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Average Joe: oooh.... scary bear!!! i'm definitely going to start donating huge sums of money to and buying thousands in merchandise from this school!

So you will never buy anything that only says North Dakota on it? interesting.... I know I will never wear a sweatshirt with "Fighting Greens", and a whole host of other WTF type nicknames that are still on the consideration list.

Only one thing is going to help build recognition for UND- WINNING. Successful sports teams and solid education programs is what builds a brand and gets you recognized. The argument a new logo is somehow going to get people to stand up and pay attention to a university in what most people in the country consider the middle of nowhere, is just patently untrue. There's more risk that a bland, dumb moniker is going to turn off more people than a "great" new moniker with zero tradition behind it is going to suddenly generate new fans and interest in UND.

this whole process is like taking one gigantic duke.

They get fed to the Sundogs?

How about the UNABOMBERS? Or would having an N, and an A, together in the name get it disqualified by the Supreme Leader of the committee? (no, not Karl) This whole process is enough to make me barf. A large committee narrows down a list, but only the names that meet one person's approval, can be moved forward. It's sort of like Kim Jong Un and his Parliament. the people who should have the least say into what the new, non-Sioux nickname is, are in fact wielding all the power. No Arrows, no horses that have NA ties... I'm not saying those were the best options but how some names are being eliminated is total BS.

The NCAA titles will start rolling in now! ***

I guess ewe just don't understand your own udder nonsense.

Sodbusters and Goat ropers are not the same. Duh.

I can see the dilemma with choosing Badlanders... How about recognizing the highest point in North Dakota- UND White Buttes.

Nice post, I hope you send it to their editor.

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Excellent post! I hope as this process in self torture continues to play out more and more people will realize staying North Dakota with no nickname is the best option.

It reminded me of the cover of the book Black Beauty. Or am i thinking of Black Booty?

Stage 6 is indifference- not giving a flying Flickertail anymore. Most will never reach this stage, but a really dumb nickname will send a few people here.

Is it too late to submit Fighting Grievers?

With most names of any substance or relevance to the local area getting tossed out already, it appears "ridicule" is the part of this definition we will get to enjoy if a nickname is chosen. Go Big White Space Machine!

To clear up any confusion, I said, and meant, no nickname is needed.

People will still be yelling Fighting Sioux for years to come regardless. I think it's a good sign now that the process has started, more people are beginning to realize how fatally flawed this entire exercise is. Keep it as North Dakota. Dress up the interlocking logo with a few variations. For those in love with Teddy Roosevelt, make him a mascot. Or other people or things North Dakota-ish, make them mascots. There are lots of possibilities with just staying North Dakota.

This is what the no nickname folks have already figured out. Seeing names like Arrows eliminated already, and fake made up birds and anything with the word green in front of it being moved forward in the process, further supports my fear the chosen name will be as mamby pamby as they come.

Mr./Ms. Ermine- you seem to know a lot about the process of choosing a name- how have other schools handled the voting/decision making process? TIA

Looks like some names were either left on or off either list due to spelling errors, so perhaps a keyword search used to sort names is partly to blame for some of the confusion. i.e. Berserkers is under consideration, while Berzerkers is not. And Roughriders is not under consideration, but a misspelled version of Roughriders made the under consideration list.

Your last reply to me stated you would "love to hear what I have to say about ND high school nicknames... Are you capable of responding to me without starting out with an insult or calling names? You are 3-for-3 now. You seem very childish when you are proven wrong. In the future, please ignore posts of mine in which your opinion is different than mine, or in cases you cannot refute my points with anything besides insults and garbage. Thanks. We're done here.

http://bismarcktribune.com/news/columnists/curt-eriksmoen/rough-rider-known-for-psychic-powers/article_26af1732-19cd-59b6-a9e2-ecd3af9dd287.html As the article states, just one North Dakotan- Jesse Langdon, was ever a member of the Roughriders. North Dakota Tourism has done a great job of brainwashing people over the years to believe the Roughriders had anything to do with North Dakota. One of those -say it enough times and people will believe it's true- deals.

Sorry B-Squared- that post of mine you're referring to is what the kids nowadays refer to as sarcasm. In regard to the rest of your post; everyone realizes those schools you listed were not attempting to honor anything when they chose their nickname. So, it's really a silly point to try compare those names to UND's attempt at finding a name reflective of the state. On the UND nickname suggestion page, the third of the four suggested attributes for a nickname suggestion states: 3) Be representative of the state and region in a way that honors the traditions and heritage of the past but also looks to the future. the Roughriders were not a cavalry based in North Dakota. They never trained or fought in north Dakota. At best, a handful (after a little research, i discovered just one- Jesse Langdon- was from North Dakota) of the 1250+ men may have had north Dakota ties. Are we choosing a nickname to honor North Dakota, or are we choosing a nickname to honor Teddy Roosevelt?