MafiaMan

siouxweet predicts the Lightning will win game 7 and ruin his season.

I didn't mean that to single you out personally. Sorry if it came across that way.

I have no clue why folks don't understand that. When the New Orleans Hornets re-branded as the Pelicans, the team owner still had to grant permission for Charlotte to "take back" the Hornets nickname.

Ummm...Minnesota wasn't allowed to use "North Stars" because that retired name belongs to the Dallas Stars. The league also wanted to avoid any possible confusion between Stars and North Stars.

I don't know about you, but I've had my fill of (insert sports team name here) followed by "Nation."

Someone get dagies a beer and a burger NOW! They've obviously broken him.

No Pride and no Spirit...all for naught if Sundogs is the final pick.

Pride is out too?

I guess I'm about to be surprised. Like I said, must have been rumblings about NA connotations with Spirit.

Spirit with only 1? Someone must have pointed out a possible "Native American" imagery connection.

"It'll NEVER be Sundogs" since that was proposed by the most divisive group on campus...46.

Karl Goehring turned out to be quite the Trojan Horse, didn't he?

Suspension increased to six weeks.

Well at least somebody is finally figuring it out!

TWEEEEET! Two week suspension and diversity and sensitivity training ordered!

People keep saying "no way" on Spirit/Pride/Sundogs yet they keep on movin' on...

How about Cavalry?

I will be absolutely stunned if Spirit, Pride, and Sundogs aren't the three finalists.

So NDSU/Gopher fans chanting "Sioux suck" or "f*** the Sioux" means that the nickname must go but nobody on the committee can envision a single fan in the opposing student section yelling anything vulgar about "Pride" and being gay. What kind of Utopia do these committee members live in anyways?

I think Oklahoma State likes the pistol salute too.

Has Shaw won a title at any level? What's gfhockey's take on this potential hire?

Hot rumor out of Chicago is that the Blackhawks are flying in "superfan" siouxweet for game 6 in appreciation of all of his "support" of the team this year on SiouxSports.com.

I get the feeling that committee members were interviewed beforehand and quizzed on their open-mindedness and abstract vision regarding this process...Karl was a Trojan horse put on there to appease the loud hockey voices.

My problem with Roughriders or RoughRiders or Rough Riders is the same problem I have with "hawk" names. Miami is the Redhawks but UMass-Lowell is the River Hawks (two words). It's very confusing... Plus there's the branding issue of Rough Riders and Lady Roughriders. It's the reason Syracuse went from "Orangemen" and "Orangewomen" to simply "Orange."

Two more teams would further dilute talent in the league. I miss the days of teams having not one or two but several players that fans could easily label stars. Continued expansion would water that down even more. Florida is an obvious choice for an eastern team to move west. I can't think of another franchise in such dire straits so that leaves room for one expansion team as well. Make it happen, NHL. Let's see the Seattle Thunderbirds (formerly the Coyotes) and the Kansas City Scouts (formerly the Panthers) along with the expansion Portland Timbers in 2015-2016.