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The deniers will be out in full force on these quotes because they sure shoots a ton of holes in all those "Ralph would have done xxxxx" theories:

A) How? B) I can confidently and unequivocally state that you're "theory" wouldn't be worth the piece of paper it would be written on. That being said, I'd much prefer Roughriders to win. Hawks got momentum from a bogus logo, so whatever gets people to change their mind is fair I guess. Unfortunately the Fighting Hawk vote continues to be the incredibly silent vocal minority and despite voting for Roughriders (for the third time), I have already come to terms that UND is very likely to become another <adjective> <bird>. I'll support whatever wins as it will be the new representation of the University of North Dakota, which is what is important to me.

Is it possible someone wouldn't see the bias or a need to debate them if maybe, they had the very similar political leanings and agreed with their thoughts....? Just a thought.

No, but I'm guessing he was hoping you'd make it at least until UND actually had the opening tip off for the season. It does however seem that you care about their basketball team more than the majority of their football fans.

No reason to doubt you, but seems surprising with how well Q has done as the PG in past. Just another interesting thing to watch play out this year I guess.

I don't disagree with much other than I'm pretty sure Shanks will start. My complete shot in the dark how on average it would break down would be something like this: Q - 32-35 minutes (5-8 minutes available left at the PG spot) Geno - 25-30 minutes with some being at PG (10-15 minutes at the SG spot) Seales - 20-25 minutes (15-20 minutes at SF) Drick - 25-30 minutes with some at C if UND goes small (10-15 minutes at the PF spot) Shanks/Cashman - splitting almost all 40 minutes at the 5 spot with Drick stepping in if UND goes small-ball Basically gives you 50ish minutes or so to split up between Hobaugh, Avants, Baldwin, McDermott and Collins however necessary. Guessing the skillset of the freshmen varies, so depending on opponent or what's needed it could change. Still a little surprised that there is no one redshirting, though maybe someone does next year when Baker is eligible?

If they can play, let them play I guess. That being said, very interested to see what kind of rotation is used this year.

That I didn't know. Alright, I'll be happy with coming up with the 2nd furthest west in the contiguous USA.

Turns out I guessed wrong, good catch. I'll claim mine as the furthest west in the continental contiguous USA against a college team.

In the USA, I'd have to guess Northern Arizona University in 1978. One game was played in Flagstaff and the other in Phoenix.

Here's a few more pictures of the SDSU facility that show the layout a little better. Both facilities have small pluses and minuses over each other but without a doubt, both are currently some of the nicest in the nation at any level. The thing that I'm most jealous about is that SDSU now has their football facilities (locker rooms, coach's offices) upgraded along with their weight/strength training, sports medicine and training rooms, all of which UND won't have until Phase II is completed. Hopefully people seeing how Phase I turned out will build momentum for Phase II.

Or maybe just be accurate when making blanket statements. Just because you don't watch or pay attention doesn't mean they aren't part of the athletic department.

Yeah so did I. Tom Wynn is the head coach for men's and women's tennis (obviously the men's team for only a few years) and Dick Clay is the head coach for men's and women's cross country..

You sure about that? Tom Wynn has been coaching for 20+ years and Dick Clay has been at it for over 30 years.

I guess for me, it isn't hard to see how "no nickname" did not score well on an exercise designed to evaluate nicknames. Even if those two score you mentioned would be have 0, it would have still been the lowest ranked and out of the top 5 by a decent amount. Someone also gave Roughriders a -2 when no other score was below 2. You can point at outliers like that for every nickname. I mean someone gave "no nickname" a +8, meaning they literally felt that having nothing to describe the athletic teams (outside of the University's name, which is used regardless) demonstrates 8 out of the 9 characteristics positively. Even the most homer "no nickname" fans on this board couldn't find 8 of the 9 that fit that way.

Very good to hear. He will be a calming presence both on and off campus during the transition, however long it takes.

The committee actually did this with a -1, 0, +1 ranking system taking each quality/characteristic into consideration for each of the final 7 names individually. There even had a fancy score sheet that laid everything out! Roughriders came in 1st. Fighting Hawks came in 5th (one point behind Nodaks). "No nickname" came in dead last by a very large margin.

Probably can't run it right before, parking would be a bigger disaster than it already is plus guessing there is overlap between the staff on the two. Game will be done by around 5:00 or so, gives the staff a chances to grab a bite to eat and then move over to the REA and get ready for the doors to open there. Just not a huge fan of afternoon games in general on weekdays, though I know they keep them to as much of a minimum as they possibly can.

As far as I know, there really isn't much extra storage space at this point.

Well that is interesting. I suppose with hockey Friday/Saturday night, football Saturday afternoon and volleyball on Thursday and Saturday, its the only real option, but not a real big fan of it. At least its on WatchBigSky.

Correct. Currently it is bare concrete that is more or less being used to store extra equipment. This is the best picture I could find that gives a general idea (stolen from Peter Johnson's twitter), there is more room there than it looks like in the picture. However I don't think there was a ton of seating planned to begin with (1000-1500?), so its not an excessive amount considering the length available to put the seating in (100+yards).

I have not heard anything recently. Guessing there is still a decent way to go as they pushed a couple smaller items out of Phase I to make sure it got completed and made them separate add-ons for later that can be done at any time (seating is the main one).

While I don't doubt this because I'm sure they don't keep track of what category voters come from, can you point to where this was disclosed?

The HPC is incredibly impressive and absolutely massive. Everything it was advertised to be and more. The coaches were all grinning ear to ear with very good reason, absolute game changer. Need to work hard on getting Phase II completed so the weight room, locker rooms and coach's offices can be built.

Who said it was the NCAA that said told UND to not use it because of the relation to NA? Not the SWSiouxMN nor me. You asked for proof that UND was advised not to use Nokota, I provided what you asked for. There was also discussion of its resemblance to the "Nakota" during the meeting but that portion didn't make the article. O'Keefe was hired to provide guidance, which includes steering away from nicknames that could be controversial. I don't agree with her stance on Nokota, but there is no arguing what it is or why she provided that guidance. The NCAA's public input started and ended with them saying UND could very likely end up being sanctioned by not picking a new nickname, but even that was apparently not good enough for some people.