Geoff Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 NoDak is just an old shorthand nickname for North Dakota. I've seen/used it for years in college hockey discussions. Athletic Director: KTU Blue Grassers Football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mafiaman Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Nokota is a breed of horse in the Badlands of North Dakota. To my knowledge there is no breed "nodak". When searching I did find an individual horse given the name "Nodak" though.While a great campfire story, the "legend" of the Nokota horse "breed" is a farce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman14 Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 I'll take your word on it. I am in no way an expert on the subject. I am just going off of the info I found during a quick search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 North Dakota NoDaks would be beloved if it were a name that had been around for a century. Maybe that means it wouldn't, or shouldn't, work as a modern choice but eh. To me that retro feel is what works. We need more of that in sports. And less fierce animal mascots paired with agressive cartoon logos. PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Noire Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 I actually like the name Nodaks. *runs back to vacation cabin for safety*I do too. It really rolls off the tongue and has that "we made this in the 1800s" feel that makes college nicknames cooler than the pros sometimes. I might be stretching here, but it also sounds a bit tribe-ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewMLind Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Apologies for reverting back to the Hofstra talk, but this one of my favorite logos in college sports.Also, when I was younger and playing NCAA Gamebreaker, I used to think that Hofstra's logo was a Visa card. Now Back to your regularly scheduled UND conversation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hettinger_rl Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Nokota is a breed of horse in the Badlands of North Dakota. To my knowledge there is no breed "nodak". When searching I did find an individual horse given the name "Nodak" though.While a great campfire story, the "legend" of the Nokota horse "breed" is a farce.I gotta go there, what makes you say that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjd77 Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 The name had to be changed because you couldn't license the intellectual property from the people who own it. Period.As for "Pride", it's never a great nickname but at least Hofstra uses it in the sense of a collective noun for group of lions, instead of the abstract sense of satisfaction in one's own accomplishments or status.A little off topic but does anyone recall why Hofstra changed from the Dutchmen?Hofstra wanted to establish a more unified identity, so the Pride name came about as a result of a campaign to do just that. They zoned in on the lion as the symbol of the university, which made sense. But Flying Dutchmen was a great name.I'll agree Flying Dutchman was a great name and I was sad to see it go. I thought maybe it had to do with gender issues which I would have called BS on. There is a high school in my area with the Flying Dutchmen name and the girls teams are referred to as the Lady Dutch. Never any problems or complaints so that's why I was curious about the reasoning for the Hofstra change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mafiaman Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 The name had to be changed because you couldn't license the intellectual property from the people who own it. Period.As for "Pride", it's never a great nickname but at least Hofstra uses it in the sense of a collective noun for group of lions, instead of the abstract sense of satisfaction in one's own accomplishments or status. A little off topic but does anyone recall why Hofstra changed from the Dutchmen? Hofstra wanted to establish a more unified identity, so the Pride name came about as a result of a campaign to do just that. They zoned in on the lion as the symbol of the university, which made sense. But Flying Dutchmen was a great name. I'll agree Flying Dutchman was a great name and I was sad to see it go. I thought maybe it had to do with gender issues which I would have called BS on. There is a high school in my area with the Flying Dutchmen name and the girls teams are referred to as the Lady Dutch. Never any problems or complaints so that's why I was curious about the reasoning for the Hofstra change.Flying Dutchmen was a great nickname. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosioux76 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 The final five has been released. Noteworthy in its omission — going nickname-less no longer among the options.Here they are: Fighting HawksNodaksNorth StarsRoughridersSundogshttp://und.edu/features/2015/07/nickname-committee.cfm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PackerFan98 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 I want to see them go with Nodaks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosioux76 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Perhaps the most disheartening part of this, for me, is to read that "Fighting Hawks" and "Sundogs" received the highest ranking from the university's nickname committee, according to this Grand Forks Herald story. Those are the two worst of the bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 The final five has been released. Noteworthy in its omission — going nickname-less no longer among the options.Here they are: Fighting HawksNodaksNorth StarsRoughridersSundogshttp://und.edu/features/2015/07/nickname-committee.cfmNorth Stars would be great, can they still have the indian head logo? PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMac Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 The final five has been released. Noteworthy in its omission going nickname-less no longer among the options.Here they are: Fighting HawksNodaksNorth StarsRoughridersSundogshttp://und.edu/features/2015/07/nickname-committee.cfm North Stars would be great, can they still have the indian head logo?No. They will go with this logo instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustDevil61 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 The final five has been released. Noteworthy in its omission going nickname-less no longer among the options.Here they are: Fighting HawksNodaksNorth StarsRoughridersSundogshttp://und.edu/features/2015/07/nickname-committee.cfm North Stars would be great, can they still have the indian head logo?No. They will go with this logo instead. I'm on board with North Stars (I've been looking at their MS in Space Studies program, though that makes me a bit bias ), though "The University of North Dakota North Stars" can sound a bit redundant. If it's a big enough problem, maybe use "The University of North Dakota Stars" when referring to the full name and "North Stars" when directly referring to athletics teams. AKA @LanRovr0 on Twitter LED Sig Credits to packerfan21396 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 It would be funny/weird seeing a team called the North Stars have an Indian head logo, it would be like a team called the Oilers with the Flames logo. PotD May 11th, 2011looooooogodud: June 7th 2010 - July 5th 2012 Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportstar1212 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 My hope is for Roughriders. That said, I'd settle for North Stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayMac Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Roughriders is my choice too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Buffalo Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 If I had to pick from this list. I would go with Roughriders.North Stars is second choice.Nodaks thirdAND I could never pull for any nickname that just puts "sun" (or "ice" for hockey teams) in front of another name. SunDogs, IceDogs, etc...Sorry to see North Dakota have to changeThey could have just changed to the "Fighting Sue" and had a logo of Susan Sarandon and Susan Lucci facing each other in Boxing Gloves!Sorry, that jokes probably been used almost as much as "put a Potato on the Washington NFL Teams Helmet and call it a day"!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosioux76 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Frankly, I'm baffled that "Sundogs" made it this far. It makes absolutely no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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