Testify!

[tony]

https://campusinsiders.com/news/fargodome-ndsu-bison-bucket-list-priority-01-24-2017/?utm_source=CI%20tw&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Campus%20Insiders

"Any college football fan should do it, if you ever get a chance to. It’s a bucket list item. Go out, have dinner, have some drinks with friends, meet some of the people and go to a game to see what it’s like.”

I'd kind of like to make this a master list of testimonials because it's always good to have references to counter misconceptions and outright lies spread by neo-Prohibitionists, skeptical UND friends, or North Dakota newspaper editorial boards. :)

campusinsiders.com: Fargodome should be on ever college football fan's bucket list (https://campusinsiders.com/news/fargodome-ndsu-bison-bucket-list-priority-01-24-2017/)
huffingtonpost.com: NDSU: 4th best tailgating in all college football (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-daily-meal/the-best-colleges-for-tai_b_5737026.html)
bleacherreport.com: Fargo is football central, don'tch know? (http://thelab.bleacherreport.com/fargo-is-football-central-don-tcha-know/)
totalfratmove.com: North Dakota State Has the Nicest Fans in College Football (http://totalfratmove.com/north-dakota-state-nicest-fans-in-college-football/)

[Bisonator98]

https://campusinsiders.com/news/fargodome-ndsu-bison-bucket-list-priority-01-24-2017/?utm_source=CI%20tw&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Campus%20Insiders

"Any college football fan should do it, if you ever get a chance to. It’s a bucket list item. Go out, have dinner, have some drinks with friends, meet some of the people and go to a game to see what it’s like.”

I'd kind of like to make this a master list of testimonials because it's always good to have references to counter misconceptions and outright lies spread by neo-Prohibitionists, skeptical UND friends, or North Dakota newspaper editorial boards. :)

Huffington Post: 4th best place to tailgate: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-daily-meal/the-best-colleges-for-tai_b_5737026.html
Bleacher Report: "Fargo is football central, don'tch know?" http://thelab.bleacherreport.com/fargo-is-football-central-don-tcha-know/

Lol at this "correction" on the bottom of the don'tch know article:
The original version also did not acknowledge that the University of North Dakota men's hockey team, which won the NCAA title in 2016 and has attendance figures approaching that of some NHL teams, qualifies as a major college team in the area.
:rofl: Apparently some f'awkers got their panties in a bunch over this article.

[SoCalBison]

Tony, great idea for a thread. Nice to read (or re-read) these articles.

[BisonNeil]

They don't need hockey to be big time after they join the valley :D

http://www.wday.com/sports/4204986-sources-und-set-leave-big-sky-conference

[Hammersmith]

North Dakota State Has The Nicest Fans In College Football
http://totalfratmove.com/north-dakota-state-nicest-fans-in-college-football/

This the kind of thing you're looking for?

[tony]

North Dakota State Has The Nicest Fans In College Football
http://totalfratmove.com/north-dakota-state-nicest-fans-in-college-football/

This the kind of thing you're looking for?

Yes, that is exactly the type of thing.

Updated the first post... made it purdier too.

[tony]

Cripes... UND fans need not post in this thread. Moved a bunch of posts out to Smack.

Back on topic.

[scottietohottie]

Cripes... UND fans need not post in this thread. Moved a bunch of posts out to Smack.

Back on topic.

it's almost as bad as the FBS posters

[CAS4127]

How did the Bison nickname come about, you ask? Here's the March 3, 1922 @NDSUSpectrum report on the NDAC lettermen's club replacing Aggies.
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[ByeSonBusiness]

How did the Bison nickname come about, you ask? Here's the March 3, 1922 @NDSUSpectrum report on the NDAC lettermen's club replacing Aggies.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170207/247f0fa2da93ecabc465b15de45b6381.jpg
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Would be dope to see some throwback AC uniforms sometime in basketball or football.

[1998braves64]

How did the Bison nickname come about, you ask? Here's the March 3, 1922 @NDSUSpectrum report on the NDAC lettermen's club replacing Aggies.
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170207/247f0fa2da93ecabc465b15de45b6381.jpg
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Man we give The Forum flack for misspellings and such. Bissons?? :hide: Also stated Bisons in the article and another place stated Bison. No word on the official pronounciation though of BiZon! :biggrin:

[barnwintersportsengelstad]

Your school made a good decision back then. I'v read articles in the past, that went something like, that your use of Bissons was one of the reasons that forced the use of flickertails to be retired. There became a UND movement for a more vibrant mascot to keep up with the Bissons. So to your credit, we followed you way back then in name changes. Just to keep an even keel, you followed us in decisions also.
Little did the UND people of that movement know that Sioux was going to be a political nightmare.

[DakotaOkie]

Your school made a good decision back then. I'v read articles in the past, that went something like, that your use of Bissons was one of the reasons that forced the use of flickertails to be retired. There became a UND movement for a more vibrant mascot to keep up with the Bissons. So to your credit, we followed you way back then in name changes. Just to keep an even keel, you followed us in decisions also.
Little did the UND people of that movement know that Sioux was going to be a political nightmare.

it always seemed to me there was some sort of food chain upmanship going on in the Dakota universities relative to sport team nicknames. Jackrabbits --> coyotes--> Bison --> Sioux. I have no idea about the timing of all of these name adoptions but it still seems curious. The Bison / Flickertail thing (gophers anyone?) seems to corroborate the theory.

[Hammerhead]

Also notice the NDAC mascot was "Fighting Aggies" while that other school didn't add Fighting to their mascot until the 1990s. :)

[barnwintersportsengelstad]

Also notice the NDAC mascot was "Fighting Aggies" while that other school didn't add Fighting to their mascot until the 1990s. :) I heard of the fighting aggies before, maybe we followed you again when we added fighting to Sioux. I wish we wouldn't have added fighting to Hawks.

[WYOBISONMAN]

You Betcha!!!! Thanks Tony! A fun read....

[Bison03]

"This week will undoubtedly prove conclusively to UND how big a flickertail looks under the foot of a Bison."
HA!! That is great. I guess the same could be said about a Hawk.