MafiaMan

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.

You keep saying that Sundogs is the most divisive choice because of the group that endorsed it...getting worried yet or will that happen when Sundogs, Spirit, and Pride are the final three options?

Gopher fans. Anyone else still think Karl G is doing a bang-up job? His comment a few weeks earlier about the fan that sticks in his mind is the woman from Denver who wants an abstract nickname open to interpretation by the individual. Translation: he likes "Spirit."

Your very own Blackhawks were down 2-1 to the Bruins headed into game 4 in Boston just two years ago. They won game 4, won game 5 in Chicago, and then finished off the Bruins in Beantown in game 6...but keep being a downer, it suits you when it comes to Chicago and UND both.

As well as a super whiner!

Cancel game 4 and hand Stamkos the Stanley Cup tonight! Fire Coach Q, trade Toews and Kane, change the nickname and logo, and start from scratch.

I don't recall making that prediction...