Siouxperfan7

Don't you mean "Hoe Gardeners"?!!

So do you suggest that UND become the Peace Gardeners then?!!

We cannot worry about what other schools would potentially say or do when they play UND. If fans are going to be that disrespectful and immature, than that is their problem and their schools problem, not UND's. Also, do you really see this even happening? Say it was your intention to do it. How the hell is someone from the stands going to get a condom on to the playing field/court. Would be tough even from the front row!! Unless they intend to throw an entire box out.! Point being, I don't think this is even a clever idea. Condoms aren't really the first thing you think of when you hear Roughriders.

Sundogs does not need any other reasons to not consider it a valid nickname idea. It fails on its own merits!

Good luch in your endeavors. Might be easier to convince the NCAA to let UND use the Fighting Sioux name again!!

1) North Dakota - not a nickname. it's our state name. 2) North Stars - nickname for Minnesota. 3) Nodaks - what is a Nodak? What's the logo going to be besides the wrd "Nodaks" 4) Fighting Hawks - not awful, but why do we have to the the Fighting _______'s. 5) Sundogs - probably the worst nickname idea ever. Abdominal snowmen was better!! 6) Roughriders - Best possible option among remaining names that most fits the criteria laid out by the committee. 7) Green Hawks - so unorriginal that we paid 100K to have experts come up with the PC garbage! So using that rationale, Roughriders is 1, Fighting Hawks is 2nd (but a distand secod) and the rest are pure garbage. (IMO of course)

Tough times for Bo and Luke Duke!! Better park the General Lee for awhile!!

Luke Skywalker an Han Solo were in the Rebel Alliance. I'm not going to sit here and here you bash all rebels!!

"Flags don't kill people, Twinkies do." Run with it!!

"It was their Superbowl" "It's just a non conference game, conference games are way more important" "I'd rather lose now than in the playoffs, so this loss is not that bad" Some new ones for you maybe!!

There are 7 names left. (6 technically). Please tell me a better name form the reaming list that you think UND should adopt as their new nickname? We all get it. This process has been a s#%t show. You are not alone in your thinking. But face reality. UND's new nickname is one of those final 7. It's true, a lot of good names are not one of the remaining names. That sucks. This is what we are stuck with. For better or worse. Again, tell me a better name from the 7?

That is if imaginary friends are able to have jobs!

http://siouxfb.areavoices.com/ "We are hearing UND will be getting a new sticker logo on their new helmets. We have not seen it but have been told it will be slightly different than the current “ND” sticker that they have used forever." I wonder what they are going to do to the helmet sticker? One thing I did notice when the matte helmets came out is the current shiney sticker looked weird on it. That could be it. Or, they could be making it bigger on the helmet! I guess we will wait and wee.....unless someone has some insider info!!

Like I have said, name suggestions have been thrown out for way less than this!! And where are these mareketing and branding consultants that seem to have an opinion on every other nickname except this one?! I would like to hear their opinion on the branding possibilities of having no nickname!! Seems like more of an issue than what they are making with these other names they are taking exception to!

No worries. A committee will be formed to sort through the names to narrow them down. Which one of the 5 is the most unique and recognizable?!!

The problem is that no one can give a definitive answer whether it is misinformation or not. KG said that "North Dakota" is still an option yet he has never said that the NCAA is OK with it. If the NCAA was fine with it, you would thinkhe would say so. Can anyone say that the NCAA is ok with it? I guess only the boys in Indy can answer that question. One would think that this commitee would run that by them before the "North Dakota" option gets too far down the narrowing down process. Maybe they are just hoping that it happens naturally. But the committee could have answered this very easy question by just making a phone call to the NCAA.

UND is getting a new nickname. There are 7 names left. The new nickname will be 1 of those 7 names. Roughriders is the best available option. Roughriders fits the criteria laid out by the committee more than the other 6 names left. Roughriders should be the new nickname of UND. It really is that simple.

People are all up in arms about the potential of Roughriders being selected as the new nickname for UND. I get it. It's not as good as Fighting Sioux. And, maybe others that have been thrown out were better as well (Nokota, Explorers, Roughnecks, Reapers, etc). Sure, 6 months ago, Roughriders was not at the top of everyones list. There were many other options that people were backing. But now that we are left with the final 7, there are many of us that believe that this is the best possible name remaining. The new nickname will be one of these seven names. If someone can make an argument for any of the other names and why it is better than Roughriders, at this point, than I am all ears.

Agreed. Names like Roughnecks, Badlanders, and Nokota were very unique names that don't look so bad know looking at what we have left. Many names were dismissed too quickley and we get stuck with the 7 we have left. Unfortunate.

If UND would have decided to go with Roughriders in 2012 after the public vote to retire the name, there would have been lynch mobs with burning torches demanding that the people get a say in the process. So know that there has been overwhelming public imput into the name and full transparancy in the process, people are upset. So I guess it's a lose/lose situation. But I think that being as transparent as possible is better in the long run. Maybe Roughriders would have been selected had they nt taken public input and formed committees and had all these narrowing down procedures. Sure it may have taken more time, cost a lot more money, but the process is more accepted (not saying better) thatn a group of people in a closed room deciding on a nickname.

I am hoping that no name or "North Dakota" is left off the final names that get voted on. If it is Roughriders against any other name, I think that Roughriders wins without a doubt. If North Dakota is in there, it could be close. We need a decisive super majority type of numbers for a new nickname. If 2/3 of the votes are for one name, thatn I would say that is pretty unifying.

Didn't no nickname or "North Dakota" get the least number of points in the last round? Not sure how the current 7th place name can make it to the top 3!! If it makes it to the final 3, then there is a problem.

LEt's pretend for a second that having no nickname is NOT and option. Let's pretend that going as just "North Dakota" is not something that people will be able to vote for. Someone tell me a better nickname for UND as of right now than Roughriders? Anyone...anyone?!!!

The only criteria tha you could make an argument for the Roughriders doesn't represent is not being unique. Yes, its true that other teams at other levels in others sports are using it. But in the relm of the NCAA, no one is using it. So I will admit that Roughriders doesn't fit the criteria 100%. But it is probably at 98% of all the criteria. Which is better than 25% or worse for the other names!!

THIS THIS THIS!!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Very well stated. Please consider writing into the opinion section of the Herald/Forum/Birmark Tribune/etc stating this information. Hopefully the committee reads it and others as well to see that Roughriders is the only option left that wshould be considered for the new nickname.