darell1976
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7 minutes ago, ChrisUND1 said:
Same
Me too
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https://www.bluebombers.com/schedule/#preseason-week-P1
Regular Season starts June 15th at BC.
they play 2 preseason games and 18 regular season games (NFL should adopt this).
May 31 vs Edmonton is their first preseason game.
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1 hour ago, geaux_sioux said:
Second in the country in men’s basketball. Nice job to them and all the Fighting Hawk athletes.
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45 minutes ago, UND-MH-Fan said:
My obsession is the university I attended as did much of my family. I love the history of the school and everything it use to be. I’ll never stop with the Fighting Sioux and neither should the Ralph. Why throw our history down the drain. Display it proudly and keep the memory of what this place use to be.
So go to games with your Sioux jersey and have fun. Others will wear the Hawk jersey, laugh at the mascot and have a good time. It can all exist as we all cheer the team to victory, remember the non-UND fans are the enemy not other UND fans.
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1 hour ago, Siouxperfan7 said:
Putting the "lamp" underneath the scoreboard is not going to look good IMO. I'm not talking about that it will have the retired Fighting Sioux logo on it. I'm talking about that it is going to look awkward. Not to mention blocking the view of the underneath screens. Looking at the mock up pic, it already looks weird.
Is there somewhere else in the arena it could be placed?
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Just now, stoneySIOUX said:
Sorry that happens to you, man. It's stupid and childish.
It is stupid and childish, wish it never has to happen. We are all fans of North Dakota plain and simple. My son starts his UND education this fall, I told him don’t say Go Bison they don’t like that. Now why can’t it be that simple.
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13 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:
Again, people (well, most... I'm sure a few nutjobs haven't haha) have fully accepted it. Not sure what I can do to explain that further.
Dividing the fanbase? I mean, other than us discussing this on forums, social media, etc., are the athletic programs suffering? Sure doesn't feel like it.
Resting blame directly on one side certainly won't help stop the problem. Both sides have entrenched people that overreact.
Overall, I think the overwhelming majority of fans do and are going to continue to support UND regardless of where they fall on this "debate".
You hit the nail on the head...social media!! It is firing up more and more Sioux Forever fans (mostly hockey only) especially on hockey related pages of Facebook. The UND men’s hockey page, the REA, and Sioux Shop will post something and if anyone mentions a Hawk...BAM they get blasted as not a true fan, they make fun of the logo, and of course the *Sioux reply. This one is hilarious: I have been accused of working for the university to push the Hawk agenda onto those pages. So no one is a fan of the school anymore it’s either you are for the Sioux or you are lumped into the enemy group with the Bison and Gophers although more Gophers than Bison since we are taking hockey. The division of fans is still as strong as ever, and there are no signs of cracks in the division.
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28 minutes ago, stoneySIOUX said:
Being prodded by the hockey program to not support the Hawks name/logo? Are you saying that the team -- as an entity -- is coming out and telling people not to call the team Fighting Hawks? I've not seen that one time. Players, coaches, alumni have every right to support or not support the logo/name. I've seen many current players wearing Hawks gear.
The difference between the hockey team and any other sports team at UND speaks for itself when regarding the nickname, and not just the crowd wearing the Sioux jerseys that’s visible.
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Wow @Frozen4sioux 5 downvotes in just 11 hours, better slow down or you will get a downvote nickname like me.
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28 minutes ago, Siouxperman8 said:
I thought the same thing. Show some leadership. As much as we would love to still be the Fighting Sioux - it ain't coming back.
It does show how much the sports world differs from corporate America. Corporations make painful decisions all the time that aren't necessarily popular with the employees but leaders are expected to find a way to support them. You wouldn't last long in a leadership position in many corporations while openly subverting decisions the organization has made.
Berry likes to live in the past with the name, he puts Fighting Sioux hockey in the minds of his players. Must be interesting for kids from outside the area (like Europe) who think the school is the Fighting Hawks.
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16 minutes ago, UNDBIZ said:
It hasn't been a problem and I don't foresee it becoming a problem. Just a dumb tweet for likes from the mob.
I hope not, it would be a childish move. I see more and more Fighting Hawk hockey players (2015-present) putting Fighting Sioux alumni or Fighting Sioux with their number in their twitter profile. What are they trying to accomplish besides wishful thinking. Unless they played in 2012 you aren’t a Fighting Sioux.
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3 hours ago, KoolGuy2K said:
In 15-20 years it may not be a joke. Who knows what arenas will look like in the future.
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50 minutes ago, BarnWinterSportsEngelstad said:
The worst part of all this is "Brad Berry liked".
How many Fighting Sioux bombs is he going to pump into the broadcast. If he doesn’t refer to them as the Fighting Hawks but as FS I would suggest Midco fire him.
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11 hours ago, KoolGuy2K said:
In 15-20 years, we’ll get another upgrade and follow the recent fad of hockey arenas replacing the boards and glass with one giant video board. And you’ll watch the game on there.
Since UND would be in control of the arena I don’t think they could afford such an upgrade.
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5 hours ago, und1995 said:
Sorry, I thought the anger was over the use of Fighting Sioux. I guess i didn’t even look at the picture.
I think saying Fighting Sioux is tolerable but the marking out the current logo is very childish.
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6 minutes ago, Davlun said:
How are the sales of fighting hawk merchandise going? There used to be a kiosk with items to sell at basketball games, haven't seen anything. Sam's club discontinued the sale of fighting hawks merchandise. Maybe just UND would be in our best interest. Maybe some of our poor showing in some sports can be attributed to the fighting hawks logo. Consider me one of those old guys with the in ability or want to change.
Go Sioux
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8 minutes ago, UND1981 said:
At least no nickname and just UND is unique which is > the postal code and white dove.
Yep the Notre Dame interlocking ND is better than the Fighting Hawk.
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2 hours ago, Frozen4sioux said:
Well the Hawkzi bat signal was turned on... somebody somewhere typed "Fighting Sioux" on an internet forumn....
That triggers a mad dash to their accounts to stamp out injustice and free thought and enforce the agenda.
Says the one who downvoted 2 people one day before I down voted.
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2 hours ago, NoiseInsideMyHead said:
But that just leads to "green and white" and other abominations. Unofficial nicknames are no better than bad ones.
See Dartmouth
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6 hours ago, The Sicatoka said:
The way the world is headed, you’re not wrong.
So Red River should rename it’s school...might I suggest River Rats.
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46 minutes ago, Big Green said:
Your right forcing the fighting hawks name is working so well
As far as being just 4 years old I think it’s a good start...outside the REA.
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13 minutes ago, Big Green said:
Don't thing anyone can get the Sioux Nickname back. I also don't think it should come back. That ship has sailed. However, I do believe retiring the Fighting Hawk name and logo is in the best interest of the university. It has and been embraced and is and the main cause of the division among the fan base. Go back to just being THE University of North Dakota and the interlocking ND. Maybe down the road one day another nickname can be agreed upon, but now is the the time.
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1 hour ago, Siouxperfan7 said:
This is the new norm in this country. Even if we had gotten tribal approval from Standing Rock and were able to keep the Sioux name, I can't imagine what the SJW outcry to retire the name now would be. There will be a time when FSU will get rid of the Seminoles and the Washington Redskins will be known as something else. That time is coming. As much as I wanted to keep the Sioux name, it is refreshing that UND does not have to deal with the issue anymore.
Don’t forget even if we got permission from Standing Rock and was the Sioux for another 5, 10, 20 years at any point they objected we would’ve had to change the name as per Stenjeum’s settlement.
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25 minutes ago, nodak651 said:
Probably because she plays an active role in the management of the Ralph and publicly stated that Kennedy was offensive and pretty much negotiating in bad faith, and then said that she would stop all donations until he was gone. Nobody would say a word if she wasn't constantly in the press. But now he's gone like she wanted...
It won’t be the last of her demands.
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That’s what UND 1983 said except for the logo, the name Fighting Hawks has one national title and it’s hanging in the REA with the interlocking ND, any other banners from this point will have both the name and the Hawk logo.