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Just an honest question...I have no opinion on it... Is it fair to the future players who will be playing under the new nickname when everyone is still yelling "Go Sioux!" and wearing Sioux stuff?

Well, if you believe Christopher Columbus proved the earth was flat, you have a mistaken viewpoint of that age. Either way, it wasn't even Columbus (well, his name wasn't even Columbus, but rather Col

The problem is, nothing will sound as "right" as Sioux. We'll see.... I still stand my ground.

Right, that is one thing you have to consider is the actual nickname chosen. As bad as the university has handled the whole nickname issue, you have to trust that they'll put something out there that is a worthy replacement.

Those people are few and far between though. Like I said, there are people that will never change, but over the course of time, people will change....and that time span is shorter than many think.

No one will forget the Sioux nickname, but people will accept the new nickname much sooner than many people anticipate. There will be some that that totally ignore the new nickname, especially at first, but after a few years, it will be a non-subject.

I'm sure all rights went directly to UND once his design was approved and he gave the go-ahead.

Touche...

Bring on the new stuff. Living in the past gets old sooner than one would think.....with the exception of music.

I think LeBron gets more talk and hype than even Kobe. Kobe is for sure second, but I see and hear more about LeBron than anyone else from the NBA.

Smaby WAS the captain, but I couldn't tell you the A's....I can barely remember what I ate for lunch today.

I think most Blu-Ray players play standard DVD's. I never was on the market for one since my PS3 has one built in, but it also plays CD's, DVD's, and other data discs for photos or whatnot, which I believe is the norm. Your DVD collection would not be lost. I actually find Blu-Rays to be even better quality than HD cable, not to mention the audio aspects of both Blu-Ray and HD cable/satellite blow the snot out of regular DVD's or TV which have compressed audio and limited surround.

It doesn't mean you have to comment on it...

Yep, you're right

I'm gonna skip the junior class and say that Gregoire gets the last one.

Yeah...no big deal...you can use it if you want, just send me a PM next time. On a side note, the Siouxper Swings are a lot of fun and the money spent is well worth it. The coaches are very open and fun to golf with. Hak doesn't even charge extra for smiles, haha.

Here's a purely hypothetical question..... Everyone around here (with the exception of one) HATES the Gophers. Hates 'em with a passion. If Blaiser ever took a coaching job at UM, will he be greeted with cheers or jeers when he visits The Ralph for the first time on the opposing bench? I've never been a big Blais fan (don't dislike him, just don't get my undies in a bunch for him either), so I don't know what I'd do. Once a Gopher always a Gopher though...

Hey, nice avatar, wonder where you got it....

Maybe they know something we don't about the long run of the situation. We all want the team to win every single year, but think about it like this. You bring in Mattson now (theoretically giving him an extra year of playing time with us that he would have used in the USHL), and Knight next year. Knight might be more NCAA ready, so give Mattson a year to catch up and put them together in 2010-11 both as forces along with all our other good players coming in.

Agreed....of all the sports, hockey and golf are the ones I struggle to watch without HD now. Call us spoiled I guess...

Back in the day when both the Bruins and the Celtics were awesome, the Bruins were the hottest ticket in town, not the C's. A lot has changed since then, but hockey had its day once.

Olsen is a Bulldog....big deal. There were a lot of other good players in college hockey when we won our titles that didn't wear Sioux sweaters. I heard from a pretty good source that Olsen actually was ready to public commit to UND (and already told the coaches he would), but something came up and Olsen was upset about something so changed his commitment. From what I understood, our coaches and Olsen had a disagreement. So, he was almost ours, but maybe it's a good reason he's not. (PS, sounds like a Chelios deal and look what happened during that timespan)

There was plenty of that too....my shins are still recovering many moons later.

Granted we didn't have a hard ass rubber puck, but there was a kid in my class who actually played at Mankato for a few years and spent a couple in the USHL as well. A lot of good MN and GF HS kids as well I got my fair share of welts.

When I was in floor hockey back in the day, I was a pretty stellar goalie if I do say so myself....and that was without pads.