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I think if you gave Jones the players from Duke or Kentucky he would make a strong push for the NIT. Probably just miss making the field but it would be close.

So we just clinched an at-large NCAA tourney bid ?

Nice game for Cam ! At least I think was, from watching the webcast I'm not sure they used a puck in the game tonight. What an embarrassing webcast, video quality from 10 years ago. I thought all the teams in the NCHC were committed to doing things at a high level. Spent $80 million on the building and $8 on the broadcast.

Vikings hit the trifecta today. Playing was crap, coaching was crap, and the refereeing was crap. Because of one and two, three didn't matter. Irregardless this referee crew needs to be penalized by the league.

That holding penalty shows the complete stupidity of the rules. Montana State uses their last timeout after second down to stop the clock with 1:07 left in the game. UND gets a holding call on third down but the play clock is reset and the game clock is kept running. So basically UND benefits from their own holding call and can run out the clock without getting a first down. Then for some unknown reason UND decides to hand off the ball instead of just kneeling out the game. The UND coaching staff needs to wake up and understand what is happening on the field. Absolutely no reason to take a chance on that last handoff. In the future it would appear to me you could run out the clock once the other team has run out of time outs. Just need to run one play to get the clock started and then keep taking false start penalties to get the play clock reset.

So UND student R. J. Morin was on the task force that came up with the nickname list but doesn't plan to vote. What the he!! was this person doing being on the committee in the first place ? Great idea putting people on the committee that are this passionate about the nickname. What a brilliant leader we have in Kelley, how will UND ever survive when he leaves !

On the basis of that one play alone they deserve to lose this game. Absolutely mind blowing.

That is the dumbest decision I have seen in a long time. Throwing into 5 man coverage would be a terrible decision even if you had an accurate QB.

How about we also add the option to go without a nickname. If anyone gets 50%+ then we go with that option. Otherwise we have a runoff between the top two.

How long will it take to move on ? A very, very, very long time. I believed from the beginning of this process that the North Dakota option never stood a chance of being on the ballot. No chance that Kelley would allow it. None. Even though he said early on it was an option he had no intention of allowing it. He just didn't have the guts to say it and wanted the committee to take the heat. If by some chance the committee had put it through he would have vetoed it at some point. No use taking the heat if there is a chance you can pass the buck. Great leader. There was never any chance that we would go without a nickname no matter what the public wanted. Kelley never wanted to keep the Fighting Sioux nickname but did not have the courage to say it. Pass the buck, find someone else to take the heat (tribes, conference commissioners). No courage or leadership on this issue. With that option off the table now, will Kelley commit to going with the nickname that gets the most votes ? Absolutely no reason now for him not to unless he already has a nickname that he wants to use.

UND was forced to give up the Fighting Sioux nickname because Standing Rock would not allow the tribe to vote on the issue. Most intelligent people believed that a vote by the tribal members would have been in favor of keeping the name. In today's society the majority no longer matter. What do they know ? The fact that a small minority can dictate what happens just rubs a lot of people the wrong way. A similar thing is now happening in deciding what to do about a new nickname. Arguably a majority of UND fans would like to continue without a nickname but a small group thinks it knows what is best for all and will not allow that option to be put to a vote. What are they afraid of ? The same thing that Standing Rock was afraid would happen, that the vote would not go the way they wanted.

Fighting Forkers ?

On a scale to 1000 this is how I score the nicknames: Fighting Sioux 1000 Fighting Hawks 25 Green Hawks 0 NoDaks 2 North Dakota 50 North Stars 0 Rough riders 5 Sun dogs -9999

From the start there has been zero chance that North Dakota would make the final three choices. The role of the committee has been to submit three choices that are acceptable to Kelley and the PC. It would not matter if a poll showed that 90 % wanted no nickname, in fact that would further guarantee it would not make the final three. I believe the no nickname option is favored by enough people that it should be in the final three. It won't though because they could no longer control the outcome and they will not take that risk. If you are really trying to come up with a nickname solution that UND alumni and fans can support then certainly the no nickname option has to be on the ballot. Otherwise Kelley should just tell us what he has decided and quit wasting everyone's time and money (here comes your University of North Dakota Sundogs...barf).

Excellent post !

My proposal for deciding the nickname issue: 1. Let the committee come up with 3 or 4 nicknames. 2. Vote and select a proposed new nickname. 3. Have a final vote between the proposed new nickname or no nickname.

I think the Sioux will need to score at least 3 and probably 4 goals to win so I'm going with 4-3 for the Sioux. In the first game I'll take Blais and the divers 2-1.

Each team in the frozen four gets 600 tickets (400 lower level, 200 upper). If a team does not use all their tickets then the remaining tickets can be made available to other schools on an equal basis. I am sure all four teams used their allotment, therefore there is no other way for UND to obtain more tickets.

My choice is no nickname. If you want to go without a new nickname please be sure to submit that as your preference.

Need two tickets for the frozen four.

If he is such a good coach and great recruiter why after 15 years at Duluth is his overall record just a few games above .500 ?

Jones needs to go he has no clue how to coach. Among other things his teams are selfish and cannot rebound (and have no idea how to box out). This is not a one year issue, it has been an ongoing issue every year with many, many players. This game was tied with 1:05 to go and UND had the ball. Proper game management would not have allowed Sac State to have the last possession going for the win. UND used up almost the entire shot clock to get off a poor percentage attempt (by a player who is out of control too often). Until he is replaced UND has no chance of being anything more than a .500 team.

My guess is wisconsin.

The pairwise on SiouxSports does not match USCHO or collegehockeynews. The biggest difference is with Harvard which is ninth on SiouxSports and sixth on the other two sites. The problem appears to be with the RPI calculation (.5929 vs .6031). The other two sites are excluding some games from the calculation while SiouxSports is not. There are also some minor differences in RPI (e.g. Minnesota: .6004 vs .6007, UNO: .6152 vs .6143, etc.)

If they hold 500 tickets for each school that makes the regional then they would have to hold back 2000 tickets since there is no assurance that UND will be one of the four teams. If UND makes the regional then I assume there would be an additional 500 tickets for sale (if 500 is the hold for each school) plus any tickets that other schools return.