Nickname picking is not always an easy business. Just ask North Dakota. Back in the days before Native Americans were considered worthy of basic human rights, the powers that be of our northwestern neighbor thought they had the perfect symbol to represent their teams, but them time marched on. Other universities went generic (wildcats), mythical (fighting phoenixes and the like), and some went vaguely Australian, even if few marsupials have traversed the post-industrial wastelands of northeastern Ohio. Then there are some teams that have it too easy. On the Friday after the election, appropriately, the Gophers start Tubby Smith's sixth season against the American Eagles, out of the Patriot League. Naming the team was easy. Beating a Big Ten team won't be.
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