SiouxTattoo

Picked the whole bracket Fargo - UND/LSSU SCSU/Bemidji Loveland - UMN/UNO UW/UMD Albany - Mankato/Providence UM/BU Bridgeport - BC/AIC UMass/Quinnipiac 1 Seeds - UND, BC, UMN, Mankato

Just as expected for St. Cloud

Since it's a tournament game that St. Cloud should easily win, I fully expect them to lose.

Why doesn't anyone talk about the Houston Texans? They are named after the State they play in and they have a bull for a logo. It's not like being named the Nodaks is going to limit us to some crap logo, if anything I think it opens the door to many possibilities.

The one in Dallas has typically been at Pluckers in Grapevine. I just messaged the guy that normally sets it up and he is going to be out of town so there isn't anything scheduled.

The only reason to match us up with Wisconsin is to save on a flight for Vermont. The brackets fall into place perfectly without any inter-conference match-ups without that switch. I think the committee should keep it as is and let things fall as they may. Here are my brackets: East Union Quinnipiac Providence North Dakota Northeast Boston College Lowell Mankato Denver Midwest Wisconsin Ferris State Colgate Vermont West Minnesota Notre Dame St. Cloud Robert Morris

Funny, I live in Dallas too and I am always wearing Sioux gear. I have a lot of people come up to me and talk about UND too. I was even wearing my Sioux gear at the NDSU football game in Frisco.

There may not be perfect parallels between the Fighting Sioux nickname and the Minnesota rouser, however I am simply pointing out the fact that the U of M is being selective on how they enforce their policy on items related to Native Americans. They choose to enforce a policy against the use of Native American imagery, but they use Native American dialect in a school song. I do not see any difference between cheering " Let's go Sioux" and "Ski-u-Mah". One uses a Native American tribe name and the other uses a Native American language.

Dear President Bruininks, I am writing you this letter in regards to the University of Minnesota's stance on scheduling athletic events with teams deemed to have hostile and abusive Nicknames and/or Logos. I am a proud Alumni from the University of North Dakota, and as such, I am a staunch supporter of the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo. I feel as though the policy that your University has is place is very much a double standard. The reason that I believe the U of M has such a double standard for what it considers a hostile and abusive nickname/logo are the words that you have proclaimed in the University's school song, the Minnesota Rouser. If you look through the words of the song, you will clearly see the phrase "Rah, rah, rah, for Ski-U-Mah". If you are not familiar with the phrase, let me share its history with you. According to your own University's website (http://admissions.tc.umn.edu/studentlife/index.html), the phrase Ski-U-Mah is "a cheer Gophers have been screaming since 1884 during a rugby game. Ski comes from a Dakota battle cry meaning "victory", and U-Mah represents the U of M.". Now, my concern with the University using this cheer is, although the University has a policy in place against scheduling sporting events with teams that have Native American nicknames/logos, your own school uses a Native American war cry when competing in athletic events. In order to remain true to the stance that your University has set forth in regards to the scheduling of athletic events I make this proposition. I would respectfully ask that the University of Minnesota begins the process to retire the use of the Minnesota Rouser at all athletic events and all formal University functions. I feel that out of respect to the Native American community, the University should not use such dialect that could be misconstrued as being insensitive to the Native American culture. Sincerely yours, Corey Kjos