Siouxphan27

Maybe he misread the sign and thought it was a gentleman's club named Nip & Tush.

True. That doesn't make those names accurate. Roughrider State is a tourism ploy. Not quite sure how many times it bears repeating, but, the Roughriders were never here.

If possible yes, I would like a name that is historically tied to North Dakota.

True, there is an award called the Teddy Roosevelt Roughrider Award. I don't want UND's nickname to be because there happens to be an award, in north Dakota, called Roughrider. It seems a bit of a stretch to nickname UND after an award named for a President who spent some time in N.D., who also happened to lead a cavalry from an entirely different part of the country to war in Cuba, during a different chapter of his life. The actual Roughriders themselves were almost all from the southwestern states, and their misfortunes getting to the war and how they were forced to fight, were something out of a Monty Python script. Teddy Roosevelt is about the only link the Roughriders had to North Dakota. North Dakota Tourism has done a great job fabricating a link between the Roughriders and north Dakota over the years. If imagined history is what we decide to nickname UND after, so be it. I'll just be hoping the committee formed by the other committee formed by their other brother darell's committee, don't choose Roughriders.

Amen!

Yeah... Was just being a little sarcastic in hoping something, anything, would quell the push for a name that isn't historically relevant to the area, and I personally can't stand. :-)

Well that's good. Hopefully now we can forget about honoring cowboys from New Mexico that forgot their horses at home when they fought in Cuba.

Yes.

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Who's on first?

That doesn't stop people from liking the Roughrider nickname, even though they were from the southwest as well.

UND FIGHTING SOUS CHEFS. Throw a goofy white hat on the current logo, and we're done.

Here come your University of North Dakota Processors..

Pears with hair?

Lisa must get her wardrobe advice from Frosty the Snowman. Not flattering. At all.

Lisa Green? Beth Houle? C'mon, man! You might as well add Mike Morken to your list.

I agree. Unless we go with my name idea of Hooters, the dancing/bouncing sideline act should not be an important factor.

I bet there would be more Sioux posters and more Sioux readers if the Moderators would actually do something. People grow tired of the insecure rod measurers like Kingqueerranch effing up the threads all the time.

Lakers

Honest idea- go away.

Merry Christmas everyone! (Yes, even the trolls!)

The new model for success! It's not whether you win or lose, (cuz you're going to lose) but how good the OOC team is that you lost to ! Throw a few more years and a healthy raise on that coaching contract!

Aren't you late for your penis measuring contest with tjamz??

Wrong thread, but new nickname idea: the Settlers! It would pay homage to the pioneers settling this area, and would also accurately describe the expectations for the men's basketball team.

Wow. Any coach with a brain would be outraged by the lack of effort on the boards, and would have his video guy making a lowlight tape of all the non box outs and free throws missed to show the team today, followed by a simple math lesson of the points given up to Marquette and not scored by us for said reasons. I don't care how many "great recruits or transfers" he brings in, if they can't play fundamental basketball we will never be competitive with top teams.