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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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Someone help me out because I'm confused...pay attention to the difference...North Dakota is the Roughrider state, but Roosevelt and his crew were known as the Rough Riders? Which one is correct?

 

It seems to be up to the user.  I see sports teams with Roughriders, RoughRiders, or Rough Riders. 

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Someone help me out because I'm confused...pay attention to the difference...North Dakota is the Roughrider state, but Roosevelt and his crew were known as the Rough Riders? Which one is correct?

Neither is correct. They had very little to do with North Dakota. It's at tourism ploy and has Little to nothing to do with our history.

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20px-Flag_of_North_Dakota.svg.png North Dakota

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_nicknames

 

UND did have 2 of those names, and Red River has one out of the remaining two. No thanks to the Peace Makers or Gardeners.  If we have to pick a name dealing with North Dakota as a whole since we represent the state not just a city like Miami or UCLA, I would think it could be anything from Cowboys/Cowgirls (for the women's teams), Oilers, etc from the West to flyers, redskins (potatoes), Warriors, etc from the east.   

Posted

20px-Flag_of_North_Dakota.svg.png North Dakota

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_nicknames

 

UND did have 2 of those names, and Red River has one out of the remaining two. No thanks to the Peace Makers or Gardeners.  If we have to pick a name dealing with North Dakota as a whole since we represent the state not just a city like Miami or UCLA, I would think it could be anything from Cowboys/Cowgirls (for the women's teams), Oilers, etc from the West to flyers, redskins (potatoes), Warriors, etc from the east.   

 

Peace Makers, and our logo is nuclear warhead with Old Glory and the State Flag on it. Cue up tasteless videos of said logo firing at opponents arena. Too far?

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I never said I was for it....don't shoot the messenger :)

 

I actually laughed the first time I heard it too, however I laughed at all other ideas too.  This isn't going to be easy.

Prairie Wolves of Nebraska-Wesleyan

 

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Posted

Peace Makers, and our logo is nuclear warhead with Old Glory and the State Flag on it. Cue up tasteless videos of said logo firing at opponents arena. Too far?

Nope...sounds good to me...
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Posted

This is my first attempt....Harvesters? That's bad. I'm so bad at this. Valley ....something?

Along those lines, someone had posted Reapers previously.
Posted

Sorry, I'll take SunDogs over this.

Okay now let's not be ridiculous - I'm going to assume you are exaggerating for effect. Seriously though, it would be a great idea to somehow tie into the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which spent more time in what would become North Dakota than any other state. Logo possibilities abound. An aside - the expedition was largely responsible for establishing the reputation of ferocity for the Sioux Indians. Also the state highway that follows the east side of the Missouri River through North Dakota is 1804, and the one the follows the west side is 1806 - the former being the year they went up river and the latter the year of their return trip.

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