Hawkster

Sorry but no. Time for a new name

I'm sorry but I just can't get enthused about Roughriders. Way too much baggage with this one. First off, we would be stealing it from RR. I know, it's been discussed a million times, but that doesn't change anything. They had it first. Next, it's the name of a ficking condom. I suppose we could be the Ribbed Roughriders, or the Lubed Roughriders, it would fit. I'm not crazy about some of the other names either, but my first two choices would be North Stars or Fighting Hawks. I'll reluctantly support what ever is picked, but we clearly have much better choices than 'riders.

IIRC he wound up at Green Bay as a late draft pick or FA. Had the tools to make it in the NFL.

How about one more? -ban geaux_sioux if he restarts a locked thread knowing full well it's just going to attract more trolls.

But then, why tear apart a good, solid conference? I'm in favor of combining with the G5 although I don't see anything happening for some time down the road. Way, way too many unknowns yet for everyone, plus we really need to be a much better contender year in and year out before we can make such a move. Let's start making some noise in the playoffs before we talk about moving up.

Heck, Massey has us as a 21 point dog to WY. I'm calling this a loss, but no way should we lose by more than 14 and I'm really leaning towards 10 or less. Massey does give us an 8% chance of winning this game. http://masseyratings.com/team.php?t=5538&s=279541

That doesn't seem to be stopping other schools.

Do we even have a commit yet this year? I don't recall any but I'm known to miss stuff. I've heard both NDSU and SDSU have gotten a few good kids this year.

Actually, you are wrong. Here is the quote: I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. Winston Churchill Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/w/winstonchu125017.html#ydRjrmdIasBmGEee.99

If food is as bad now at the cafeteria as it was back when I was in college, it might be better to be hungry. Just saying.

And they will probably do it to us with 6 PM games when we are out west.

I've always like North Stars, it ranks way higher with me than either no name or Rough Riders. It wasn't my first choice, but is probably the highest of those that are left.

You might as well announce we are going back to Fighting Sioux. End result will be exactly the same. It's time to move on and forget this nonsense about going with "no nickname" wink wink. It's to the point I'll take anything over no name.

Trust me, if we go without a nickname, we won't be called North Dakota or "no nickname". We all know that Fighting Sioux will be screamed at every game even more and this disaster will never go away from us.

Just once let's not be viewed ascopying or following. We seem to have the reputation right now and it's time to get out from under it. RR had the Roughriders name and there's no reason for us to down that road. Besides, I really don't think Roughriders is really that great a name, although it's probably better than Blaze.

Roughriders: Already in use by a local high school North Dakota: It's not a nickname and worse, we don't want to redo this fiasco again in a couple years. Sorry but this route is simply unacceptable to both me and the NCAA.

This unfortunately will always be the problem. It's CAVALRY!!!! I actually think Cavalry would be a good name for us, but even our own people can't get it right.

I can live with: Cavalry Fighting Hawks ThunderHawks NoDaks Force Explorers North Stars I definitely DO NOT WANT North Dakota Blaze Fighting Green Pride Spirit SunDogs Roughriders Beats me why they keep leaving North Dakota on the list. We know the NCAA won't allow it and at any rate, it's not good business to go down that road again.

Wow, they only give us 1 chance out of 100 to win? I have the game circled as one of our loses, but I don't think it will be as bad as Massey predicts.

It's to the point I really don't even look forward to this game any more due to comments like that from both sides. I think everyone needs to go back to their corner until a week before the game.

The forum took down the challenge poll now I see, but I noticed yesterday that "Badlanders" was actually leading. Not sure what to make of that, but at any rate it would be better than no name at all.

Does Jamestown even have a conference any more? A few years ago they were begging NAIA conferences in MN and MT to take them and no one wanted to.

Kelley and/or the committee need to come out and just say having no nickname is just unacceptable and we aren't going there. I will never understand why this idea was allowed to fester as long as it has. Pick a damn name and move on, this has dragged out way too long. I'm sorry, but if it goes much longer, I'm not going to give a rip what they pick. Six months ago only a few names looked good to me, now anything except having no name is getting appealing.

Roughriders is one name I just can't support. Something about it that rubs me the wrong way.

Same could probably be said about hockey, particularly as it applies massively to women's hockey