MafiaMan

In defense of UNC, they recently updated that hideous logo to this:

UW-Milwaukee? Looks like "Scar" from "The Lion King"...

James Madison University?

OK, 82SiouxGuy, I'll try to find some smaller-school logos and see if anything really sticks in the collective heads here as a great idea for branding vs "ND"... How about Northern Colorado?

So much potential for a kick-a** logo and jerseys with the name "Ducks"...and yet, they're both a mess.

Exactly! You absolutely have to have a mascot on a t-shirt to sell merchandise. Just ask Oregon about their O, Michigan about their M, Alabama about their A, Wisconsin about their W, Oklahoma about their OU, Tennessee about their T, Washington about their W, Miami about their U...wait a second! Those aren't logos, they're letters!

Brilliant! I'm taking the University of North Dakota Dukes!

Well, the sun and the dog are most likely affiliated with Native American imagery anyways, so there's that...

Better?

Or that.

E-mail him and ask! http://umdbulldogs.com/coaches.aspx?rc=43

Good effin' grief!

Then cue the "anthracitic chrome" helmets and "pro combat NoDak Volt" colored jerseys...

Great quote!

I have no problem with an alternate jersey. Not a Notre Dame fan at all but their "green jersey" was always pretty cool. Same thing with the Miami Hurricanes with the green jersey and orange jersey (along with the road whites). Florida has the orange jersey - Georgia had the black one year or two. My issue is with schools like Oregon, whose brand is so diluted with what seems like 300 possible combinations of helmet/jersey/pants.

"Tell ya what, Jonesie, there's an extra $50K in the pot for you if we lose by less than 20 to NDSU and finish within 3 games of .500 at the end of the regular season. Another $25G's if we make the Big Sky tournament. Deal?"

This please. No "combat anthracite" or "post-apocalypse black" jerseys and no chrome helmets or stripes on the facemask because RECRUITZ WILL THINK THEY'RE KOOLZ! NO NO NO!

Am I to interpret this as meaning you think Brian Jones deserves a hefty pay raise? (Insert shock face here)

Nicely done.

Is he going to borrow it from Steven Stamkos for a day?

Strike that: -6

You are correct. Ouch! A big -5 tonight outta the King!

There are still whispers that Ken Hitchcock might be fired by the Blues if the club can somehow pry Mike Babcock away from Detroit. An unstable situation in St Louis, to be sure, and slightly amusing as the Blues might be trading one 'cock for another.

How about a non-UND connection, non-Canadian? Just to get a different coaching and recruiting perspective.