dagies Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Back to the University of North Dakota Iron Horses idea: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petey23 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Why? Because it had nothing to do with UND or the fact it wasn't a white guy dressed like an Indian (Florida State). Umm. did you see it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchmaker49 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Back to the University of North Dakota Iron Horses idea: Why not use an American owned rr? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watchmaker49 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Might be a good idea to put new nickname ideas on the back burner until things settle down and people somewhat recover from the loss of the Fighting Sioux nickname. Even the people who voted yes and realized that giving up the name was the only way out of the NCAA situation are probably feeling a little sick about it, I couldn't vote not living in ND but still there is a sense of loss. It must be much worse for the pro-nickname people. I don't even want to think about a new nickname right now, and I bet I'm not alone. Your mourning period ends at midnight tonight then it is time to suck it up and move on. This is not the end, it is a new day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeauxSioux Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 I would support a number of different ideas, as I have over the past seven years on this issue. Sica just came up with one recently that I kind of like...Owls. They are predatory and eat small rodents. Hmmmm, which rival has a small rodent as a mascot? Owls have a reputation as intelligent, which would go along with an instiution of higher education. There is a new research based search engine called scholr.ly. Their logo is an owl. This would look pretty cool on the jumbotron at REA.... and I always liked the owl in the tootsie roll pop commercial.... [media=]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhjb4P_jnKk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzie679 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 The Fighting Norsemen would be cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siouxperfan7 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Back to the University of North Dakota Iron Horses idea: Fighting Soo Line??!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undfb1 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 I could get behind this! Loud train horn at FB games instead of fireworks, We already have it for goals at Hockey games. Plus no change to the fight song etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxfan512 Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Love The Nokota. The UND Fighting Nokes! could get a cool logo out of that too. Though it will never be as good as the Fighting Sioux! Fighting Sioux Forever! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILDCAT Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 I kinda like the ring to "The University of North Dakota Wolfpack" Fitting since the greatest enemy to the Bison is the Wolfpack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
108498 Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 I vote for something with weather involved. Blizards, flood gate, or moquetoes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzerman19 Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 How about we get trendy and leverage some serious marketing and merchandising opportunities- Sexy Vampire Zombies maybe? Or 60s ad executives? We could partner with Disney and make the zamboni look like a Car from the "Cars" movies. Or, considering the farce history, get the George Lucas machine behind us as the Wookie Rage or something to that effect. Obviously I jest, but there will definitely be consideration made to marketing and merchandising. The new name will need to be the embodiment of the State and School's vision for the future with acknowledgement of the past history, tradition, and culture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonadub Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 beware the PC crowd and their current trend of weather phenomena, (Heat, Thunder) or inanimate objects (Wild, Nationals) or even worse the people that are naming MLS soccer teams (Real Salt Lake, Houston Dynamo, Philadelphia Union, Sporting Kansas City, etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamStrait Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 It doesn't matter what any of us think - our thoughts and opinions are not welcome (just our money), we will not be allowed any real invovlement in the process. This is in the hands of those responsible for taking it away in the first place- ultra-liberal, white-guilt-wallowing, brook-no-opposition academia (and their enablers). The odds are infinitesimally small that any new moniker will be preferable to none at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luapsided Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 I vote for something with weather involved. Blizards, flood gate, or moquetoes yuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luapsided Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Simply put. North Dakota. No nickname, it'll keep us unique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeauxSioux Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Lending A New Name To Boston College's Hockey Non-Conference Rivals Boston College's ideas... The North Dakota Roughriders The North Dakota Western Meadowlarks The North Dakota Fur Traders The North Dakota Fighting Welks The North Dakota Geographic Centers of the North American Continent The North Dakota Sharks (because cartilaginous fish are woefully underrepresented in college athletics) And my additions: The North Dakota Flickertails (the school's original nickname) The North Dakota Fighting Squirrels (see above, and because the nearby Bradford Fighting Squirrels were ahead of their time) The North Dakota Bison (trollin') The North Dakota Stars (because this logo should have never gone away) The North Dakota Fighting Kolanos (more trollin') Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Lending A New Name To Boston College's Hockey Non-Conference Rivals Boston College's ideas... I don't like any of those name... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rochsioux Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 How about we get trendy and leverage some serious marketing and merchandising opportunities- Sexy Vampire Zombies maybe? Or 60s ad executives? We could partner with Disney and make the zamboni look like a Car from the "Cars" movies. Or, considering the farce history, get the George Lucas machine behind us as the Wookie Rage or something to that effect. DeathEaters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNDBIZ Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 The White Walkers (Game of Thrones anybody?) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonadub Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Lending A New Name To Boston College's Hockey Non-Conference Rivals Boston College's ideas... The North Dakota Fighting Welks ... The North Dakota Fighting Flying Squirrels When a team scores, it would be a-one-a an' a-two-a. Could be a long count for bouncy-ball. or We are just around the corner from Frostbite Falls Just gotta play a little bit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayduke Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 I still want the Screaming Weasels! We could have a cartoon figure of a rabid weasel raising it's head to the sky and screaming. (Yeah, it'll never happen.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzerman19 Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Maybe its because I'm watching the Euro Cup, but I sorta like the sound of The University of North Dakota United- no way does the NCAA have any issues or any of the PC crowd for that matter... The other thing I like is something to do with "smoke" this would tie back to the pipe ceremony and would be without irony in terms of the spirit of the Sioux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzerman19 Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 I like this angry weasel thought...kind of clever... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayduke Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 I like this angry weasel thought...kind of clever... I found this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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