NoiseInsideMyHead

Are we absolutely sure the school wasn't around 14 years earlier? Like maybe just a building or a classroom or something?

To be clear, C is not having a nickname which, to my knowledge, violates absolutely no regulation, policy, rule, or bylaw which would subject UND to any NCAA sanction whatsoever.

Hence the circularity and the flawed logic. UND by definition cannot be on the naughty list, because it no longer has a Native American nickname. That clause presupposed that if UND didn't select a new name, it would retain Sioux. If A, then B. A purely binary system. Which obviously it is not. The parties to the contract simply didn't anticipate C. Arbitrary and capricious penalties just don't pass the smell test, even for the big, bad NCAA.

My reaction to the strict literalist crowd is "So what." If no name constitutes a breach of the settlement agreement -- and I do mean IF, as it is not entirely clear -- then the NCAA's remedy is a legal action for breach of contract. But what nobody has been able to articulate is what the NCAA's damages are, or whether there is any sufficient economic justification for the NCAA to pursue the case. I tend to think that once UND got off the naughty list, the NCAA's leverage all but disappeared. Forcing UND to pick a name is a hugely extraordinary step that I don't see a court taking. Should nominal damages be awarded to the NCAA, I will be the first to pony up a dollar.

In fairness, I think that UND and REA stood shoulder to shoulder when the NCAA relented on the existing imagery at the arena. The original settlement was much more draconian.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/local/3657652-marliyn-hagerty-professor-has-notable-history-und "He's trim and erect..." Has Marilyn finally lost it? I don't care how many definitions there are for that word.

Thinking back to the TV interview during the second intermission, can UND stop spending money on nicknames for a minute or two and spend just a few bucks to buy Katie Hale a freaking stepstool?

Take one furta team. Let's hear it furta boys. That's one furta record books. How furta I have do go? I pre-furta stay at home. I don't have to wear a condom because my girlfriend isn't furta. I won't take this any furta. Furta.

In a different time, the marketing tie-ins with Skoal could have been HUGE.

Hmmm...UND could incorporate the song "Wooly Bully" into its marketing and in-game entertainment. This has potential!

No need to be a jerk. You're the one who used the words "interlocking ND" and "unique." Ain't no "context" gonna fix that.

Except that the interlocking ND is not unique. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Meh. At this point, driving around a Plymouth Laser on the ice would be fresher...and far more interesting.

Mascot could be Pepe le Sioux.

Red Fox? The Sanford marketing tie-ins would be epic. "Lamont! Schedule my colonoscopy."

http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/local/3650324-grand-forks-clothing-alteration-shop-robbed-man-knife You'd have to be a frickin' idiot to rob a tailor shop. How much cash can they possibly have on hand?

Having several consecutive years of legitimate HB candidates and front-runners hasn't exactly worked out for UND big picture-wise, so this could actually be a good sign.

Affliction.

And once the new gear catches on, it's only a matter of time until it ends up on the big screen...

"Fans, it's time for another Hormel Power Play!" "Let's meet the IBP Three Stars of the Game!" We could even rename the court at the Betty "the Killing Floor". This has potential.

UND geography major, right there.

http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/university-north-dakota-spending-obscene-amount-money-nickname-transition/ Holy crap, I agree completely with Rob Port. Surely the apocalypse is nigh.

How on earth would professional bull$%!# shovelers - er, I mean, consultants - participate in a competitive process? By smell?

Inclusiveness (even if feigned) ain't cheap. But I gotta say, at those rates, the consultant could have thrown in the extra day for free and still not had to remove her kids from private school. WTF?!?