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    Default Re: SIGN IDEAS for BISON fb &/or UCD

    Quote Originally Posted by tony View Post
    I think that's a very good bet. UC Davis didn't have a football team until 1916 and NDSU adopted "Aggies" in the early 1900's.

    BTW, this is the 100th year of NDSU using the Bison nickname.
    Is it the 100th year? I ask because I know the coach who got the name changed from Aggies to Bison was hired in 1919, but it has always been my understanding that the name change wasn't "official" until 1921. Do you have another source other than Wikipedia?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_...Bison_football

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    Quote Originally Posted by BisonNeil View Post
    Is it the 100th year? I ask because I know the coach who got the name changed from Aggies to Bison was hired in 1919, but it has always been my understanding that the name change wasn't "official" until 1921. Do you have another source other than Wikipedia?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_...Bison_football
    NDAC was known as Farmers in the 1890's and early 1900's switched to Aggies then to Bison. Bison nickname as official in March of 1922. Bison name was the idea of Stan Borleske who was AD. He wanted a strong and fierce mascot. Information found on gobison.com site.
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    Get a job, hippies!
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    My wife likes the D!
    Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir."
    Scrooge-"Are there no prisons?". "Plenty of prisons..."
    Scrooge-"And the Union workhouses." . "Are they still in operation?". "Both very busy, sir..."
    "Those who are badly off must go there."
    "Many can't go there; and many would rather die."
    Scrooge- "If they would rather die," "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."

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    Might as well add a sign for Saybein for the next 4 years.

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    Default Re: SIGN IDEAS for BISON fb &/or UCD

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Meaty View Post
    NDAC was known as Farmers in the 1890's and early 1900's switched to Aggies then to Bison. Bison nickname as official in March of 1922. Bison name was the idea of Stan Borleske who was AD. He wanted a strong and fierce mascot. Information found on gobison.com site.
    HTF is this supposed to fit on fannette's sign board?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bisonator98 View Post
    HTF is this supposed to fit on fannette's sign board?
    Small Print.
    Hail the BISON!!!

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    Default Re: SIGN IDEAS for BISON fb &/or UCD

    Quote Originally Posted by BisonNeil View Post
    Is it the 100th year? I ask because I know the coach who got the name changed from Aggies to Bison was hired in 1919, but it has always been my understanding that the name change wasn't "official" until 1921. Do you have another source other than Wikipedia?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_...Bison_football
    https://gobison.com/sports/2013/5/23/quickfacts.aspx

    And, actually, 1919 was the date I had when this site was first made. Here's one of the site's original pages: http://www.bisonville.com/history.html That means the info probably came from a football media guide.

    1922 was when the lettermen's club voted to adopt the nickname officially* for all sports so I can see how there'd be some confusion.

    Now, the way to prove it would be to find an old Spectrum or Fargo Forum that uses the nickname in 1919.

    * or as officially as things could be done back then

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bison bison View Post
    My wife likes the D!
    We know. We ALL know.

    (Sorry, you served that one up)

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    As I read thru these:
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    And.....
    Throwing my hands up in the air!!!

    True story: Yesterday I made a sign... took hours to say the least... thought it would be a nice gesture.
    Tonight I read something online. Put the sign under the bed with all the other “retired” signs. Wasted $45. Oh well.
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