Siouxphan27

exactly. It's been quite entertaining to observe the ever changing thoughts and ideas of some in the roughrider crowd.

and people that know the results of this poll are irrelevant, so they don't bother. $100 on fighting Hawks. Any takers?

What's Kelly smoking. At least it's soon over with. I was in the pool.

Roughriders? It Doesn't Even Really make Sense

I'm glad they put this in the paper. I predict this will change somewhere between 1 and 3 people's minds. I also predict people will still whine about students being uninformed, somehow convincing themselves the students would've completely changed their minds and voted for Roughriders if they had only known an exact copy of a certain logo of a hawk could not be used.

Please, not another runoff...

Give him some time- he just ate the cereal.

virtually all the cavalries at the time had that flag, slightly modified. it's the Great Seal of the United States. Too bad there's a bird on it. we could save money on buying merchandise and just hold up and wave our Passports every time we score.

haven't you heard that the bird is the word? <cues Peter Griffin>

Nice post. It is fine to think of Roughriders purely in the literal sense as you've mentioned. In fact, I think that's how most voters are viewing it. That is why it only received 27 or 28% in the last round; there's nothing extra special about it to your average voter. Theres nothing exciting about an old western guy on a horse. At least not in the eyes of the younger crowd; they most likely view it as old fashioned and not at all reflective of who they are. That's the problem with a person-based nickname; if people don't relate to it they won't vote for it.

so..... You're saying the fighting Sioux history will be lost on students in five years, yet, you expect them to vote for a name of an out of state cavalry from 120 years ago? I see a slight problem with that logic....

How in the world would you set that up for a one-time vote? You're going to research the worthiness of 82,000 people, and then grant them varying voting power based a list of criteria generated by? Who decides how many extra votes for those meeting certain criteria? Does Kim Jong Un get a say in this? holy crap batman. My choice isn't on the final ballot. The writing is on the wall. I do feel fortunate my second choice of the three is going to win. But regardless, I would accept the voting process and results. We cannot blame the students who have 20% of the voting power for what the final result will be. let it go......Fighting Hawks will be the new name in a matter of days.... embrace the Hawk......

I just told you. and I've explained in innumerable other posts about the nickname.

any of these logo ideas are better than to know we are honoring the son of the head veterinarian at the old ag college.

no argument here. 27% of voters agree with you. only 26% of voters agreed with me. while nowhere near my list of top names when this whole thing started, I like fighting hawks better than roughriders.

I made that same point in this thread; nothing unique about it.

Yes, one guy. He was the son of the head veterinarian at ndsu at the time. Great tie-in for UND.... Not.

and, the Roughriders arrived here in...??? oops, never mind!

amen! Ya gotta learn em, son!

yeah I have no idea, I just recall in the first announcement about the first vote they made reference to somehow accommodating people that did not have email

it depends on how old the donkey is. If it's still learnin', one vote. Old donkeys get two. At least I think that was Class B's general idea.

absolutely. Or even take it a step further and from the very get go eliminate names that didn't meet criteria and talk about why some names do meet the criteria so all would understand. You know, actually have a discussion rather than raising their hand every once in awhile for a name they personally liked.

those without internet were given other options- I don't recall how it was planned, but accommodations were made.

it depends. How big is your house? Any farmland?

so if they are that detached from the University, why should there votes count for more ?