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UND Nickname Vote October 19-23

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I come bearing wonderful news!

Fans and alumni can finally weigh in on the new University of North Dakota team nickname in mid-October.

Online voting will begin at 8 a.m. Monday, Oct. 19, and will conclude at midnight on Friday, Oct. 23.

Voting is open to: current UND students, faculty and staff; UND alumni, retirees and donors; and current season ticket holders for UND athletic events (one vote per account).

You may be wondering why I'm so excited by this. In response, I urge you to go here and look at compare the dates of Minnesota Football's schedule with that of the voting process.

The vote takes place during Minnesota's bye week.

That's right friends! The worst week of the 2015 Minnesota football season, when you can reasonably be expected to do yard work and other chores, now includes a giant schadenfreude gift from the University of North Dakota.

Thanks to the school's announcement that they will refuse to consider "no nickname" as an option, there is guaranteed to be a decent to enormous amount of UND fan angst over the outcome of the voting. I expect that angst to reach a fever pitch during the bye week and I look forward to the entertaining letters to the editor that shall ensue.

Good luck UND (you'll need it) and thanks for thinking of Gophers fans when making this decision!