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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.

Good enough for you? http://www.inforum.com/news/3763005-15-und-nickname-ideas-make-committees-cut

You put more work into it than the people selling the logo with the tongue sticking out, so credit to you for that!

Not so fast, per the GFHerald: http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/education/3879069-interim-und-president-will-be-schafer-or-dilorenzo Personal opinion is its a pretty easy choice...

Short of the Brawl of the Wild, I don't think anyone expected these late games to mean that much (and even that one doesn't mean a whole lot). Here are the preseason polls for reference: 2015 Preseason Football Polls Coaches' Poll 1. Montana State (6) 134 2. Eastern Washington (6) 133 3. Montana (1) 121 4. Cal Poly 111 5. Northern Arizona 95 6. Idaho State 90 7. Sacramento State 66 8. Southern Utah 64 9. Portland State 51 9. North Dakota 51 11. Weber State 43 12. UC Davis 33 13. Northern Colorado 22 Media Poll 1. Eastern Washington (17) 553 2. Montana State (17) 541 3. Montana (5) 446 3. Idaho State (5) 446 5. Cal Poly (1) 433 6. Northern Arizona (1) 399 7. Sacramento State 278 8. Southern Utah 255 9. North Dakota 226 10. Weber State 160 11. UC Davis 145 12. Portland State 133 13. Northern Colorado 127

EWU would actually either have a 1 game winning or losing streak, to end the year. If they finish the year with a 3 game losing streak, that means they lose their last 2 and end up at 6-5. If they split, they get in before UND at 7-4 with their losses being Oregon, UNI, NAU and PSU/Montana. Good insight, crazy how what seems to be the top teams this year don't play each other until the last couple weeks. Also strange to see who the upper teams seem to be this year. A lot of parity in the Big Sky and FCS in general.

I know its not necessarily "Bubba Ball" but I think UND needs to not only win the next two but do so with some style points. UND's wins have been by 11, 3, 7, 2 and 6. In those games they had leads of 21, 21, 18, 6 and 14 respecitvely. UND is also sitting at -29 point differential on the year.

Can't wait until they use the letters "UND" and add green instead of red.

Pretty much over the "fact" that no nickname was the most popular. Clearly the message boards and social media are the voice of the vocal minority (vote totals for Nodaks and Roughriders further confirms it). Not to mention attendance at the support rallies were beyond a complete joke. My personal opinion is it should have been eliminated day one. But, in the appearance of all-inclusiveness and "fairness", it wasn't, it was basically given the same treatment as everything else (outside of the "reconsideration"), so I'm not sure how complaining about how it was eliminated carries much weight.

Are you referring to in general or related specifically to the UND vote?

Nah, it will be people complaining about not getting the logo that they were "promised".

Looks like the Maplesoft Hawks (a young kids hockey club near Ottawa) currently have the rights to it.

Grand Opening of the HPC open the public tonight. If you want to see what a game-changer looks like, I'd recommend checking it out.

I'd be really surprised if it isn't at the new arena attached to the NY-NY and Monte Carlo that is scheduled to open next spring.

How so? The committee (who was tasked to come up with a new nickname) removed it (because it isn't a nickname) with exact same process that eliminated everything but the top 5. The only complaining that is justified is because it got a second look when nothing else did.