petey23 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 15 hours ago, andtheHomeoftheSIOUX!! said: It would just be nice to have some sort of "organic" name as opposed to a committee name, if that makes sense... Not saying, but just saying. I was on team "Let's stick with just North Dakota for now and at some point something organic will come along"....not that this is necessarily that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petey23 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 They're not saying Booooooo, they are saying Moooooose! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 22 hours ago, southpaw said: There's a professional team a couple hours away that already has the name. You forget how many people were concerned about a high school having the same name... I remember that. i also remember those arguments where I told people that no one nationally would care or bother to do the research. If you asked 100 people about the nickname of Ames High School, how many would come up with Cyclones? Of course back then, Moose might had a problem if some 13 year old wrote an inappropriate definition about in on Urban Dictionary and some 6 figure consultant saw it................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siouxperfan7 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 7 hours ago, petey23 said: They're not saying Booooooo, they are saying Moooooose! Moose yeah yeah!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchyAlum11 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 9 hours ago, Frozen4sioux said: Nothing more organic and fitting for UND than the moose. Fierce, strong, majestic, to represent the athletics, A bit lost and bewildered to represent the administration, An intelligent creature and high nosed attitude yet cluless to the surroundings and incapable of solving real problems... the faculty. Awkward and drugged up to represent ...well yeah, students. (we've all got a bit blasted at a football game and ended up in some strange woods, right, right?!) Fighting MOOOOOOOOOOSE! #Mooseforever Also moose are clever, aggressive and ornery as hell, were as bison are big, dumb and panic easily! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_college_team_nicknames_in_the_United_States Do a search for "Moose" and there NO results! Talk about unique. As for the Manitoba Moose, few college sports fans are going to say "Hey, there's already a moose nickname used in that area!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchyAlum11 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 1 minute ago, Dustin said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_college_team_nicknames_in_the_United_States Do a search for "Moose" and there NO results! Talk about unique. As for the Manitoba Moose, few college sports fans are going to say "Hey, there's already a moose nickname used in that area!" Wait... so your telling me this idea hadn't been done, would have ballanced well vs NDSU, and was politically neutral, and on top of all that would have been a subtle teddy Roosevelt reference? WHAT F**K WAS THE COMMITTEE DOING??? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn-O Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 And the home...of the.....MOOOOOOOOOOOOSE!!!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 4 minutes ago, ArchyAlum11 said: Wait... so your telling me this idea hadn't been done, would have ballanced well vs NDSU, and was politically neutral, and on top of all that would have been a subtle teddy Roosevelt reference? WHAT F**K WAS THE COMMITTEE DOING??? I like the comment: "If by Bull Moose you mean Teddy Roosevelt, the whole population of Bison would lose." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siouxphan27 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 I think moose was mentioned briefly in one of the threads during the nickname debate/debacle. I would’ve definitely been on board with that choice once no nickname was eliminated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siouxperfan7 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 I can only imagine if this was 2015. I don't think there would be any doubt that Moose would have been the nickname. Probably wouldn't have even needed a vote!! The moose running on the field would have been an omen!! Plus, the story of how we got the name would have been great. Oh what could have been. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dustin Posted September 6, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2019 18 minutes ago, Siouxperfan7 said: I can only imagine if this was 2015. I don't think there would be any doubt that Moose would have been the nickname. Probably wouldn't have even needed a vote!! The moose running on the field would have been an omen!! Plus, the story of how we got the name would have been great. Oh what could have been. Doesn’t mean we can’t switch. The Sioux nickname change in 1930 was when we already had a nickname. I personally love the idea because it would be a big slap in the face to the powers that be who got us to end up with Fighting Hawks in the first place. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnWinterSportsEngelstad Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Moose U and Moo U play tomorrow, has a ring to it. This F'hawks used by our neighbors has to go somehow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siouxperfan7 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 41 minutes ago, Dustin said: Doesn’t mean we can’t switch. The Sioux nickname change in 1930 was when we already had a nickname. I personally love the idea because it would be a big slap in the face to the powers that be who got us to end up with Fighting Hawks in the first place. Umm, yeah it does. UND isn't going to waste the time and money rebranding their entire athletic department AGAIN unless they are forced to do so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchyAlum11 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 39 minutes ago, Dustin said: Doesn’t mean we can’t switch. The Sioux nickname change in 1930 was when we already had a nickname. I personally love the idea because it would be a big slap in the face to the powers that be who got us to end up with Fighting Hawks in the first place. I agree, get the grass roots from the students and the alumni now, and in a few years you could see them move toward changing, people forget that all of the branded stuff has to be replaced anyways ,either due to wear and tear or just updating the existing branding (Logo and typeface redisign), so its not as big a deal as you might think. Plus you have one solid choice presenting itself with popular support rather than a mandate from on high to change an existing nickname by force. But hopefully this time they would A. Let the Graphic Design Department handle the new logo and text rather than some A-Holes in NY, and if we have to create a new furry suit, let the art department handle that as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWSiouxMN Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Siouxperfan7 said: Umm, yeah it does. UND isn't going to waste the time and money rebranding their entire athletic department AGAIN unless they are forced to do so. Well if a donor stepped in...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 I will never buy anything that features the ultra crappy Fighting Hawks logo. I am 100% behind the Fighting Moose however. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoiseInsideMyHead Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 2 hours ago, ArchyAlum11 said: But hopefully this time they would A. Let the Graphic Design Department handle the new logo and text rather than some A-Holes in NY, and if we have to create a new furry suit, let the art department handle that as well. Funny thing is, the way it turned out is a win-win because you (and so many others) get to vilify the "A-Holes in NY" (as if that's hard to do) AND you were spared from having to do the same to your friends and neighbors here in town. Which you would have done, because what assurances does anyone have that the output on campus would have been any better? Selecting the sacrificial lamb from the big, bad East Coast was an expedience that saves a ton of face and hard feelings in UND's backyard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackheart Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 1 hour ago, NoiseInsideMyHead said: Funny thing is, the way it turned out is a win-win because you (and so many others) get to vilify the "A-Holes in NY" (as if that's hard to do) AND you were spared from having to do the same to your friends and neighbors here in town. Which you would have done, because what assurances does anyone have that the output on campus would have been any better? Selecting the sacrificial lamb from the big, bad East Coast was an expedience that saves a ton of face and hard feelings in UND's backyard. It’s not a win-win as long as UND is stuck with the current logo. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siouxphan27 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 4 hours ago, Siouxperfan7 said: Umm, yeah it does. UND isn't going to waste the time and money rebranding their entire athletic department AGAIN unless they are forced to do so. It’s not just the cost of rebranding that they should be looking at. They need to consider the potential increase in visibility and merchandise sales over several years that a better, more unique logo could provide. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petey23 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 4 hours ago, SWSiouxMN said: Well if a donor stepped in...... Well unfortunately Roy has passed on. https://images.app.goo.gl/RS6dHfEmggwwXnH56 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonadub Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 North Dakota Moose. Infinitely better than Fighting Hawks. Have you ever seen a Hawk fight? Neither have I and we have 2 living in the trees outside our house and 2 more on the next fairway over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geaux_sioux Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 The problem with moose is coming up with a good logo. Somebody call Ben Brien Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sioux>Bison Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Couldn’t be any worse than the GEM we have now....... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisUND1 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 I like the cute moose story, but are we seriously going to have people in our own fanbase calling us THREE separate nicknames now? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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