MafiaMan

Happy hour, door prizes, a chance to win Wild tickets, mustache ride, meet Nordy, wine tasting, and uh...wait a second, what was that again? Mustache ride - ALL DAY?

Anyone going to this tomorrow in Hastings? (Read the fine print)

And Detroit has decided to call it a season by trading Cespedes. Good thing they kicked Max Scherzer to the curb and kept Justin Verlander, eh?

Totally agree with you there, fs4l. Once again, while the Roughrider and No Nickname/Fighting Sioux Forever forces continue to do battle with each other, Sundog supporters just sit in the bushes, waiting to strike. Once some TR quotes start being "exposed" by committee members and "trademark and licensing problems" start popping up with North Stars and Roughriders, we'll see a few more cuts and all of a sudden --BAM! -- Sundogs will find itself a finalist.

I sure hope UND releases their new jerseys before the season opener!

Stick a fork in the Tigers - they're done.

Just found out yesterday that the "other" guy in Wham!, Andrew Ridgeley, has been with one of the girls from Bananarama for the past 25 years... Mind = blown.

There's that unnecessary apostrophe again... AZ State's temporary home will seat up to 900 people, which, when full to capacity, will be 9 times the average crowd at a B10 hockey tournament championship game.

I hope you're wrong in the worst way. NORTH Dakota Redundant Stars is so far beyond ridiculous that it's almost sad.

You can't really call out A-Roid and cheer on Santana, can you? Ervin adamantly denies "knowingly" taking Stanozol and still claims he hasn't the foggiest idea how it got into his system? C'mon...

Gopher fan friends of mine licking their chops over being able to ridicule "Sundogs" or even better, throw condoms on the ice if the selection is "Roughriders." I'd imagine Bison fans would love Roughriders as well for football, volleyball, and basketball games.

Not a jersey, but if you're interested in hockey sticks, I have one used by Joe Finley that I'm looking to part with.

In this day and age of hyper-sensitivity and over-apologizing for anything and everything, I'm sorry, but I disagree. Kelley and company will want to avoid ANY potential nickname controversy. "Well, Roughriders and Sundogs were our final two choices - but given TR's comments on Indians, the final selection was actually quite clear. The new nickname 'Sundogs' will epitomize the true spirit of diversity and abstract vision for the future that we, as the University of North Dakota..."

It's just a matter of time before the '9 out of 10 Indians' quote comes to the forefront of discussion of that possible choice - before it is quickly eliminated.

It's sad that most fans just seem resigned to their fate now. The theme seems to be "go ahead and pick ANYTHING, Mr President, I'll cheer for UND no matter what." Which is EXACTLY why that small feel-good band of BRIDGES folks will rejoice when the school completes the total capitulation from the hostile and abusive Fighting Sioux nickname to the trailblazing all-inclusive Sundogs. Hail academia!

Does the popular "hot dago" sandwich served all over the Twin Cities make the word "dago" any less derogatory to an Italian from New York or Boston? NoDak = someone from North Dakota. Wouldn't folks already be aware of where the school is from given the "North Dakota" in front of the nickname?

As long as the vocal minority celebrates the selection of "Sundogs," he won't care. After all, like any good academia nut, he himself knows what is best for the common folk.

Sundogs, Fighting Hawks, North Stars, and Nodaks. That $80-$100K nickname & marketing consultant sure did a bang-up job on this project.

University of Minnesota - Grand Forks North Stars. UMGF North Stars. Kinda catchy.

Whoa whoa whoa...you mean I don't have to wait a day or two to read the scores in the paper? Mind = blown.

I could almost live with the jerseys...but those pants? It looks like Sebastian the Ibis puked up leftover peas and carrots all over them.

Sick, dope, and fire? Those are the hip new buzzwords today?

So you're sayin' you favor gfhockey's "Big C*cks" nickname suggestion?

"There's a lot more Knights gear these days than Redskins apparel at Grand Forks Central." Gee, Tom, ya think? What's it been, only a quarter of a century since the name was changed? Would you be equally surprised to wander around Los Angeles these days and not run into someone wearing an LA Raiders t-shirt?

My point is that "generic" nicknames that you find boring are more than popular in lots of places - even in the SEC.