Siouxphan27

Maybe the same committee and consultants could convene and decide on the name of the new stadium?

The bolded part.... are you referring to Roughriders, or Sundoggers? Please specify.... :-)

All the remaining new nickname choices fail to live up to the parameters set forth at the beginning of this process... and I find none of them to be great choices. But, with what's left, If a nickname is chosen, i'd be fine with one of the Hawks, or Nodaks. North Dakota is filled with Hawks. Watching them sit stoically on a post, or hunt their prey in the fields never gets old. Nodaks probably works for a majority of the no nickname crowd, and would allow for many possibilities for mascots and logos that reflect North Dakota pride.

As has been pointed out, people can vote multiple times on some of these newspaper polls, and here at SiouxSports there's what, a hundred plus rubes that have voted.... is that enough to have a true pulse of all those who may vote? a lot of people have mentioned we need to have a nickname, as it's important for branding, and like Norm on Cheers, everyone will now know our name. Nationwide, worldwide even. But, when the consultants recommend that Roughrider is a poor choice for marketing and branding reasons because, outside of the immediate region, it is only well known for its dirty connotation, the pro nickname/pro Roughrider folks apparently all of a sudden don't care about branding and marketing ability outside the immediate region anymore. It's an interesting take, for sure. The consultants have probably taken 5 minutes to read the Wikipedia entry concerning Roughriders, and realized that the Roughriders were not North Dakotans. Only one Roughrider, a 16 year old son of the Head Veterinarian at NDSU, was from North Dakota. The consultants are most likely struggling with the tangential link to get from southwestern U.S. cavalry group, to Teddy Roosevelt's time in North Dakota, to North Dakota nickname. (oh that's right, there's an award, lol) The consultants probably don't understand why some people are interested in choosing a condom name that creates marketing and branding challenges. The consultants were hired for a reason. Hopefully the committee doesn't go all rube and just do their own thing without taking any advice. Hopefully the committee listens to the consultants' concerns. Where the rubber meets the road, Roughriders might be a hard sell.

I suppose the consulting firm's concern is if Roughriders is chosen, UND will be subject to a lot of ribbing.

Lol yes, apparently they do.

Anyone know what was said in the meeting that prompted them to eliminate Cavalry and Explorers before the voting tonight?

LOL Hopefully those Sundoggers used a Roughrider.

I don't believe " Teddy Roosevelt" is one of the remaining choices..

Did anyone mention pride being joined at the hip with gay? Or didn't anyone have the balls to say that?

When they say "immigrants" they're referring to Norwegians, right?

Chewey for President!!!

They'll probably come up with something clever involving studded condoms instead.

UND Albatrosses! Makes perfect sense!

Nice post. I am also disappointed in the job the committee with "expert" help did in narrowing the list. They could've just asked a flaming gay guy with a bird fetish and came up with this exact same top 15. Disclaimer: (Nothing against flaming, gays, guys, birds, or fetishes)

Interesting side note.... There are just many North Stars (just one), as there were Roughriders who were from North Dakota that went to battle with Teddy Roosevelt in Cuba. (Just one- Jesse Langdon) If Roughriders is chosen, it would be a nice tribute to that "northern star" of the Roughriders Jesse Langdon, the son of the head veterinarian at ndsu in the 1890's. Or maybe Cavalry makes more sense....

Someone posted here earlier the "experts" advising the committee are pushing the three hawk choices. So my wild guess is their top three will be one each from three different types of names... _____Hawks Abstract concept of choice Roughriders, Cavalry, or Explorers If North Dakota makes the cut, who knows......

In this day and age of Minority Rules, it's all very confusing.

They'll probably use the info here, and the online polls to push their own agenda... For example if a few of them want North Stars, they could look at the polls and try to keep a popular name like Roughriders out of the top 3. Or vice versa.

Riders??? So our mascot will be a front butt chick wearing Lee brand Mom Jeans she bought at Penney's? Great.

LOL. UND Ostriches for the compromise?

Not a bad idea. It definitely would help make the name less of a mouthful.

Ok, i'll give the negatives idea a try.... Blaze- UND Blaze? Blaze of what? what is a blaze? just dumb... Cavalry - no negatives here- there were Cavalry in ND, so it is historically relevant. Explorers - not a bad choice given the crappy list- but not real catchy. Explorers Yeah Yeah! Yeah Explorers Explorers! ? Fighting Green- not a thing is it's biggest negative. can't believe it made the list Fighting Hawks- not the worst since there's so few good ones. But i'm not a fan of all these dumb Big Bird type mascots. Force -what is this, Star Wars? Green Hawks - again not a fan of Big Bird mascots Nodaks - nothing wrong with this choice. it's been used before. North Dakota - Perfect. As the saying goes, if you can't say something that isn't lame, don't say anything at all. North Stars - Maybe we could hire Oliver North to be the P.A. announcer while we're at it. Pride - When's the parade? Roughriders - not historically accurate as T.R.'s Roughriders were not from ND. But historical significance left this exercise 63 names ago. So not the worst Spirit - brought to you by Happy Harry's Sundogs -the mamby pamby rainbow connotation does not evoke any sense of power or competitiveness. Thunderhawks- How many Ornithologists are on this committee anyway?

Very, very well done.... and quite possibly sad but true. augh

I will go out on a limb and say this will not be open to everyone. Yes, it is being called a public vote. But I believe just saying "public" is becoming a little confusing.... being a public vote does not always mean everyone is eligible to vote. Just like a general election is a public vote, you still need to meet certain criteria to vote in your precinct for the people running in your district. The nickname vote will hopefully be handled similarly with a set of criteria that must be met to be eligible to vote. An email requesting a reply to the list of nickname finalists, sent to all current students and alumni would suffice in my opinion. If for some reason the university does not have someone's email address, that person is responsible for contacting the university, proving who they are, and registering their vote.