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+1 Where's BisonDan when you need him - to make sure it gets forwarded quickly and quietly?

take out the 5 conferences (SEC, Big 12, B1G, ACC & Pac 12) and UND is #49 among all schools

yeah, i thought that at first too. but the Hillsboro high school team is the Burros and Hillsboro Burros seems to roll off the tongue without a problem.

there are very few nicknames that will be unique. Liberty Flames, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Windsor Spitfires... at least its not another (feathered) bird Cavalry or Nokotas would be unique

Two very interesting statements: translation?: no more move-ups in the north central part of the country. St Cloud, Duluth, etc MVC doesn't want NDSU (cause deep down inside you know that they would jump at a chance to join the MVC)

actually have read your posts for quite a while on cs and ags and even venture over to egriz occasionally, alpha. enjoy most of them. but, sometimes it seems like you just want to pick a fight. so the question I pose is why do you pick SUU as a loss and Cal Poly as only a maybe? I think SUU will be so disheartened (and maybe beaten up) by the time they play UND that UND will win that game even though the Fighting Sioux will be coming off two weeks against Montana and Montana State. I, like most UND fans, am hoping for a split those two weeks. on the other hand, you give the team formerly known as the Fighting Sioux only 4 conference losses. 4 and 4 would be a respectable (not great) rookie year in an established conference like the Big Sky. with the conference schedule UND has this fall and adding Portland as a non-conference game, you would probably agree only SUU's looks tougher on the surface. a 5 and 6 record is not as bad as one would expect from an established Big Sky prognosticator such as yourself. 6 and 5 is definitely a possibility and 7 and 4 is attainable (EDIT: and 8 and 3, 'cause, why not, these guys could do it!) its going to be an exciting year for UND athletics. welcome to siouxsports, alpha.

or 14 and 12 if Idaho decides to rejoin the Big Sky

yeah, I also have a sinking feeling its going to be Flames

Andrea Kremer recently interviewed Jackson for HBO. I don't have HBO, but on Tuesday's Doug Gottlieb radio show, she said Jackson sounds like he would like to coach coaches in how to guide winning teams. Realizing he has shown little interest in UND since his playing days here, would it be possible to get him to do that for Coach Jones?

Wouldn't have even needed Standing Rock's approval in 2005 - 2007. One tribe (Spirit Lake) would have been enough.

Isn't the street definition of insanity 'continuing to do the same thing and expecting different results'? As more details became clear (such as the NCAA meeting with Dalrymple, Carlson, Kelley, et al), many of us realized the NCAA would not change their position, so UND and North Dakota had to. Add that to the wear factor. The ongoing battle just wore the casual observers out. I heard, from students especially, that its just time to move on. Not everyone is as passionate about the nickname as regular posters on siouxsports.com.

Sorry, you are correct, as I reread my prior post, it was not very clear.

Believe me, I do not disagree. I am just as bothered by the Jeffrey Dahmer's and Timothy McVeigh's. My problem is when someone says they are in it for the good of everyone, but their version of everyone is not really everyone. Political correctness is not about being equal, it's about imposing someone else's version of equality on others.

The PC crowd fights "for" my rights? When I lost my job in 2008, I lost my retirement staying current on my bills for the year I was out of work. Since I was not behind, my mortgage could not be adjusted to a lower interest rate. Thank you PC zealots for fighting for me. The PC crowd does nothing for those who work hard, they are consumed by the fact that I might "offend" someone for the color of their skin or the accent in their voice. I challenge you to tell me that a blue eyed blonde named Ole or Lars flew a jet filled with innocent people into a building filled with more innocent people eleven and a half years ago. We have become a nation that coddles murderers but does nothing for those families of the murdered, where criminals have more rights than law abiding citizens and because you are black, red or yellow you can impose your beliefs and say whatever you want to me, but since I'm white, if I reply with anything other than an apology, I'm a racist.

You have to give Dave credit for one thing... He is way ahead of the curve in hating the new nickname. We all know it will pale in comparison to The Fighting Sioux, and will be something vanilla that the PC crowd wants. Most, if not all, of the people who post here regularly will go on and on about what a poor choice has been made. Dave will be able to say those 3 words... "told ya so"

+1.

OK how about 2 weeks and 2 days

don't want to get in to this debate, but a few of the D-I schools that have changed their names: Arkansas State Indians Dartmouth Indians Marquette Warriors Miami (Ohio) Redmen Seattle Chieftans St John's Redmen Stanford Indian Syracuse Orangemen Local (off the cuff): Dickinson State Savages Morningside Maroon Chiefs EDIT: As Hayduke says in the next post - these teams didn't seem to suffer. UND will survive as North Dakota ...(insert nickname here)

When a team scores, it would be a-one-a an' a-two-a. Could be a long count for bouncy-ball. or We are just around the corner from Frostbite Falls Just gotta play a little bit...

beware the PC crowd and their current trend of weather phenomena, (Heat, Thunder) or inanimate objects (Wild, Nationals) or even worse the people that are naming MLS soccer teams (Real Salt Lake, Houston Dynamo, Philadelphia Union, Sporting Kansas City, etc)

Keep it with the Nickel Trophy. The NCAA just keeps impressing us, doesn't it?

What is impressive is the stability. Are there really only 5 teams that have left the Big Sky in 50 years?

There is no place that is safe any more. Downtown Minneapolis is probably safer than Williston or Dickinson at 2 am these days.

that's the bottom line, isn't it?

well, Siouperfan did say that Calvary would be unique But Cavalry would be a good option, the 7th Cavalry was part of ND history. There are several Cavaliers, most notably U of Virginia and the Cleveland NBA franchise. (and isn't cavalier an attitude or style of dress... makes me think of musketeers )