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Nokes remains as well.

Very well could be. They definitely didn't spend much time making it so it was clear.

Never visited yet you know all about the North Dakota experience. Did you spend more time submitting weasels Ermines 50+ times or coming up with your trolling justifications for it on here?

Well, I still have no clue how the list system works, but this was in the GF Herald's article this morning:

Then why such the incredible determination to stick UND with a weasel as a nickname? I also noticed you excluded Nokotas? Haven't bothered to look and see if there were others, that one stuck out as obviously missing from your list.

The price of that real estate hasn't helped anything out either.

So about this...claims seem fairly far off-base so far.

Wow. Unedited. Lots of class shown.

That one hurts. Thought he had a chance to play right away.

You were a week late on the Shay news. We're talking about when you said without Shay UND wasn't going to get Baker.

You forgot this one as well.

There was rumors about the Washington Redskins doing this a while back. http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/24137527/could-the-washington-redskins-become-the-washington-bravehearts Just curious what kind of logo you'd use with it?

So another historical reference? Those are going to be the same regardless of what UND's nickname and logo is in the future. Keeping the hockey team from being at a disadvantage (with facilities/amenities) was more important to the staff than holding onto retired logos. Not sure why a group of "supporters" is so hell-bent on trying to put the athletic department at a disadvantage by not letting go.

Where was it stated that the above was the reasoning? Clearly the advantage of having renovated facilities outweighed the option of leaving up the retired logo in the majority of places and keeping the same facilities. There is obviously a group of people who wouldn't have made that decision, they would rather resist change even if it means harming the University, athletic department and student athletes.

Like I said, any reasonable person can come to the conclusion that there is less Fighting Sioux gear being worn, unless you use an absurd argument. And with the band no longer wearing Fighting Sioux gear, you're going to need to some up with some new people that didn't previously wear Fighting Sioux clothing to offset it. Not sure what you mean by this. UND has retired the name, they won't wear it on the playing field ever again. In terms of its official capacity, it is already gone.

Maybe I should have said that it is pretty simple to observe that people are wearing the new jersey and clothing with the interlocking ND logo and any reasonable person can easily come to the conclusion that because of that, since the same amount of people are in the building, mathematically there has to be less Fighting Sioux gear being worn? Unless of course you are going to make the absurd argument that not a single one of them previously wore Fighting Sioux clothing to the game or no clothing at all.

Pretty simple assumption since there are people wearing the new jersey's and other clothing with the interlocking ND. Unless those people weren't wearing anything before, then by default, there is less Fighting Sioux gear being worn.

I don't doubt your sincerity on the reasoning for wanting no nickname but until it is actually replaced and the void is filled, Fighting Sioux will continue to be used and UND will continue to have to address the issues associated with it. A new nickname isn't going to be universally like and will take time to grow on people, that is painfully clear, but even Fighting Sioux wasn't universally liked, which is how UND got into this mess in the first place.

That article made me disappointed. Those "supporters" of the University of North Dakota should check their diploma and see what it says (and doesn't say) on it. And to the student who is now contemplating on moving out of Grand Forks because he doesn't want to see a new logo and needs a logo to give him confidence to face his challenges, the real world is going to give you one heck of a wake-up call.

Fighting Sioux is another example. Also the reason that you see unofficial/unlicensed clothing that will say "Sioux" but not "Fighting Sioux" as the former is not considered a violation.

There has only been the original release. There will be more in the future. Does their logo look very similar and easily confused with a larger, more recognizable college such as Notre Dame? Probably doesn't hurt that those schools themselves are recognizable on a national level like Notre Dame either.

http://www.undsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=13500&ATCLID=209221876

And focus energy and resources on something positive? Count me in.

This. There's a group that will throw a fit regardless but hopefully some will actually take some time to actually read how the process will play out.

One of his childhood friends from back home in Sweden is on UND's team. Choosing UND had nothing to do with them playing Wyoming this year.