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Sunday, January 2, 2011

College sports nicknames

We might need congress to intervene on this one. My proposition is that no sports league should allow more than one team to have the same sports nickname. But the Southeastern Conference has the LSU Tigers and the Auburn Tigers. And they frequently play the Clemson Tigers from nearby South Carolina. I find this confusing.

The nickname "Tigers" is the 2nd most used moniker (32 schools) after the Bulldogs (41 colleges). It is time for some imagination here. And absent that how about copying one of those unique names already used by others like:

TCU Hornfrogs
UC Irvine Anteaters
UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs
Haveford Black Squirrels
Connecticut College Camels
Long Beach State Dirtbags (baseball)
Houston (Clear Lake) Egrets
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Hardrockers
St. Johns (Mn) Johnnies (one of my favorites - but are they named after me or the porta-potties?)
Whittier College Poets
Heidelberg University (Tiffin, Ohio) Student Princes
Idaho Vandals
Akron Zips
Jamestown Jimmies (named after my brother I think)

It is time for Auburn, Clemson and LSU to break out with new nicknames.

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