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Would love to know the exact definition of "maintain" here, in legal terms, including reference to "required sales." The assumption that UND is stocking and selling Fighting Sioux merch simply as a requirement is laughable.

A good rallying cry until you decided to separate people into "true fans" and "false fans."

Right. You have to be a UND apologist or even a downright toadie to believe that this is how it went down.

It is not negative to point out the weaknesses unless you ignore the strengths. How about our halfcourt defense slowly becoming a thing of beauty? How about outrebounding your opponent by more than 2:1? How about burning every team we play with Dyer's inbounding passes under the basket? (How about Dyer's passing skills in general?) How about Smith gaining confidence on offense to go with her already dominant defensive presence? How about getting the hang of closing out close ones?

Hockey is the only sport here that ever projected the Brien logo as its visual identity. Everywhere else, its use is incidental.

Dear Branders. For you, pleasing the hockey program is everything. Fail to do that, and your brand will not catch on. You will hear endless talk of how the last logo was the "greatest in all of college athletics," or a variety of other such superlatives. But remember: That logo was a hockey phenomenon, going mostly* unused by all of the other athletic programs. *Edit for 82SiouxGuy

Off to a very nice start against the Griz. They can't stop Dyer.

The NBA hall-of-famer MSU added as an assistant coach makes them, to me even scarier than Montana. Our long rise from the ashes may have to wait until next week to begin.

I think their biggest problems right now are coming from off the court. If you watch Brewster's postgame interview you will sense a grudge against Loyd and Szabla. I think whatever they did pissed him off good.

We were way too careful against their press, We seemed to just wait for the trap to come then react. But more importantly: Why was Loyd on the bench for so much of the first 3 quarters? Are she and Szabla still being punished for mysterious reasons? If those 2 play their usual minutes we win this game. On the bright side, Dyer had a great performance tonight.

The whole coaching staff came to the Shanley game at Central a couple weeks ago as well. I hoped they were scouting Rotunda until I heard from a Shanley fan that she was going with a Catholic school. So I think you are right that Dietz was the target. They may be interested in West Fargo's Moton as well.

There's always an exception to every rule of exceptions, by rule

Let the product sell itself. Just win. Any logo looks good on a champion's helmet, including the interlocking ND. Edit: OK, maybe not ANY logo.

USD's good start is one thing, but the bigger problem was on the other end of the court where we played right into their strength. We have showed great ball movement lately but that strategy was obviously wrong against a team who knows just how to get a hand in every passing lane. All those steals led to too many transition buckets, which is one reason why their 3-point attempts were low. Switching from passive to aggressive was the remedy, but why does half the game have to be in the books by the time we made the change? Also, someone mentioned USD having better talent, but I disagree. They had Seekamp, who is one of those heady QB types who simply doesn't make mistakes and makes everyone on her team better. But aside from her I saw nothing special further down the lineup. It was that tight halfcourt D that got us.

Brewster made the right adjustments at halftime. I have seen him come back to win games with halftime adjustments. But sometimes those necessary changes need to come earlier than halftime. Hard to blame the players when they were led into a disadvantage for way to long. I am normally impressed enough with Brewster's gameplanning, but today was not his finest showing.

Has anyone here actually used the word "Hawks" (in a cheering sense) out loud at an actual sporting event? Because myself, I have yet to witness it used even once.

No you do not have to consume merch to validate yourself as a fan.

Guessing phoenix. And I'm afraid it wouldn't look quite so impressive without the car underneath it.

Touche'.

Around here, the words "simple" and "process" don't belong in the same sentence.

Not to mention all the shots she altered just with her presence. It was bad coaching for the bison to keep trying to get in close, especially near the end when they needed 3s anyways. Nice to see Szabla back to full strength.

I know I can.

What other UND teams ever even used the old logo?

Yeah, Dyer is starting to find that outside touch. If she heats up from outside she becomes downright scary to defend. Tonight you could tell WIU had her scouted as a drive and crash type because they played her on thier heels, allowing her a cushion and she made them pay.

If we are talking about ending 100% of the dissent, it is 100% true.