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I'd rather see them getting reps. Was hoping a few of the guys would be back by now but makes sense to be cautious so they can be ready when the season starts. Seems UND has had bad luck with injuries lately, just glad that most of them seem to be minor. Just unfortunate they seem to be at positions where new faces could use some work.

Those are the two positions that I usually keep my eye on the most but no one really stood out, good or bad. I would assume Seibel has one spot locked down at WR and probably Cerriteno at the other spot with Georges/Bridges/Reed working the slot. Stanley definitely has size to him. Walker fits in there somewhere but not sure where at this point, probably backing up the first two. Could be completely wrong though there was lots of rotation.

Glad you cleared that up for everyone. Shame on people for looking out for the University instead of a logo and nickname. But at least you recognize that they want what's best for UND and that is moving on. I'm sure the University of North Dakota will be fine. It has survived multiple nickname and logo changes over the past 130+ years.

Managed to catch a little bit of the early practice yesterday. Was still a quite a few guys in shorts which is disappointing. The only one that I saw that looked to be longer term was Coyne (looked like he had a set of crutches). Bartels seemed to struggle the most in QB drills, neither Studsrud or Mollberg stood out from each other. Nick Schmitz was getting quite a few reps at NG and was looking pretty good. Still think there will be a lot of rotation at that spot and they will count on energy/effort over talent, at least right away. Tank Harris was one of the guys in shorts but was participating in position group drills, was hoping to see how he looked there. Ratelle made a few nice plays, the linebacking corps with him leading this year is going to be fun to watch.

Yesterday's rally was announced a month ago, on July 22, and was to be held rain or shine. That is far from short notice. How many people would have been there if they had not paid/bussed people in?

Between two rallies, there has been a combined attendance of 50-75 including people bussed in. The fundraising effort to pay to bus those people in had 18 donors. If the "no nickname" crowd is the majority the say they are, they sure don't care enough to put their time or money where their mouth is.

Is it correct that the new chancellor is the one who selected the committee? Also very light on local business people.

Continuing to refer to North Dakota as a nickname doesn't help your case. It is the name of the University (and state which the University is named after). But being in favor of "no nickname" doesn't quite sound as good so I get why people continue to avoid using it. Again, someone with ties to the athletic department using concrete, personal examples of why it is time to move on. Not sure I've seen a single student-athlete that wasn't a hockey player in support of having no nickname.

Ryan Holmgren‏@ryanholmgren 56m56 minutes ago Craig Bohl said Nico Evans will be suspended two games and Adam Pilapil one game for violations of team rules. Brad E. Schlossman‏@SchlossmanGF 31m31 minutes ago Also says Oscar Nevermann will be suspended for entire season due to team's fear of losing to an FCS squad.

Pretty bold accusation. Having talked to some of them I also think its blatantly false. You citing something where people were able to (and very obviously did) submit things as many times as they could click a button. It carries zero weight. Yes, the nickname committee had an agenda: to pick a new nickname. You are correct, it was voted 7-4 to remove "no nickname" but it was the lowest remaining score among those left under consideration twice and somehow survived the first time.

I'm focused on what's best for the University of North Dakota going forward, developing that stance from talks with people with UND and the athletic department. Others continue to be focused on a nickname that is not coming back officially or unofficially, end of story regardless of how much I disagree with it and think that it sucks. At this point, even though ridiculous and unfair, the reasons are irrelevant. And to homer's point, Standing Rock Tribal Council had the chance to reaffirm it and chose not to. That isn't UND's fault.

My reading of the tea leaves is that it will be Studsrud. I think Mollberg continues to push him significantly, especially considering coming off an injury, but he's not quite there yet.

Yet it managed to have the lowest score twice among remaining nicknames and was eventually cut by the committee selected to represent stakeholders. But keep telling yourself its only 4 people that see it for what it is. If the "no nickname" crowd could get over their obsession with an inanimate object, we wouldn't be having this discussion. No one is saying to forget about it and pretend it never existed, just take it off the pedestal and look at the big picture.

So basically UND needs to petition for the Big Sky to switch to FIBA rules?

I won't predict much about the game but Wyoming's offense won't score 30 points.

Kicking the can down the road even further so a new President has to deal with it would be the ultimate cherry on top of this train wreck. Since he was hired, I never felt Kelley's time at UND would end with anything other than him picking the new name before he retired. The timing of his last day only reinforces that idea.

We may finish the 2015-2016 seasons as North Dakota but I think the new nickname will be decided on before say...January 14, 2016...

Are you really upset that they aren't solely using a slogan that is 5+ years old? Normally the UND Athletics Marketing gets called out for not being creative, but now this is a new one. They continue to do the best they can with "North Dakota", which is obviously like working with one hand tied behind their back, but they aren't going to continue to use a single catch phrase as the main marketing slogan year after year. The yard signs continue to say "North Dakota" on them so I guess you can be happy about that.

Seems pretty short-sighted on their part considering they don't sell out their games. Why discourage people from giving money to their athletic department and spending money in St. Cloud? Just raise the price the UND tickets $20 each or so and call it good.

Amusing, but not surprising, to see it takes so little for you to go back on your convictions. Almost as funny as calling out people who's names have been on donor, Champions Club, season ticket lists, donating both time and money, before the mess started an will be long after its over. Unfortunately the same can't be said for the "no-nickname" crowd who is led by individuals who keep threatening to quit supporting the University and student-athletes if they don't get their way (which is a riot because the majority of those names wouldn't show up on any of the previously mentioned lists). But keep trying to peddle your wares, I'm sure you'll find a few buyers eventually. People who are ready to drop their support over a nickname are definitely the pro-UND crowd.

Again: Yesterday: Not a legitimate media source! Complete garbage! Today: See, they get it!

Glad to hear it worked out for both of you guys!

Yesterday: Forum Communications doesn't have a clue!! Today: Forum Communications knows what they are talking about!!

No one said it was Klieman that did it.

We get it. When you can't come up with an actual thought out response to direct a question, type the same thing you just did and pretend you didn't see it.