Siouxphan27

I did. Spent more time looking than I care to admit. Found nothing.

I'd love to see the proof because I know it's not on this website.

I've read every nickname discussion on here and don't recall anything other than the SME self congratulatory award. Maybe Darell can investigate.

I would be curious to see which unbiased sources ranked it high. I recall reading on here a few months ago it won an award given out, but it was an award within SME. Which is sorta like my mom saying my 5th grade art class drawings were really really good.

Sheesh. She sure isn't a looker.

It's always been one of my main arguments. Along with it being an award. And a sucky name. But I couldn't care less if other area schools had the name.

I'm just thankful we're not the Roughriders. Whew dodged a bullet there!

More waffling = fewer pancakes.

Kauk's Hawk

I pity the Fowl

Les

Moe

Yes. Putin the Hawk won.

I'm guessing there's two or three on their message board who keep telling others to get over it over and over and over and over again.

The name Golden Eagles has been around since 1994, so depending which grudge they're concentrating on, 13-24 years they've been dealing with it.

It's a great name for a school in New Mexico, or a condom. For the millionth time, the actual Roughriders had nothing to do with North Dakota, so I don't see how it met the criteria at all. In this world of political correctness, no one can tell me with a straight face "Roughriders" would not at some point be construed as old indian hatin' wild west cowboys, and we'd face backlash at some point and have the same nickname dilemma all over again. No nickname was the correct choice as it was supported by the majority of the public. After that, Nodaks.

ah yes those Marquette Golden Eagles.... no nickname issues there, right? Everyone just jumped on board on day one and accepted the big yellow bird, never uttering the word "Warriors" ever again.... Please everyone, join me for a trip down memory lane and let's see how force feeding lame names and/or logos has gone over historically... https://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/nickname/start

switching gears back to the mascot vote..... the three choices the students have to vote on remind me of the recent Russian election:

I will buy and wear both, continue to cheer on UND, and reserve the right to hold the opinion that the logo is lame.

Wow. They used green! What a great idea! Too bad SME only hires the color blind. I would take choice "W." (any of the three but without the logo on the shirt.)

Not a player, but, I'm anxious to see how Rudy's lobotomy changes up the offensive schemes.

There we go; it'll be a mocking bird.

Thanks for proving one of my points: "Dropping the name" bickering was inevitable. "Having to pick a name" bickering would have been resolved by not having one. "Which process" bickering, again, not needed if the majority's wishes would have been listened to.

I don't think it's any of those people's faults. On either end of the spectrum. It's more the fault of the process, and how they made up the rules as they went along, and didn't follow the rules they laid out to begin with. After that, I blame SME and the University's leadership for accepting their lamest of lame logos, which just added fuel to the fire. What about this logo says "fighting" to you? No color, no expression...just Charlie Brown in his halloween bed sheet laying on his side. Even though I think the logo is bland and pathetic I do have about 7 or 8 shirts with the logo... I've become indifferent to the whole situation, and I hate to admit it but i'm more looking forward to how hopeless this mascot is going to look so I can laugh at it, than I am looking forward to seeing a great mascot design.

WE ARE NORTH DAKOTA seemed to work ok. Where was the bickering between the day the name was officially dropped and the day the nickname process started? The only bickering I recall was a very few people being upset some fans were still chanting a retired, unofficial name at sporting events. Which is still happening, and out of the control of the university.