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  1. 1. What name should replace "Fighting Sioux" after it's retired?

    • Aviators or Pilots
      12
    • Cavalry
      18
    • Nodaks
      11
    • Nokotas
      21
    • Norse, Nordics, Fighting Norsemen
      46
    • Outlaws
      13
    • Plainsmen
      4
    • Rangers
      6
    • Rough Riders
      79
    • Other
      109


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I think there is a clause in the agreement that says UND cannot remain without a nickname of some kind.

Did the NCAA marketing dept put that clause in? They want to ensure they can continue to make money off hat and t-shirt sales...what a joke...
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For a while folks wanted to tip the cap to the second large group to live in this area, namely the Scandenavian / Northern European immigrants. Those folks share a common mythology. The most powerful warrior that Norse/Germanic mythos carried a weapon called Mjolnir.

Officially be the Mjolnir (translation: the crusher; pronounced: myol-near).

What is Mjolnir in common language (meaning what could be the alternate name for the teams)? The War Hammer.

(You can also call it a maul.)

But I'm sure the NCAA'd say we'd need family approval from a former UND defenseman with the first name Trevor. ;)

It's not bad, but I still kind of like "Reaper" as it hits both past and present in the region (old harvesters and new UAVs). And yes, the black jerseys would be a whole lot of fun ...

A year later and I'm still believing in these two ideas.

<patting self on back>

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