fightingsioux4life

You know, this whole snow job by Kelley could backfire if people get mad and vote Roughriders to prevent the consultant's choice of Fighting Hawks from winning. One can only hope.

You mean this guy?

I second this 1000% Go Riders Go!!!

No, I haven't been saying Kelley wants North Stars or Sundogs; those are conspiracy theories that have been thrown around this forum for months now by various other posters. But not me. Think about it: Why else would Kelley change the rules at the last minute to allow three names into the run-off instead of just two and then remove the majority requirement for a name to win? There is obviously some calculating going on behind closed doors. Roughriders was deemed to have a "double-negative meaning" by Mr. Nickname Expert (a.k.a. the consultant). Fighting Hawks, on the other hand, was basically promoted by said consultant and is a safe, PC choice, which Kelley and a lot of Fighting Sioux opponents would approve of. It also would justify the money that UND spent on said consultant. And by including Nodaks, Kelley is inoculating himself from the wrath of the Fighting Sioux Hardliners and the Hockey-Only Crowd from a repeat of the same backlash he got when he didn't include "UND/North Dakota" as an option on the first ballot. I believe that Kelley was afraid of Roughriders winning, so he is changing the rules of the game to get the result he wants, which I believe is Fighting Hawks. He should have just left the rules alone.

I believe this is an underhanded, sneaky attempt to stop Roughriders from winning. I also think Kelley wants Fighting Hawks to win so that the consultant they hired looks like a good investment. Finally, putting Nodaks on the final ballot is throwing a bone to the Fighting Sioux Hardliners and the Hockey-Only crowd so they couldn't scream "conspiracy". Leading by not leading, that's the Kelley way.

This is what I hope people rally around now.

Memphis is turning some heads this year, so Paxton Lynch is going to sneak up on some people both in college and the NFL.

It's a joke, a farce. We need that around here sometimes, especially with all the nickname negativity floating around this forum right now.

Man, that game was one of the highlights of grade school.

Bubba has one and one-half recruiting classes and is in Season #2. Considering the mess he inherited, it will take a couple of more years to determine if we are moving forward or backward.

I think the voting closes at 11:59:59 PM on Friday, October 23rd. As to when the results will be announced, I hope it is sooner rather than later or else the tin-foil hat wearing conspiracy theorists will come out of the woodwork with their pitchforks and torches.

I sure hope so. I have a feeling it has been the choice of the silent majority for a long-time, but supporters have been much quieter and reserved than the Fighting Sioux Hardliners, the No-Namers and the Nodakers (there is considerable overlap amongst those three groups, but it isn't 100%). I guess we'll find out later this month.

Naw, he doesn't have at least 5 years of Division I experience.

Some of their fans have even gone as far as to suggest that some lower-level FBS schools have to fight to keep their recruits from going to NDSU instead.

I would have to agree with that assessment. Some people on here are getting impatient and they shouldn't. We are just getting started.

I wasn't just talking about on-field performance, I am talking about being bold, visionary, optimistic and positive about what an institution can accomplish if everyone applies themselves to achieving excellence in everything across the board. NDSU has been doing that, UND has not. Good leadership leads to good teams and wins. The leadership has to come first or the other stuff won't happen. I am praying hard for a UND President that understands that.

So we don't have a rivalry until our FB program gets back on its feet? So it's okay for Bison trolls to come over here and rub it in our faces? Honestly, our fan base has gone so soft and passive over the past 10 years or so. Back in the 1980's and 90's, most of our fans wouldn't take any crap from anybody, regardless of the won-loss records at the time. We need to get back to that; I am sick and tired of playing second-fiddle to NDSU.

Just telling the other side of the story. I don't plan on bringing it up again.

So we have to kiss their keisters? Sorry, I won't be doing that. Until Bison fans give us credit for our 7 NCAA hockey titles, I will not be brown-nosing them for "their recent success". This is a rivalry and that is how it is supposed to work. They should just go back to Bisonville if they want their egos stroked; this is siouxsports.com.

And I suppose Grand Forks Central shouldn't have adopted Knights because "Climax-Fisher doesn't want us to use it." I don't know about you, but I have had it up to you-know-where hearing what everyone else wants us to do.

Really? And why did you choose today of all days to bring that up? I think we both know the answer to that question.

While I hate NDSU as much as anyone else on this forum, this is classless and tasteless. The kid just had his season ruined and that is nothing to celebrate. Cheer against his team all you want (I sure will), but don't cheer against the player. Please don't stoop to Bisonville's low standards of decency.

Everyone on this forum understands this.

Yes, they will make the playoffs, the field is, what, 24 teams? What they are in danger of is losing that home field advantage, which is a much bigger deal in football than it is in a lot of other sports.

What's wrong with that? The rest of the world is too unpredictable as it is.