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Heard Bohl is cleaning house

ragtimejoe1 said:
JimmyDimes said:
Some people like to create drama.

Silly me; I thought this was a place where topics were brought up and people discussed them. You know, like a message board.


I think the coaches look at this like the lady justice statue, you know the one with blindfold and scale. Doesnt matter who it is, or what the situation is. Remember when CSU blocked the transfer of that Qb from NC state to Wyoming? I was pissed off, but it was their right to block it.
 
Maybe everyone already knows, but this is the University of No. Dakota, not No. Dakota St. - where Bohl came from. Other than that, I don't have a dog in this fight.
 
WYCowboy said:
Maybe everyone already knows, but this is the University of No. Dakota, not No. Dakota St. - where Bohl came from. Other than that, I don't have a dog in this fight.
I'm going to derail this thread. North Dakota still has no name after their Sioux issue. They allowed the public to have their say in what the new name should be. The responses were hilarious. This was printed on the university website and all.

http://und.edu/nickname/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

"Abdominal Snowmen - Because fuck it why not, it's basically the north pole there."
 
J-Rod said:
WYCowboy said:
Maybe everyone already knows, but this is the University of No. Dakota, not No. Dakota St. - where Bohl came from. Other than that, I don't have a dog in this fight.
I'm going to derail this thread. North Dakota still has no name after their Sioux issue. They allowed the public to have their say in what the new name should be. The responses were hilarious. This was printed on the university website and all.

http://und.edu/nickname/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

"Abdominal Snowmen - Because fuck it why not, it's basically the north pole there."

LOL A lot of them wants the university to keep the Fighting Sioux nickname just to shove it up the NCAA's rear end. :rofl:
 
Wyokie said:
J-Rod said:
WYCowboy said:
Maybe everyone already knows, but this is the University of No. Dakota, not No. Dakota St. - where Bohl came from. Other than that, I don't have a dog in this fight.
I'm going to derail this thread. North Dakota still has no name after their Sioux issue. They allowed the public to have their say in what the new name should be. The responses were hilarious. This was printed on the university website and all.

http://und.edu/nickname/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

"Abdominal Snowmen - Because fuck it why not, it's basically the north pole there."

LOL A lot of them wants the university to keep the Fighting Sioux nickname just to shove it up the NCAA's rear end. :rofl:

And that made the good list, the cut for names to be considered...lol.
 
Wyokie said:
J-Rod said:
WYCowboy said:
Maybe everyone already knows, but this is the University of No. Dakota, not No. Dakota St. - where Bohl came from. Other than that, I don't have a dog in this fight.
I'm going to derail this thread. North Dakota still has no name after their Sioux issue. They allowed the public to have their say in what the new name should be. The responses were hilarious. This was printed on the university website and all.

http://und.edu/nickname/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

"Abdominal Snowmen - Because fuck it why not, it's basically the north pole there."

LOL A lot of them wants the university to keep the Fighting Sioux nickname just to shove it up the NCAA's rear end. :rofl:

I think most of you know I have my bachelor's from UND and I am from North Dakota. My master's is from Wyoming. I'm going to Laramie for the game with UND gear. My first loyalty is to my undergrad. You won't see any smack from me on this game. I'll cheer UND, but I am not delusional enough to believe they are going to win. And I won't be sad if/when UND loses. It's all good, I get to go to Memorial and see my two schools compete.

It's getting pretty crazy up north with the nickname issue. The NCAA has forced their hand and they need to change the nickname. In the meantime, Florida State gets to let a white guy dress in warpaint and throw down a spear in the middle of the football field while a bunch of rubes do a "tomahawk" chop and a war chant. We never did any of that at UND, but apparently we were "racist". The NCAA is one screwed up institution.

Well, I digress.

But, the "unintended consequences" of changing that name are really biting them in the butt. The big list of submitted names was released in a demonstration of transparency that the firm the brought on board to guide the process said was necessary. It probably was...if you don't show what was suggested, then more nut jobs will come out of the closet stating that they never had their say. Got to admit, a lot of them were pretty funny.

There are those who want the Fighting Sioux name to stay so they can act tough with the NCAA. That's not realistic. The NCAA is > UND. You want to play, you go along with the name change. There are those who don't want a nickname, so the de facto name would remain "Fighting Sioux". Again, not realistic. Eventually a name will be chosen to make sure that the Fighting Sioux name is buried.

So, now they pare it down to a "vote", which will probably be non-binding. The reality is that a new nickname will be chosen by a committee, and less than 50% of stakeholders will be unhappy no matter what name is chosen. The name they choose will be done int he best interests of the University. Whatever it is, I'm good with it.

Let's face it, if the NCAA said you could no longer be the Cowboys or you face heavy sanctions, all Hell would break loose in the state of Wyoming. Nothing less has happened in North Dakota with the loss of the Fighting Sioux nickname.

I want them to choose a new nickname ASAP and put this to rest.

My top three:

1. Roughriders (Teddy Roosevelt was in western North Dakota for a time and became the tough SOB he was because of it) North Dakota calls itself the Roughrider State. The top civilian honor in North Dakota is the Roughrider Award.

2. Nokotas. It's a breed of horse from North Dakota.

3. Flickertails. The old nickname. I like tradition. A Flickertail is the Richardson's Ground Squirrel, they are all over the prairie of North Dakota. North Dakota also calls itself the "Flickertail State".

Yup, I have all the Fighting Sioux gear I need for the rest of my life, but it's time to move on.

Go Sioux! (Or whatever they are going to be called) And go Pokes! ...after that game is over.

Okay folks, tear it up!
 
Hayduke said:
I think most of you know I have my bachelor's from UND and I am from North Dakota. My master's is from Wyoming. I'm going to Laramie for the game with UND gear. My first loyalty is to my undergrad. You won't see any smack from me on this game. I'll cheer UND, but I am not delusional enough to believe they are going to win. And I won't be sad if/when UND loses. It's all good, I get to go to Memorial and see my two schools compete.
As it should. Ranking in my mind 1. Undergrad 2.Grad School 3. Childhood team/picked team
I got so annoyed at people cheering for Nebraska who were alums or current students at UW when we played them

It's getting pretty crazy up north with the nickname issue. The NCAA has forced their hand and they need to change the nickname. In the meantime, Florida State gets to let a white guy dress in warpaint and throw down a spear in the middle of the football field while a bunch of rubes do a "tomahawk" chop and a war chant. We never did any of that at UND, but apparently we were "racist". The NCAA is one screwed up institution.
Isn't it more to do with the fact the FSU has permission from the Seminol nation to use them as a nickname while UND doesn't have permission from the souix nation(or not all the organizations)? I haven't followed it closely but that is what I thought.
Well, I digress.

But, the "unintended consequences" of changing that name are really biting them in the butt. The big list of submitted names was released in a demonstration of transparency that the firm the brought on board to guide the process said was necessary. It probably was...if you don't show what was suggested, then more nut jobs will come out of the closet stating that they never had their say. Got to admit, a lot of them were pretty funny.

There are those who want the Fighting Sioux name to stay so they can act tough with the NCAA. That's not realistic. The NCAA is > UND. You want to play, you go along with the name change. There are those who don't want a nickname, so the de facto name would remain "Fighting Sioux". Again, not realistic. Eventually a name will be chosen to make sure that the Fighting Sioux name is buried.

So, now they pare it down to a "vote", which will probably be non-binding. The reality is that a new nickname will be chosen by a committee, and less than 50% of stakeholders will be unhappy no matter what name is chosen. The name they choose will be done int he best interests of the University. Whatever it is, I'm good with it.

Let's face it, if the NCAA said you could no longer be the Cowboys or you face heavy sanctions, all Hell would break loose in the state of Wyoming. Nothing less has happened in North Dakota with the loss of the Fighting Sioux nickname.

I want them to choose a new nickname ASAP and put this to rest.

My top three:

1. Roughriders (Teddy Roosevelt was in western North Dakota for a time and became the tough SOB he was because of it) North Dakota calls itself the Roughrider State. The top civilian honor in North Dakota is the Roughrider Award.

2. Nokotas. It's a breed of horse from North Dakota.

3. Flickertails. The old nickname. I like tradition. A Flickertail is the Richardson's Ground Squirrel, they are all over the prairie of North Dakota. North Dakota also calls itself the "Flickertail State".

Yup, I have all the Fighting Sioux gear I need for the rest of my life, but it's time to move on.

Go Sioux! (Or whatever they are going to be called) And go Pokes! ...after that game is over.

Okay folks, tear it up!

I like all those names actually. Roughriders is pretty badass and the Flickertails has tradition. Might sound kinda funny to say the University of North Dakota Nokotas. Doesn't flow of the toungue well.

Great post.
 
I don't understand why there's any other options besides "fighting farmers" lol that's obviously the best

This may be one of my favorite thread derailment topics I've seen in a while!
 
laxwyo said:
Roughriders is lame. Isn't there two Canadian teams with that name?

It's one now. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are still around. The other team however, the Ottawa Rough Riders (notice the slightly different spelling), lasted until 1996. Ottawa since then has had two new football teams. The first was the Ottawa Renegades was lasted from 2002 until it got suspended in 2006 before folding in 2008.

Currently Ottawa has a new team called the Ottawa RedBlacks (all one word). This team started in 2014. No idea why they choose that nickname.

Any questions?
 

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