WYOBISONMAN

GRAND FORKS, ND

Will Carlson and his cronies in the Legislature push to get student numbers lower? It seems that the pressure from the Legislature is for no growth......which seems to me to be damn backwards. One would think Higher Ed in ND should do well with all the additional Bakken revenue flowing into state coffers. But, the last legislative session was a bust for Higher Ed with some destructive political games being played between Carlson power grabbing from the SBOHE.

They better develop a young QB. I don't really like relying on all these old guys like McNabb and Favre, although Favres first year was sure exciting. The Vikes need a young QB they can build the team around. I am just going to be happy to not see that asshat Chilly on the sidelines too!!

After that last pre season game......Thank God T-Jack is in Seattle and not Minneapolis. That guy sucks so bad.

I prefer to just try and ignore that point........

Its the off season and everyone is bored as hell and sick of Al Carlson. But....things are looking up. College football starts this weeked. T-Jack suck as bad as ever, but he is in Seattle instead of Minnesota. Chilly is nowhere to be found. Hey.....soon all energy will switch to football and that is a good thing.

From the Forum: House Majority Leader Al Carlson said he wont be the one to make the first move to reverse a state law mandating the University of North Dakota keep its Fighting Sioux nickname. When asked this week if he would introduce legislation to undo the law, Carlson said he wouldnt. Im principled enough to know that Im not going to do that, said Carlson, who sponsored the controversial law that took effect this month. Forum article linky.... Good god, Al needs to man up and clean up his mess........

This is not a partisan issue at all. It is about damn near the entire legislature and the Governor acting stupid and passing this law that has actually hurt UND and been a huge distraction for an athletic department trying to move to DI. Partisan issues are garbage like the federal debt ceiling. As for the SBOHE, I wouldn't think they could go contrary to law and dump the name until this is repealed. I would doubt that there would be anything other than token opposition to repealing the law in November. It has become evident, even to the most thick headed legislators (seemingly most of them) that this law will destroy athletics at UND.

It will be interesting to see how this all shakes out. It is clearly going to impact the number of solid players that will make it in Division I athletics. What does that mean for the talent pool that the FCS schools will have to choose from? I suspect it will be smaller and recruiting will be more competative.

Does the NCAA require that every team has a nickname? That is outrageous.

Not much chance of that.......but if you like to think so.....have at it. I am not quite sure how you get Bison as hostile and abusive......probably your mind is a little clouded given the current firestorm. As for the NCAA forcing UND to have a nick name........I just cannot even imagine that happening. Yes, I can see how one could rationalize about hostile and abusive nicknames......but how on earth could an argument be made that having NO nickname is a problem for anyone. If the NCAA tried to do that I would join the protests myself.

The fans need to get moving on and let this issue die.......Football season starts in less than a month. Find your pride on the field and cheer for your school.

This whole escapade with the legislature and Al is/was such a damn circle jerk.......

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I can see point #2, but how does #1 make any difference? The meeting is in Indy so it should be beyond the scope of the ND open meeting and open record requirements.

I find it comical that the head of the REA is going on this trip. It real shows who and what is calling the shots at UND. What an embarrassment.

Star, you have gotten completely delusional.

This trip to Indy is a total waste. It is just Carlson engaging in mental masturbation.

And it would really look great with Spirit Lake represented and Standing Rock ignored. This meeting is just another Al Carlson Cluster F#ck. This is like watching a damn train wreck.

After the crap that had been pulled on Dr. Kelley, I doubt he will stick around for very long. He has done a good job under intollerable conditions. Good luck finding another President after all this political garbage. The bad thing is the legislature, Carlson and now Grant Shaft have all acted so stupid that it will likely harm all schools in ND when they try and recruit a President or other administration that comes from a national search. This nick name garbage is getting to the point it is having impacts on all schools.

I think the issue is....would UND and the SBOHE go against something that is explicitly in violation of ND law (albeit a foolish law). I have a hard time seeing the law being ignored. I just needs to be repealed and have common sense prevail and the right thing done for UND and Higher Ed in ND.

Good lord.......you have gone completely nuts! Like a little dog......biting at what ever is close....because you are in pain. This is completely irrational.

I am surprised a good guy like Kelley tolerates this BS. He is a solid president and looks out for the best interests of UND, yet an asshole like Carlson makes an incredible outlandish accusation about him. This whole mess is shameful.

Indeed......this is not just about UND. Carlson is an enemy of Higher Ed in North Dakota.

Freedom of expression. I would doubt they would ever try and prohibit fans from wearing Sioux gear at a game......and if they tried it surely would be unconstitutional.