zonadub
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10 more votes to move to 19th
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And may be exactly what the Big Sky is waiting for: 12 all-sport teams + 14 football teams in two divisions.
If the Big Sky added Idaho and went to divisions, it would probably look like this:
FB: Pacific - Cal Poly, UC Davis, Sac St, Portland St, NAU, SUU, Weber St
Mountain - E Wash, Idaho, Montana, Montana St, Idaho St, UNC, UND
BB: Move Idaho State to Pacific Division (travel partner for Weber St)
swap Northern Colorado and Weber & it could keep the remaining four original members together and reunite them with another of the founders. call it north/south. still think its a long shot to get Idaho back in the Big Sky
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The setup would steal three schools from the WAC: Utah State, San Jose St, and La Tech.
boy, would that suck for the Idaho Vandals
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yes, it is the real name of the Sioux, but it is the name of the state. I don't think even the NCAA can take the name of the state away from the university & force the University of North Dakota to be called the University of North.
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If UND used the word Dakota on their uniforms like North and South Carolina does would the NCAA say anything??
How could they? Its the name of the state.
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So because a high school uses Rough Riders UND should abandon the idea? Although I can appreciate the originality of the Nokotas idea I wonder if it has too much native american connotation to it (I realize a nakota is a horse)?
Nokotas is good. Bison also has a native american connotation. as in tatanka, the sacred bison
Rumor has it that it's decided and It's gonna be the Roughriders, those who live outside Grand Forks won't know and won't care that a local high school has the same nicknames. That isn't uncommon around the country.
Roughriders is good. could be so much worse
That's what rumors are - rumors. No way to know the truth - UND had to put those dollars in there otherwise questions would have been asked I suppose. I should say that it wouldn't bother me if this was the truth - this is another no win situation because you will never please everyone.
truer words have never been spoken
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voting has fallen off. At one time, Mussman was moving up - to 16th or 17th, but now is barely in the top 20. Keep this thread active to remind everyone to keep voting.
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This may be a problem with just me, but when I click the add hyperlink button my browser screen goes gray and locks up. It happened on chrome and safari.
same problem with chrome and when trying to insert a quote on ms internet explorer
Thanks for all you're doing about this stuff, Jim
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The black (alternate) jerseys could be a lot of fun.
talk about scaring the elitist faculty!
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The Green Hornets.
Sacramento State is already the Hornets
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Yup, sure, the Fighting Irish of ND are offended by the Fighting Sioux of ND. I'll buy that one along with that oceanfront property in Larimore.
Kelley in the same story:
[Attention paid to the nickname issue]... has created a perception at the national level that UND’s campus environment may not be as welcoming to all students as we would like for it to be perceived.Huh? Most (not all) of the national stuff I have seen has been sympathetic to continuing as the Fighting Sioux.
Unfortunately, a poor choice of words, but we still have to go back to the Big Sky conforming to the NCAA's hard line.
Conference Realignments - Take 2
in NCAA News
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in the current 11/13 member Big Sky, UND does not have a natural travel partner, even with the addition of Idaho. Only choices being Northern Colorado (960 miles) and Montana State (825 miles). Whoever has the second night of that swing will be playing a travel-weary team unless someone like NDSU joins the Big Sky. Maybe, UND will be a one-night swing with opportunities for out of conference games with Summit/Missouri Valley teams.