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Stars = shooting stars = Shooting Star Casino = White Earth Reservation = native americans = hostile and abusive!!

Well, one of their nicknames is the North Star State. Either way, North Stars shouldn't be considered. Stars, possibly. Just not North Stars.

Indiana - "The Hoosier State" Iowa - "The Hawkeye State" Nebraska - "The Cornhusker State" North Carolina - "The Tar Heel State" Ohio - "The Buckeye State" Oklahoma - "The Sooner State" Oregon - "The Beaver State" Wisconsin - "The Badger State" Anyone see a pattern here? These state nicknames are all mascots for schools IN THAT STATE!! Minnesota is "The North Star State." UND picking "North Stars" just doesn't make sense. I am not advocating for the UND "Peace Gardeners", just pointing out that schools that pick state nicknames as their mascots always reside in that state.

Pretty sure the Tri City North Stars did not have to get exclusive rights from the Dallas Stars to use the name. Which brings up another point. So no one wants to be the Roughriders because there is a High School in Grand Forks with the same nickname, but using the same name as our barely semi pro football team is OK?!! Also, Minnesota is the "orth Star State" That would be so dumb to pick North Stars.

Like I have said before. We can debate till the cows come home whether or not UND has to adopt a new nickname or not. The real debate is why people would not want UND to have a new nickname. My theory that not having a new nickname allows the old name to remain as the unofficial nickname is valid. Just look how many schools, boradcasters, etc still refer to us as the Fighting Sioux. So we are alrady living in the world just being North Dakota and not having a name. Is this the world we want to live in forever as UND fans? Where some people refer to our teams as the Sioux, some just say North Dakota, and some do both and can't decide. To me, this is not what is best for the University, its athletic teams, atheletes, and its fans. All of us as fans rallied around the Fighting Sioux name. It unifies us. Just like a nickname does at other schools. If things stay the way they are now, that is going to be very difficult to happen. So debate on whether no nickname is allowed, but IMO, having a new nickname to rally around and unify the school, the teams, and the fans is what is best for UND.

"provided the University remains in compliance with the terms of the Settlement Agreement." Funny how you and others keep forgetting that part. The terms of the settlement stated that UND had to adopt a new nickname. Any the addendum that was signed states that UND must ramin in compliance with that. It really is that simple. Not sure what is so hard to understand about that.

Let me sum up why people don't want UND to choose a nickname. People have come to realize, finally, that UND will never again be the Fighting Sioux. Whether voices weren't heard or not, UND is not going to fight that losing battle again. So for people who are passionate about the name and don't want UND to be known by anything else, by supporting "no nickname" as an option, it allows people to not have to cheer for a new name and still unofficially refer to UND teams as the Fighting Sioux. With the absense of a name, many will just revert back to the old name. Now we can have a debate on whether the NCAA required UND to adopt a new name to prevent this from happening. But you can not deny that the "no nickname" crowds main reason for UND not to adopt a new name is so they can refer to UND as the Fighting Sioux. They just don't want to admit it. They can say things like "no nickname is unique" and "just North Dakota would be just fine" but we can see through your reasoning. Now I am one that wanted UND to remain the Fighting Sioux and supported the Universities fight against the NCAA when the fight was still winneable. It is clearly not anymore. It is time to move on and select a new name that we can rally around. "North Dakota" simply does ot do that. Now if I am way off and you just want UND to just be known as North Dakota and it is not for the reason I stated, I guess that's fine. But tell me how often you yell the words "Go UND" or "Go North Dakota" at a UND sporting event. Once you do it 1 or 2 times, you will realize a new name is needed.

Benny /Baker, mksioux. Put all the legal stuff aside for a second. Why do you want UND to have no nickname? You and the other "no nickname" people have yet to answer my question. What is your reasoning?

Ok. Let's say that UND can go without a nickname. Is that really what you want? And one question that all you "no nickname" people fail to answer is...why do you want UND to not have a nickname? Is it because you loved the Fighting Sioux nickname so much that you feel no other name is worthy to replace it? Is it because having no nickname will still allow "Fighting Sioux" to be the unofficial nickname of UND without having to pick a new one? Someone in the "no nickmame" crowd please tell the reason that you don't want the University of North Dakota to have any identity for its athletic teams. I will hang up and listen!!

Putting all the legal mumbo jumbo aside....not having a nickname and being just "North Dakota" is super lame. "Go North Dakota"....yeah, that's something I want to yell at games!!

Every team in the league has drafted first round picks that are a bust. It is not just the Vikings. Sure Ponder and Williamson ended up being busts. But its not like the Vikings haven't drafted good players in the first round over the years. Funny how Vikings haters seem to leave out these guys: 2014 - Teddy Bridgewater 2014 - Anthony Barr 2012 - Harrison Smith 2009 - Percy Harvin 2007 - Adrian Peterson 2006 - Chad Greenway Besides Percy Harvin, all of those guys are still on the team and are all productive starters at their possession. Harvin is gone, but he was offensive rookie of the year! So while the Vikings, like every other team, have had busts, the Vikings have deffinitely made some great draft picks as of late.

I all seriousness, that was a pretty awesome moment. A guy that had been with the program all those years and gave it is all every day in practice knowing that he would probably not play. Says a lot about the character about Tate Maris. When he made the save on the only shot he faces, the place went nuts!! A much well deserved moment for Tate!!

How could anyone forget the final home game of the year on March 17th, 2012 with the long, overdue, and much anticipated debut of Tate Maris!! Statistically the best goalie to ever play for UND.

AP right now is better than any RB that any team could pick up in the draft and better than any running back that a team is willing to trade. So why would the Viking want to get rid of him. You can say all you want about his age and his declining numbers, but who that the Vikings even have a chance at getting through trade or draft would be any better? Until someone can give me an answer to that, I'll stil with AP.

AP is a big fan of playing football. He loves it. You can see it by how he plays the game. He is also a big fan of money. No surprise. We all are. He will not make nearly the amount of money somewhere else than he makes with the Vikings. In the end, money will talk loud into his ear and he will decide playing for the Vikings is his best option.

Anyone planning on going to Fargo that doesn't have tickets to the game? I deffinitely will be. Hey, if we can't be in the Dome for the game, might as well make our presence known in the tailgate lot!! I wonder if NDSU will give UND a spot for the Champions Club to set up in the lot. Another idea would be to do like we did in Boston and Minneapolis and designate a bar/restaurant as the official headquarters of UND fans. The Buffalo Wild Wings on 19th would be a great location for UND fans to take over that day. Go tailgate in the lot before the game and then head across the street to watch the game!!

Obvious intro music!! Boom boom acka lacka lacka boom!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYKupOsaJmk

Committee member and UND alumnus Lowell Schweigert voiced concerns about the time crunch to pick a name and Walton said Kelley would support the committee taking the time it needs. We should all be glad that guys like Lowell Schweigert are on this committee. He is a great guy and really understands the importance of this commitee and the process. While I get it that it this process has taken forever it seems, now that we are in the point in the porcess to select the name, he realizes you need time to make sure it is done right.

I guess if it's ok for the U.S. Secretary of State to delete emails, then everyone in authority can do it!!! Open Records laws?? Those aren't real. No need to have to adhere to those rules!!

I am curious to what Kelley did that the studends feel he should be fired. If it is because of the nickname, that's dumb. If it's because of tuition, welcom to the world of things costing more!! I am not here to defend Kelley, but there has to be other legitimate reasons.

Sioux/Bison weel back in the day was crazy. Sure NDSU has a good rivalry with their conference opponents like UNI and SDSU. But those game are not even close to the level of excitement, hype, etc that playing UND will have. Any Bison fan that thinks otherwise is out of their mind!!

One think that I think every team needs is a go to goal scorer. If Matthews comes here, he may be the best pure, top end goal scorer we have had probably since Parise!! God I hope he deicides to come here!!

It will be something new for NDSU students. They aren't used to watching their team get a beatdown in their home stadium like they will on Sept 19th!!

No Titles for 50 years? Now that's epic!! I wouldn't say we are closing in on that. I would be willing to bet we win one before 2050!!

Although head to head wins are great, I think most UND football fans would trade wins over NDSU to wins in National Championship games. NDSU could really care less about losses to UND in the past. In the past 50 years, NDSU has 12 National Championships, we have 1. NDSU has 27 conference Championships, we have 15. I think that would qualify as being a superior program the last 50 years. I really hate to defend Bison fans, but face it, they got us in football.