# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**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 15, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/41 "2017-11-15T03:08:32Z")
Winona: The Forget-Me-Nots ---
**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 15, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/42 "2017-11-15T13:10:20Z")
> [@CelticKnot](#): > > 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. I’ll tiptoe into those shark/snark-infested waters: In aviation, the navigation radio beacons scattered around the country are generally named for the nearest city or town. Which led to this in-joke amongst US professional pilots:Q: What are the three great lies of Kansas? A: Hill City, Garden City, and Liberal.Each of those being beacons named for towns on the major air routes across that flat, arid, and \*very \*Republican state. Carry on. In which spirit I propose the: Hill City (KS) Pancakes Garden City (KS) Xeriscapers Liberal (KS) \ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hi\_Medlo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hi\_Medlo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Medlo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/43 "2017-11-15T13:34:35Z")
Real one…the Poca (WV) Dots. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/44 "2017-11-15T14:11:05Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > **Ambivalid** mentioned in another thread that he is in Flint, MI. I thought “Hmm, if there is not a high school or college there known as the Flint Firebugs, there should be”. Other mascots that _should_ be: > > Amarillo (TX) Submarines Amarillo = yellow in Spanish > Carmel (CA) Apples > Seal Beach (CA) Clubbers > Sun City (AZ) Carcinomas > Gobblers Knob (Various) Polishers > Intercourse ¶ Abstainers - Go sex 'stains! > Butts County (GA) Crackers > Helen (GA) Backs > . I’d suggest the Helen (GA) Blazers Ambrose Bierce used “Helen Blazes” as a euphemism for “Hell and Blazes” in his “Devil’s Dictionary”, but maybe the phrase is too obscure these days. Still, “Blazers” doers sound like a real team name – more so that “Backs” Speaking of which, we really need the: Notre Dame (IN) Hunchbacks ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/45 "2017-11-15T14:30:28Z")
Another real one is the UConn Huskies. ---
**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 15, 2017, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/46 "2017-11-15T15:06:58Z")
> [@CelticKnot](#): > > In a real irony, Liberal High School mascot is the very un-PC Redskins. OK, _that’s_ funny! ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/47 "2017-11-15T15:49:29Z")
Temple U [del]Owls[/del] Gods Georgia [del]Bulldogs[/del] Satellites UConn [del]Huskies[/del] Men, Gress, or Victs Alaska [del]Nanooks[/del] Questions Wyoming [del]Cowboys[/del] Vases Farmington HS [Penises](http://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2017/11/13/phoenix-phoenixes-or-phoenices-petitioner-worries-new-utah-school-mascots-name-will-invite-crude-jokes/) The Pequea Valley ¶ School District includes the town of Intercourse, Gap, Paradise, Blue Ball, & Bird-in-Hand; _sooo_ many possibilities there. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/48 "2017-11-15T17:41:10Z")
There’s gotta be some good ones for Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. The town is usually referred to as “T or C” locally. How about “the T or C Bajeebies”? Or, if you say the whole thing, “the Truth or Consequences Shmonsequences”? ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/49 "2017-11-15T17:45:03Z")
The London (KY) Broil The Frankfort (KY) Ers The Barcelona (NY) Rangers ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/50 "2017-11-15T18:27:29Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You just can’t beat the real life [Butte County High School Pirates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butte_County_High_School) Damn, that’s funny! > [@running\_coach](#): > > [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) That aerial view looks like a sperm impregnating an egg to me! ---
**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 16, 2017, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/51 "2017-11-16T11:25:17Z")
And in a dose of real world idiocy I give you this news article: [Parents petition to change high school mascot's 'naughty' name   – New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/parents-petition-change-high-school-mascot-naughty-article-1.3634561) (WARNING: autoplay video of TV onscene reporter in addition to text article.) It seems if you try hard enough to mispronounce the planned name of this soon-to-open high school, it sounds “naughty” to certain Mormon soccer moms. Oh Noes :eek::eek::eek:!! ---
**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 16, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-school-college-mascots-that-should-be/800996/52 "2017-11-16T14:20:26Z")
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