MafiaMan

How we wish it would be vs. how it will likely be: "The University of North Dakota is the home of the Pride/Spirit/Sundogs. UND chose the name Pride/Spirit/Sundogs in 2015 to honor the diversity of our community. It epitomizes openness, tolerance, acceptance, inclusiveness, peace, and harmony. Please use good sportspersonship tonight as you cheer our team on in friendly competition, which hopefully results in a tie so no one's feelings get hurt and we can share a big group hug with our opponents' fans after the event concludes. Thank you."

Couldn't care less...

the drama continues in Arizona...

So if UND goes with "Pride" and the predictable slurs and chants get lobbed at the team during away games, can we blame the nickname again and demand a change? Or do Bison and Gopher fans chanting things make North Dakota fans racist and intolerant?

Fixed your post, Mariucci!

North Dakota North Stars. For all the complaining about the "hockey only" fans who can't let go of Fighting Sioux, can the football and basketball folks talk some sense into the others who think that the name of a former NHL team in Bloomingon MN is a great idea?

Torii should tip the batboy for having to clean up the mess after that hissy-fit.

What did those jokers have to say?

Hey now! Don't compare women's soccer to the NBA!

I can't believe the Kuntz brothers convinced some folks in ND to do this...

I call it the "WNBAization Principle." The Phoenix Mercury, Chicago Sky, Detroit Shock, Seattle Storm, LA Sparks, and my personal favorite, the Atlanta Dream. You know, after Martin Luther King's dream. Nicknames with lots of abstract-ness.

Not that I was the only Doomsday prepper on the board when this all started, but I was one of the most vocal about what the final choices would be in terms of being PC and completely off the wall.

Fixed

Perhaps we could recycle Denver's old logo to appease Karl G and his "abstractness" when it comes to being open to the individual's interpretation...BEHOLD! I give you...the University of North Dakota Explorers! FWIW, I actually like the "Explorers" submission...I am as stunned as you that it made it this far.

I'm not shocked at all at how this has turned out.

I remember that fiasco, Sicatoka. Almost as bad as Marquette's near re-brand from "Golden Eagles" to "Gold."

Some folks on a rival site seem to think "Pride" would be a great choice...we can celebrate North Dakota's tolerance and diversity and free ourselves from the chains of racism forever!

Yep, time to "move on" and think progressively: I hope to high heaven it's Spirit, Pride, or Sundogs and all those "hockey only" folks can sit back, laugh their butts off, and say "told ya so."

Thank you for saying that. I've said it a hundred times that it's redundant and silly and have been told it's not. It is.

That's my fix-it for your list.

Until BRIDGES finds a Native American appalled by the use of the sacred word "Spirit" and we hop on the nickname merry-go-round all over again.

I'm stunned that those folks who think "Arrows" and a phony "breed" of horses are too associated with Native American imagery or SOUND like Native American imagery seem to think "Spirit" is a good idea.

Because 1/2 of those picking it think they're selecting "Calvary."

The final fifteen names are every bit as lame as I thought they would be when this process started.

The University of North Dakota Force* *not to be confused with the Fargo Force Unbelievable.