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Perhaps feathers could also be bird imagery? Going to be awfully tough if we're the Fighting Hawks to come up with a logo that doesn't include feathers.

but "Hungry Hawks" isn't up for a vote.

Yup. At least that's what MafiaMan is going with. Was UND initially known as the Fighting Sioux or just the Sioux? If it's the latter, then perhaps the "Fighting" will find its way back to UND without it being a forced adjective.

It's a great deal for the conference... who made the deal. Every team gets at least one game, which is the goal of the conference. Just because UND isn't on all 11 games, doesn't mean it's a crap deal. Incredibly false. Midco didn't give their feed to FCS as much last year because they're building out in Fargo. CableOne subscribers who are big UND hockey fans (a lot in Fargo) would have no incentive to change to Midco. I know it's difficult to understand that a business would make a decision in favor of its own business while still providing a service to all of it's paying customers. Midco doesn't care about not getting paid for FCS games. They care about those games being available to a competing cable franchise within Fargo.

Now that's just a stupid, ignorant comment from someone who knows nothing about broadcasting.

With Teddy taking everything from the shotgun it really limits AP's effectiveness.

Weird, if you go back through this thread, very few UND fans thought that was the case prior to the announcement.

Superbowl bound!

Certainly looked like the helmets and jerseys matched. But welcome to UND, where the fans bitch about everything.

the second one was used in the early years of the new Ralph, and definitely in 2001-2002 as I have a couple game used ones myself

But it doesn't have beer dispensers at every seat and a retractable roof. If we don't get those, we might as well just go NAIA! We'd be lucky if they'd accept us with our crap facilities and athletic department. Fire Faison until we get them!

As someone who has directed productions on ESPN3, it is not as easy as adding some training and fancy equipment. People train and work for years to get to the level of a high-end production. No doubt the broadcast should be improved (it really doesn't take much) but it will not be ESPN quality.

I didn't post an initial prediction but after the win at Wyoming, I'll go with 8-3. Losses will come to NDSU, Montana and MSU.

The helmets definitely matched the green on the jerseys. If they got that green right, you'd think they'll get the green jerseys right.

And yet, this anonymous source is the only one who has mentioned anything about it. Not a single person who posts here, especially those with ties to the UND athletic department, have heard a thing.

Article about the game on WDAY calls UND the Fighting Sioux: http://www.wday.com/sports/3833237-und-stuns-wyoming-24-13-first-victory-over-fbs-opponent It was written by a secondary company but WDAY clearly just copied/pasted.

What if Kelley selected a group of people who took this job seriously and that included a variety of perspectives, professions and beliefs about the names. Then that group was put in charge of narrowing down the list of names. I personally think that would be the best way of getting names narrowed down.

These are pretty great

Let's recap Faison's accomplishments and then discuss how horrible of an AD he is: Got us into the Big Sky Conference Formed the NCHC Built the IPF Offering FCOA Hired Bubba Hired Brewster Hired Mark Pryor Gained $1,000,000 for the athletic department in TV contract with Midco, which airs every home football and non-CBS hockey game for 5 years, plus BB and Volleyball Pressured NCHC and CBSSN to remove exclusivity clause from hockey contract I'm sure I'm missing other things... fs4l, I'm sure you have an extensive list of positives he has done

What it boils down to is Coastal isn't in North Dakota and nowhere close to an FBS conference.

Und takes game 1, 25-20

you really think the no nickname crowd would have blindly accepted it and moved on had it been removed right away? We would still be hearing from them how horrible everything is.

So what magical name do you propose that meets the criteria? How does no nickname meet anything but unique? The decision to not include no nickname was made by the committee. The president just awkwardly affirmed it.

They got down pretty big at the start of the 5th set and came back. Great job ladies!