And then there were three....

[Teeder11]

Nodaks

Roughriders

Fighting Hawks

And go!

[sioux24/7]

Wait what?

oh wait nevermind

Edited October 25, 2015 by sioux24/7

[Teeder11]

Here it is folks.

http://und.edu/news/2015/10/nickname-runoff-vote.cfm

 

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

I thought it was supposed to be a 2 team run off?

I guess because RR and Nodaks were so close they changed it to 3?

[sioux24/7]

Can't believe Fighting Hawks led the way. Terrible. 

[UNDhoops]

makes sense the worst one would be in the lead.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

Can't believe Fighting Hawks led the way. Terrible. 

I have talked to people that work for UND pushing for FH, so maybe that's where it came from?

[Teeder11]

I thought it was supposed to be a 2 team run off?

I guess because RR and Nodaks were so close they changed it to 3?

I think you are spot on... thinking was they were so close, prez wanted three instead of two.

[SIOUXFAN97]

how in the hell do you change the rules half way thru the game??? this is unbelievable!!

[UNDhoops]

for a fanbase that loves talking about being unique, don't over half the teams that switch from a native american name go to something bird themed?

[Teeder11]

How many of the North Stars lovers will migrate to Nodaks now?  Hmmm.

[gfhockey]

Or they wanted three to divvy up enough votes between nodaks and rr that Hawks will pull away 

[82SiouxGuy]

Fighting Hawks has been the leader with UND students since the no nickname option was removed. Based on the number of votes in total I would bet that most of the Hawks votes came from students.

Maybe Nodaks was left in to stop the usual group from complaining that they were ignored.

[Siouxphan27]

Kelley never ceases to amaze.   stick to the original plan, please!  even if the one I voted for would be eliminated, keep the process honest!   given the percentages, there probably won't be any name receiving 50% after this second vote.    get ready for round 3.  WTF.

[UNDhoops]

Or they wanted three to divvy up enough votes between nodaks and rr that Hawks will pull away 

exactly what i'm thinking. take away nodaks and i'm guessing roughriders wins (or vice versa if it had come to that) but i doubt many nodaks or roughriders people change their votes which clears the way for a hawks victory

[SIOUXFAN97]

this goes to show that "the fix is in"....go back to cal-Berkley Kelly you piece of

[gfhockey]

Can't believe Kelley is rigging this vote

[SIOUXFAN97]

Kelley never ceases to amaze.   stick to the original plan, please!  even if the one I voted for would be eliminated, keep the process honest!   given the percentages, there probably won't be any name receiving 50% after this second vote.    get ready for round 3.  WTF.

exactly!!!! this could on forever

[KSSioux]

I had posted earlier regarding the likely low voter turnout and it was pathetic, at less than 25000.  That is how Fighting Hawks made the top, and any of the five would not have surprised me.  To change the rules midstream does not surprise me as well, although the closeness of the 2 vs. 3 makes it hard for them to not go with three, especially since Nodaks was the 3rd.

[82SiouxGuy]

 

The voting guidelines previously communicated by the University provided that any name receiving over 50 percent of votes would be determined to be the University’s new nickname, and that otherwise a runoff vote would be held to allow eligible voters to choose between the two top vote-getters.  

However, as the number of votes for the second- and third-highest vote-getters, Roughriders and Nodaks, differed by only 116 votes, UND President Robert Kelley has determined that both of these names should remain on the runoff ballot along with Fighting Hawks.

Said President Kelley, “We appreciate the participation and input of the voters, and are pleased that we have moved forward to three final choices.  We look forward to completing the last important step of this process through the runoff vote.”

He added, “We were also pleased at the number of eligible voters who participated in this process—over 22,000.  This is the largest response UND has ever received for an institution-wide online poll.” 

The runoff vote will be conducted through Qualtrics, the third party online voting platform provider that managed the preliminary nickname vote.  The runoff voting period will open at noon Central Time on Monday, Nov. 2, and will close at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6. The University anticipates having the results of the vote by early the week of Nov. 9.  The name receiving the most votes will be the new nickname for UND.  

[SIOUXFAN97]

I had posted earlier regarding the likely low voter turnout and it was pathetic, at less than 25000.  That is how Fighting Hawks made the top, and any of the five would not have surprised me.  To change the rules midstream does not surprise me as well, although the closeness of the 2 vs. 3 makes it hard for them to not go with three, especially since Nodaks was the 3rd.

spoken like someone who would award participation awards for the top six teams in a six team tournament....

Edited October 25, 2015 by SIOUXFAN97

[UNDhoops]

so how many times did we get lied to or have the plan switched in this?

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

I voted for Nodaks but even I am questioning keeping it in there as an option... Would we have kept 4 if 2, 3, and 4 were all close? It's a slippery slope...

[KSSioux]

spoken like someone who would award participation awards for the top six teams in a six team tournament....

My point was the lack of participation and the closeness of the 2 vs. 3 vote and I was predicting why Kelley did that.  Please look at the just added justification and see that I am right in my prediction.  I do not want participation, just a real majority vote to win.  Please stop degrading people, especially if they are right in their prediction.

[Siouxphan27]

Why didn't they just have us vote 62 times after the committee had narrowed the list to 63, eliminating the lowest vote getter after each round?   The comedy of leadership continues.