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Wow! you know a lot about live (online) gaming...

There is a reason Phil Jackson won with the Bulls, who did nothing before or after Jackson (even with Michael Jordan - yes, Jordan & Pippin left the Bulls the same time Jackson did) & the Lakers (with Kobe Bryant & Shaquille O'Neal), who couldn't win the title before Jackson was their coach. Coaches do make a difference.

Bob Nielson 'nuff said

sorry i already gave a + today so couldn't + rep you to offset the 2 bison rubes who neg'd you.

to quote McDonalds - "I'm lovin' it!" +1

Interview with Portland State coach Nigel Burton on oregonlive.com: PSU Coach Nigel Burton The comments about the Big Sky teams are at 3:15 and vs the WAC at 3:30 in this 7 minute clip

Admit to being too lazy to find the proper thread to post this. Had to chuckle at this post on championshipsubdivision.com about JBB's incessant rambling about the Dakota Big 3. You might even want to note that the thread has nothing to do with the Bison, but JBB has brought the Dakota Big 3 into the discussion once again, and this is a response from a Northern Iowa fan. #1 EWU @ USD Discussion & Game Thread

fixed it for you

Like Bismarck

What about Western Michigan?

Isn't that why SCSU hired Gino & then extended his contract?

One thing that Notre Dame does have correct is keeping the number of teams in the conference low, keeping out-of-conference options more wide open.

or weather phenomena (though I do like Wild Nokotas and Tsunami)

Do you really want to punish all Native Americans because of something some left wing nuts caused? That is stooping to the level of the PC crowd that is forcing the retirement, despite the fact that most of the tribal members of both Spirit Lake and Standing Rock have actually openly supported the Sioux name and logo (symbol). You sure don't want to force the Native Americans to have to go to NDSU, do you?

Doesn't sound like he regrets designing the symbol to me. Sounds more like he's proud of the way non-PC people have rallied around his art. Thank you, Mr Brien, for what you did for the University of North Dakota.

I would be willing to bet that UND will have a nickname by fall 2012. With the new conference affiliations, there will be something in place by the start of Big Sky competition, whether you want it or not. How the vote on this thread comes out will not have an impact on the administration's timing. The best we can hope for is to have some influence on the name chosen, but there is not even a strong consensus among the hundred plus votes on the New Nickname thread. Rough Riders has held steady with a third of the votes, followed by Other, then some form of Norse. If Rough Riders is chosen as the new name, two thirds of the people on this board would have preferred something else and may be unhappy. Just goes to say there is no good replacement for Fighting Sioux, but again, my bet is that a new name will be in place within 12 months. I hope Darell is right, that there will be a mascot. That should rule out weather phenomena and inanimate PC names like Flames (though not so sure how PC Flames is). However, with the PC crowd in control (and the loss of the Fighting Sioux name does acknowledge that the PC crowd is, indeed, in control), alumni, students and fans will need to be strong and united.

Sorry, those of you who want "The U"... Miami just got a whole lotta bad reps and they call themselves "The U". Fail.

No matter what the name ends up being, here is a jersey idea (at least for this season and until a new name is chosen). I do see it as one the administration will not push, because it does not kindle any hint of the passion the Bennet Brien logo does.

sorry, whatever gave you the idea that the NCAA was/is a democracy?

from Goon's World blog: thanks to MissSioux85 Why are the Chippewa and the Three Affiliated Tribes so much more outspoken about this? Is it jealousy?

Agee with a Bison!

this one I really like! +1 Don't know how you would score a hat trick from the goalie position, but if anyone can, Jesus can!

The problem really is that there is nothing to motivate the NCAA to relent on their position. They have been getting beaten down every time they turn around... USC, Cam Newton, Ohio State, and on and on... They must just be feeling that they have to win one and this is one they have already won, so they won't back down at this point. It seemed, back when the meeting was originally scheduled and the NCAA was going to come to North Dakota to talk to the legislators & the governor, that they may have been willing to talk, but they appear to have taken the hard line on the Fighting Sioux now. Mr. Carlson doesn't seem to have anything in his back pocket to pull out and save the name, at least not that he has leaked to the press, so the result,as Darell put it will be a name-changing decision.

OK, back on topic. This is D-Week with the NCAA. Friday will bring clarity to the NCAA's position, as if we don't already have it. Is there a snowball in downtown Phoenix that didn't melt in August? I don't think I saw the sun rise in the west this morning. Much as I wish the NCAA would relent and see the light, I fear that they just want this fight off their plate and will not budge from their previous stance. Hope that Carlson brings examples of the state honoring Native Americans, such as state highway signs, the logos on the doors of the Highway Patrold and the name Lake Sakakawea to prove there is not malicious intent, but one way or the other, UND needs the blessing of the NCAA to achieve Big Sky membership and 'smart' money is on the side that says they will not get it.