SiouxVolley Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 It would be a shame if Roughrider wasn't chosen because of inane reasons such as it's the name of a condom or because Roosevelt was a racist. 1. Urban dictionary definitions and/or possibly nasty comments from opponents doesn't fly - Trojans (11), Beavers (10), Mules, Trolls, Blue Boys, Broncos, Cornhuskers, Flames, Gamecocks, Little Johns, Mounties - all these names could be given double meanings - I think they are probably handling it. I think if someone took the time you could find plenty of school nicknames that have slang double meanings. 2. Last I checked Roosevelt consistently listed among our greatest Presidents, plus it's been pointed out North Dakota is the Roughrider state, our highest state award is called the Roughrider. . And Bi-son has slang meanings too. Quote
Oxbow6 Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 After watching a Medora Musical this past weekend in Medora, ND, my third one. If UND can't be simply UND, this would be a great second choice. The whole musical is centered around Teddy. I bet that the over 60 crowd that night at the Pitchfork Fodue prior to the muscial was only talking about condoms.............................. 1 Quote
tnt Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 What I find amusing, or troubling, whichever way you want to look at it, is that the committee went out of it's way to get rid of nicknames that dealt with only one department of the university, and that limited the possibilities of coming up with a combination of names that could have worked well together. If they were bound and determined to include the name hawks, then why not at least find some unique aspect and offer up Aero Hawks? Quote
Popular Post osagej Posted July 28, 2015 Popular Post Posted July 28, 2015 I am a visitor from the Arkansas State fan base. A few years ago we had to change from Indians to something the NCAA would allow. I sympathise with what you are going through now. Like you we had a name that some favored that most of us hated. Unfortunately one of the folks wanting that name was on the committee. It was Locomotives. Like most communities the railroad was very important to the progress of Jonesboro early on. I was at the final meeting that finally picked a name. Like you this process had dragged on and on when we had one name that nearly everyone liked. After the committee had droned on and on getting nothing done one ex football player spoke up saying he had a hard time sending our coaches into a recruits home and trying to get him to be a Locomotive. The committee had asked for logoes from a company for at least two names...Locomotives and Red Wolves. The audience exploded with applause. Others on the committee agreed and finally that name was taken off. The committee chairman wanted to close and meet again to pick the new name but another letterman spoke or maybe the same guy can't remember for sure and said he thought most on the committee had studied the names seen the logoes to know what direction we should go. He was asked which one and he wanted Red Wolves to be voted on. No one voted against it...even the Locomotive proponent voted for it. Again the audience let the committee know they did the right thing. We have been Red Wolves now for a bit and its been the best thing stAte has done in years. Everyone has imbraced it...well almost everyone...my wife is an alum and she is still ticked off...but she is really stubborn. If we had been named for a specific Tribe like yall were I would not have liked it nearly so well but Indians is so generic and because of the NCAA we could not do anything with it. Our mascots was a Chief, Princess, and Brave and about all they could do was come out on the field or court and wave to the crowd. Queen Elisabeth showed more enthusiasm. It seems most on here lide Roughriders. Good name. I know the reservations but we open against the USC Trojans and we have the Troy Trojans and Little Rock Trojans in our conference and they seem to be doing fine. On the different boards they are called condoms but seemed to have survived. Remember opposing fans are going to find something or some way to put down your team. No big deal. I hated the way we were forced to change mascots but to be honest we have made it a positive. I think you can too. When you change its not going to change a building on campus your diploma or the loyalty you have to your school. Embraced it and kick NDSU rear....WOLVES UP!! 10 Quote
Finn flick Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 I want leave town every time I see snow Just testing this doggone new Word Processor to see if it quotes correctly. Quote
dagies Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 I am a visitor from the Arkansas State fan base. A few years ago we had to change from Indians to something the NCAA would allow. I sympathise with what you are going through now. Like you we had a name that some favored that most of us hated. Unfortunately one of the folks wanting that name was on the committee. It was Locomotives. Like most communities the railroad was very important to the progress of Jonesboro early on. I was at the final meeting that finally picked a name. Like you this process had dragged on and on when we had one name that nearly everyone liked. After the committee had droned on and on getting nothing done one ex football player spoke up saying he had a hard time sending our coaches into a recruits home and trying to get him to be a Locomotive. The committee had asked for logoes from a company for at least two names...Locomotives and Red Wolves. The audience exploded with applause. Others on the committee agreed and finally that name was taken off. The committee chairman wanted to close and meet again to pick the new name but another letterman spoke or maybe the same guy can't remember for sure and said he thought most on the committee had studied the names seen the logoes to know what direction we should go. He was asked which one and he wanted Red Wolves to be voted on. No one voted against it...even the Locomotive proponent voted for it. Again the audience let the committee know they did the right thing. We have been Red Wolves now for a bit and its been the best thing stAte has done in years. Everyone has imbraced it...well almost everyone...my wife is an alum and she is still ticked off...but she is really stubborn. If we had been named for a specific Tribe like yall were I would not have liked it nearly so well but Indians is so generic and because of the NCAA we could not do anything with it. Our mascots was a Chief, Princess, and Brave and about all they could do was come out on the field or court and wave to the crowd. Queen Elisabeth showed more enthusiasm. It seems most on here lide Roughriders. Good name. I know the reservations but we open against the USC Trojans and we have the Troy Trojans and Little Rock Trojans in our conference and they seem to be doing fine. On the different boards they are called condoms but seemed to have survived. Remember opposing fans are going to find something or some way to put down your team. No big deal. I hated the way we were forced to change mascots but to be honest we have made it a positive. I think you can too. When you change its not going to change a building on campus your diploma or the loyalty you have to your school. Embraced it and kick NDSU rear....WOLVES UP!! Thanks for your insight. It's interesting to hear from others who have gone through a similar process. Though I will say, I actually dig the Locomotives idea, but maybe that's because one of my suggestions for this process was the Iron Horses :-) Quote
The Sicatoka Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 Seems this thread is back from the archives. Quote
darell1976 Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 My vote would be Fighting Hawks or Roughriders. Quote
Boogieman Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 Of the five choices, Nodaks is clearly the best choice. I don't wanna get on my Roughriders soapbox, but there's already a Roughriders in this town. That should have been the end of that story right there. Fighting Hawks? I'm having trouble finding something, ANYTHING, that could be more generic than that. I might have gotten on board with Prairie Hawks. North Stars? So now we get to go from having to explain the history of the interlocking ND because we keep being asked, "Notre Dame fan, huh?", to having to explain away an NHL franchise that no longer exists. That'll be fun! And Sundogs? Nope. Just because nope. Plus I think Northern Pike should have made the cut. So there's that... 1 Quote
Popular Post Oxbow6 Posted August 28, 2015 Popular Post Posted August 28, 2015 At the sake of kicking a dead horse, which I will do, no one outside of GF residents or RRHS alums care that the community of GF has a HS team nicknamed RR. Just saying......... 8 1 Quote
choyt3 Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 My vote would be Fighting Hawks or Roughriders. If you had one... 1 Quote
darell1976 Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 If you had one...Yes, if I had a vote it would be either one of them, and your point is? Quote
gundy1124 Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 Of the five choices, Nodaks is clearly the best choice. I don't wanna get on my Roughriders soapbox, but there's already a Roughriders in this town. That should have been the end of that story right there. Fighting Hawks? I'm having trouble finding something, ANYTHING, that could be more generic than that. I might have gotten on board with Prairie Hawks. North Stars? So now we get to go from having to explain the history of the interlocking ND because we keep being asked, "Notre Dame fan, huh?", to having to explain away an NHL franchise that no longer exists. That'll be fun! And Sundogs? Nope. Just because nope. Plus I think Northern Pike should have made the cut. So there's that...Except Nodaks is a derogatory term Minnesotans use when they invade the lakes areas.....It's usually f'n Nodaks don't know how to.....drive, launch a boat, not fish 3 feet from me, say 10 pointer, etc. 2 Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 Of the five choices, Nodaks is clearly the best choice. I don't wanna get on my Roughriders soapbox, but there's already a Roughriders in this town. That should have been the end of that story right there. Fighting Hawks? I'm having trouble finding something, ANYTHING, that could be more generic than that. I might have gotten on board with Prairie Hawks. North Stars? So now we get to go from having to explain the history of the interlocking ND because we keep being asked, "Notre Dame fan, huh?", to having to explain away an NHL franchise that no longer exists. That'll be fun! And Sundogs? Nope. Just because nope. Plus I think Northern Pike should have made the cut. So there's that...Ah, the infamous "Climax-Fisher Rule". Well, screw that. I am voting Roughriders and I do think it will carry the day if not after the first vote, then definitely after the run-off.IMO, Sundogs and Nodaks are the bottom two choices. I can live with anything else on there. 2 Quote
Boogieman Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 Except Nodaks is a derogatory term Minnesotans use when they invade the lakes areas.....It's usually f'n Nodaks don't know how to.....drive, launch a boat, not fish 3 feet from me, say 10 pointer, etc.I know how to say 10 pointer. I just prefer 5x5 or 6x4. But I know what you are saying. It's the same as when the Minnesota "waterfowlers" come over here to slough country every October and we all get to witness that s**t show. 1 Quote
dmksioux Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 Yes, if I had a vote it would be either one of them, and your point is?Are you saying you don't have a vote? Because the question is which one you would vote for...not which two would you vote for. Time to get off the fence and make a decision... That is the point he is making. Quote
TBR Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 Except Nodaks is a derogatory term Minnesotans use when they invade the lakes areas.....It's usually f'n Nodaks don't know how to.....drive, launch a boat, not fish 3 feet from me, say 10 pointer, etc.Why do we care what they think? 1 Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 Why do we care what they think?That could also be construed as a justification for voting North Stars. Quote
skateshattrick Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 1. Roughriders2. North Stars3. Fighting Hawks (a very distant 3rd)Emphatic last and "no": Nodaks and Sundogs. Nodaks is probably even worse than Sundogs. It makes us sound like a bunch of hicks and there is no logo that would possibly work. Sundogs is probably the 2nd worst nickname possible. These 2 are absolutely brutal. 2 Quote
fightingsioux4life Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 1. Roughriders2. North Stars3. Fighting Hawks (a very distant 3rd)Emphatic last and "no": Nodaks and Sundogs. Nodaks is probably even worse than Sundogs. It makes us sound like a bunch of hicks and there is no logo that would possibly work. Sundogs is probably the 2nd worst nickname possible. These 2 are absolutely brutal.That is exactly what I am thinking on this. I say Roughriders finishes in the top two of the initial balloting and then wins the run-off. Quote
southpaw Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 That is exactly what I am thinking on this. I say Roughriders finishes in the top two of the initial balloting and then wins the run-off.For me...switch North Stars and Fighting Hawks but the rest are the same. I still struggle with UND taking the motto of the state next to them. Quote
AlphaMikeFoxtrot Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 Roughriders, but please please PLEASE take the time to get the logo right and nothing like Wyoming/Jackson Hole. Quote
Old Time Hockey Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 These names really do suck! It's amazing this was the best that they came up with. Lesser of all evils at this point is North Stars. Quote
gundy1124 Posted August 28, 2015 Posted August 28, 2015 Would anyone take staying North Dakota, but in doing so take the state number. So North Dakota 39'ers. I like it - Quote
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