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Walt Murphy · Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 1387

I thought I was familiar with most of the "odd" college nicknames, but this is a new one for me.

South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Hardrockers

Would love to hear their school song

SQUACKEE · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:23 am Post subject:

I would be interested in what school mascot everyone had thru their life. What, you want me to go first? .....ok

Grade school- The Trojans
High school- The Scots
Community college- The Bulldogs
College- The Grizzlies and later- The Gators

So 2 humans and 3 animals. Smile

dukehjsteve · Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 4041 Location: Fishers, IN

High School and College, I was a Blue Devil !

SQUACKEE · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:52 am Post subject:

Cooter Brown · Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 1425 Location: Austin

Possibly the best ever is at a HS in Cleveland...the Glenville Tarblooders. Supposedly developed out of a chant of "we'll beat the tar and blood out of you." For some unknown reason their mascot is represented as a robot.

SQUACKEE · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:55 am Post subject:

Mighty Favog · Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 619

tandfman · Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 11727

http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?t=8891

DrJay · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:52 am Post subject:

HS Wildcats
College Tar Heels
Med school Blue Devils

Back then my main elementary school didn't have a mascot, but the YMCA teams the school fielded took college mascot names, as did all the other Gra-Y schools' teams. Our third grade football team was the St. Matthews Seminoles. We played the Gators, the Bears, the Volunteers, the Hawkeyes, the Horned Frogs, and others, and in basketball we were the Bonnies and played the Buckeyes, the Hurricanes, the Cavaliers, and more.

SQUACKEE · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:52 am Post subject:

Avante · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 333

I like..

Florida A&M Rattlers

BillVol · Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 2929 Location: Chattanooga

Cairo HS in Georgia: the Syrupmakers (often shortened to Makers). Girls teams are called the Syrup Maids (Maids).

From wiki:

In 1986 ESPN chose "Syrupmakers" as the No. 1 nickname for a high school sports team. In 2009, ESPN's Sports Center selected the Syrupmakers as their number one mascot in the high school heritage catageory.

bijanc · Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 1250

UC-Irvine Anteaters
Williams Lord Jeffs
Coastal Carolina Privateers
Texas A & I Javelinas
Manhattan Violet
Idaho Vandals
Canisius Griffins
Purdue Boilermakers
SDU Terreros
WFU Deamon Deacons

scottmitchell74 · Joined: 03 Jul 2008 Posts: 643 Location: Abilene, TX

I was a:

Lion (through High School)

and in college:

Zip
Eagle
Knight

SQUACKEE · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 1:02 pm Post subject:

scottmitchell74 · Joined: 03 Jul 2008 Posts: 643 Location: Abilene, TX

Akron Zips, baby.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AkronZips.png

So freaking unfortunate, but at least it's unique.

Dizzy · Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 51 Location: End of the Road

On the other hand, here's my candidate for "Worst School Nickname".

From Aberdeen, WA. (logging country)...the Grays Harbor College "Chokers".

I am not making this up.

gh · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 1:52 pm Post subject:

Not school, but my hometown's hockey team (good enough to win the World Championships twice) was/is called the Smoke Eaters.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/colbycosh/3946177657/

JRM · Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 1716 Location: Pasadena, CA

My history of school mascots:

Jr High - Crusaders
HS - Black Cats
Univ. (undergrad) - Varsity Blues
Univ. (grad) - Warriors / Athenas
Univ. (grad) - Varsity Blues

As for schools where I've worked:

First job - *THE* Trojans (Div I)
Second job - Stags / Athenas and Sagehens (Div III)
Current job - Lions (Div I)
Current visiting appointment - Beavers... (Div III)

Cooter Brown · Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 1425 Location: Austin

Maybe it's just a small town Texas thing, but do other junior highs base their mascot off of the HS mascot? For example, our HS mascot was the Bulldogs but the JHS was the Bullpups.

The best of these is Gonzales with the Apaches and Papooses.

JRM · Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 1716 Location: Pasadena, CA

bambam · Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 2093 Location: Durham, NC

bambam · Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 2093 Location: Durham, NC

U Cal Santa Cruz Banana Slugs

tandfman · Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 11727

BruceFlorman · Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:56 am Post subject:

Perhaps not unique, but I've always been amused that the Frankfort Indiana HS team is the "Hot Dogs".

dj · Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 3884

Vince · Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 338

My history isn't as exciting as being Banana Slug but here goes:
Elementary- Panther
Jr High- Mustang
High School- Husky
College- Mustang

Animals are popular.

gh · Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2009 10:19 am Post subject:

My elementary and junior high didn't have nicknames. You may find this quaint, but those buildings were actaully viewed as places where you got an education, not played games.

Vince · Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 338

ed gee · Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 541

My favorite:

Rhode Island School of Design Nads

http://sportsclimax.com/bizarre-moments/the-nads-scrotie-is-king-of-the-mascots/

http://goodcleanwholesomefun.com/post/91257575/exposing-the-nads-by-design-a-mascot-madness

Go Nads!

other unique mascots:

Presbyterian Blue Hose;
St. Louis College of Pharmacy Eutectic (their athletic teams' name means "easily melted"?);
Earlham Hustlin' Quakers;
Endicott Power Gulls;
Wabash Little Giants (sounds like a contradiction in terms there);
Webster Gorloks;
Southeast Missouri State Otahkians;
Southern New Hampshire Penmen;
Montana State University Northern Skylights;
Centre Praying Colonels;
College of the Atlantic Black Flies.

Elon College in NC used to be the Fighting Christians.

Bruce Kritzler · Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 1829

Elon is now the Phoenix
thought Coastal Carolina was Chanteclairs?
Findlay is the Oilers

cullman · Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 1481 Location: left field

Davidokun · Joined: 05 Oct 2007 Posts: 351 Location: Brea, California

New Orleans Privateers

Coastal Carolina Chanticleers

Texas A&I is now Texas A&M - Kingsville, and is the alma mater of Darrell Green.

New York Violets

Canisius Golden Griffins

San Diego Toreros

Charlie Choker

Not far from where I grew up: University of Redlands Bulldogs and Redlands High School Terriers

The Frankfort (Indiana) High School mascot:

RISD's ice hockey team is the Nads, but their basketball team is the Balls. "When the heat is on, the Balls stick together." Their cheerleaders are the Jockstraps. (Of course, they're athletics supporters.) Finally, their unofficial mascot is Scrotie.

Endicott Gulls (Evidently, they're "powerless".)

Now politically correct Southeast Missouri State Redhawks, formerly Indians (men) and Otahkians (women)

Montana State - Northern: Lights (men) and Skylights (women)

Centre Colonels (Evidently, they're not officially praying, except for funds.)

No doubt College of the Atlantic has plenty of black flies, but evidently the Black Flies are defunct.

The Simon Fraser Clan take their nickname from their namesake's Scottish clan. Their mascot is McFogg the Dog. The university is the alma mater of Debbie Brill.

balzonia · Joined: 11 Apr 2007 Posts: 67

I'm surprised these didn't get posted straight away...

Scottsdale Community College: Fighting Artichokes

Whittier College: Poets

lonewolf · Joined: 08 Oct 2005 Posts: 3668 Location: Indian Territory

When I attended Oklahoma A&M College 1949, sports teams were simply called the Aggies. I don't think they became the Cowboys until OAMC became Oklahoma State University in 1957.
Ironically, in recent years, Wyoming University copyrighted/trademarked the "Pistol Pete" logo that OAMC had been using since about 1921 but never bothered to register. OSU had some sort of court settlement and reportedly had/has to pay royalties to Wyoming for use of their own logo, which is based on a real 19th Century cowboy/marshall named Frank Eaton who homesteaded and lived at Perkins, Oklahoma, ten miles south of Stillwater. He was a fixture at OSU homecoming parades for many years until his death in the (early 90s?) The Pistol Pete mascot head is a very good likeness of the real Pistol Pete, except the real Pisol Pete wore braids under his cowboy hat.
Eaton is famous for tracking down and killing five men who he watched kill his father when he was a young boy.
(I could look up those dates but already have this typed and don't know how to check without losing this post.)