Dustin

Let's get a good crowd behind these girls tonight as they face a very quality opponent, former NCC mate, and defending Big Sky champion Northern Colorado. Tonight's game should be a gauge as to what level of play is needed to win the conference.

There also are no Great West Banners in BESC for the 2011 Volleyball team, or 2011-12 MBB team.

This actually would work great on many levels. Think of the different cheers/promotions: We will we will FRACK you. FRACK the (Insert opposing teams' name here) (Clap clap clap clap clap) FRACK attack Meet the FRACKERS FRACKER backer It would be unique - I doubt another team has the name. It has ties to North Dakota. It is controversial (not the name, but the practice), giving us a kind of bad-ass edginess. I think we may be on to something here. Tell me where I'm wrong (like I have to ask!)

I think North Dakota will be in the top-5 in attendance this year among Big Sky schools, with the possibility of #3 if the boys really start kickin' it into high gear.

Will this be a home or away game?

I know the name "Wildfire" has been mentioned on this thread before, albeit with some pretty harsh reviews. But consider this: It's got history - prairie Wildfires were an uncontrollable force of nature that caused total destruction in ND at the time of settlement. It's got significance - the UND academic logo has a flame in it. Wouldn't a team that opponents can't control and suffer total destruction be the ideal?

This is one of the few I actually like. There would nothing bad about fan of other teams calling us dirty rotten SCOUNDRELS because we always beat 'em.

Cool data. Do you know what year those numbers are from. Just wondering if they were during UND's transition. I would think UND's money from ticket sales would be going up (possibly way up) starting this year.

Do you think there are some non-conference games between Sept. 1 and Sept. 13? Would be great to get some high RPI teams on the schedule.

I do believe that UND was in full compliance with the NCAA during the time the nickname was retired (Jan - Feb 2012).