MafiaMan Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 And there will continue to be national stories of how racist UND is when young people from other cities and schools wear Siouxperdrunk shirts out boozing..... So if UND goes with "Pride" and the predictable slurs and chants get lobbed at the team during away games, can we blame the nickname again and demand a change? Or do Bison and Gopher fans chanting things make North Dakota fans racist and intolerant? Quote
siouxfan512 Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 So if UND goes with "Pride" and the predictable slurs and chants get lobbed at the team during away games, can we blame the nickname again and demand a change? Or do Bison and Gopher fans chanting things make North Dakota fans racist and intolerant? If UND goes with Pride, I would find it fairly hard not to join the chants. I'll still cheer for the team, but how can you blame and opposition for not spiking the ball when you float it up to them like that. Quote
TBR Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 . 1. Ok, you didn't like Fighting Sioux, I have no idea how you determined I did not like the FS name from my post. Quote
Siouxper Kev Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 I get what you are saying, but in this day and age when you are adopting a new nickname, you would like to think a committee of educated indivuals would do better than Spirit, Pride, Blaze, Force, Sun Dogs, Etc. Remember... these same educated individuals brought forward Bison Slayers and Wholly Mammoths for further consideration. Whoever voted "yea" on either of those should have been voted off the committee immediately. 1 Quote
Teeder11 Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 Remember... these same educated individuals brought forward Bison Slayers and Wholly Mammoths for further consideration. Whoever voted "yea" on either of those should have been voted off the committee immediately. Yeah, but there are actually people out there that like those names (not saying I'm one of them) and were disappointed to see them eliminated. You see, opinions are like (insert body part here); everybody's got one -- even bad ones. Quote
siouxfan512 Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 Remember... these same educated individuals brought forward Bison Slayers and Wholly Mammoths for further consideration. Whoever voted "yea" on either of those should have been voted off the committee immediately. Ugh Touche Quote
UNDBIZ Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 Don't know if anyone else has noticed the Fargo forum poll, but Green Hawks is popular in that one. Pretty scary. http://www.inforum.com/basic-page/3763106-inforum-und-nickname-challenge-20 Quote
siouxfan512 Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 Don't know if anyone else has noticed the Fargo forum poll, but Green Hawks is popular in that one. Pretty scary. because its the Forum and a BIG chunk of their readers would love to see us land something that ridiculous. 1 Quote
The Sicatoka Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 How long until "Green Hawks" becomes "Green Horns". That's why. And that's why you choose a nickname. You choose a nickname. You choose a nickname (and a blank is not a nickname). Quote
nodakhoops Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 Interesting on the forum poll. I also notice Sundogs is really high which leads me to believe bison fans are voting for some of those unpopular names. They also don't show the total number of votes which makes it tough to get a read. The committee needs to realize because this vote is open to everyone (big mistake) the dumbest name will be voted on by NDSU fans and others. That means they should probably get a good pulse on what UND fans actually want so there are no bad choices on the final vote. Quote
siouxfan512 Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 Interesting on the forum poll. I also notice Sundogs is really high which leads me to believe bison fans are voting for some of those unpopular names. They also don't show the total number of votes which makes it tough to get a read. The committee needs to realize because this vote is open to everyone (big mistake) the dumbest name will be voted on by NDSU fans and others. That means they should probably get a good pulse on what UND fans actually want so there are no bad choices on the final vote. They really need to fix this voting process. Not sure why this hasn't already been addressed. Quote
Cratter Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 The only safe way is official ballots mailed out to out of city\state alumni. And a couple polling places on campus for gf residents and UND students. 1 Quote
Hayduke Posted June 11, 2015 Posted June 11, 2015 Teddy Roosevelt liked to shoot down bison. He adopted North Dakota as the place that taught him how to shoot bison and become a "Roughrider". That's good enough for me! 1 Quote
dmksioux Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 Teddy Roosevelt liked to shoot down bison. He adopted North Dakota as the place that taught him how to shoot bison and become a "Roughrider". That's good enough for me!Yep....http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-huntbuffaloroosevelt.html And Grizzlies...http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/images/research/speeches/trgrizzly.pdf Probably shot a gopher or two in his day as well. :-) Quote
Hayduke Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 Yep....http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-huntbuffaloroosevelt.html And Grizzlies...http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/images/research/speeches/trgrizzly.pdf Probably shot a gopher or two in his day as well. :-) Exactly. Bobcats. Bears. He probably beat up a few lumberjacks too. We'll have the whole BSC covered! Quote
scpa0305 Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 I'm strongly guessing it ends with no nickname and we remain North Dakota. The remaining nicknames are so bad that they'll have to stay with und. There are so many bigtime alumni wanting to keep it ND. Quote
Siouxphan27 Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 Interesting on the forum poll. I also notice Sundogs is really high which leads me to believe bison fans are voting for some of those unpopular names. They also don't show the total number of votes which makes it tough to get a read. The committee needs to realize because this vote is open to everyone (big mistake) the dumbest name will be voted on by NDSU fans and others. That means they should probably get a good pulse on what UND fans actually want so there are no bad choices on the final vote. I will go out on a limb and say this will not be open to everyone. Yes, it is being called a public vote. But I believe just saying "public" is becoming a little confusing.... being a public vote does not always mean everyone is eligible to vote. Just like a general election is a public vote, you still need to meet certain criteria to vote in your precinct for the people running in your district. The nickname vote will hopefully be handled similarly with a set of criteria that must be met to be eligible to vote. An email requesting a reply to the list of nickname finalists, sent to all current students and alumni would suffice in my opinion. If for some reason the university does not have someone's email address, that person is responsible for contacting the university, proving who they are, and registering their vote. Quote
Hayduke Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 I will go out on a limb and say this will not be open to everyone. Yes, it is being called a public vote. But I believe just saying "public" is becoming a little confusing.... being a public vote does not always mean everyone is eligible to vote. Just like a general election is a public vote, you still need to meet certain criteria to vote in your precinct for the people running in your district. The nickname vote will hopefully be handled similarly with a set of criteria that must be met to be eligible to vote. An email requesting a reply to the list of nickname finalists, sent to all current students and alumni would suffice in my opinion. If for some reason the university does not have someone's email address, that person is responsible for contacting the university, proving who they are, and registering their vote. I also doubt this vote will be binding... Quote
MrEdway Posted June 13, 2015 Posted June 13, 2015 I guess they are much worse than inspiring names such as Hawkeyes, Spartans, Gophers, Cornhuskers, Wildcats, Badgers, Ducks, Aggies, Falcons, Broncos, Bulldogs, Rams, Cowboys, etc, etc, etc. All of those are on the same level as the majority of the finalist list. The difference is, they are in place and people have acclimated to them. The same thing will happen at UND. There wasn't going to be some magical nickname that everyone looked at and said "Yep, that's it" so I'm not sure why people are surprised that there is unrest with the finalists. It's a nickname. The sports teams will continue to strive to make the University of North Dakota proud regardless of whatever new nickname and logo happens to be chosen and rational, level-headed people will still support them the same. As long as it isn't chosen by a bunch of overbearing PC libtards. I would rather have no identity, that be the UND Pride/Spirit/Blaze/SunDogs. Perfect examples. Can't get much more wimpy than those. Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 Following tonight's meeting on Twitter. Will post updates when I see them Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 Consultants caution using Roughriders due to dirty connection.... Hard to find unique one out of diluted names. Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 Someone makes the blaze is another term for drug use connection. Quote
darell1976 Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 Consultants caution using Roughriders due to dirty connection.... Hard to find unique one out of diluted names. Dirty connection...Red River High School? Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted June 15, 2015 Posted June 15, 2015 Fighting Green strongly disliked due to many teams using green already Quote
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