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(05-19-2013 11:52 AM)NJRedMan Wrote:  The red storm. Close the thread.

I stopped rooting for SJU after Louie left and you changed your name to the Red Storm...
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(05-20-2013 09:24 AM)nokota Wrote:  There have been quite a few names suggested, one of which was Nokota, which is the state horse. Most don't care for it as it is redundant... North Dakota Nokotas.

Nakotas is pretty cool. Keeps the whole native American jibe.

Living in the Upper Midwest, and hearing Indian pronunciation as much as I do, would it be correct to say that it would be pronounced Nah. Koh. Tah. with a pause between each syllable and an emphasis on the N, the K, and the T, as opposed to a "Toyotas" sounding "nakotas?
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(05-20-2013 02:36 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  
(05-20-2013 09:24 AM)nokota Wrote:  There have been quite a few names suggested, one of which was Nokota, which is the state horse. Most don't care for it as it is redundant... North Dakota Nokotas.

Nakotas is pretty cool. Keeps the whole native American jibe.

Living in the Upper Midwest, and hearing Indian pronunciation as much as I do, would it be correct to say that it would be pronounced Nah. Koh. Tah. with a pause between each syllable and an emphasis on the N, the K, and the T, as opposed to a "Toyotas" sounding "nakotas?
Sounds right, but you need to watch the spelling.... Nokota is a horse... Nakota is a tribe, which is what got UND in trouble in the first place.

Sioux tribes... Dakota, Lakota and Nakota.

Nokota horses have a nice history, as they are supposedly the last descendants of wild horses in North Dakota.

Nokota also connects well with the logo that is embedded in the floors of The Ralph

[Image: RalphEngelstadlogo.jpg]

and the Sitting Bull statue out front.[Image: sioux.jpg]
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(05-19-2013 01:39 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  [Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmSvzCHxAQnERtZoROCDP...SYjDekLyOA]
[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQPupOj_3vJhax6a8aCFRo...vjLU0446xH]

there's a Poca fan who posts on the WVU Scouts site
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(05-20-2013 09:46 AM)Underdog Wrote:  
(05-20-2013 09:24 AM)nokota Wrote:  Best... Fighting Sioux. Also pretty cool logo [Image: 15259301_BG1.jpg] Unfortunately, it is now gone. Due to the whole legal battle North Dakota will not be allowed to have a new nickname for a couple of years. Some who love the Sioux name would like to just keep UND with no nickname, allowing Sioux to live on unofficially.

There have been quite a few names suggested, one of which was Nokota, which is the state horse. Most don't care for it as it is redundant... North Dakota Nokotas.

Since North Dakota has become a huge oil state in the past few years... Wildcatters.

All kinds of ideas for new names here... UND Nickname

Anyone have any good ideas?

I like Nokotas better than Fighting Sioux. A twist to the horse theme could be the Night Mares...

[Image: Nokota_Horses_cropped.jpg]

OO that would be fun especially for all you D&D gamers out there.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRe-qBUEdF3yLrufptN2KA...EQho6nVnTw]

A night Mare in D&D.
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(05-20-2013 06:40 PM)Theodoresdaddy Wrote:  
(05-19-2013 01:39 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  [Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmSvzCHxAQnERtZoROCDP...SYjDekLyOA]
[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQPupOj_3vJhax6a8aCFRo...vjLU0446xH]
there's a Poca fan who posts on the WVU Scouts site
I know a couple of Poca grads who went to WVU, which isn't surprising considering it's a WV HS with a pretty good sports history in AA...
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(05-20-2013 07:01 PM)Sultan of Euphonistan Wrote:  OO that would be fun especially for all you D&D gamers out there.


North Dakota Night Mares[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRe-qBUEdF3yLrufptN2KA...EQho6nVnTw]

A night Mare in D&D.

@ Sultan of Euphonistan

I like the pic.... It's a perfect logo for the name
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(05-19-2013 01:39 PM)bitcruncher Wrote:  [Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmSvzCHxAQnERtZoROCDP...SYjDekLyOA]
[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQPupOj_3vJhax6a8aCFRo...vjLU0446xH]

It does grow on you.... That's the only nickname that would fit the school.
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(05-20-2013 09:24 AM)nokota Wrote:  Best... Fighting Sioux. Also pretty cool logo [Image: 15259301_BG1.jpg] Unfortunately, it is now gone. Due to the whole legal battle North Dakota will not be allowed to have a new nickname for a couple of years. Some who love the Sioux name would like to just keep UND with no nickname, allowing Sioux to live on unofficially.

There have been quite a few names suggested, one of which was Nokota, which is the state horse. Most don't care for it as it is redundant... North Dakota Nokotas.

Since North Dakota has become a huge oil state in the past few years... Wildcatters.

All kinds of ideas for new names here... UND Nickname

Anyone have any good ideas?

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(05-20-2013 07:01 PM)Sultan of Euphonistan Wrote:  
(05-20-2013 09:46 AM)Underdog Wrote:  
(05-20-2013 09:24 AM)nokota Wrote:  Best... Fighting Sioux. Also pretty cool logo [Image: 15259301_BG1.jpg] Unfortunately, it is now gone. Due to the whole legal battle North Dakota will not be allowed to have a new nickname for a couple of years. Some who love the Sioux name would like to just keep UND with no nickname, allowing Sioux to live on unofficially.

There have been quite a few names suggested, one of which was Nokota, which is the state horse. Most don't care for it as it is redundant... North Dakota Nokotas.

Since North Dakota has become a huge oil state in the past few years... Wildcatters.

All kinds of ideas for new names here... UND Nickname

Anyone have any good ideas?

I like Nokotas better than Fighting Sioux. A twist to the horse theme could be the Night Mares...

[Image: Nokota_Horses_cropped.jpg]

OO that would be fun especially for all you D&D gamers out there.

[Image: images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRe-qBUEdF3yLrufptN2KA...EQho6nVnTw]

A night Mare in D&D.

Yeah, we went down that route too after we had to change our indian mascot.

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My all-time favorite.

They are now the Pekin Dragons

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