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If Cavalry gets any further consideration the committee members have no qualifications for what they've been tasked to do. Not saying its an intrinsically bad name, but in context its asking for more NA related controversy. I can't believe it made it as far as it has. Likewise Green Hawks would not be such a terrible choice id Miami was not a hockey rival. I can live with no name, Roughriders, or Nodaks.

The nickname committee will take criticism no matter what they do. Move too fast and they are not allowing the process to play out. Move too slow and they lack decisiveness. Elicit the maximum public input they lack leadership on the issue. Substantially undertake the selection process internally and they lack transparency. Having said all that, it is time to figure this thing out and be done with it.

I am on my second yellow adapted from the shelter as an adult dog about five years ago. She loves the river.

And while I'm at it, anybody know who does the Wyoming Cowboys football broadcasts? I wonder if there is any chance the the UW/UND game could be viewed outside of Wyoming.

This may be most readily answered by one of the ndsu people...does anyone have a good idea what the viewing options for the und/ndsu game will be, both television and webcast?

Last I checked bison were an icon of NA culture. Maybe that's changed, I donno...

"...if you are a fan of the University of North Dakota and it's athletic teams, you will cheer them on no mater what name they go buy." Freudian slip

He doesn't seem to grasp that AD stands for all dollars unless he decides not to play, then his moniker becomes ND, which in context does not stand for North Dakota or Notre Dame..

No, I responded to a suggestion that a slogan like "Force of the North" could be used. That suggestion addressed what the University might choose as a slogan. What the fans privately continue to wear at games and around town is not determined by University policy or decree, or for that matter by the ncaa..

Its not going to be Cavalry.

This suggestion is very reasonable. Many such as me do not want to assume an identity with which UND has no tradition. NDSU and USD are unofficially the thundering herd and the howling pack. There is something for everyone staying North Dakota and adopting a casual slogan.

Ridas wallows in lameness

I agree.

Nodaks is the way to go. Dusting off this old moniker precludes having to assume an identity we have no tradition with and the name is unique and distinctive. It also is inclusive of the tribal members at Spirit Lake that supported retention of the old name

Ermines, ear mites. I'm not tracking why we should be another animal that scurries close to the ground. Half our rivals do that...Jacks, Badgers, Gophers. This name is not gaining traction with anyone. Just let it go.

Very well stated. We don't have to assume identity with which we have no tradition. NCAA has already tacitly accepted no name by looking the other way during the three year "cool off" period. If need be just extend the cooling off period indefinately.

I agree withe the sentiment expressed above that we just not play the ncaa's game andrefrain from assuming an identity that we have no tradition with. I have "voted" and my preferences so stated were 1. Nodaks and 2. no name at all.

thanks

Alright...cannot find game...help...

There is a phonetically similar word to Aces that the NDSU and UM fans...well never mind.

U of N. Dakota or Green and White work for me. Nodaks would be OK. I see no reason to assume a new identity with which we have no tradition.

ConUNDrum....encapsulates the entire process. Our main cheer is a whispered "WTF" as we scratch our heads.

Get rid of him so I can be a Vikings fan again this year.

Planning to be in Laramie as I live closer to southeast WY than most UND fans. Let's worry about Wyoming first, and then Drake. Then...NDSU...

I have no idea what the depth chart will look like but I hope the play at RB is at least half as exciting as what Garmin provided toward the end of last season.