# High school/college mascots that should be **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 7, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996 "2017-11-07T20:37:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/21 "2017-11-09T15:43:06Z")
The Orlando Joneses ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/22 "2017-11-09T15:51:10Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > The Orlando Joneses Especially good for the track team. Everyone would be trying to keep up with the Joneses. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/23 "2017-11-09T16:22:57Z")
Worcester (MA) Shears Fuller (KS) Brushmen Jackson (WY) Fives Bird-in-Hand (PA) Two-in-bushes (OK, maybe that last one is too much of a stretch…) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/24 "2017-11-09T17:36:04Z")
I have actually made this proposal to my school district superintendent, for whenever they get around to building a new high school. There’s only one native Austinite in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and his nickname would be a great name for a school sports team. Hint: he still holds the NFL record for interceptions in one season. Dick Lane High School And the football team could be called the Night Train(s). Singular or plural, they both work. ---
**Author:** ![Hopeful\_Crow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/da6949/32.png) [@Hopeful\_Crow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hopeful_Crow)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/25 "2017-11-09T21:33:12Z")
Vader (WA) Lords Manson (WA) Charlies Drain (OR) Holes Homer (AK) Simpsons Horsefly (BC) Pests I’m trying to come up with something for Boring (OR) but seem to have reached the limit of smartaleckness for the moment. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/26 "2017-11-09T22:58:13Z")
Belfry, MT is the bats. We drove through there one day a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/27 "2017-11-10T01:23:40Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > Should be Carmel (IN) Apples to get the correct pronunciation of “Carmel”: car-MEL by the sea, CAR-mel by the corn. I’m amazed anyone from outside of he area knows that. I’ve lived in CAR-mel for years. My kids played travel soccer and a lady from the other team kept calling us car-MEL. Eventually I politely told her that it is pronounced CAR-mel. She looked at me and said “No it’s not… we’ve played them before.” I just shook my head and walked away. For a nearby real one… the Frankfort (IN) Hot Dogs. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/28 "2017-11-10T02:43:35Z")
(This is a real one) The Carlsbad NM Cavemen/Cavegirls ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/29 "2017-11-10T13:34:07Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > (OK, maybe that last one is too much of a stretch…) Stretch it 'til it breaks, baby! ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/30 "2017-11-10T15:22:31Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Marin (CA) Ers. I am not aware of a “Marin High School” in California. Marin Catholic, Marin Academy, and San Marin, yes. Besides, there’s already a school in Marin with the mascot Mariners - College of Marin. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/31 "2017-11-10T16:09:43Z")
> [@Spud](#): > > I’m amazed anyone from outside of he area knows that. I’ve lived in CAR-mel for years. My kids played travel soccer and a lady from the other team kept calling us car-MEL. Eventually I politely told her that it is pronounced CAR-mel. She looked at me and said “No it’s not… we’ve played them before.” I just shook my head and walked away. My sister used to live in Indianapolis and corrected me when I told her I was staying in car-MEL on business. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/32 "2017-11-10T16:18:40Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > Stretch it 'til it breaks, baby! Rochester (NY or MN, your pick) Mr. Bennies There, I’ve broken it… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/33 "2017-11-10T16:27:31Z")
[This school’s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkland_High_School_(Pennsylvania)) mascot is the Trojans. A change should be considered. [Aerial view.](https://cmgpbpsuperfun.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/falcon-high1.jpg) In 1999, the new and current Parkland High School building on Cedar Crest Boulevard in Allentown was opened due to overcapacity of the second building. The old school was renovated and renamed Orefield Middle School, replacing Troxell Junior High School.[5][6] When viewed from above, the layout of the current building and grounds closely approximate the shape of the Millennium Falcon, a spacecraft featured in the Star Wars films.[7] **School officials claim that the design was not deliberate** ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/34 "2017-11-10T20:07:22Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > As I remember, one of the Pine Ridge schools wanted to name their team the Fighting Whities … I think that got vetoed by the administration … For a few years, there was an intramural basketball team at the University of North Colorado named the Fighting Whites, with multiple variations on the name including the Fightin’ Whities. See the [Wikipedia page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_Whites) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/35 "2017-11-10T22:50:29Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > I am not aware of a “Marin High School” in California. Marin Catholic, Marin Academy, and San Marin, yes. > > Besides, there’s already a school in Marin with the mascot Mariners - College of Marin. … IF there isn’t a Marin High there sure could be. This whole thread depends on the idea of schools named for their towns. My suggestion was not to name the team the “Mariners”. That’s an obvious and sensible name. My suggestion was to than them simply the “Ers”. Which is stupid and (maybe a little) silly. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/36 "2017-11-11T02:31:24Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > … > IF there isn’t a Marin High there sure could be. This whole thread depends on the idea of schools named for their towns. > > My suggestion was not to name the team the “Mariners”. That’s an obvious and sensible name. > > My suggestion was to than them simply the “Ers”. Which is stupid and (maybe a little) silly. Why not the Marin Aras? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/37 "2017-11-11T06:51:28Z")
Brick, Nj offers so many possibilities. Brick Walls Brick Layers Brick Shithouses Sadly, the two high schools’ teams are the Mustangs and the Green Dragons. Speaking of brick walls, there is also a town called Wall, which should really be home to the Wall Flowers. We also should have the: Union Busters Egg Harbor Scramblers Cape May Bees Our neighbors in PA should have the Gap Jeans Mars Rovers Beaver Hunters ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/38 "2017-11-11T13:49:56Z")
Beaver Splitters might be a better name, at least for the male teams. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/39 "2017-11-14T14:14:15Z")
Fishkill (NY) Dynamiters As for Beaver, I’d go with Mounties ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/40 "2017-11-15T03:06:41Z")
I had a thought about Liberal (KS), but I didn’t want to get into political wrangling here. In a real irony, Liberal High School mascot is the very un-PC Redskins. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996.md?page=3)