Oxbow6

There is not one item here that I disagree with. You, my friend, are very wise!

Here are odds that you can take to the bank: 2:3 odds the new nickname is totally lame and pathetic and that it will be spawned from the likes of the anti-Sioux faculty, Leigh Jeanotte, PETA, Jesse Jackson, Keith Olbermann and any other "duckies, bunnies and dewey meadows" pinhead you want to throw in there. 500:1 odds the new nickname is anything close to be being approved and accepted by UND students, alum and the vast majority of the fine people of this state.

Take it easy there, Rachel Maddow...

"The truth was spoken and so it shall be." How can you ague after his Nostradomus-like call of the Goph's series! Now doing my best rendition of the Twilight Zone theme music...

Live in south Fargo where this fall we finally got an earthen dike behind our development that is suppose to protect us to 42'. The 3' wide creek behind us turns into a small lake going west. Big enough to jet ski on! 41.5' floods my basement. 43' and change covers my main floor. 50% odds it goes to 38' per the NWS...bet your 401K on the over. It's going to get real ugly come late March. In '09 I had 3 Nat'l Guard checkpoints just to get to my house. I won't use the term "war zone" loosely, but it was close. My 10 yr. old daughter when hearing the flood forecast on the news said..."are we going to have to evacuate again?" I also have a 5 yr. old. Kids shouldn't have to deal with that on a YEARLY basis. As I told my wife this am...three strikes (3 floods in a row) and we are out! Going to move to drier ground or build a nice tree house!

Please...aren't you from Wyoming?! You all get one with your driver's license renewal and 2 Post ceral box tops!

As one who loves the "R", you are being presumptive and that's being generous and kind! I will give you your last point though.

You are not the first person I've heard that from. You should of stopped while you were ahead!!

Agree...to me, when I read Wyo's post it was a personal shot at Berg from someone who knows him to an extent. Didn't get any political bent there???

Seriously?! So we'll go from, arguably, one of the coolest nicknames ever in college athletics to one of the lamest. Sad enough to lose the nickname we have, but Spirit?!?!? In a nutshell, that sucks! IMO, the only nickname that will serve the UND and the state well long term is RoughRiders.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say there wasn't a Christmas card exchange between the 2 of you this year!

Dorgan went out on his own terms, which was smart. With Hoeven in the race, his odds of winning were a coin flip at best. Better to go out as you want rather than the Pomeroy exit! Conrad...he's got 2 more years with our current C & C running the country. He's odds probably wouldn't be any better in two years from now either. Call your own shots and go out on your own terms.

Yes, he was. And what has also been obvious is there is no one UND has played so far that can match up physically with Malone or Frattin. Been a long time since UND has had 2 skilled forward that also absolutely dominate physically. This line will be the line that carries this team from here on out IMO. They are a complete physical mismatch for any other line I've seen so far in college hockey this year.

The 3 amigos of ND. Pomeroy was defeated for a reason. The other 2 amigos just saw the writting on the wall IMO.

Will be good to see Dan back on TV in our local market. All the other TV sports guys are brutal for the most part. He'll be the best out there for sure.

KVLY making room for Stephanie Goetz! See her at the gym from time to time...smokin' hot!

I believe the potential title of Senator will trump potential title of Governor. He, IMO, would win either race...a senate seat will be too tough to pass up.

If true, I'd put my money on Drew Wrigley filling his vacancy.

Are you serious...have you seen either of these teams play this year. To me turning the corner doesn't mean going from awful to just plain bad. So beating an absolutely piss poor Tim Brewster led Goph's FB team holds more water than winning a/multiple D1 nat'l championships? People that I know talk about those game in a sense of how pathetic the U of M FB team was vs. anything special about USD or NDSU. NDSU beat Kansas this year...why? Kansas sucked. Most people see those game for what they really are...decent FCS teams beat horrible FBS teams.

First of all, what does scheduling hockey teams with full FBS status have to do with the equation? Oh that's right nothing... If you think WI, U of M, Ohio State, ect..., would rather go to Bowling Green than come play at the Ralph? Wow! UND has at no point in time had any problems finding quality teams from outside the WCHA to come to play at the Ralph. You underestimate what UND is to the landscape of college hockey year in and year out. BTHC or not...that isn't going to change.

UND will continue to be a hockey school, regardless of the BTHC...if it happens. The rivalries between UM and WI will not go away and I highly doubt that UND would not get either of those schools to come to the REA for games even if a BTHC exists. If UND continues to compete for a NC year in and out, interest will always by high. To the point that hockey interest will diminish because UND FB and BB might play Montana, USD, NDSU, UM or WI is almost laughable. The FB and BB teams need to put a decent product on the field/court to attract interest...playing a "big time" program and getting it handed to you doesn't and won't peak anyone's interest.

I expect UND to sweep, but not by those scores. One thing about the WCHA is the 2nd go around the scoring tends to be lower as games tighten up defensively for the most part. Friday's loss to the Gophers was an early 2nd half wake-up call and couple that with the stunning Sat. night loss in Omaha, I like the Sioux both nights. 4-1 and 3-2 UND.

To me, it's just this simple...NDSU FB hosts it's 1st playoff game in 20 years and the same weekend UND hockey has a non-conference series. It's Thanksgiving weekend so BOTH school's students are gone. UND hockey draws as many fans BOTH nights as does the playoff game at the Dome.

What does that question have to do with this conversation/discussion? Aren't we talking about a team...not a sport? From a statewide argument, the "following"...hardcore to casual...of UND hockey trumps any other team following IMO.

NDSU is a football school. UND is a hockey school. IMO those who follow college FB in this state have a bigger interest in NDSU FB than UND FB. Game attendence says something at well. Maybe it is SU's recent success or UND's lack thereof. But again, UND hockey is still, by far IMO, the most followed college team sport in the state.