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Fixed your post.

I already said that my decision doesn't even include the Sioux nickname. Thanks to our teacher's unions these days, you don't even know how to read.

I don't disagree about not liking the name itself, but put yourself in these shoes. Imagine we've been the Pheasants for decades, but have to drop the nickname thanks to PETA. Now, picture someone mentioning "hey, let's be the Fighting Sioux". You can come up with a whole lot of possibly negative connotations regarding the name Sioux thanks to it sounding identical to Sue, and that is a woman's name. Just sayin' At some point, everyone has to realize no name is perfect. The sooner that IS realized, the sooner we can begin accepting something to replace our iconic Fighting Sioux.

Same here. Hate 'em with a passion. They are becoming more destructive than any other group has in history, and that has nothing to do with the Fighting Sioux nickname. Somehow they always think they know how to run everyone else's lives better than the actual people do. Ban me if you like, I'll just re-register on the new site once SiouxSports gets tossed in the coffin with the nickname and logo.

Peacocks eh goon? I could whip up another logo if you like...

OK, so i tried. Ultimately, I agree with everyone else, it isn't as great of a nickname as Fighting Sioux. Nothing will ever roll off our tongues as easy and proudly as that, though...

Oh, and since he's good friends with Bucky Badger, we can name him Phucky Pheasant...

OK, so I kind of grasped Fetch's idea he posted in the Random Nickname thread about the Fighting Pheasants. Well, everyone knows, pheasants aren't the badasses of the animal kingdom, nor do they put up much of a fight in the wild....UNTIL NOW. Here's a little something I whipped up in the wee hours of the morning. Pheasants are a big part of North Dakota's makeup on a national level, and are actually a pretty neat bird. Everyone wants something that is terrifying, unique, cool, etc. all in one package. Trying to get that is pretty much as slim as it gets...other than keeping Fighting Sioux (and all this is, of course, 2nd to our current nickname). So, why not take this awesome animal, transform it into our own mean, badass logo and nickname. There are a lot of weak nicknames in college athletics, and no one criticizes them for it (Cardinals, Ducks, Gophers, etc...ok, so we rip on Gophers, but we all know that when someone says Gophers, we immediately identify the U of Minn). Whatcha think? (And yes, I made this. Consider it my intellectual property. Please ask before using...not sure what you'd use it for anyways) On our current home hockey jerseys:

Zach and Matt Jones have a little bro, as well as LaPoint, but they are still pretty young and would be a few years down the road. Who knows if they even play hockey, but let's hope they become studs. Both families are pretty dedicated to UND.

Fourwindsboy is about two winds short of a hurricane

Typical Liberal statement....always deciding what's best for others instead of letting them decide for themselves.

Lucia might be a good candidate when he becomes available closer to the start of the season.

Best name: West War I (followed by II, III, IV, etc...)

What's not political about oil to begin with? The thread should have been locked from day 1.

I've re-thunk my decision: Minnesota Minnesota-Moorhead St. Cloud North Dakota State At least NDSU and Moorhead aren't in the picture right now.

I didn't read it, but was already laughing when I saw two things: 1) New York Times 2) "Op-Ed"

Amen Goon.

Michigan was an over-achiever a bit this year, like us. They have great skill, but they didn't have much goaltending all year. Hunwick came in thanks to Hogan's injury, and kind of carried Michigan for their stretch run, but he was still their backup. The 2008 team seemed like a team that should have won it all, but it's the tournament, and anything can happen, and Notre Dame put an end to that in Denver. Then, you look at the 2006 and 2007, they played two championship-calibre Sioux teams, so I can't say they really choked those years. Michigan, yes, has been a disappointment with their talent, but I wouldn't say they had a poor loss except for the Notre Dame Frozen Four game in '08 out of the past 4 years. However, the Sioux have had some great teams to win a title with in recent memory (especially the 05-06 and 06-07 years), but failed to win one...so I'd call it unfair to chastise Michigan when we haven't been much better despite our recent Frozen Four one and dones.

Is it October yet?

Michigan was in the 2008 Frozen Four.

I'm not sure they'll do one this year. The stuff they had last year was about 5 years (or more) worth of stuff, and part of the change was in part due to the switch from Nike to Reebok. So, I'm not sure they'll have one this year.

I don't know how Hak is going to figure this thing out. This team is deep, but not in a great way. The skill-level isn't extremely deep beyond the handful of top players on the roster. Beyond those guys, the rest all kind of average out to be mediocre to slightly above-average in terms of skill level, which makes it hard to sit certain players a lot, but makes it hard to keep putting them in as well. The bottom guys are all much better than most D1 teams, but they still don't add up to be a whole lot in the end. I'm not sure if I explained that right. I think all the guys from top-to-bottom skate hard, and play well as a team, but I'd like to see some depth to our high-octane offense...part of which I think Hak limits with the guys. We'll see how it pans out.

I think the biggest differences are as follows: -It's a do or die situation against an unfamiliar opponent in an unfamiliar location -------Look at the last part of the season. It was against teams we've all seen plenty, in places they've all been to (minus a couple away games for the freshies). Until Yale. Same situation as last year when it was UNH. -Using the refs is a bit of an excuse. UND should still be able to dictate play. But, Yale is a much better team that most will give credit to, just because of the conference they play in. -Back to the do-or-die situation. The last couple of years, all the pressure was on us. The team knows they will go home if they lose, in a game where they know they should win. It comes down to, in my opinion, gripping the stick too tight and overthinking a lot of situations instead of just playing their game. -Two completely different game-styles collided, and one has to give. Our style has been proven to be ineffective against most Eastern teams the last few years, and that includes most regular season games.

I think they are just gripping the sticks a little bit too tight. They know what losing entails, and it just brings that added pressure. Once they loosen up a bit, they'll be fine. Let's just hope it's still a 1 goal game when it happens.

Yessir!