siouxfan512 Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 We can complain about it or we can be proactive in making our hawk nickname and logo the best of the 30 or so others just as our Indian logo and nickname was the best.Gotta let people complain, and get it out of there system.I for one expected this, as I'm sure many did. Still ticks me off that a school puts forth that much money, and Fighting Hawks is the best, most original idea they can come up with. Add insult to injury to see Kelley get up at the microphone and tell everyone how proud he is of the process and the committees, which ultimately turned this process in a joke. Regardless, it is what it is. We need to move on with the name, though it is a boring one. 3 Quote
mksioux Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 It is time to move on and embrace this change. Not today my friend. Not today. 3 Quote
The Sicatoka Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 Thank you. I need some perspective today and so far this is it.Yeah, dagies, be happy: You just got junk punched instead of a sucking chest wound. Quote
wxman91 Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 Yes, completely safe. Bob Kelley smiles. But there will be controversy when those folks that voted for FH figure out the "Maplesoft Hawks" logo won't be at UND. I've been "worried" that the logo was a big factor in all of this, but there is another possibility. If it is true that the current students voted heavily for the Fighting Hawks, it could be that they are still very tied to the high school experience and therefore gave an outsized importance to the Red River nickname. While most of the rest of us, well removed from that age, realize that high school is completely irrelevant. Just a thought. 2 Quote
ClassB Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 Funny observation, the people with a large amount of posts are ready to move on and support, not saying they're happy, but moving on.The posters with a very low number still are bitter and posting anger...Just my observation...Perhaps the younger fans think the older fans dropped the ball by not being more proactive in 2005? Perhaps the younger fans on this board are face to face with the Hawks voters everyday, powerless to do anything about it and it is aggravating? Perhaps they've had less time to make peace with the fact that the ball has been dropped, since 2005. Take your pick. Quote
squirtcoach Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 Squirt reminded me the Hawks cheer is 'it's not worth winning if you can't win big!!!'So we have that. 1 Quote
Yote 53 Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 Just some ideas for a unique, original logo befitting the new name:Actually Hawkeyes isn't a hawk based name, it is historical. When asked how Iowans should be described a newspaper writer described them as a bunch of Hawkeyes, like the character from the book Last of the Mohicans which was popular at the time. The name stuck, Iowa became the Hawkeye State, and the school has used the nickname ever since. The logo may be that of a hawk, but how do you describe a Hawkeye otherwise? The logo is actually recognizable worldwide, so there is that. In North Dakota terms, you are the Roughrider State, UND should be the Roughriders. 1 Quote
Trunk Monkey Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 Perhaps the younger fans think the older fans dropped the ball by not being more proactive in 2005? Perhaps the younger fans on this board are face to face with the Hawks voters everyday, powerless to do anything about it and it is aggravating? Perhaps they've had less time to make peace with the fact that the ball has been dropped, since 2005. Take your pick.Sadly, I agree. Quote
bigskyvikes Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 Perhaps the younger fans think the older fans dropped the ball by not being more proactive in 2005? Perhaps the younger fans on this board are face to face with the Hawks voters everyday, powerless to do anything about it and it is aggravating? Perhaps they've had less time to make peace with the fact that the ball has been dropped, since 2005. Take your pick.Cant argue with anything you said.... Quote
STS Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 Squirt reminded me the Hawks cheer is 'it's not worth winning if you can't win big!!!'So we have that.And by "we" I'm assuming you mean us and the other 57 hawk varieties? Quote
sioux34 Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 Actually Hawkeyes isn't a hawk based name, it is historical. When asked how Iowans should be described a newspaper writer described them as a bunch of Hawkeyes, like the character from the book Last of the Mohicans which was popular at the time. The name stuck, Iowa became the Hawkeye State, and the school has used the nickname ever since. The logo may be that of a hawk, but how do you describe a Hawkeye otherwise? The logo is actually recognizable worldwide, so there is that. In North Dakota terms, you are the Roughrider State, UND should be the Roughriders.Thankfully, the character Hawkeye in Last of the Mochicans was white, or I am guessing the NCAA would have gone after them as well, and then I would be doubly pissed. Quote
squirtcoach Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 Just some ideas for a unique, original logo befitting the new name:i can't find Dickinson State Blue Hawks. Quote
dagies Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 Yeah, dagies, be happy: You just got junk punched instead of a sucking chest wound. Oh good. more perspective! Quote
UND1983 Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 i can't find Dickinson State Blue Hawks.Look harder 1 Quote
sioux rube Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 So when does this name come into play? Today or when they get a logo figured out? Quote
tnt Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 To top this all off, the radio guy commenting on the press conference said it is the name he wanted because we kept the "Fighting" and he liked some of the logos he saw online. Quote
The Sicatoka Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 (edited) To top this all off, the radio guy commenting on the press conference said it is the name he wanted because we kept the "Fighting" and he liked some of the logos he saw online. Edited November 18, 2015 by The Sicatoka 2 Quote
Popular Post MafiaMan Posted November 18, 2015 Popular Post Posted November 18, 2015 Sure not terribly original but it was time to select one and move on. I personally feel like there could be some really cool logo and chant options for the Fighting Hawks. Minnesota fans: "Lamest nickname ever!" (then chant: "Let's Go Gophers!") 5 Quote
The Sicatoka Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 In North Dakota terms, you are the Roughrider State, UND should be the Roughriders.Sad day: The 'yote gets it; the North Dakotans don't. 1 Quote
sioux rube Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 Minnesota fans: "Lamest nickname ever!" (then chant: "Let's Go Gophers!")And hawks hunt and kill gohers Quote
mksioux Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 On the bright side, at least our University can serve as a source of comic relief to counter all the bad things going on in the world right now. At least people can avert their attention for a moment and laugh at the University of North Dakota. 2 Quote
Cratter Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 So when does this name come into play? Today or when they get a logo figured out?From this day on UND is known as the Fighting Hawks. 1 Quote
scpa0305 Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 I wonder why Bulldogs or Huskies never materialized? 1 Quote
The Sicatoka Posted November 18, 2015 Posted November 18, 2015 I am hitting the sauce todayNever thought I'd say this, but have one for me. Quote
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