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    Oh yeah. Good call on Cincy. Forgot that they were Big East, I thought they were in the MAC for some reason.
  3. Benny Baker
    Okay, we just weren't sure that you knew that since you literally used the "victim" card for UND not having a home playoff game this season.
  4. Benny Baker
    Or maybe its because they lost to teams like Idaho State, among others.
  5. Benny Baker
    For the sake of the football program, I agree that the nickname had to go. As for Lennon, perhaps he should focus less on UND recruiting and more on his head coaching position at Southern . . . . oh wait, nevermind.
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    I can't say for certain, but I would assume so. Other than those few Boise St., TCU, and Utah teams that were, in my opinion, legitimate top 5 teams, I think a lot of the other mid-majors/G5 teams to make BCS or New Year's Six bowls, respectively, were due to the 1 autobid reserved for those smaller schools. Boise State (#20) last year and Houston (#18) this year are certainly examples of that.
  7. Benny Baker
    Right, Cincinnati also played in the Orange and Sugar Bowl in back to back seasons. The G5 have an auto-bid to at least one Big Six Bowl every year just like the mid-majors typically had an auto-bid to a BCS bowl every year, assuming there was a mid-major team ranked in the top 16 in the BCS standings. This year, it's Houston's turn.
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    Okay, so I guess only football is affected then? That is, of course, assuming the football team is good enough to host a home playoff game, which has not happened in a number of years. Yes, we are all aware that a few schools like Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota would not play UND. And yes, we all know that UND was uninvited from a track meet once. So if sanctions meant that UND didn't get to play Wisco, Minny, and Iowa in Basketball and Volleyball and that the track team had to reschedule a track meet one time, then I guess those sanctions don't look too terribly bad in hindsight.
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    What other UND teams are eligible to or likely would host NCAA tournament games?
  10. Benny Baker
    DI hockey teams are at the pinnacle of their college sport because they compete against the best of the best in college hockey for a national championship. FCS football teams compete against peers who largely could not handle the competition from over 120 better, FBS programs nor could those FCS programs win a national championship at the FBS level--the pinnacle of college football. FCS football certainly may be more popular than college hockey, but I'd love to see most, if not all, FCS programs try to hold up while exclusively playing and recruiting against Power 5 schools over a 5-10 year period. I'm a huge UND football fan, although to me, this really is the reality of the situation.
  11. Benny Baker
    Welcome to the club, Bob! I didn't know that you were a "Fighting Sioux" and then a "North Dakota" supporter as well!
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    And UND could totally use this guy as its logo/mascot!
  13. Benny Baker
    Agreed. I think "Fighting Nodaks" has a better touch.
  14. Benny Baker
    Whether Roughriders or Nodaks, UND should get Teddy as its mascot. Or bring back the bleacher creature!
  15. Benny Baker
    At first, you said a new nickname and logo would help UND athletics financially. So when UND has a nickname and possible logo in a few months, now you're saying the swimming and diving team will have financial problems? You're really all over the map with this one. By the way, you're trucks versus car example is more ridiculous than Teddy's views on Native Americans!
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    As one of three "smallish" schools that will begin paying full cost of attendance to all of its student athletes, UND's absence of a nickname over the past three years surely hasn't seemed to harm its athletic department financially. Also, wasn't UND's last hockey coach the highest paid state employee in North Dakota? By the way, we're still waiting to see the numbers and figures from the study showing that Roughrider merchandise would outsell Fighting Hawks, Nodaks, North Stars, and Sundogs merchandise "by far". Please provide a link to that in your next post. Thanks.
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    It is a pretty cool logo. I guess I wouldn't mind a "Teddy" logo, however, at least for an alternate logo or, finally, a real life mascot! On another note, as some posters have stated, this logo could very well be used if Nodaks was selected. That's one of the things that has intrigued me about Nodaks over the past few days.
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    "what's best for und" is subjective. No one can objectively say that [insert nickname option #1] is better for UND than [insert nickname option #2].
  19. Benny Baker
    We got two here in North Dakota that we could borrow!
  20. Benny Baker
    That must be why Fighting Hawks wasn't allowed to go forward as an option. Oh wait . . .
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    Much appreciated. Thanks.
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    I've heard that too, but I've also heard other people dispute that. Just curious, can you provide a link or reference to a book that supports that claim?
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    North Stars because this is a message board and conspiracy theories should be taken as gospel truth.
  24. Benny Baker
    Taking a cue from presidential primaries, it's not always the early frontrunner that wins. People change their minds.
  25. Benny Baker
    Yes. We're all going to be in for a big surprise when the announcement is made.
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