(08-01-2013 03:17 AM)TOPPERSonTOP Wrote: (07-31-2013 11:18 PM)TexanMark Wrote: Add to the list, throw out things that are funny, don't make sense or interesting.
1. Wake Forest isn't in Wake Forest, NC
2. University of Chicago is in the B1G and plays no Division One sports.
3. Syracuse's Carrier Dome was named after a gift from the Carrier Air Conditioning Corporation but has no Air Conditioning.
4. No one can keep straight what cities Iowa and Iowa St are located in.
5. What's a Hoya?
6. UT-Austin, UTEP and UTSA all use Orange. UTEP and UTSA use the same hand signal.
7. East Carolina is in North Carolina
8. NY has no Flagship State School
9. Sewanee used to be in the SEC
10. The cramped, small campus of Tulane had the 80,000 seat Tulane Stadium: annual host of the Sugar Bowl and three Super Bowls
11. The largest Private University in the US plays Division Three Athletics (NYU) and one of the smallest (Wake Forest) plays in a Power 5 conference.
12. America Samoa per capita is the greatest recruiting area in the world for Football Players.
I thought UTEP's looked like UTA's? maybe wrong, i have never been to texas.
A lasting tradition of the SouthWest Conference is that every school in Texas has a handsign. There is only so much that you can with hand so you see a lot of duplication.
FBS:
UT - Raised index and Pinky, closed middle and ring
A&M - varies per class, but most common the "Thumbs up"
Tech - Index finger and thump extend, middle/ring/pinky closed to form pistol shape
Baylor - Extend 5 fingers to make a bear paw
Houston - Extend Index/Middle/Pinky, closed ring
Rice - Make a shadow puppet bird
SMU - Extend Index, Middle (Peace sign) with a slight bend to denote pony ears
TCU - half Bend Index, Middle, and thumb, closed ring pinky
UNT - see TCU (but look like Eagle claw)
UTEP - Extend Pinky and Thumb, close middle/ring/index (make a pick axe)
UTSA - Similar to UTEP (make a bird, pinky is bird tail)
Texas State - Extend Index/Middle Finger and Thumb and tuck Ring/Pinky. (making shape of Texas) Think Texas Tech with two fingers instead of one
Other D1-
Sam Houston State: Like Baylor's paws (making bearcat's claw)
Stephen F Austin: Like Texas State's (Index and thumb make a J for 'Jacks).
UT Arlington: Use same fingers as UTEP/UTSA but extend them forward like UT Austin (making a Short horn)
TAMU-Corpus: The Islanders do UTEP/UTSA, Hang loose
Abilene Christian: extend/spread pinky, ring, middle to make 'W' and Curl index and thumb to make a 'C'. Wildcats (like old A&M Wrecking Crew)
Lamar: Texas Tech's guns up with but it makes an 'L'
D2/D3:
Tarleton State: Like Texas State, but represents a gun like Texas Tech
West Texas A&M: Like UT Arlington
Angelo State: Like UTEP with bends in pinky and thumb making Rams head
Mary Hardin Baylor: Make a 'C' with your head for Crusaders
St. Mary's: Like TCU for Rattler fangs