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RE: The Best and Worst College Nicknames
(05-19-2013 01:13 PM)AtlanticLeague Wrote: (05-19-2013 12:46 AM)Sultan of Euphonistan Wrote: (05-18-2013 11:49 PM)AtlanticLeague Wrote: RISD has the best/worst mascot ever. Just google it.
GO NADS!
Is that really the school mascot?
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RE: The Best and Worst College Nicknames
(05-19-2013 02:21 PM)Underdog Wrote: (05-19-2013 01:13 PM)AtlanticLeague Wrote: (05-19-2013 12:46 AM)Sultan of Euphonistan Wrote: (05-18-2013 11:49 PM)AtlanticLeague Wrote: RISD has the best/worst mascot ever. Just google it.
GO NADS!
Is that really the school mascot?
affirmative. Seriously, just google "RISD Mascot"
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RE: The Best and Worst College Nicknames
(05-19-2013 02:21 PM)Underdog Wrote: (05-19-2013 01:13 PM)AtlanticLeague Wrote: (05-19-2013 12:46 AM)Sultan of Euphonistan Wrote: (05-18-2013 11:49 PM)AtlanticLeague Wrote: RISD has the best/worst mascot ever. Just google it.
GO NADS!
Is that really the school mascot?
One of many actually or at least it looks like there are many renditions since the pictures I have seen look slightly different.
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RE: The Best and Worst College Nicknames
(05-19-2013 12:24 PM)TripleA Wrote: (05-18-2013 11:39 PM)Gamecock Wrote: Worst is the generic names like Tigers or Bulldogs.
And "C-o-c-k" is so much better?
I keep waiting for South Carolina and Oregon State to play each other so I can sit on the edge of my couch looking for a freudian slip during the game.
There is a high school in Bay St Louis called the St Stanislaus Rockachaws. Bonus points to you if you know what a rockachaw is without having to look it up, but that is a wierd thing to call an athletic team.
The worst college nickname I have ever heard of, by far, is the NYU Violets. Officially, they aren't referencing the flower, either...just the color. Their mascot is a bobcat...not from the animal, but from the shorthand form of "Bobst Library Catalog".
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RE: The Best and Worst College Nicknames
(05-19-2013 11:30 AM)bullet Wrote: (05-19-2013 08:20 AM)10thMountain Wrote: My favorites:
UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs
UC Irvine Anteaters
IUPU Fort Wayne Mastadons
U of Alaska SE Humpback Whales
Good choices.
Also Our Lady of the Lake Armadillos.
Bad choices-Stanford Cardinal-named after a color. A lot of the former Indian names are bad. What is a RedHawk?
That is not the correct name for OLLU. They are called the "SAINTS"
http://www.ollusaintsathletics.com/index.php
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Frankfort High Hot Dogs. Poca Dots Is so awful.
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Wichita State Shockers = greatest name in any sport.
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RE: The Best and Worst College Nicknames
(05-19-2013 10:39 PM)andy76 Wrote: RISD mascot: "Scrotie" the ice skating nad. Fun for the whole family!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c_PP0_DsJM
I'm very suprised the school has giant ***** for a mascot when considering the possibility of a sexual harrassment lawsuit. The fact that you can't post the word ***** on this board illustrates the sensitive nature of having such a mascot.
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RE: The Best and Worst College Nicknames
(05-19-2013 11:27 PM)Underdog Wrote: (05-19-2013 10:39 PM)andy76 Wrote: RISD mascot: "Scrotie" the ice skating nad. Fun for the whole family!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c_PP0_DsJM
I'm very suprised the school has giant ***** for a mascot when considering the possibility of a sexual harrassment lawsuit. The fact that you can't post the word ***** on this board illustrates the sensitive nature of having such a mascot.
You really can't say *****? That's silly. What about ******? Nope.
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RE: The Best and Worst College Nicknames
(05-19-2013 01:05 PM)10thMountain Wrote: Some names are very over played in college sports (bulldogs, wild cats, tigers) especially when regional flavor is so much a part of college sports.
For example, instead of the Auburn Tigers, they could have gone with the Auburn Yellowhammers, a name closely linked with their state
Or instead of wildcats, K-state could have called themselves the Pronghorns
I know there are some cases where a name like "Tigers" is technically a tribute to a military unit (LSU &Missouri) but it still comes off as lazy and unimaginative to most people.
Auburn just can't make up their minds. Curt Gowdy used to refer to them by their old "Plainsmen" name. And then its the War Eagles. Maybe its an Alabama thing. Alabama is the Crimson Tide and their mascot is an elephant.
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RE: The Best and Worst College Nicknames
(05-19-2013 01:05 PM)10thMountain Wrote: Some names are very over played in college sports (bulldogs, wild cats, tigers) especially when regional flavor is so much a part of college sports.
For example, instead of the Auburn Tigers, they could have gone with the Auburn Yellowhammers, a name closely linked with their state
Or instead of wildcats, K-state could have called themselves the Pronghorns
I know there are some cases where a name like "Tigers" is technically a tribute to a military unit (LSU &Missouri) but it still comes off as lazy and unimaginative to most people.
I think if you are a Wildcat, you are supposed to be better at basketball than football. Kentucky, Villanova, Davidson, Arizona, Kansas St. (used to be very true for them), Northwestern (for a long while good at neither).
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RE: The Best and Worst College Nicknames
(05-19-2013 08:06 PM)Runner Wrote: (05-19-2013 11:30 AM)bullet Wrote: (05-19-2013 08:20 AM)10thMountain Wrote: My favorites:
UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs
UC Irvine Anteaters
IUPU Fort Wayne Mastadons
U of Alaska SE Humpback Whales
Good choices.
Also Our Lady of the Lake Armadillos.
Bad choices-Stanford Cardinal-named after a color. A lot of the former Indian names are bad. What is a RedHawk?
That is not the correct name for OLLU. They are called the "SAINTS"
http://www.ollusaintsathletics.com/index.php
So much for Wikipedia. I was pretty sure a Texas school had taken the armadillo name and Wiki shows them as armadillos.
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Best... Fighting Sioux. Also pretty cool logo Unfortunately, it is now gone. Due to the whole legal battle North Dakota will not be allowed to have a new nickname for a couple of years. Some who love the Sioux name would like to just keep UND with no nickname, allowing Sioux to live on unofficially.
There have been quite a few names suggested, one of which was Nokota, which is the state horse. Most don't care for it as it is redundant... North Dakota Nokotas.
Since North Dakota has become a huge oil state in the past few years... Wildcatters.
All kinds of ideas for new names here... UND Nickname
Anyone have any good ideas?
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(05-20-2013 09:24 AM)nokota Wrote: Best... Fighting Sioux. Also pretty cool logo Unfortunately, it is now gone. Due to the whole legal battle North Dakota will not be allowed to have a new nickname for a couple of years. Some who love the Sioux name would like to just keep UND with no nickname, allowing Sioux to live on unofficially.
There have been quite a few names suggested, one of which was Nokota, which is the state horse. Most don't care for it as it is redundant... North Dakota Nokotas.
Since North Dakota has become a huge oil state in the past few years... Wildcatters.
All kinds of ideas for new names here... UND Nickname
Anyone have any good ideas?
I like Nokotas better than Fighting Sioux. A twist to the horse theme could be the Night Mares...
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I remember watching the LSU-Towson game last year and the commentators constantly referred to the Tigers, it got rather annoying. I presume that they meant LSU but it wasn't clear.
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(05-20-2013 01:37 PM)ODUgradstudent Wrote: I remember watching the LSU-Towson game last year and the commentators constantly referred to the Tigers, it got rather annoying. I presume that they meant LSU but it wasn't clear.
If it was on E$PN, I'm sure they were talking about LSU.
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