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What Hakstol is or isn't doing is not relevant to this program anyway. And it's a long season.

It's been going on for years. Some people think "America the Beautiful" is easier to sing and sounds better. I honestly don't think anything is broken, so why fix it? It is highly unlikely to ever happen anyway.

And I forgot to add, they were going to eliminate the majority vote requirement in the 2nd round and allow the winner to be selected with a plurality (33%+1) of the vote. Why they ever thought that was a good idea, I'll never know. But it also fits into my theory that it would help Fighting Hawks win without having to beat out Roughriders or Nodaks one-on-one, which I have some doubts it could do.

I think the 2002-03 team started out with a pretty soft schedule. And they made the NCAA tournament after a one season absence.

Careful, you'll be branded a conspiracy theorist by jdub27.

I never said anything about the 116 vote margin being "made up". I said it provides a convenient justification to allow three votes to advance instead of two. It is simply INEXCUSABLE to change the voting criteria after the fact. I don't care what Kelley's "point of view" is on this; you simply don't do that. I have zero sympathy for the President because when you change the rules in the middle of the game, you are just asking for speculation on why you did what you did. It adds to the distrust our fans and stakeholders have for this entire process since it started. And, for the record, I am not a conspiracy theorist. I am not a 9/11 "truther", I don't think the moon landing was staged in the desert and I don't think FDR knew about Pearl Harbor before it happened. I do think the Warren Report on JFK's assassination is full of holes, but I am far from the only person in the world that believes that. But when something smells fishy, it probably is rotten fish that someone forgot to put in the fridge or freezer. You are WAY too trusting of "The Authorities" in almost every situation. And Kelley has earned nothing less than the total mistrust of the UND family with how this whole nickname selection process has been (mis)managed. If it looks like a duck and smells like a duck, then it probably IS a duck. Not a fistful of roses.

I don't think so.

Please tell me where I am wrong in thinking this? It all makes sense. Why else would President Kelley allow three names to advance when the rules clearly said only two names would advance? And that whole 112 vote margin excuse was just that....an excuse, a cover story. The only reason we are having a third vote (if needed) is that people voiced their outrage and there was too much of it to ignore. Please share with us what you think really happened if I am so wrong; you seem to think you have all the answers to everything anyway.

So the Fighting Hawks crowd is using some good old fashioned false advertising to get people to vote for their choice? Nice, really nice. Play to people's emotions over losing the Fighting Sioux nickname and logo and promote an image that will most certainly not serve as the logo for the Fighting Hawks. This makes it look even more like Fighting Hawks was the "fair-haired boy" of UND's Administration and the reason why Nodaks was allowed to advance despite finishing 3rd.

There is a movement to replace "The Star Spangled Banner" with "America the Beautiful" as the new national anthem. I am 100% against that.

How do you know they wouldn't mess that up too? It looked like those refs were working a different game than the one we were all watching. The officiating in this league SUCKS and it won't get better with people giving the refs alibis when they mess up the most elementary of calls. Remember what happened in Greeley about three years ago? Was that just the "human element" at work too? Either these guys step up and eliminate the stupid mistakes or they should be replaced. Period. End of story.

Amen. I am sick and tired of the "human element" being used as an alibi anytime a referee screws up a call. PATs should fall into the "a caveman could do it" category.

Screw the polls, they don't mean squat.

Just voted Roughriders for a second time. Roll Riders!!!

Can't argue with this.

Let's also remember that having a 5th year senior quit the team because he lost his starting job to a freshman doesn't help either. Chris Brown showed his true colors when he did that. He won't be missed on senior day, that's for sure.

It can't be as bad as the 2013 version.

Whatever. It is not inappropriate for a team's color analyst to be a little bit biased (not like NDSU's broadcast team, but a little biased). Recognizing talented opposing players is one thing; cheerleading them from the other broadcast booth is a little much. I don't think Tony Stein ever did that during his many years in that job; he was 100% pure Kelly Green and White...period. I just am not a big fan of Berg in the broadcast booth; I have nothing against him personally. I think Central FB misses him big-time and wouldn't have two wins over three years if he was still there.

Comment of the day, my friend.

Sorry, couldn't resist!

Did we not thump Providence twice at home early last season? And we all know what that team did in April. Some teams start out hot and then cool off. Other teams start out cold and then heat up. I want us to be a team that maintains an even keel all year. Don't get to high when things are good and don't get too low when things are bad.

I thought Bemidji was a solid team, but you are right about the others.

Yes they are, but sometimes guys that light it up in the USHL don't do as well in college. I am glad that these guys are doing it here.

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Running the table, finishing 7-4 and making the playoffs would be huge steps forward for this program.