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All Things Denver--XXXV

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A Shot and a Goal said:
...or Diane Wendt.
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Little Diane Wendt story: was in the Arena doing some canned PBP. UNO was organizing their program and my station was planning to bid on the broadcasts. We knew each other from my alumni activities. When I told here about UNO, she began to speak approvingly of Cajun cooking and Mardi Gras. No dear, the other UNO.
 
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du78 said:
All you have to say is Ron Oyer :(
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Last time his name came up didn't somebody (you?) provide a link showing that old Ron's running an adult skating program at some rink somewhere? Or maybe a chicken inspector for Colonel Sanders?
 
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A Shot and a Goal said:
One possible alternative to the O.H. is to say "screw it" to the whole nonsense and adopt the Fighting Sioux as DU's new moniker.
Respectively submitted....et cetera, et cetera.
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Well we're not using it anymore, so have at it. But there might be a college sports governing body that might not approve.

A Shot and a Goal said:
Having attended the DU-North Dakota series last month, I can report that try as it might to inseparably dislodge "Fighting Sioux" from the University of North Dakota, the NCAA has not, nor will it ever be successful in so doing. As they should, UND hockey partisans will always proclaim their team to be the Fighting Sioux.
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I'm afraid you may be wrong about this. It will take several years, but after they adopt some new lame nickname, people will slowly let the Fighting Sioux heritage die. Like what DU has and is going through with Boone, it sucks.
 
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Siouxfaninseattle said:
Well we're not using it anymore, so have at it. But there might be a college sports governing body that might not approve.



I'm afraid you may be wrong about this. It will take several years, but after they adopt some new lame nickname, people will slowly let the Fighting Sioux heritage die. Like what DU has and is going through with Boone, it sucks.
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Hey Seattle, Maybe you'll be right on that score, but I expect it to be a long time before UND fans come to Magness Arena and stop yelling "Let's Go Sioux" every other line change.
 
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Old Pio said:
An historical note (which has no bearing on the merits of your suggestion): The Archies was not a "group," just studio musicians, sort of like The Village People or Milli Vanilli.
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What??? Are you effing SERIOUS?!?!?! Wow, the guy just knows EVERYTHING! :rolleyes:
 
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I'm a big believer in "Grassroots Projects."

USCHO, LetsGoDU, Boone mascot, t-shirt giveaways, pre-game events, building/supporting the student section, 50/50 Raffles, hockey roadtrips, ect. are all examples of things that have built PioNation into what it is today. Volunteer efforts that have impacted the university culture.

Writing emails to the Alumni Association isn't going to sway anyone's opinion over at DU, but it may convince the administration to work a lot harder to find a WIN/WIN solution to this mess they've created. And no matter what side of the issue you're on, that's a good thing.

The mascot project has been yanked out of the hands of the Student Task Force and handed over to the DU Marketing & Communications Department to see if they can get the project moving forward.

Now DU has sent the email to the alumni to presumably "test the temperature of the water." The choice is clear, reply to the email and voice your opinion, or stick your head in the sand and let them come up with their "Flub-A-Dub."
 
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dggoddard said:
I'm a big believer in "Grassroots Projects."

USCHO, LetsGoDU, Boone mascot, t-shirt giveaways, pre-game events, building/supporting the student section, 50/50 Raffles, hockey roadtrips, ect. are all examples of things that have built PioNation into what it is today. Volunteer efforts that have impacted the university culture.

Writing emails to the Alumni Association isn't going to sway anyone's opinion over at DU, but it may convince the administration to work a lot harder to find a WIN/WIN solution to this mess they've created. And no matter what side of the issue you're on, that's a good thing.

The mascot project has been yanked out of the hands of the Student Task Force and handed over to the DU Marketing & Communications Department to see if they can get the project moving forward.

Now DU has sent the email to the alumni to presumably "test the temperature of the water." The choice is clear, reply to the email and voice your opinion, or stick your head in the sand and let them come up with their "Flub-A-Dub."
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I think Santa prefers sugar cookies and he's drinking 2% these days.
 
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Old Pio said:
I think Santa prefers sugar cookies and he's drinking 2% these days.
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Whatever mascot is selected, Coombe still needs buy-in from Athletics and then he'll need it run it by the Board of Trustees. So if they come up with something stupid, its going to end up making him look bad.

So anyone in the administration who thought this process was going to be easy was very niave
 
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dggoddard said:
Whatever mascot is selected, Coombe still needs buy-in from Athletics and then he'll need it run it by the Board of Trustees. So if they come up with something stupid, its going to end up making him look bad.

So anyone in the administration who thought this process was going to be easy was very niave
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But zero input on the big decision: dumping Boone. At some point, after the various poobahs have created a list of finalists, students and perhaps alumni will get a chance to "vote." Rather like condemned men in Utah, who get to "vote," selecting between lethal injection and the firing squad.

This is a conversation I would much prefer to have on the blog. But you know why that's not happening.
 
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Arafel said:
I found one scenario where they are out, and it requires Union, Connecticut, Providence, Wisconsin, and Michigan to win the conference tournaments. Interestingly enough, switching out CC for Wisconsin but leaving the rest of the conference winners the same leaves DU in as the 16 seed,
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With all due respect to these fine established or up-and-coming programs, we need one of you (and perhaps Ohio State) to bow out today or tomorrow. Thank you in advance for your assistance. If any Pioneer fans/alumni are already planning to travel to Pittsburgh this year, I'll be there regardless of the FF participants. My seats are currently nosebleed (section 209)...hope to see some of you there!
 
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pdauphin said:
With all due respect to these fine established or up-and-coming programs, we need one of you (and perhaps Ohio State) to bow out today or tomorrow. Thank you in advance for your assistance. If any Pioneer fans/alumni are already planning to travel to Pittsburgh this year, I'll be there regardless of the FF participants. My seats are currently nosebleed (section 209)...hope to see some of you there!
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Did you drive the Zamboni at the old DU Arena? If so probably should have gotten combat pay.:rolleyes:
Always thought it would be fun to take a ride around the rink on that mechanical monster.

How about a little history:
The Zamboni Company acquired Model C11 in January of 2012 and it is currently being restored. The machine was originally delivered to Denver University in 1953.
 
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