jdub27

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.

Attendance would have been well under 2,000 if UND was playing outdoors last weekend. Weather was miserable. Tailgating almost wasn't fun, but we managed.

I wasn't sure what to think of that but I think I agree with your thought process. UND's losses were to both teams were bad, but in completely different ways. I don't see Montana running the table to get to 7 wins and cloud the playoff bubble even more and it would be nice for UND's sake if ISU were to pick up another couple wins.

From a selfish perspective, definitely want PSU and Montana State to win to make UND's wins look better.

They screwed up the Biscuits logo by not using bacon strips to dot the i's. I don't think it is real hard to understand why people are going to buy new gear sight unseen: Because it represents the University of North Dakota and that is what is important. No different than the Fighting Sioux name and logo did (hopefully with less controversy), same as the interlocking logo has and will (hopefully with less confusion).