The Sicatoka Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Regarding Schlossman's piece.....didn't Wayne Nelson, Tom Miller and Schlossman all come out with a piece on the same day, with different angles? Struck me as a "let's do pieces about the different view points out there....who wants to take XYZ?" I can almost see them playing rochambeau to decide who does what. Quote
siouxstudent Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 I'll take flickertails over being referred to as a color or some sort of weather pattern. With flickertails, I think they could actually come up with a pretty cool logo. Depression setting in after reading.... Quote
darell1976 Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Sorry GeauxSioux, "Arrows" are considered "Native American Imagery." Then NDSU better go back to Farmers as the Bison is a sacred animal to NA's. This is such crap, so is an arrow NA imagery on a one way sign? Or on a compass? 1 1 Quote
Cratter Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 I'll take flickertails over being referred to as a color or some sort of weather pattern. With flickertails, I think they could actually come up with a pretty cool logo. Has it really come down to this. We are deciding if we like bad or worse better? Last night I had to slap myself after justifying "The Force" as not a "bad name". 1 Quote
darell1976 Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Has it really come down to this. We are deciding if we like bad or worse better? Last night I had to slap myself after justifying "The Force" as not a "bad name". Now the people of Fargo, not to mention FU faithful are going to say the Fargo Force had that name first and we are just copying them. Quote
The Sicatoka Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Last night I had to slap myself after justifying "The Force" as not a "bad name". Thanks for taking care of that. You saved me a drive. 1 Quote
Maddogg1971 Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 They were appointed, not elected and their job is to what is best for the school. If they determine not to choose a nickname, so be it but claiming "will of the people" thing is a little far-fetched. I said has acted like. It's a public university, paid by for by the people of North Dakota. To say the "will of the people" is not far fetched at all. Then why ask the public for input? Furthermore, we will be putting the final decision into the hands of leader who has shown about as much back-bone as gopher hockey player. Quote
UND1983 Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 The "Flickertail Nation". I kind of like it, actually. Quote
MafiaMan Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Has it really come down to this. We are deciding if we like bad or worse better? Last night I had to slap myself after justifying "The Force" as not a "bad name". So it's not "the University of North Dakota Force," but actually "the University of North Dakota The Force" instead? I think I just shipped my pants. Dumbest. Nickname. Selection. Ever. 2 Quote
Maddogg1971 Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 So it's not "the University of North Dakota Force," but actually "the University of North Dakota The Force" instead? I think I just shipped my pants. Dumbest. Nickname. Selection. Ever. ........an absolute joke. 1 Quote
darell1976 Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 So it's not "the University of North Dakota Force," but actually "the University of North Dakota The Force" instead? I think I just shipped my pants. Dumbest. Nickname. Selection. Ever. The Force of the North. So how about them Flickertails. Quote
The Sicatoka Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 The Force of the North. So how about them Flickertails. Go you FLICKERS! Quote
darell1976 Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Go you FLICKERS! Here we go Flickers (clap, clap, clap clap clap), Fighting Flickers!!! Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 So if there are vague statements about nicknames being tied to N/A.... That means Pride and Spirit have no chance. Also, why would UND want to promote drinking (Spirit?) Quote
jimdahl Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Go you FLICKERS! Frankly, the likelihood that we'd start calling them "tails" (at least the women's teams ) should be sufficient to strike that name. Alas, gotails.com is already taken. Quote
UNDErmines Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 What the heck is a Green Hawk? A school (with red as a school color) going to Red Hawks makes some sense. Red-tailed hawks are an actual thing. I'm not aware of any green hawks flying the prairie. It never even occurred to me to suggest "Green Ermines". Quote
Oxbow6 Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 It never even occurred to me to suggest "Green Ermines". So at least that dead horse won't get kicked................................. 1 Quote
UNDErmines Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 So it's not "the University of North Dakota Force," but actually "the University of North Dakota The Force" instead? I think I just shipped my pants. Dumbest. Nickname. Selection. Ever. I pondered that nickname against "The University of North Dakota Mass Times Acceleration", but decided that they were about equal. Quote
yababy8 Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 What they figured out is that can continue to yell Fighting Sioux because there will be nothing to compete with it. Read the comments on any article or even the suggestion list. Oh no, what would we do? Just tragic... 1 Quote
siouxfan512 Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Has it really come down to this. We are deciding if we like bad or worse better? Last night I had to slap myself after justifying "The Force" as not a "bad name". Personally hate the name Force. I'm all for University of North Dakota, NoDaks, Nokota. I would just rather see Flickertails than , the cyclones, blizzard, force, big green, spirit, etc. 2 Quote
siouxfan512 Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 It never even occurred to me to suggest "Green Ermines". Probably good that it never occured to you Quote
jdub27 Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Oh no, what would we do? Just tragic... Move on is my suggestion. Quote
Emerald joker Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 I'll make this easy on them. Any name other then Fighting Sioux offends me, they dont want to offend anyone so i guess we'll just have to stay with North Dakota! Problem solved!! 3 Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 Here is the entire list of names that made the cut so far, with the number of votes Aeronauts, 1 Aeros, 1 Arctic Blaze, 2 Arctic Force, 1 Aurora, 2 Aviators, 1 Badlanders, 1 Big Green, 4 Bison Slayers, 1 Blackhawks, 3 Blaze, 1 Blazing Stars, 1 Blizzard, 1 Blizzard Dogs, 1 Bombardiers, 1 Bombers, 1 Cavalry, 2 Charging Nokota, 1 Drillers, 1 Energy, 1 Explorers, 1 Fighting Green, 3 Fighting Green Hawks, 2 Fighting Hawks, 2 Fire, 2 Flame, 1 Flames, 4 Flickertails, 3 Fliers, 2 Force, 6 Force of North, 2 Global Hawks, 1 Green Bombers, 1 Green Hawks, 2 Green Pride 1 Grey Hawks, 1 Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted May 7, 2015 Posted May 7, 2015 And I ask the question, who in the hell.... voted for Grey Hawks? Interesting that Blackhawks got 3 votes..... Quote
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