ericpnelson

I mentioned this on the other thread, but was seeing if anyone was doing anything in Williston?

If he can pass the Adam Banks test, he can go, right?

I finally looked up what a suhaki looks like...I think it's clever and really funny, but that is one of the ugliest animals I have ever seen. woof, the nose on that one.

Not an elite hockey mind, so rip away, but color me a Hakstol apologist. When Hakstol wins his first, he'll be my Mike Ditka. Right now, he's my Bud Grant.

There are 4 types of owls in ND which are year round residents. Thanks for the rabbit hole

I actually never thought of that for some reason

Haha, They had to beat the Braves in the first round too.

How bout them Panthers?

if I ever start doubling up on accounts, you'll know who "newWCHA" is.

I think this is a "We're onto Quinnipac" game

Unfortunately, us leftovers will have to get by without him, I guess.

Barring any surprise ticket deals, I'm thinking about Buffalo Wild Wings in Williston for any other oil patch people out there.

That surprised me as well. Minutemen is a way better nickname, I think. That's the first time, I've really thought it was an improvement by name change. I go back and forth between some cool animals, Wolves/Elk, but I really think a military angle is the way to do it. Warbirds was an air division which had ND service men/women in it.

The jinx is in!!!

pretty insanely comprehensive; thoroughly enjoyed it

yeah I just saw that. Is it pronounced "wah-pee-tee"? I'm worried that the possibility of that not being clear demerits it as a nickname, though I can't do much better. "Buckhorns"? I'm not sure that refers to deer antlers or if it could refer to elk as well. Or "buglers" due to the distinctive cry.

Thought for the day (and I imagine this idea will be burned for being bland) I was reading an article today talking about the bighorn sheep population took a hit due to some pneumonia this winter, and my takeaway was " Bighorns" would be a cool nickname. The problem I had was, I just have trouble identifying North Dakota with a bighorn sheep, not sure why, I guess I've never seen a sheep in the badlands could be part of it. I kept reading on, and it said moose and elk and all them fair'ed pretty well this winter. Which is cool, but then I thought an elk would make a pretty sweet logo with the big antlers and stuff (think all the cool statues of elk around), but Elk doesn't roll off the tongue. Maybe it doesn't identify any better than bighorn sheep, but I would say they are as representative as a bison (both only exist anymore on ranches / parks. I think an elk looks cooler too. Teddy Roosevelt described their appearance as "lordly." But it's still kinda weird to say with the hard k ending if you ask me. I thought I would check here if anyone knew a nickname for elk, similar to how "Bighorns" would be cooler than Bighorn Sheep?

That's acutally probably as close as you could get to the Sioux logo with a mustachio'ed New Yorker

University of Grand Forks, I guess

I fully understand and appreciate your argument against Roughriders based on historical evidence. I think for a lot of people it's kinda 'close enough', and the best option they have heard. Teddy Roosevelt is a large source of pride here, and probably will continue to be despite only spending a couple years here nearly bankrupting himself due to a cow-killing blizzard. However, I really can't stand the whole, 'we can't use it because it's Red River's' argument. It just seems so small time to me, and I can't imagine they are many people outside of the Greater Grand Cities area who could care one iota about sharing a nickname with high school.

Cortez the killer is a pretty awesome song though; counterpoint

I'm thinking Nokota (Nokes), Roughriders, or something I haven't heard yet. I'd love a military theme.

Mad men and amc

all of a sudden that nickname he kept suggesting is unique to North Dakota

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