dlsiouxfan Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 If we have to change the name it's best we go without a nickname and let the current traditions continue to be carried on by the fans. It would be the ultimate defiant gesture towards the NCAA. If ten years from now the students and fans decide they want a nickname then they can adopt one then. Until then I say we remain simply the University of North Dakota. Besides Flickertails is awful and it's what other schools call us when they're poking fun at us and we should never be the Rough Riders because that pompous jackass Phil Jackson suggested it. I think it would be great if next year when he shows up at a basketball game to be honored we boo his ass right off the floor and remind him that people remember when you turn your back on where you came from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Boy Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 If we have to change the name it's best we go without a nickname and let the current traditions continue to be carried on by the fans. It would be the ultimate defiant gesture towards the NCAA. If ten years from now the students and fans decide they want a nickname then they can adopt one then. Until then I say we remain simply the University of North Dakota. Besides Flickertails is awful and it's what other schools call us when they're poking fun at us and we should never be the Rough Riders because that pompous jackass Phil Jackson suggested it. I think it would be great if next year when he shows up at a basketball game to be honored we boo his ass right off the floor and remind him that people remember when you turn your back on where you came from. Agreed. If all else fails, just drop the nickname and be North Dakota. North Dakota Hockey, North Dakota Football, North Dakota Basketball... North Dakota. Let the fans do the rest. Picking a new PC name is abso-f-ing-lutely wrong in so many ways. I say, put up the good fight and then play that card at the very end. Let them know that there is no other name suitable for this tradition, this great program. I'm so disgusted with the NCAA exec committe I could spew. taz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagies Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 If it's good enough for the State .... http://www.governor.state.nd.us/awards/rr-gallery/ Wow, we'd be right in tune with the NCAA's TR award! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Man Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Besides Flickertails is awful and it's what other schools call us when they're poking fun at us and we should never be the Rough Riders because that pompous jackass Phil Jackson suggested it. I think it would be great if next year when he shows up at a basketball game to be honored we boo his ass right off the floor and remind him that people remember when you turn your back on where you came from. You'll never get the chance. The jerkoff turned his back on UND and his past a long time ago and doubt you'll ever see him back any time soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larsensa Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 If we have to change the name it's best we go without a nickname and let the current traditions continue to be carried on by the fans. It would be the ultimate defiant gesture towards the NCAA. If ten years from now the students and fans decide they want a nickname then they can adopt one then. Until then I say we remain simply the University of North Dakota. Besides Flickertails is awful and it's what other schools call us when they're poking fun at us and we should never be the Rough Riders because that pompous jackass Phil Jackson suggested it. I think it would be great if next year when he shows up at a basketball game to be honored we boo his ass right off the floor and remind him that people remember when you turn your back on where you came from. I am guessing the NCAA would continue to ban UND from hosting if the fans continued to do the things the NCAA considers to be "hostile" and "abusive". Just a guess but I wouldn't doubt it if the NCAA considered the fans carrying on the Sioux tradition as carrying on the hostility and abuse even though they don't include fans in the list of players, cheerleaders, band members, and whoever else their list included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melsiouxfan Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 I am guessing the NCAA would continue to ban UND from hosting if the fans continued to do the things the NCAA considers to be "hostile" and "abusive". Just a guess but I wouldn't doubt it if the NCAA considered the fans carrying on the Sioux tradition as carrying on the hostility and abuse even though they don't include fans in the list of players, cheerleaders, band members, and whoever else their list included. Ha-they already said they can't stop the fans from wearing whatever they want because of free speech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Wow, we'd be right in tune with the NCAA's TR award! I know. They couldn't say a word about TR and the Rough Riders because he is regarded as the original founder of the NCAA (or at least the force behind its creation). If they had a problem with TR they'd have to look themselves in the mirror too. It'd be right in the NCAA's face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlsiouxfan Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 You'll never get the chance. The jerkoff turned his back on UND and his past a long time ago and doubt you'll ever see him back any time soon. Supposedly he's being honored next season at a basketball game with and honorary doctorate or something of that nature. The alumni association is trying to get him back for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fetch Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Maybe we could be what ever they call this Polar Bear / Grizzley Cross ? ? ? http://douglieberg.proboards41.com/index.c...read=1147448289 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sioux Hockey Fanatic Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Once a Fighting Sioux always a Fighting Sioux. I won't be cheering "let's go Flickertails" that's for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andtheHomeoftheSIOUX!! Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Once a Fighting Sioux always a Fighting Sioux. I won't be cheering "let's go Flickertails" that's for sure! Yea! I will always cheer for the Fighting Sioux, never will I abandon them. I don't think I will ever cheer for any other nickname UND might use. If they change the name I don't know if I will still cheer for UND but if I do it will almost surely be for the Sioux not whatever they might change the name to. Fighting Sioux Forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigears Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 My favorite is the "Red Cats". The Red River, Catfish. I think it has a ring to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwing77 Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 My favorite is the "Red Cats". The Red River, Catfish. I think it has a ring to it. No, the word 'Red' is "hostile and abusive" to Native Americans so that's out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCM Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 No, the word 'Red' is "hostile and abusive" to Native Americans so that's out. Redwing77 is partly correct. When NCAA president Myles Brand was asked how it was that the nickname "Red Men" was okay for Carthage College but "Redmen" was not, he gave this explanation: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagies Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Redwing77 is partly correct. When NCAA president Myles Brand was asked how it was that the nickname "Red Men" was okay for Carthage College but "Redmen" was not, he gave this explanation: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sioux-cia Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 When NCAA president Myles Brand was asked how it was that the nickname "Red Men" was okay for Carthage College but "Redmen" was not, he gave this explanation: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siouxrunner Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Think we could keep the logo if we used a name like University of North Dakota Legends? I saw a sign with 'North Dakota - Legendary' on it recently and thought this wouldn't be too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sicatoka Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Think we could keep the logo if we used a name like University of North Dakota Legends? The logo has four feathers. The NCAA is all over the College of William and Mary for just two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiouxFanInBoston Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 I wonder what they'd do if we called ourselves the "Seminoles" ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdahl Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 I wonder what they'd do if we called ourselves the "Seminoles" ... It's been suggested that if the approval of local Cherokee tribes could be obtained, "Cherokee" would be an option that wouldn't require millions of dollars of logo-removing facility renovations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 It's been suggested that if the approval of local Cherokee tribes could be obtained, "Cherokee" would be an option that wouldn't require millions of dollars of logo-removing facility renovations. Serously, I didn't even know that ND had Cherokees'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagies Posted May 21, 2006 Share Posted May 21, 2006 It's been suggested that if the approval of local Cherokee tribes could be obtained, "Cherokee" would be an option that wouldn't require millions of dollars of logo-removing facility renovations. I was thinking it was Chippewah or Ojibway. Either way, works for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NORGE Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 I just ran into a group of hockey fans from the Standing Rock Reservation that are all for keeping the name. Granted there were less than a dozen of them, but it's reassuring to know we don't offend everybody. GO SIOUX! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goon Posted May 22, 2006 Share Posted May 22, 2006 I just ran into a group of hockey fans from the Standing Rock Reservation that are all for keeping the name. Granted there were less than a dozen of them, but it's reassuring to know we don't offend everybody. GO SIOUX! I suppose GK will dismiss them as irrelevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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