Signs/Cheers/Chants for North Dakota

[Josh '99]

[quote Chris '03]Plus one of their d-men is listed at 6'7"! Yikes. [/quote]The giant defenseman, Joe Finley, has missed all but two of UND's games so far this year; the feeling among Sioux fans on USCHO seems to be that this is a big reason (along with the graduation of Lamoreux) why they've given up so many goals (3.33 per game vs. 1.86 per game last year).

Edit:  And yes, mostly midgets otherwise, though they seem to be more of the 5'10" or 5'11" variety other than one 5'6" (though, granted, the one 5'6" guy won the Hobey two years ago).

Edit again:  UND forward Brett Hextall, pointed out for being from Manhattan Beach, is also notable because he's the son of longtime NHL goalie Ron Hextall.  There's definitely a chant (well, more of a drone, I suppose) that goes with his name.  :-D

[jtwcornell91]

[quote Chris '03]There's also the potential to make fun of the Notre Dame/North Dakota UND logo thing. I get the sense they are sensitive about that out there.[/quote]

As I understand it, they actually have a licensing arrangement with Notre Dame to let them use the logo. ::rolleyes::

[Cactus12]

"North Dakota, Home of ________"

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

"You're not even a safety school!" also sung to the tune of "Princeton's in New Jersey!"

University of
Nothing to
Do

[Liz '05]

I'm not sure what you could possibly do with this, but UND has a kick-ass aviation program.  Perhaps a fight (Cornell)/flight (UND) joke?

[djk26]

Thanks for the link, Rich.  The description of the arena is just embarassing; it looks like it was written by an overeager junior college student.  

"In its inaugural season (2001-02) in the new Ralph Engelstad Arena, Fighting Sioux Hockey attendance erupted into an all time high."

What's the subject of this sentence?  Can attendance "erupt"?

"Since opening its doors on October 5, 2001, the Ralph Engelstad Arena has played host too many big attractions"

I'm sure that there was two much excitement too fully describe.

A "restrained" cheer:

"Go-pher rejects!" (clap clap clapclapclap)

A "nasty" cheer, since NoDak fans will have plenty:

"You love Na-zis!" (clap clap clapclapclap)

[Josh '99]

[quote djk26]A "nasty" cheer, since NoDak fans will have plenty:

"You love Na-zis!" (clap clap clapclapclap)[/quote]:-O

Wow, I was trying to come up with a tactful way to get at that, but you really just went right for it, didn't you?  :-D

[Trotsky]

[quote Josh '99][quote djk26]A "nasty" cheer, since NoDak fans will have plenty:

"You love Na-zis!" (clap clap clapclapclap)[/quote]:-O

Wow, I was trying to come up with a tactful way to get at that, but you really just went right for it, didn't you?  :-D[/quote]Yeah, um... hopefully nobody goes there.  Pretty much a beating offense.

[Josh '99]

[quote Trotsky][quote Josh '99][quote djk26]A "nasty" cheer, since NoDak fans will have plenty:

"You love Na-zis!" (clap clap clapclapclap)[/quote]:-O

Wow, I was trying to come up with a tactful way to get at that, but you really just went right for it, didn't you?  :-D[/quote]Yeah, um... hopefully nobody goes there.  Pretty much a beating offense.[/quote]No, I definitely think we need to go there, since their pretty new arena was paid for by and named for a noted Nazy sympathizer, I just think we need to be funny about it!  I'm OK with a cheer that will horrify the UND fans, as long as it makes them laugh at the same time.

(But then, I also thought making fun of Tyler Hirsch for being crazy was fair game if he played against us.)

[French Rage]

[quote Jeff Hopkins '82]sung to the tune of "Princeton's in New Jersey!"[/quote]

"North Dakota's in North Dakota!"

[djk26]

The "You love Nazis" cheer should only be used if the NoDak fans get really offensive towards our fans.  Even then, I know that it probably shouldn't be used at all.  It's probably less effective, since the average fan likely does not know the background of Mr. Engelstad.

"Go-pher rejects" works much better.  I know very little about the WCHA, but I know that if you can find a way to claim that Minnesota is better than your opponent, then your opponent's fans will have a Pavlovian negative response.

[Cornell11]

how many cornell fans are even going to be in attendence? 50? 75?

[JDeafv]

"Hey UND, you spent $100 million and you're hockey team STILL SUCKS." -- Also from Kate.

If Cornell is up at the end of the game: "Ralph is rolling." clap-clap-clapclapclap

Kate and I will be there, that's 2!

[ebilmes]

[quote French Rage][quote Jeff Hopkins '82]sung to the tune of "Princeton's in New Jersey!"[/quote]

"North Dakota's in North Dakota!"[/quote]

My favorite one so far.

[Josh '99]

[quote JDeafv]"Hey UND, you spent $100 million and you're hockey team STILL SUCKS." -- Also from Kate.

If Cornell is up at the end of the game: "Ralph is rolling." clap-clap-clapclapclap

Kate and I will be there, that's 2![/quote]Alternate version:  "Ralph is ashamed" a la "Hobey is ashamed".