Siouxperfan7

The playoff committee looks at D1 wins first. whether we win 77-0, win 6-3, or lose 21-14. It will mean exactly the same in the eyes of the commitee. they loom at D1 games only when determining their playoff field. Either way, it is what it is. We will win by 3+ touchdown and move on to next week. Not to be pesimistic, but I don't see us winning 7 of the remaining 10 games to even be considered as a playoff team. Maybe 4-5.

FBS....25000 seat stadiums? I think the UND needs to focus on competing in the FCS and filling their 11000 seat stadium first. I agree its good to look to the future and look to grow, but the focus NOW needs to be building up a football program that can compete year in and year out for an FCS National Title and can fill the Alerus to near capacity on a regular basis. Make that the focus no and other opportunities can be focused on later when they present themselves.

Just because you don't believe something, doesn't mean that its not true. I will agree with you on everything that you say when you can prove to me that you have never been wrong about anything, EVER!!

And you have just proved that you only care about Fighting Sioux mens hockey and not any other sport at UND. The sanctions affect the mens hockey team very little. But they affect the other sports a great deal. So while there are a lot of "hockey only" fans out there like you that only care about the fighting sioux hockey jersey, there are more University of North Dakota fans that care more about the entire atheletic department than just one sport.

Did you ever think that the issue is one sided maybe because the side that is most expressed is the CORRECT side?? If you have an opinion and the majority of the people believe the opposite to be correct, that doesn't mean that you are being discriminated against for your beliefs. It just means that more likely than not, you are wrong!!

Whether we win or lose, it will have no bearing on whether we make the playoffs.

Name gets dropped, sactions dropped, Big Sky doesn't kick us out, home football playoff games in effect, IPF gets built!! All these things can happen if everyone votes YES on June 12th!!

With these proposed renovations, having the NCHC at the Target Center every year is looking better and better all the time!! Not only will the building be a better venue, but the surrounding area will be great. Look at all the hotels, restaurants, bars, etc. in downtown Minneapolis. If they NCHS goes with the Target Center, I will be excited about it.

My guess is Lehigh will be adopting this policy!!!

Its 80/20 in favor of a YES vote for this poll. I don;t see it bing that lopsided in the actual vote, but if I would have to predict, I would guess 60/40 in favor of the YES vote to retire the name. I guess we will wait and see how correct my prediction is.

Rumblings from the tribe and also from the NCAA. They could change their policy for schools with tribal approval and get rid of all native american names!! Which is precisely why we need to retire the name at UND now. We have no idea what the NCAA will do in the future in regards to native american names. Just add that to the ever growing list of "reasons to vote YES on June 12th."

Very interesting!! Let's just hope that UND's new mascot will not be inspired by the Disney Channel!!

NCHC tournament at the Target Center and the Big10 tournament at the Xcel every other year..holy hockey playoff hotbed in MSP!!!

Other measures can be discussed on other threads. I would like to keep this debate and poll to Measure 4 only. Thanks.

Just curious to see how those on Siouxsports.com are going to vote on Measure 4 on June 12th.

I would much rather have black jerseys than those awful mustard colored ones the Bison have, those are hideous!!

The black jerseys look fine for basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball and hockey....SO I think that they would work for football. Black is one of our colors. Not primary, but still one of the colors.

Steve Johnson a possiblilty??

We don't agree with the NCAA policy. We are not on the PC side. We are on the rational, logical, and educated side of those that realize the consequences of keeping the name. Everyone on this site loves the nickname and wanted to keep it. But not at the expense of killing the athletic department.

Mankato, Augustana, and Morningside

Dave, do you not understand that virtually everyone who posts on this site thinks the Fighting Sioux logo is not "hostile and abusive" or racist. I don't think any of us agree with the opinions of the NCAA in regards to native american names. We all love the Fighting Sioux logo and all that it stands for. But there come s a point where you have to put other things ahead of your own desires. So I want to keep the Sioux name, of course. Do I want to keep the name and sacrifice the well bing of the University and its athletic department, absolutely not. You need to maybe put your selfish desires aside and not do what you want to do, but do what you know is right. The majority of the people on here have done that. It is time for you to do that as well.

Predictable response from the man who has completely lost touch with reality!!

Wait...are you saying all these schools are going to move up to FBS??? And they are to pay for that how?? Even NDSU which probably has one of the largest FCS football fan bases would not be able to afford that, let alone these South Dakota schools!! And Neb Omaha is dropping football, so not sure why you put them in there.

Does someone one here know what the new jerseys look like (if they are getting new jerseys)? If so, what's the hold up on sharing the information with everyone? Don't be that guy!!

What is crazy is we play them back to back for the next 4 years!! 2013 there is a bye week between games, but that is still pretty crazy how the scheduling worked out that way!!