Redwing77's Nickname Post

by Redwing77

As I sit here in a Public Library study room listening to my neighbor chomping away on some sort of snack food louder than any sound you'd hear at, say, a rock concert or perhaps sticking your ears up to an airhorn....  I thought I'd chime in on the nickname thing.

First, and foremost, it isn't going to matter at all what UND does with a new nickname.  Any way they cut it, they'll get blasted.  It's the nature of the beast.  "It's taking too long" is just the first little run of snow in the avalanche if you will.

Anyways, the list.  I've removed the redundancy because, let's face it.. there's a TON of it.  Also, any name I just said "nope" to, I simply deleted as well.  No point in commenting on the ones that just don't fit.


Arctic Blaze/Arctic Force - For some reason oxymorons are cool?
Aurora - We are not a place in Maine.  We are not the given name of Storm of X-Men.  There's nothing to this nickname.  Moving on.
Aviators - I think this one is ok.  We can all don flightsuits and aviator glasses and wave orange batons in a "sieving" motion at the opposing goaltender.
Badlanders -I don't think this is as bad as people think.  However, anything with "bad" in it opens us up for taunting.  That and South Dakota has a lot of badlands too and I'd rather not be associated with them.
Big Green -  Because we want to be like Dartmouth College, right?  Nope.
Bison Slayers - I thought they were going to whittle the list down and eliminate the dumb ones?  Whoops.  One got past the censors.
Blackhawks - YEAH!!!  Let's go ahead and rename ourselves as ANOTHER analogous name to Native Americans!  This will work fine!  Right?  Guys?  Why is our name still on the list?  It's a military helicopter (because the US Army doesn't name their helicopters after Native Americans right?  Not the Apache, the Kiowa, the Cheyenne, the Navajo, Chinook, should I go on?)
BLIZZARD - This would be easy to market.  It's not a bad name, to be honest.
Cavalry - I like this one.  I wonder what would happen.  It's not a Native American nickname, but undoubtedly they'd find offense to it.  Those poor activists need something to whine about.   I think we should make this one a finalist.
Charging Nokota- Hey!  Because we didn't read what I said about Blackhawks... 
ENERGY - OOoh!  We could dress up like cheap 1980s WWF tag team wrestlers!! and no.
Flame/s - Why do "Flame" and "Flames" make the list as separate entities? Doesn't matter.  No. 
Flickertails - no.  We're not misidentified Gophers.
Force of North - the haters would LOVE this one.
Nighthawks- I like this name.  I have TShirts from this team when it was a FAILING FOOTBALL TEAM FROM OMAHA
North Dakota - My first, second and third choice. Ok, I like this too, but the activists "like" this too.  They complain that this is just like keeping the old nickname.  I want this to happen but I also want those morons to be shut out in the cold.  Keeping this keeps those bums inside.
Pride -  OOOH!  We could have rainbow flags and host parades and then when opposing fans mock us, we can charge them with hate crimes!  N-EFFING-O! We are not some platform. 
roughriders - Already High School in Grand Forks. This is out.  yup
Spirit - See explanation for 'Pride' 
STORM - too cliche' 
Sundog/s  - UHHH NO!
Warhawks - Nope.  Analogous to Native Americans.  See Blackhawks.
Warriors  - SEE BLACKHAWKS DANGIT!!!!  There's a reason why Marquette isn't known as the "Golden Warriors" anymore ya know. 
Warriors of the North - LLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEE
Wings - Strangely enough, I like this one.  I wonder why?  (still, no).
 Wooly Mammoth -No thanks to the hairy elephants.

In any case, that's my take on it.  My top three:

1.  North Dakota
2.  Cavalry
3.  tie between Badlanders, Aviators, and Blizzard

Sadly, the nickname I'd've liked to have seen didn't make the list:  Predators.  Sure, it's Nashville's team, but I think the drone is cool.