Favorite mascots, and hated mascots

#51
#51
superdave1984 said:
I have a couple of questions about mascots/team names. I was under the impression that your mascot or team name was something to strike fear in the hearts of your opponent. And should be territorial. If this is the case, who picked these things out?

Tennessee Volunteers: drunk rednecks with guns that will fight for cause and not stop until it's over.
Georgia Bulldogs: fat, lazy, ugly dog.
Florida Gators: slow, powerful, stupid, worthless in cold weather
Kentucky Wildcats: mean, psychotic, sneaky felines
Vanderbilt Commodores: Old sailor dude.
South Carolina Gamecocks: it's a chicken OK
Alabama Crimson Tide: what the hell IS a crimson tide anyway?
Auburn Tigers/War Eagles: Pick one and go with it. either a big mean cat or a big bird with big claws
LSU tigers: big mean cat
Miss St Bulldogs: see UGA
Ole Miss Rebels: Old drunk dude with a stick
Arkansas Razorbacks: big wild pig with huge tusks, could probably kill you. tasty on the grill

Then there are the others that make no sense. OSU Buckeyes: It's a nut. Or a rock. whatever
Va Tech Hokies: what the hell IS a hokie?
Maryland Terrapins: a turtle?? puh-leeeeze
West Virginia Mountaineers: inbred drunk redneck hillbillies with guns.

Feel free to add to the list.
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A hokie is a turkey
 
#52
#52
GASOUTHERNVOL said:
Weirdest-Elon several years back was the "Fighting Christians"
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The best nickname story has to be when Furman gained university status. They had previously been known as the "Christian Knights" and realized they were now "FU" and that if they didn't change their name it was going to lead to a rather unfortunate acronym.
 
#53
#53
GAVol said:
The best nickname story has to be when Furman gained university status. They had previously been known as the "Christian Knights" and realized they were now "FU" and that if they didn't change their name it was going to lead to a rather unfortunate acronym.
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hahahahahahaha i didnt know that, that is hillarious.
 
#56
#56
Ok Im with you all...maybe this will help

I asked someone that graduated from Bama why they had an elephant for a mascot. All I could gather, and it's fuzzy, was that an announcer made a comment yeeeeeeeears ago that when they ran on the field with the crimson jerseys on , that they looked like a crimson tide coming through or something to that effect...the elephant is kind of the same thing because they stampeded out on the field with such a force it reminded someone of an elephant stampede, i guess it stuck....
if anyone knows more than that, please clear it up. i didnt pay very good attention when the story was being told...because i dont like to talk about bama football. hope it helped
 
#59
#59
the worst mascot: The Syracause ORANGE? wtf what kind of mascot is a color? i mean honestly,
 
#60
#60
They used to be the Orangemen (reference to Native Americans), but it was found to be politically incorrect... So they changed. They are now a citrus fruit.
 
#63
#63
Speaking of P.C. poilce.... Anyone see what Arkansas State has now. Rather than an "indian," they have "Spirit Character Red!"
 
#64
#64
Worst Mascots

Miami's , Stanford's Ohio State's and I never understood why a French Catholic University had a Leprechaun as a mascot
 
#65
#65
Montgomery: Sidney Lanier - Poets
**** Defiance: Window Rock- fighting scouts

Los Angeles: Ribet Academy - Fighting Frogs
Savannah: Johnson - Atom Smashers
Centralia - Orphans / Orphan Annies
Mishawaka - Cavemen
BellBuckle: The Webb School - Feet
Chattanooga: Central - Purple Pounders (just kinda gay)
 
#66
#66
dickens821 said:
What's wrong with Minutemen?
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ummmmmmm... they are minute men. Be a "The Patriots" or "Freedom Fighter" or "Colonials", or even "Revolutionaries".

You have options other than "Minutemen". Historically I know what the hell a minute man is, but think of the children. Think of the frat boys. Think of the t-shirts.
 
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#68
mgvol said:
You'd have to be from Knoxville to remember this one; I think it was the sports page of the Halls Shopper(?) circa '97 or '98. High School Football - "Clinton Licks Beavers 52 - 0":post-4-1090547912:
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#70
#70
I'm definitely sticking with Stanford...

...and the DRUNK Christmas tree mascot.

I don't use drunk losely either. Didn't he/she show up to a game drunk just last year?
 
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