fightingsioux4life

For the moment.

We get it, all you care about is Men's Hockey. Now please just go back to the Men's Hockey forum and quit being Rob Port's mouthpiece.

There you go, using logical reasoning again!

It is absolutely imperative that the State Board of Higher Education do what it takes to get this law struck down as unconstitutional by the ND Supreme Court. They should have done that as soon as it was passed in 2011, but now would be better late than never. Despite the nonsense you read on sayanythingblog.com, the nickname-at-all-costs crowd on this forum and the leaders of this petition drive, this action will destroy UND athletics forever and ever. It won't happen right away, but it will happen. It will be a slow, painful death. We will become the lepers of college athletics; no one will want to touch us (recruits, institutions, conferences). And that includes Men's Hockey; so even if that is all you care about, you should also be concerned. The State Board should show leadership on this issue or step aside and let someone else do it.

You, my friend, lost touch with both of those things a long time ago with regard to this matter.

What are you smoking? I'd like to try some of it.

But remember, it's "a small price to pay".

If the State Board meets next Monday and decides to "stand pat" and take no legal action on this stupidity, they should all be replaced. I am so sick and tired of the Board sitting on their collective arses so that they don't upset anyone. Get off your keisers and do something.

They'll just quote some stupid crap from their "Bible" (sayanythingblog.com) that "proves" that Fullerton is a liar and is bluffing and that Kelley put him up to it. When the facts aren't on your side, that's all that's left.

A pretty solid class and one that should help establish us in the Big Sky and in FCS in general. And you can bet that NDSU will disavow any interest they might have had in any of these kids because they have NEVER, EVER lost a recruit to UND.

The reasons for the NCAA sanctions against South Carolina may be different, but the effects on North Dakota would be the same.....devastating. Except in the fantasy world you and others have chosen to inhabit. Just keep it up and you'll get your wish. An institution without athletics, severely disadvantaged in recruiting and retaining the best students and a shadow of it's former self. But I am sure you will respond with more of this...... Oh well, whatever makes you happy.

That's really cute, Dave. You guys are persistent, I'll give you that much. But throwing mud on me and my reputation as a fan of this institution and everything in it won't help your cause at all. If anything, it just makes you look more and more desperate as you use hopeless tactics trying to save a name and logo that I (and many, many others on this forum) love instead of supporting the one action that has any chance of success (the Spirit Lake lawsuit against the abusive, monopolistic NCAA). The petition drives will achieve the same thing that "Clueless Al" Carlson's law did: N-O-T-H-I-N-G! The NCAA doesn't give a crap about what the State of North Dakota thinks about anything. Just look at what has happened to South Carolina with regards to the Confederate flag controversy. If the name and logo are enshrined into the state constitution, the NCAA might decide to penalize the ENTIRE STATE of North Dakota over this issue like they did in South Carolina. That will hurt ALL of our institutions, including the Ag College down in Fargo. The only things the NCAA fears at all are 1) the Federal court system and 2) the Congress of the United States of America. Those two institutions can make life miserable for them. The State of North Dakota is like a mosquito buzzing in your ear while you try to golf 18 holes during one of our few nice summer days. A minor irritant, but nothing more.

I am "willing" to do what it takes to keep UND strong both athletically and academically. YOU, on the other hand, are "willing" to "just flush (UND) down the toilet" to keep the name and logo. Nuking the athletic department just to save it is just plain stupid. We have fought this fight for six long years, but it's time to face facts and realize we can't do anything more. What is the point of having the name and logo without an athletic department to use it?

The official logo of the nickname-at-all-costs crowd. When the facts and the situation are unbearable, just pretend it will all go away. Now, back to reality for the rest of us.

The truth hurts, doesn't it son? If anything, YOUR loyalty to the institution that I love is basically in shambles based on your myopic viewpoint of destroying UND athletics in order to save the name and logo. I will always consider myself a Fighting Sioux fan FOR LIFE!!! So my user name is not changing. Deal with it.

This is really getting pathetic. The nickname-at-all-costs crowd can't counter with facts, so they are resorting to cute little bedtime stories, animal noises, colorful pictures of animals and fairy tales. I feel like I am trapped in a really bad version of Sesame Street. For Pete's Sake, bring some serious beef to the table or don't even bother trying anymore.

YOU are the one "desperately clinging" to the 1 in a 1,000 chance that any of this will bring the name and logo back WITHOUT crippling sanctions. Pot-Kettle-Black anyone?

I would believe the National Enquirer before I would believe that piece of crap gossip dirt sheet blog.

Faison had better not agree to this deal for us. The rule I would put in place is this: No home and home, no games! Period. End of story. REA is nice enough to attract any of the top programs in the country for a non-conference series. Rodentia can just find someone else to help fill their schedule, which will take some doing since the Big Ten will have only six teams in it.

You are an exception to this rule. A very rare exception.

And just how much "moxy" does Denver and Colorado College (two small private schools) have? Or Neb-Omaha? Or Western Michigan? Or St. Cloud State? I rest my case. This has nothing to do with "moxy", this is about rushing to sign a TV deal instead of weighing all the many options that are out there in both cable and satellite TV. I think the NCHC could have cut a better deal with someone else that is always looking for programming (Fox College Sports for instance). They could have used our relationship and connections with FCS to put together a package that would have helped all the schools in the conference, most of whom don't have a lot of institutional power to start with, get more nationwide exposure. This was a bad deal for everyone.

I agree with you. The problem is, the hockey-only crowd couldn't care less. They are the ones in our fan base really pushing this crap.

Thank you for your myopic viewpoint. Now please go back to the Men's Hockey forum and stop talking nonsense.

It's quite simple: If Rodentia (Minnesota) wants to play us after next year, it had better be a home and home deal, not any of this "only in Minneapolis" garbage. We shouldn't cater hand and foot to anybody, especially a snobbish program with some followers who think we shouldn't even have a program. If they insist on Minneapolis only, then Faison should just tell them the rivalry is over indefinitely. The same should go for that school 75 miles to our south, but that's another topic for another forum.

Wonder if Craig Bohl will pitch a hissy fit like Amy Ruley did when Crouse picked UND over NDSU because of Aviation?