Unique mascots in college sports

[woffordgrad94]

Wofford has a fairly unique mascot in the Terriers, but Boston University, Saint Francis (NY), and maybe a few other lower-division schools share this mascot with us. Here are a few truly unique mascots from teams Wofford has faced in sports somewhere in their past:

Rollins Tars
Eckerd Tritons
North Texas Mean Green (not sure if Wofford's played them in anything, but I know of this one-comes from their most famous alumnus Mean Joe Greene;its teams were formally known as the Eagles)
Presbyterian Blue Hose
I would also say that Furman Paladins is unique, too.

[Mountain Panther]

FCS lost a good mascot when WKU went FBS.

Big Red is pretty unique...

http://www.wku.edu/images/bigred.gif

[skinny_uncle]

These guys are kind of unique. I know of no other college using the Saluki as a mascot.

http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/silu/non-sport/trads/mascot.jpg

[HensRock]

You've played the Fightin' Blue Hens as well!
They are unique at all levels.

[Freightliner]

How bout these

UC Santa Cruz Fighting Bananna Slug
Arkansas Monticello Boll Weevils


There is one that I think is the best yet, but it's a high school team...

Central Catholic Buttons (yes...the Button on your shirt)

when I find some more...i'll post em.

[danefan]

Great Danes are also unique at ALL levels. I've actually tried to see if there are any other Great Danes at any noteable level in the world, but I can't seem to find any. Very minimal research, but it turned up nothing.

[jmc_jackrabbit]

How about the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits? We're the only ones at the college level.

http://www.nmnathletics.com.edgesuite.net/pics19/400/JT/JTYPOWJBBMRPMAI.20071023151146.jpg

[brownbear]

There is one that I think is the best yet, but it's a high school team...

Central Catholic Buttons (yes...the Button on your shirt)

when I find some more...i'll post em.

In Georgia, there was the Johnson High School Atomsmashers

http://www.footballfridaynight.com/gahelmetproject/graphics/johnsonsav2.gif

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Montana Grizzlies. We used to be the only ones in college and Pro's until the now Memphis Griz came into exsistence....I think.

[Cleets]

TCU in Fort Worth

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/9/97/150px-125698.gif

[brownbear]

Youngstown State's pretty good. Anyone else the Penguins?

[Cleets]

I must say: Thats a great mascot..!!!
I like that you've got 'em in Brown and silver (sweet)

http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/silu/non-sport/trads/mascot.jpg

[danefan]

Youngstown State's pretty good. Anyone else the Penguins?

Actually when UA's mascot was chosen, it was done by student vote and the two finalists were the Great Danes and the Penguins!

[roberb7]

Presbyterian Blue Hose


Their mascot is actually a guy dressed up like William Wallace. That's pretty cool, too.

Some favourites of mine:

Idaho Vandals
Point Loma Nazarene Sea Lions
Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves

[spider92]

How about the Richmond Spiders ???? I believe we're the only one to have this as our mascot on the college level.

[Blue Hen Nation]

Surely you haven't forgotten about your favorite mascot in Mid-Atlantic...

[FormerPokeCenter]

Texas A&M - Kingsville, formerly Texas A&I - Javelinas
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi, formerly Corpus Christi State U - Islanders
UTSA - Roadrunners
UTA - Mavericks
Centenary College - Gentlemen
University of Louisiana - Lafayette, formerly USL - Ragin Cajuns
University of Louisiana - Monroe, fomerly Northeast Louisana - WarHawks
University of South Arkansas - Mule Riders
FAMU - Rattlers

[CID1990]

Since Citdog isn't here......

The Wofford College Flaming Pinko Commies is a pretty unique mascot.

[Zoo]

FCS lost a good mascot when WKU went FBS.

Big Red is pretty unique...

http://www.wku.edu/images/bigred.gif

Big Red is unique, but look at where his hand is at in that picture..... he's starting to close in!

[JayJ79]

Wichita State Shockers.
Not so much the mascot itself, just the connotation of the name.
(since I share the same humor as the typical college student)

[brownbear]

Two to add:

UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos
UC-Irvine Anteaters

[EIUsuperfan]

Western Illinois University Fighting Leathernecks

"A "leatherneck" is a nickname applied to the members of the United States Marine Corps. Ray Hanson, an early coach and athletic director at Western, served in World War I and World War II as a Marine. The school received permission to use the name and bulldog mascot from the Marine Corps and is the only non-service academy allowed to officially adopt a nickname and mascot also used by a branch of the United States armed forces."

http://www.halcyon.com/marcs/mascotcoll5.html

[Purple For Life]

http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/images/secondary/aboutwsu/aboutwsu-whatsashocker.jpg

[igo4uni]

http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/images/secondary/aboutwsu/aboutwsu-whatsashocker.jpg

Nah.............I wouldn't hit it!!!xeekx xeekx xeekx xeekx xeekx xeekx xeekx xeekx xcoffeex xcoffeex xcoffeex xcoffeex xcoffeex xcoffeex xcoffeex

[JayJ79]

http://webs.wichita.edu/gs/shockerwallpaper/rockinbig.jpg

notice the hand gestures of the cheerleaders....

[Big Dawg]

http://webs.wichita.edu/gs/shockerwallpaper/rockinbig.jpg

notice the hand gestures of the cheerleaders....

xlolx

[danefan]

Big Red is unique, but look at where his hand is at in that picture..... he's starting to close in!

Cornell is also the Big Red.

[brownbear]

Cornell is also the Big Red.

Big Red is the name of the mascot. WKU's nickname is the Hilltoppers.

[mrklean]

In Georgia, there was the Johnson High School Atomsmashers

http://www.footballfridaynight.com/gahelmetproject/graphics/johnsonsav2.gif

My wife graduated from that school!!!!

In Cairo, GA the High school name is the Syrup Makers

Cairo Syrupmakers (GA) -- One story says this mascot was inspired during a rainy football game, when the owner of a local syrup plant helped out the home team by giving the players ponchos that had "Roddenbury Syrup" written across them. Another story says a newspaper reporter referred to the Tigers as "the syrupmakers from Cairo" in a game story, probably because there was a syrup plant in Cairo at the time. The mascot is depicted as a syrup pitcher. The term is often shortened to "Maids" for the girls or "Makers" for the boys.

[danefan]

Big Red is the name of the mascot. WKU's nickname is the Hilltoppers.


Ohh...gotcha.xthumbsupx

[UNCBears2010]

In Colorado we have the Lyons Lions in high school ball.xthumbsupx

[skinny_uncle]

I must say: Thats a great mascot..!!!
I like that you've got 'em in Brown and silver (sweet)

http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/silu/non-sport/trads/mascot.jpg
Actually they call them Brown Dawg and Grey Dawg.

[97Torero]

USD is the Toreros, and I am pretty sure they are the only ones with that mascot.

[texcap]

At DII one of my favorites is the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys. (Their women's teams are named the Golden Suns).

[AggieFinn]

South Park Cows
Bama Crimson Tide
UCSD Tritons
Idaho Vandals

[RazorEdge19]

Surprised this one hasn't already been said:

Tennessee Volunteers
Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks

[crunifan]

I suppose I should say it...

Iowa State Cyclones

[The Cats]

What is a Catamount?
Western Carolina's moniker since 1933


- Western Carolina University's unique mascot and nickname for its athletics teams seems to always bring about the same question when the Catamounts play on the road ... "What exactly is a Catamount?"

Webster's Dictionary defines "catamount" as "any of various wild cats such as a cougar or lynx." Cats of the catamount variety, including the bobcat, have roamed the southern Appalachian Mountains, where Western Carolina University is located, for years.

The nickname evolved from a contest that was held on the Cullowhee campus in 1933. At the time, the school was called "Western Carolina Teachers College" and its teams were known as "the Teachers."

Everyone on campus was invited to participate in the naming of the teams. The usual names were suggested -- Bears, Indians, Panthers. However, the college wanted an unusual name, a name that few others had and that everyone would not copy.

The contest came down to Mountain Boomers, a small ground squirrel that scampers about the woods and is extremely difficult to catch, and Catamounts. The latter was the favorite of Head Football Coach C.C. Poindexter and was the nickname chosen. Poindexter wanted his players to be Catamounts with "fierce spirit, savage attacks, and lightning quick moves."

Western Carolina University is the only one of two NCAA schools playing under the Catamount moniker. Western is the only football-playing school in the nation using the nickname "Catamounts," with the University of Vermont being the only other school using that nickname.

http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/wcar/sports/genrel/auto_action/108746.jpeg

[TheValleyRaider]

TCU in Fort Worth

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/9/97/150px-125698.gif

Rah Rah TCU! xnodx


http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/images/secondary/aboutwsu/aboutwsu-whatsashocker.jpg

Looks like a rejected Simpsons character

[minuteman65]

Saint Louis Billikens

[ursus arctos horribilis]

A high school in Idaho has a good one:
The Orofino "Maniacs"

A guy I know went to school there, This there school emblem-

[poly51]

Here is a link to all of them. I didn't know there were so many.

http://www.smargon.net/nicknames/

[ursus arctos horribilis]

I tell ya what, if the Gamecocks ever play the Battlin' Beavers in anything, I'm gonna watch.

[Big Dawg]

In Colorado we have the Lyons Lions in high school ball.xthumbsupx


In Tallahassee we have the Leon Lions

[Big Dawg]

Dayum I thought we were the only school with "Rattlers" as the mascot...Saint Mary's University in San Antonio, TX has the same mascot

However I'm glad we aren't "railsplitters"...lol

[R.A.]

Hoyas, Colonels, Terrapins...

[JayJ79]

I tell ya what, if the Gamecocks ever play the Battlin' Beavers in anything, I'm gonna watch.

back in my day, the (Upper Iowa) Peacocks and the (Buena Vista) Beavers were conference foes in the D3 Iowa Conference. But Upper Iowa has since moved to D2

[ursus arctos horribilis]

back in my day, the (Upper Iowa) Peacocks and the (Buena Vista) Beavers were conference foes in the D3 Iowa Conference. But Upper Iowa has since moved to D2

Peacocks is funny.

[URMite]

Both Squirrels are here in VA and I didn't know either of them.

I didn't realize there were 8 Bison and 2 in DC.

Looks like Bulldogs, Eagles, & Wildcats are popular.

What is Davenport University?

I need to look at this list a little more.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Both Squirrels are here in VA and I didn't know either of them.

I didn't realize there were 8 Bison and 2 in DC.

Looks like Bulldogs, Eagles, & Wildcats are popular.

What is Davenport University?

I need to look at this list a little more.

Primary course of study is couches.

[JayJ79]

Primary course of study is couches.

I hear they have a great sofaball team....

[JALMOND]

Still partial to MSU-Northern Lights.

Women's sports, I still do not know how this gets past the censures and all the PC...

Oregon State Lady Beavers.

[th0m]

Delta State Fightin' Okra :D

Vanderbilt Commodores also quite unique I think, or not?
How about the Colonials of RMU?
Longwood are the Lancers.
New Mexico Llobos? (Or is it NMSU, I don't really care tbh)

[Eyes of Old Main]

http://webs.wichita.edu/gs/shockerwallpaper/rockinbig.jpg

notice the hand gestures of the cheerleaders....

Now THAT is funny. xlolx

[Eyes of Old Main]

Since Citdog isn't here......

The Wofford College Flaming Pinko Commies is a pretty unique mascot.

This coming from a school that knows a little bit about flaming...

[Franks Tanks]

Now THAT is funny. xlolx

Wow I cant believe they are flashing the "shocker" sign thats petty crazy.

[brownbear]

Delta State Fightin' Okra :D

Vanderbilt Commodores also quite unique I think, or not?
How about the Colonials of RMU?
Longwood are the Lancers.
New Mexico Llobos? (Or is it NMSU, I don't really care tbh)

New Mexico is the Lobos. NMSU is the Aggies.

[Oldhen]

Marshall's 'Thundering Herd'.

[andy7171]

Here in the Baltimore area

UMBC Retrievers
Loyola Greyhounds
McDaniel Green Terror
Salisbury Seagulls
Johns Hopkins Bluejays
and of course the extremely unique Towson Tigers :D

[brownbear]

In Providence,

Providence Friars

and The Brown Bears

[PaladinFan]

Furman is the only "Paladins" in the country. As far as I've ever seen, the only other teams that share that moniker are the pop warner teams around Greenville.

There's another high school in Georgia that is called the Cairo (kay-roh) Syrupmakers.

[BulldogFan]

Lest we forget, the Campbell Camels

[89Hen]

UC-Irvine Anteaters
Interesting match-up with Oregon State this year in the college world series. xnodx

http://extrapolater.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/beavereaters.jpg

[89Hen]

Both Squirrels are here in VA and I didn't know either of them.
My favorite street name is not too far from your alma mater... Squirrel Level Road. xeyebrowx Don't know why, but it cracks me up every time I see that sign. xlolx

[terrierbob]

University of California Santa Cruz Banana Slugshttp://images.suite101.com/195276_bananaslug.jpg

Sammy The Fightin' Banana Slug

[jbuggASU]

The Evergreen State Geoducks

http://www.evergreen.edu/athletics/images/SPEEDYgeoduck.jpg

Why?

[89Hen]

The Evergreen State Geoducks

Why?
The only thing more strange than the name is the pronunciation. xnodx

[UNCBears2010]

South Park Cows
Bama Crimson Tide
UCSD Tritons
Idaho Vandals

There actually is a South Park High School here, but they aren't the Cows, they're the Burros. Actually, never heard of another Burros anywhere else either.xlolx

[RabidRabbit]

Montana Grizzlies. We used to be the only ones in college and Pro's until the now Memphis Griz came into exsistence....I think.

Fellow Summit League member Oakland (MI) U. Grizzlies. xnodx xnodx

[terrierbob]

The Evergreen State Geoducks

http://www.evergreen.edu/athletics/images/SPEEDYgeoduck.jpg

Why?


The Geoduck Fight Song


(words and music by Malcolm Stilson, 1971)

Go, Geoducks go,
Through the mud and the sand,
let's go.
Siphon high, squirt it out,
swivel all about,
let it all hang out.

Go, Geoducks go,
Stretch your necks when the tide
is low
Siphon high, squirt it out,
swivel all about,
let it all hang out.

[UNHWILDCATS05]

Unofficial nickname of the Long Beach State Baseball team = Long Beach State Dirtbags

http://www.49ershops.net/webitemimages/334/59667.jpg

[EIUsuperfan]

New Berlin High School in New Berlin, Illinois...mascot...the Pretzels!

http://cusd16.k12.il.us/Loami/Boys%20Basketball/homepage.htm

[wapiti]

Still partial to MSU-Northern Lights.



The Northern lights is the name of a light phenomenon often seen in the northern regions, in the winter, at night, as sunlight bleeds over the north pole. A beautiful sight to see.

[wapiti]

The Northern lights is the name of a light phenomenon often seen in the northern regions, in the winter, at night, as sunlight bleeds over the north pole. A beautiful sight to see.

picture

[Leo-Pard]

Rah Rah TCU! xnodx

http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/images/secondary/aboutwsu/aboutwsu-whatsashocker.jpg

Looks like a retarded Simpsons character
Fixed xlolx

Anyway, I think no one has mentioned the Lafayette Leopard.
We are the only school to use this big game cat as a college mascot.

[Franks Tanks]

Fixed xlolx

Anyway, I think no one has mentioned the Lafayette Leopard.
We are the only school to use this big game cat as a college mascot.

Actually University of La Verne in California is also the Leopards.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_La_Verne

But that is it, and it is still a darn cool mascot.

[PeacockRaider]

back in my day, the (Upper Iowa) Peacocks and the (Buena Vista) Beavers were conference foes in the D3 Iowa Conference. But Upper Iowa has since moved to D2

Saint Peter's and Upper Iowa are the only two schools in the NCAA be called the Peacocks.

BTW, Wichita State pic was hilarious xnodx

[Casey_Orourke]

Western Illinois University Fighting Leathernecks

"A "leatherneck" is a nickname applied to the members of the United States Marine Corps. Ray Hanson, an early coach and athletic director at Western, served in World War I and World War II as a Marine. The school received permission to use the name and bulldog mascot from the Marine Corps and is the only non-service academy allowed to officially adopt a nickname and mascot also used by a branch of the United States armed forces."

http://www.halcyon.com/marcs/mascotcoll5.html

How about the Ave Maria University "Gyrenes."
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2007/aug/20/beginning_ave_maria_football_versus_irish_not_goin/

[Retro]

The Fighting Gorillas of Pittsburg State (Kansas)!!xthumbsupx

http://aolsearch.aol.com/aol/redir?src=image&clickedItemURN=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kkowradio.com%2Fim ages%2Fgus.gif&moduleId=image_details.jsp.M&clickedItemDescription=Image Details

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[JayJ79]

The Northern lights is the name of a light phenomenon often seen in the northern regions, in the winter, at night, as sunlight bleeds over the north pole. A beautiful sight to see.

technically, I don't think it is sunLIGHT that causes it. If I recall, the aurora is generated by charged particles interacting with other particles in the atmosphere (and the properties of the earth's magnetic field has something to do with it).

Those charged particles are part of the "solar wind", so they do come from the sun. But I don't know if they qualify as "light" in and of themselves.


But regardless, it is a beautiful spectacle to behold, and I wish to one day get to see them.

[blueballs]

Stetson University Hatters of the Atlantic Sun conference.

One of my favorite HS mascots- one that has produced some great FCS players like Steve Baylark, Chaz Williams, and Quentin Taylor- is the Apopka HS Blue Darters.

[bamamountaineer1013]

A highschool in Alabama is nick named the Ragland Purple Devils.

The name is not that funny but the story behind it is.

Legend has it that one dark chilly night, which is strange for Alabama, the football team encountered what they believed to be a dead armadillo in their fieldhouse. Poor thing was frozen to death or so they assumed because of it's deep purple color. Well come to find out the thing was alive and didn't take too kindly to being awoken. The story goes that the thing went ballistic and started acting all crazy, like it was possessed by a demon, hence the name, Purple Devil.

[Elon Fightin' Christians]

Elon was the Fightin' Christians until the school decided to change in 2001 because of too much bad publicity when they moved to D-1 and started playing on a national Level.
The school is affiliated with United Church of Christ ( i think ???). In the early 1900's they always played againist Guilford College, a Quaker School. The local papers always said it was the Christians vs. the Quakers. And the name Christians stuck and became "Fightin' Christians".

** see my avatar and pics below

[roberb7]

At DII one of my favorites is the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys. (Their women's teams are named the Golden Suns).

Reminds me of another one: the women's teams of USC-West, instead of being called something inane like "Lady Trojans", are called "The Women of Troy". If I lived in Southern California, that's something I could support.

[JayJ79]

Elon was the Fightin' Christians until the school decided to change in 2001 because of too much bad publicity when they moved to D-1 and started playing on a national Level.
The school is affiliated with United Church of Christ ( i think ???). In the early 1900's they always played againist Guilford College, a Quaker School. The local papers always said it was the Christians vs. the Quakers. And the name Christians stuck and became "Fightin' Christians".

** see my avatar and pics below

The name change makes sense to me.
"Fightin' Christians" sounds like the equivalent of some team calling themselves the Jihadists. In that sense, "Crusaders" falls into the same category.

But anyway.

[Uncle Buck]

The Evergreen State Geoducks

http://www.evergreen.edu/athletics/images/SPEEDYgeoduck.jpg

Why?

That is AWESOME. Mike Rowe had an episode of Dirty Jobs that had him on a Geoduck farm. And if i'm not mistaken it's pronounced gooey-duck, even weirder.

[woffordgrad94]

In Georgia, there was the Johnson High School Atomsmashers

http://www.footballfridaynight.com/gahelmetproject/graphics/johnsonsav2.gif

That school played in my high-school's (Dorman's) basketball Christmas tournament a couple of years ago.

[woffordgrad94]

Great Danes are also unique at ALL levels. I've actually tried to see if there are any other Great Danes at any noteable level in the world, but I can't seem to find any. Very minimal research, but it turned up nothing.

Yes, I remember the Great Danes now. We played you in baseball one season.

[Mountain Panther]

That school played in my high-school's (Dorman's) basketball Christmas tournament a couple of years ago.

Reminds me of the Albuquerque Isotopes.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bpv/images/4/4a/AlbIsotopes.jpg

[woffordgrad94]

Texas A&M - Kingsville, formerly Texas A&I - Javelinas
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi, formerly Corpus Christi State U - Islanders
UTSA - Roadrunners
UTA - Mavericks
Centenary College - Gentlemen
University of Louisiana - Lafayette, formerly USL - Ragin Cajuns
University of Louisiana - Monroe, fomerly Northeast Louisana - WarHawks
University of South Arkansas - Mule Riders
FAMU - Rattlers

Muleriders...now that's about as dumb as "Tars"

[UNCBears2010]

We had the Northern Colorado Fightin' Whites.

It was an intramural team that was protesting a local high school being called the Reds. Funny anecdote: The high school they were protesting was a big rival of mine in baseball, so I've always said they should change their mascot from a Native American to a hammer and sickle.:D xthumbsupx

[Pattycakes]

the university of minnesota golden gophers is pretty unique

[Tealblood]

we at least should be on the list

[Grizaholic17]

we at least should be on the list
agreed

[McDABest]

One time I was driving back from a vacation in San Antonio, and I drove by a huge high school that called themselves the FIGHTING UNICORNS! xnodx xnodx

[Jacks02]

http://webs.wichita.edu/gs/shockerwallpaper/rockinbig.jpg

notice the hand gestures of the cheerleaders....

Haha, thats awesome.

[ERASU2113]

http://collegerule.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/yosef_asu_boone_lg.jpg]
http://www.i-aa.org/stats/writers/burton/Yosef.jpg


Hello Yosef!

[appfan2008]

The mountaineers are definately not unique unfortunately for us there is a more prominent mountaineers and a more prominent ASU

[ERASU2113]

The mountaineers are definately not unique unfortunately for us there is a more prominent mountaineers and a more prominent ASU

Yea of course. Just didn't see a picture of him up yet haha.

[Franks Tanks]

http://collegerule.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/yosef_asu_boone_lg.jpg]
http://www.i-aa.org/stats/writers/burton/Yosef.jpg


Hello Yosef!

http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Satellite/7532/goldenwl-88s.JPG

I Never realized that Yosef and Lee Golden of the Oakridge Boys are actually the same person--crazy.

[appfan2008]

Yea of course. Just didn't see a picture of him up yet haha.

I read your article in the Appalachian today... thought it was pretty good with only one mistake I saw...

[brownbear]

One of the more oxymoronic nicknames I've heard of is from the Savannah Christian School in Georgia, whose mascot is the Pirates.

Also, the Penn Fighting Quakers is pretty bad.

[ERASU2113]

I read your article in the Appalachian today... thought it was pretty good with only one mistake I saw...

Chatty preview? Yea it happens, hate to admit it. No one's perfect xoopsx

[Purple For Life]

http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Satellite/7532/goldenwl-88s.JPG

I Never realized that Yosef and Lee Golden of the Oakridge Boys are actually the same person--crazy.

ROTFLMFAO!! xlolx xlolx xthumbsupx xthumbsupx

Seriously, I do like the Mountaineer's beard. It makes him look badass!

But damn, I do love me some TC!!
http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v51/98/85/38204044/n38204044_31299324_5226.jpg

[rcny46]

The Pittsburg State (Kansas) Gorillas,and the Southern NH University Penmen.

[sfjackster]

a couple high schools in South Dakota:

McLaughlin Midgets
Sturgis Scoopers

[Mich Griz]

Montana Grizzlies. We used to be the only ones in college and Pro's until the now Memphis Griz came into exsistence....I think.


As mentioned Oakland University in Rochester MI is also the Grizzlies as is Western State in Colorado.

St John's U in Minn is the Johnnies

There are 2 unique HS mascots in the UP of Michigan
The Nimrods
and the Speed Boys

[Purple For Life]

I just simmed a game between Oregon State and South Carolina...Oregon State won 20-17 in OT.

xthumbsupx xlolx xthumbsupx xlolx

So we know who rules this world!! xsmiley_wix xsmiley_wix xwhistlex xwhistlex

[bostonspider]

Pace University Setters. Get it, the Pace Setters. I remember UR playing them in baseball

[appstate38]

How about one that everyone forgot

Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Akron Zips
St. John's Red Storm

[brownbear]

I don't know if someone already said it, but what about Georgetown.

What's a Hoya?

Or, how about from last week's Amherst-Williams game.

Ephs and Jeffs.

[joecooll6]

D3 school in Iowa is the Coe Kohawks. If you say it fast its Cocohawks.

[Franks Tanks]

I don't know if someone already said it, but what about Georgetown.

What's a Hoya?

Or, how about from last week's Amherst-Williams game.

Ephs and Jeffs.

A hoya is some sort of a shortened version of a latin phrase. The students would yell this phrase of encouragement in latin, and Hoya is the abbreviation of this I believe.

[TheValleyRaider]

A hoya is some sort of a shortened version of a latin phrase. The students would yell this phrase of encouragement in latin, and Hoya is the abbreviation of this I believe.

The phrase is "Hoya Saxa," which literally translates as "What rocks"

Supposedly it's a reference to the stone wall that was on campus near where I believe the baseball team played. After a big win, a student (no doubt thinking he was being clever ;) ) used the Latin phrase to describe the team, kind of like "Stonewall" Jackson. Somewhere along the line, the name got shortened to "Hoya" and became the official nickname.

So literally, a Hoya is a "What the"

Yes, I took the Georgetown tour when looking at colleges xreadx

[jbuggASU]

That is AWESOME. Mike Rowe had an episode of Dirty Jobs that had him on a Geoduck farm. And if i'm not mistaken it's pronounced gooey-duck, even weirder.

You are correct! xthumbsupx

[UAalum72]

Or, how about from last week's Amherst-Williams game.

Ephs and Jeffs.
That's the LORD Jeffs - Jeffery Amherst, former British commander in North America who resigned rather than fight against the colonials in 1775.

Colonel Ephraim Williams, killed in the French and Indian war. Less explicable is Williams' alternate mascot, the Purple Cows

[mineral griz]

Montana High Schools

Belfry Bats
Whitewater Penquins
Deer Lodge Wardens

[th0m]

The Manhattan College Jaspers.

[brownbear]

That's the LORD Jeffs - Jeffery Amherst, former British commander in North America who resigned rather than fight against the colonials in 1775.

Colonel Ephraim Williams, killed in the French and Indian war. Less explicable is Williams' alternate mascot, the Purple Cows

If they weren't the purple cows, Lee Corso wouldn't look so weird.

7157

[97Torero]

Don't forget the Pepperdine Waves
Cal Lutheran is the Kingsman

[brownbear]

Don't forget the Pepperdine Waves
Cal Lutheran is the Kingsman

Just one Kings man?

[UAalum72]

I also always liked the Tufts Jumbos - showman P. T. Barnum was an early trustee. Sadly the elephant's stuffed remains were destroyed in a fire in 1975, his ashes are kept in a peanut butter jar.
http://www.tufts.edu/home/studentlife/?p=athletics#jumbo http://www.tufts.edu/home/studentlife/jumbo_200px3.jpghttp://ase.tufts.edu/athletics/images/jumbotufts.gif

[bkrownd]

St John's U in Minn is the Johnnies


That's consistent with the other private St. [Something] schools in Minnesota - Johnnies, Tommies, Auggies, Gusties, Oles, etc - so it isn't really "unique".

[Barnstormer]

Sheldon High School in Iowa.. Named the worst mascot name ever by the Des Moines Register...

You ready???

The Sheldon Orabs...

What is an Orab?

The word Orange and the word Black (their school colors) Smashed together!!!!!!! Super cool!! (ORange And Black) ---> ORAB!!!!

[Minuteman87]

Other New England colleges:
UMass-Boston Beacons
UMass-Dartmouth Corsairs
LaSell Lasers
Endicott Gulls
Wheaton Lyons (yes, with a Y)

Some good Mass. high school names:
Gloucester Fishermen
New Bedford Whalers
Nantucket Whalers
Marblehead Magicians
Brockton Boxers
Braintree Wamps
Dracut Middies
Salem Witches (yes, even the boys teams)
Westford Grey Ghosts.

I always thought it would be neat for Salem and Westford to play a football game on Halloween.

[bcrawf]

My high school...

The Waterloo (IA) West Wahawks...

Not WARhawks- Wahawks...

It is a combination of the city name (Waterloo) and the county name (Black Hawk).... hence, Wahawks...

School Colors- Black and Old Rose. Thats right we had black jerseys with big fat PINK numbers on them...

[McTailGator]

The THUNDERING HERD and the RAGIN CAJUNS have always been cool names IMO.

[furman94]

Williams Ephs (Purple Cows)

[walliver]

I just simmed a game between Oregon State and South Carolina...Oregon State won 20-17 in OT.

xthumbsupx xlolx xthumbsupx xlolx

So we know who rules this world!! xsmiley_wix xsmiley_wix xwhistlex xwhistlex

Games like that should always go to overtime.xnodx

[chanharrison]

a high school in Greensboro North Carolina is called the Grimsley Whirlies...

[skinny_uncle]

Salukis and Fighting Blue Hens.
Spiders and Mountaineers.
Four of the most unique nicknames are still in the playoffs this year.
Ain't it fun?

[pbr1893]

a high school in Greensboro North Carolina is called the Grimsley Whirlies...

Many years ago I swear Durham Jordan's unofficial nickname was Nads and the crowd would chant "Go Nads!"

[EdubAlum]

Whitman College (wa) - Fighting Missionaries

[Blue Hen Nation]

UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs

[Blue Hen Nation]

Mr Celery from the Wilmington Blue Rocks

[OL FU]

Salukis and Fighting Blue Hens.
Spiders and Mountaineers.
Four of the most unique nicknames are still in the playoffs this year.
Ain't it fun?


I'll give you all but the Mountaineers. Now it isn't like Tiger or Bulldog but some lesser known schools use it.


Mountaineers ---
Appalachian State University (Boone, North Carolina)
Berea College (Berea, Kentucky)
Eastern Oregon University (LaGrande, Oregon)
Mansfield University (Mansfield, Pennsylvania)
Mount Saint Mary's College (Emmitsburg, Maryland)
Schreiner College (Kerrville, Texas)
Southern Vermont College (Bennington, Vermont)
Western State College (Gunnison, Colorado)
West Virginia University (Morgantown, West Virginia)

xsmiley_wix

[Fresno St. Alum]

UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs

My wife is an alum of that school. They suck at basketball their gym has only half the seating of my high school. They are D-III

[CollegeSportsInfo]

You've played the Fightin' Blue Hens as well!
They are unique at all levels.

Especially since both the men's and women's teams are both called "Hens".

[CollegeSportsInfo]

And yes, I realize that my "Hens" comment is coming from a former Umass Minutemen.

[UDChE89]

Especially since both the men's and women's teams are both called "Hens".

Actually, it's Hens and Lady Hens...

[DTSpider]

How about the Richmond Spiders ???? I believe we're the only one to have this as our mascot on the college level.

Only team with Spiders on any level. UR has the name copyrighted as well :)

[skinny_uncle]

Actually, it's Hens and Lady Hens...
:D
It sounds like someone was a bit confused.

[UDChE89]

:D
It sounds like someone was a bit confused.

Like we haven't heard that one a million times before...

[mebisonII]

Lest we forget, the Campbell Camels

That's actually really funny, because there's a high school down the road from NDSU that was the Campbell Camels back in the sixities (they went on to be the Campbell-Tintah Cougars, and the Campbell-Tintah-Fairmount Rebels).

[97Torero]

Whittier college (D3) is the Poets

[siuham]

Matt Shaw (SIU basketball,) hails from Centralia, home of the Orphans and Orphan Annies.

Pekin, IL used to be the Chinks. Now they're the Dragons.

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4234

Pretty good article about ridiculous school mascots.

[JoltinJoe]

Only team with Spiders on any level. UR has the name copyrighted as well :)
Good idea.

I guess it's too late for Fordham, home of the original RAMS.

Rams ---
Angelo State University (San Angelo, Texas)
Colorado State University (Fort Collins, Colorado)
Cornell College (Mount Vernon, Iowa)
Fordham University (The Bronx, New York)
Framingham State College (Framingham, Massachusetts)
Huston-Tillotson College (Austin, Texas)
Philadelphia University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Shepherd University (Shepherdstown, West Virginia)
State University of New York-College of Technology at Farmingdale (Farmingdale, New York)
Suffolk University (Boston, Massachusetts)
Texas Wesleyan University (Fort Worth, Texas)
Unity College (Unity, Maine)
University of Mobile (Mobile, Alabama)
University of Rhode Island (Kingston, Rhode Island)
Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Virginia)
Winston-Salem State University (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)

[Purple For Life]

Reminds me of the Albuquerque Isotopes.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bpv/images/4/4a/AlbIsotopes.jpg

http://www.duffzone.org/framegrabs/aabf07/03022002193556.jpg

WHOOOO! 'Topes RULE!!!


If they weren't the purple cows, Lee Corso wouldn't look so weird.

7157

What is up with the way Herbstreet is looking at him?!?

[UDChE89]

That's actually really funny, because there's a high school down the road from NDSU that was the Campbell Camels back in the sixities (they went on to be the Campbell-Tintah Cougars, and the Campbell-Tintah-Fairmount Rebels).

Campbell's not the only college that uses a camel as its mascot. Connecticut College (New London, CT) is also known as the Camels.

[CollegeSportsInfo]

Like we haven't heard that one a million times before...

It never gets old because it's just strange.

At most schools when it comes to mascots and there is a feminine animal with a unique name (think "Rams" as the male and in reality "Ewes" is the feminine)...the SCHOOL MASCOT NAMES are "Rams" for men and "Lady Rams" for the women's teams.

The Delaware situation would be as if the mens teams were the "Ewes" and the womens teams the "Lady Ewes". It's redundant.

[UAalum72]

Buffalo calls their women's teams the Bulls - "Lady Bulls" would be too disturbing. I don't much care for adding 'Lady' to a nickname, but I can see why the Yale women wouldn't want to just be called Bulldogs

St. Peter's uses Peacocks and Peahens

I wish Marist would call their women Vixens instead of Lady Red Foxes.

[TheValleyRaider]

Buffalo calls their women's teams the Bulls - "Lady Bulls" would be too disturbing. I don't much care for adding 'Lady' to a nickname, but I can see why the Yale women wouldn't want to just be called Bulldogs

St. Peter's uses Peacocks and Peahens

I wish Marist would call their women Vixens instead of Lady Red Foxes.

My favorite change was always "Women of Troy" for Southern Cal's teams