keep up the fight and retain the nickname, what is gained? You're crippling the athletic department's ability to compete with it's peers.
I agree with your ideology, but in UND's case I'm afraid this ship sailed with the signature of the settlement agreement with the NCAA. It's less about appeasing PC lunatics at this point, and more about removing roadblocks to the progress of the athletic department and the university as a whole.
I don't understand your position on this at all, I guess my ties to UND run deeper than that. If the name changes, it will be mostly the same kids on the team the following year.
I appreciate your response, we'll agree to disagree on that one.