Hawkster

Wow. Two words mean more to you then an entire institution. I wish my degree was in Psychology rather then Poli Sci, because I sure would love to analyze you.

Jim, I'm curious how you came up with the rankings in the cases where there were tie scores? In the 1 point per round side, there are 7 people who all had 11 points, yet Ole came out number 1. BTW, thanks for all the work you did on this, adds an extra little touch to UND hockey.

That almost makes it sound like it was intentional, and yet you said UND is claiming it was unintentional.

Anyone else think it's ironic that Super Fan DaveK picked us to lose to Minnesota in the hockey bracket and had Minnesota winning it all. Now granted, I only had UND going one game further and had BC winning it all, but wouldn't you think a guy who claims to be the very heart and soul of UND athletics would at least have a little faith in his team? I'll probably get kicked to the curb for saying this, but it just seems so contrary to the front he puts up over the name.

And then confusion can really reign supreme. After spending the next 2 months telling people that yes means no and no means yes for the June primary, they can then turn around and tell people it's the same issue, but yes means yes and no means no.

I hope The Herald does some polling to see how everyone is leaning, and more importantly, I hope they word the polling question the right way, NOT "Do you support or oppose the Sioux nickname". I'm in Minnesota and not close to the RR Valley, so I'm not getting any vibes here. What really worries me is I remember a Poly Sci prof telling the class that if you want a NO vote on an issue in ND, put it on the Primary election. Seems that's when the die hards all vote and they vote no.

Yes, yes, yes.

I TOLD YOU SO. For months I said YES would mean No nickname, and No would mean the nickname stays.

I've been there. That's why I said what I did. Makes me think we have a black cloud hanging over us

How dare Me? I'll tell you what dared me. It's the fact that I want athletics at UND in five years. Do you have a back up plan to the Big Sky asking us politely to leave?

Just saw the Nelson thing now. What else can go wrong today?

Dave, are you going to be this excited and delusional when the Big Sky votes us out of the conference too?

No contract can be made "forever". That claim in and of itself voids the entire ceremony.

I don't see where they are saying we'll revisit it later, they are saying we don't want to get involved. They figure let it live or die by the ballot box. And I'm still thinking that this thing will be worded in such a way that yes means no name, and no means the name stays. I hope not, but stay tuned.

When schools make major changes like what is taking place in Montana, you frequently have a situation where the new personnel want to make their mark on the program. In this instance, I can see a new AD and head coach wanting to move up to FBS

SFB, I want to thank you for all the hard work you did with this. It adds a little something extra to UND hockey and on behalf of all of those who played, THANKS.

Not the ending we hoped for, but nothing to hang our heads about either. Things are still better then a lot of people thought they would be back in November.

Knight, even though it's day.

If Ferris State and Mass-Lowell win, my hockey bracket will look just like my basketball bracket. Kiss of death.

Considering how I did in the Dance brackets this year, it's probably the kiss of death for any team I pick.

Parks

Rowney

I don't live in ND and haven't studied state law in a long time, but I believe that it could be referred and put to a vote. You bring up a valid point about how long this mess could really go on yet.

The one big difference between the June referral and the November amendment would be that even if they get the November one on the ballot, it still doesn't take effect until after it's voted on. So, the name would be discontinued for now, and hopefully people are educated enough on how to vote. Plus, that will be a yes means yes and no means no worded question. No confusion.

Totally new issue. If the REFERRAL gets thrown out, the supporters will then circulate new petitions calling for a CONSTITUTIONAL amendment. A constitutional amendment can't be declared unconstitutional by the State Supreme Court. We'd either have to live with it or get the Legislature to repeal it, but since they saddled us with this mess in the first place, you have to wonder how that would turn out.