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I honestly expect a bigger voter turnout for this round. Knowing from the get-go there was most likely going to be a run-off, I think a lot of people let it slide if they found 2 - 4 of the names acceptable. Now that thing get real, and a name will be chosen, I expect more votes. Think of last week as the primary, and next week as the actual election.

Drake

I have none on my FB feed. Several NoDaks, 1 North Star. Not much else. My "friends" who embrace the bison are sure hoping for it, though.

Just a general statement of my opinion to the masses, thus the separation. Ha-ha, it's not all about you

What it says to me, is that UND would need a very clear and specific logo. there are already all these NoDak companies, including clothing, so to generate licensing revenue, the logo will need to be original and specific. And, yes, I do think the school thinks about licensing revenues. My ex-wife sold licensed apparel for a company in the area back when we were still married (counted GF Scheels and the UND Bookstore, pre B&N, as clients), and licensing was a nightmare for Sioux goods. The school will want the same controls on the new logo, I'm sure.

time to eek one out UND 21 Griz 20

I can't believe Columbus has to give up a 2nd round pick for him, just because the hire was "in season". Ridiculous.

A run-off between Roughriders and Nodaks. The run-off will be won by Roughriders, largely due to Nodaks not being defined. Since no one knows what it is, or how to define it (in terms of a sports team and logo), many will pick the familiar logo options of Teddy or a horse. Others will now say that being undefined is what makes it appealing, but I'm not debating, just predicting And North Stars is still the best name, IMHO!

You mean a bleak, pointless existence... WITH RAINBOWS! We really need a sarcasm/smartalec font.

Right - 158 votes as of this post out of a possible 82,000 (are they still sticking to that number?) would mean we're only approaching a 0.2% size. Two tenths of a percent is enough to call a presidential election for some news stations, but not for something as important as this!

Pizza is alright. I like the taco pizza a lot. The tacos, on the other hand, were awful both times I tried them = dry and bland. I haven't had their grinders yet, so no comment there.

True, we aren't used to hearing that out of Fargo... Full Disclosure; I live in Fargo.

I'm not handing Matt a trophy, but once he settled down, he stopped everything he had to. What was it, 2 goals in first 4 shots? Then 17 straight stops. I'm not going to complain about an outing like that! Plus, Drake apparently loves him - from the Forum: “No one deserves it more than he does,” Caggiula said of Hrynkiw’s first career win. “He’s here every day early, stays late and works hard every day. When you talk about the North Dakota culture, he’s the first guy you think of on our team. He’s doing all the extra things. We wanted to win it for him.”

My fear is that the logo will have an oil well, or something similar minded, if Nodak is chosen.

Haha - Yep, our house was Nodaks and North Stars. At least we didn't have to fight over Sundogs - we both hated that one!

I'd have to say Canuks sounds terrible (always felt it to be one of the worst nicknames in sports), but it rolls with Vancouver better than Nodaks does with University of North Dakota. But that's just my opinion I don't think you can just expect the formalized version of the name to not be used. As mentioned above, it's going to be written on everything, used by national media, etc., and can't just be ignored. On a side note; I'll probably always say Sioux until the end of time, so I totally agree with you there! **edit - above was in reply to siouxfan512, but I seem to have goofed the quote**

I wonder that, too. Polls are silly right now, we all know that, but I still like to be able to say we're ranked #1

I only somewhat dislike Nodaks, but it comes down to this - please say each of the following out loud: Vancouver Canuks. University of North Dakota Nodaks. Hear the difference?

We shared tickets in row c of 302 for a few years - that really is a great view!

According to Twitter, Forbort is finally going to make his NHL debut against he Wild. He'll be the last of the 2010 first rounders to get on the ice in the show.

Staying positive here! With: Sioux win 11tybillion to Weber's 3 Without: Sioux win 10.9tybillion to Weber's 9 or Sioux win 23-20. You know, whatever works

Hak is busy in Phili. He can't run for governor right now And don't suggest Blais, either!

Milbury is one of those "This is my opinion and everything else is wrong and that will never change" guys. Unless I agree with him, I almost always end up saying "what a prick!" when he's on.

Truth! Pretty good numbers for Sanderson, though, in comparison to the rest. 62% isn't exactly bad...

I chuckled. But then was struck by the realization that with the abundance of companies using "Nodak" in their name, every announcement WOULD sound like a commercial