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    why the heck can't our Athletic Dept/Marketing staff get ESPN to use NDSU ?

    Today it was N Dakta St

    last few yeaes No Dakota St.

    (weve seen ND State and others)

    wouldn't NDSU just be easier across the board on all marketing? it looked so stupid all over ESPN platforms today.
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    Um...NDSU cant tell a tv network what to do....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bison03 View Post
    Um...NDSU cant tell a tv network what to do....
    i see SMU and NMSU plenty of others.

    of course they can contact someone there.. gimme a reason why they havent
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    Quote Originally Posted by El_Chapo View Post
    i see SMU and NMSU plenty of others.

    of course they can contact someone there.. gimme a reason why they havent
    Because they realized what dbags we came off as correcting their pronunciation?
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    Quote Originally Posted by bisonaudit View Post
    Because they realized what dbags we came off as correcting their pronunciation?
    Awe shucks, talkin funny what's we're know fer don't Cha know?

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    Quote Originally Posted by EC8CH View Post
    Awe shucks, talkin funny what's we're know fer don't Cha know?
    Oh sher yoo bet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bisonaudit View Post
    Because they realized what dbags we came off as correcting their pronunciation?
    They should be thanking us for that.

    Also, it is good marketing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tony View Post
    They should be thanking us for that.

    Also, it is good marketing.
    yea on gameday they Emphasize the BIZON and its awesome

    just put NDSU on all media. its pretty dam simple
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    Default Re: ESPN & NDSU name

    I've seen this with other schools as well.

    I think the "U" becomes redundant and implied when you know it's NCAA, from ESPN's point of view.

    My favorites have been when ESPN named:

    University of Louisiana Monroe: LAMO
    University of Louisiana at Lafayette: LALA

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    Quote Originally Posted by El_Chapo View Post
    why the heck can't our Athletic Dept/Marketing staff get ESPN to use NDSU ?

    Today it was N Dakta St

    last few yeaes No Dakota St.

    (weve seen ND State and others)

    wouldn't NDSU just be easier across the board on all marketing? it looked so stupid all over ESPN platforms today.
    As long as its clear who they are referring to i don't really see a problem.

    As long as they get the State in there I'm content. Annoying when people say the "North Dakota has a great team" or something along those lines.
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