Chance for the smaller teams' fans to chime in too.

Tell us what some of your nicknames are:
(They can be unofficial, funny, derogatory, etc...)

Kinda like this:

Kansas State Wildcats
also called the Powercats I believe
and called the Mildcats by rivals...

Kansas St fans correct me if I'm wrong.

But this is the idea of the thread...

Gonzaga is the Bulldogs but goes by the Zags and even wears it on their uniforms.

Houston is actually Cougar High or Zoo of H.

University of Cincinnati:
Official: Bearcats

Unofficial Affectionate: Cats, Binturongs
Unofficial Neutral: Cincy/Cinci
Unofficial Derogatory: Bearkittens, Bearkitties, "Cindy"

I was informed along time ago...to always spell it Cincy and not Cinci

(09-09-2021 03:47 PM)loki_the_bubba Wrote:  Houston is actually Cougar High or Zoo of H.

Don't forget the participle: "Coogin' it." (Meaning to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, usually late in a game and in a spectacular fashion.)

(09-09-2021 03:51 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  I was informed along time ago...to always spell it Cincy and not Cinci

This is true. But to substitute an "i" in place of the "y" is tolerable. What is intolerable is to misspell it by typing "Cincinatti." Which is just illiterate and a weak troll.

(09-09-2021 03:53 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  

(09-09-2021 03:47 PM)loki_the_bubba Wrote:  Houston is actually Cougar High or Zoo of H.

Don't forget the participle: "Coogin' it." (Meaning to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, usually late in a game and in a spectacular fashion.)

I have to admit to applying that one on many occasions.

(09-09-2021 03:54 PM)Claw Wrote:  

(09-09-2021 03:53 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  

(09-09-2021 03:47 PM)loki_the_bubba Wrote:  Houston is actually Cougar High or Zoo of H.

Don't forget the participle: "Coogin' it." (Meaning to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, usually late in a game and in a spectacular fashion.)

I have to admit to applying that one on many occasions.

Being around you guys...I've used it at Cuse games...my friends have no idea what I'm saying...until I explain it.

Syracuse Orange
Unofficial Nicknames: Cuse, Orangemen
Derogatory: Sarah, exCuse, Fruit, Sadexcuse

Starting this year...no more friggin jokes about not having A/C

(09-09-2021 03:53 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  Don't forget the participle: "Coogin' it." (Meaning to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, usually late in a game and in a spectacular fashion.)

Washington State also "Cougs It".

This infamous 60-59 game, naturally, being my favorite example:

Old Miss
Old Mrs
Cold Mist
Ole Piss
Old Piss
Old Myth
Ole Myth

(09-09-2021 03:15 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  Chance for the smaller teams' fans to chime in too.

Tell us what some of your nicknames are:
(They can be unofficial, funny, derogatory, etc...)

Kinda like this:

Kansas State Wildcats
also called the Powercats I believe
and called the Mildcats by rivals...

Kansas St fans correct me if I'm wrong.

But this is the idea of the thread...

When Bill Snyder came in and took over the program, he created (or commissioned - he’s probably not a graphic designer) the new K-State logo and he probably gave it the name “Powercat”. So that’s a term used both for the logo itself and the team. Since the creation of that logo and the unprecedented success they had under him (just after the famous SI “Futility U” article), Powercat paraphernalia has been very prominent around the state.

Yes, opponents do sometimes call them “Mildcats”. And also to reply to their “Eat-em up, eat-em up, KSU!” chant with a derogatory variation.

Slight OT, but kind of on topic, I think every school in Division I should have a unique nickname. None of this 27 of you are Tigers, 26 of you are Bulldogs stuff. So many schools have cooler things they could go by than just the same thing everyone uses.

Case in point: LSU Tigers vs Auburn Tigers. In the same conference and division. Under my crazy brain, that would be the LSU Bayou Bengals (an unofficial name they're called, so On Topic!) versus the Auburn War Eagles (not something they're called, but what they say).

Official name: Alabama Crimson Tide

Nicknames: Bama, Red Elephants

Here's another layer...original nickname: Thin Red Line...back in the early 1900s.

Derogatory names: Bammer, Roll Tide also mockingly referenced as Row Tie.

(09-09-2021 05:59 PM)JSchmack Wrote:  Slight OT, but kind of on topic, I think every school in Division I should have a unique nickname. None of this 27 of you are Tigers, 26 of you are Bulldogs stuff. So many schools have cooler things they could go by than just the same thing everyone uses.

Case in point: LSU Tigers vs Auburn Tigers. In the same conference and division. Under my crazy brain, that would be the LSU Bayou Bengals (an unofficial name they're called, so On Topic!) versus the Auburn War Eagles (not something they're called, but what they say).

NAU claims the Lumberjacks. We've been called the Lumberjacks before the imposters from Texas were even a school.

Lumberjacks is an awesome mascot!

The Irish
Notre Lame
Notre Shame

My most loathed is when people misspell Notre and spell out Norte.

(09-09-2021 06:42 PM)domer1978 Wrote:  The Irish
Notre Lame
Notre Shame

My most loathed is when people misspell Notre and spell out Norte.

Mexican Football fan sez take me to see Touchdown Jesus at Norte Dame

(09-09-2021 05:59 PM)JSchmack Wrote:  Slight OT, but kind of on topic, I think every school in Division I should have a unique nickname. None of this 27 of you are Tigers, 26 of you are Bulldogs stuff. So many schools have cooler things they could go by than just the same thing everyone uses.

Case in point: LSU Tigers vs Auburn Tigers. In the same conference and division. Under my crazy brain, that would be the LSU Bayou Bengals (an unofficial name they're called, so On Topic!) versus the Auburn War Eagles (not something they're called, but what they say).

LOL, tonight's game on ESPNU is Tigers vs Tigers.

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