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This journalist had me until the final three, especially #1

I agree.

Ha, ok. Nope not me, I am fully aware the old nickname is gone and I will never stop cheering for UND. I simply am not a fan of the rough rider nickname...but will jump on the bandwagon if and when it is selected.

I hope you're not lumping me in that group who thinks the nickname will come back or that I'll quit cheering for UND? By reposting things sometimes others assume things. I simply am not found of using the Roughriders nickname.

Agreed, there is that redundancy, but it doesn't sound that bad.

It seems the MN alumni/current students are the largest backers

Good point. Also, I agree with you 100% on your second paragraph. I personally think the North Stars name has a better ring to it, that's why I like it. Also, I don't think anyone outside of Twin City folks will even care....and we don't play them in many sports anymore. Give it 5 years and it would be a thing of the past. Even the smaller MN schools we do compete against, they all would have had the same chance to choose North Stars as a nickname.

Wow completely opposite in relation to this site In regards to the Rough Riders nickname.

One decent omission to me is tommy novak. Not sure what happened there, he is a projected second rounder. What is that Eason kid doing over Novak? Gersich too, you'd think he would get a tryout.

North Stars seems to be gaining steam. Not very many folks here like it though.

Very true.

What I find odd, is that when you read the Facebook tag, the comments are overwhelmingly in support of remaining ND as a name and there was not many comments regarding Rough Riders. Which makes me think someone on the Rough Riders bandwagon (someone from this forum) is the keyboard warrior or warriors. I'm not saying the big swing from last night wasn't some no nickname keyboard warrior though because that was a pretty big swing overnight.

Haha, yeah I saw that this morning; major swings. That entire poll is too funny.

http://www.grandforksherald.com/news/education/3768806-staking-claim-name-und-nickname-options-include-local-high-school-mascot

My brother in law doesn't like UND athletics at all....he's loving this. He's cheering for sundogs hard. He wasn't invested until he heard the final 7.

I haven't noticed that whatsoever. More people are laughing at us for these names.

Sun dogs is so much worse.

I kind of like it.

So similar to every other post...you want rough riders . Don't worry bud, it looks as though that one has a strong chance of winning.

Funny stuff, someone is sitting on the inforum poll continuously voting for Rough Riders.

Sure that makes sense. I simply thought there would be a couple interesting names that would come out of this. There are none.

Sure, but to many on this site it is already Rough Riders or no dice right? If anyone says anything else but Rough Riders they get mocked. I guess where I'm coming from is that the collective listing of nicknames is so bad the masses are almost forced to choose Rough Riders. It is our state motto but it is already used. By hiring consultants (and I would still like to know the $), I would have thought there would be 4-5 finalists we are all fighting over. There really isn't, there are like 2-3 and that fight is not a good one. We are settling. Some people have said all the good nicknames are taken, or you should come up with a better name. If the university has spent top $ on a consulting firm there should be, at the very least, 4-5 names that sound pretty decent. That is not the case. Of those final 15 and even the final 7, many of the nicknames are borderline awful.

I'm talking more about the consultants....the people who typically cost big bucks with little results. I work in the banking industry and we have to use consultants all the time. They are hit or miss. They come in preaching the world but when you look back at their body of work it is usually average at best.

Agree 100%. They are spending all this $ (like it grows on trees) only to potentially lift the local high school's name. I like the name but I think that is what's bugging me the most. Anyone have a total related to the spend on this project so far?

Ha, maybe.