The Atoz Game (Part 3)

Universities and their team names

Arizona Wildcats
Baylor Bears
Columbia Lions
Drexel Dragons
Eastern Washington Eagles
Florida State Seminoles
Georgetown Hoyas
Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors
Indiana Hoosiers
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
Kansas Jayhawks
Laurentian Voyageurs
MIT Beavers
Nevada Rebels
Oregon Ducks
Penn State Nittany Lions

Not sure what a Nittany is.

The “Nittany” is for Mount Nittany, overlooking the Penn State campus in State College, PA.

Universities and their team names

Arizona Wildcats
Baylor Bears
Columbia Lions
Drexel Dragons
Eastern Washington Eagles
Florida State Seminoles
Georgetown Hoyas
Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors
Indiana Hoosiers
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
Kansas Jayhawks
Laurentian Voyageurs
MIT Beavers
Nevada Rebels
Oregon Ducks
Penn State Nittany Lions
Quinnipiac Bobcats

Formerly the Braves.

Universities and their team names

Arizona Wildcats
Baylor Bears
Columbia Lions
Drexel Dragons
Eastern Washington Eagles
Florida State Seminoles
Georgetown Hoyas
Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors
Indiana Hoosiers
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
Kansas Jayhawks
Laurentian Voyageurs
MIT Beavers
Nevada Rebels
Oregon Ducks
Penn State Nittany Lions
Quinnipiac Bobcats
Rice Owls

I remember looking around for Mt Nittany when I visited Penn State, and it’s not very tall, according to Wiki 2077 ft and “generally too small to be considered a mountain”.

Universities and their team names

Arizona Wildcats
Baylor Bears
Columbia Lions
Drexel Dragons
Eastern Washington Eagles
Florida State Seminoles
Georgetown Hoyas
Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors
Indiana Hoosiers
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
Kansas Jayhawks
Laurentian Voyageurs
MIT Beavers
Nevada Rebels
Oregon Ducks
Penn State Nittany Lions
Quinnipiac Bobcats
Rice Owls
SMU Mustangs

(Southern Methodist University)

Universities and their team names

Arizona Wildcats
Baylor Bears
Columbia Lions
Drexel Dragons
Eastern Washington Eagles
Florida State Seminoles
Georgetown Hoyas
Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors
Indiana Hoosiers
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
Kansas Jayhawks
Laurentian Voyageurs
MIT Beavers
Nevada Rebels
Oregon Ducks
Penn State Nittany Lions
Quinnipiac Bobcats
Rice Owls
SMU Mustangs
Troy Trojans

Universities and their team names

Arizona Wildcats
Baylor Bears
Columbia Lions
Drexel Dragons
Eastern Washington Eagles
Florida State Seminoles
Georgetown Hoyas
Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors
Indiana Hoosiers
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
Kansas Jayhawks
Laurentian Voyageurs
MIT Beavers
Nevada Running Rebels
Oregon Ducks
Penn State Nittany Lions
Quinnipiac Bobcats
Rice Owls
SMU Mustangs
Troy Trojans
Utah Utes

Did Joe Pesci name 'em? I’m picturing Fred Gwynne when I hear that.

Universities and their team names

Arizona Wildcats
Baylor Bears
Columbia Lions
Drexel Dragons
Eastern Washington Eagles
Florida State Seminoles
Georgetown Hoyas
Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors
Indiana Hoosiers
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
Kansas Jayhawks
Laurentian Voyageurs
MIT Beavers
Nevada Running Rebels
Oregon Ducks
Penn State Nittany Lions
Quinnipiac Bobcats
Rice Owls
SMU Mustangs
Troy Trojans
Utah Utes
Villanova wildcats

Universities and their team names

Arizona Wildcats
Baylor Bears
Columbia Lions
Drexel Dragons
Eastern Washington Eagles
Florida State Seminoles
Georgetown Hoyas
Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors
Indiana Hoosiers
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
Kansas Jayhawks
Laurentian Voyageurs
MIT Beavers
Nevada Running Rebels
Oregon Ducks
Penn State Nittany Lions
Quinnipiac Bobcats
Rice Owls
SMU Mustangs
Troy Trojans
Utah Utes
Villanova Wildcats
Washington Huskies

Universities and their team names

Arizona Wildcats
Baylor Bears
Columbia Lions
Drexel Dragons
Eastern Washington Eagles
Florida State Seminoles
Georgetown Hoyas
Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors
Indiana Hoosiers
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
Kansas Jayhawks
Laurentian Voyageurs
MIT Beavers
Nevada Running Rebels
Oregon Ducks
Penn State Nittany Lions
Quinnipiac Bobcats
Rice Owls
SMU Mustangs
Troy Trojans
Utah Utes
Villanova Wildcats
Washington Huskies
Xavier Musketeers

Too many people wrongly pronounce the name as “Ek-savier”, ugh. It’s “Zavier”. Would they pronounce “xylophone” as “ek-sylophone”?
Xavier (given name) - Wikipedia

No, people know how to properly pronounce xylophone. It’s the spelling that gives them problems.
When I worked as a CSR for Verizon (and later Sprint, which became T-Mobile), I couldn’t believe the number of times I had people try to spell a name phonetically for me and say something like “Z… like in Xylophone”.

-“BB”-

Damn! I really wanted W for the Wake Forrest Demon Deacons. My favorite mascot!

Universities and their team names

Arizona Wildcats
Baylor Bears
Columbia Lions
Drexel Dragons
Eastern Washington Eagles
Florida State Seminoles
Georgetown Hoyas
Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors
Indiana Hoosiers
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
Kansas Jayhawks
Laurentian Voyageurs
MIT Beavers
Nevada Running Rebels
Oregon Ducks
Penn State Nittany Lions
Quinnipiac Bobcats
Rice Owls
SMU Mustangs
Troy Trojans
Utah Utes
Villanova Wildcats
Washington Huskies
Xavier Musketeers
Yale Bulldogs

Yale brought out an actual Olde Erlglish Bulldogge named “Handsome Dan” as their mascot in 1889, making them the first college to use a live mascot. The current mascot is “Handsome Dan XIX” (also known as "Kingman’).

-“BB”-

Someday, someday soon, I hope to visit Erlgland.

Universities and their team names

Arizona Wildcats
Baylor Bears
Columbia Lions
Drexel Dragons
Eastern Washington Eagles
Florida State Seminoles
Georgetown Hoyas
Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors
Indiana Hoosiers
Johns Hopkins Blue Jays
Kansas Jayhawks
Laurentian Voyageurs
MIT Beavers
Nevada Running Rebels
Oregon Ducks
Penn State Nittany Lions
Quinnipiac Bobcats
Rice Owls
SMU Mustangs
Troy Trojans
Utah Utes
Villanova Wildcats
Washington Huskies
Xavier Musketeers
Yale Bulldogs
Zagreb HAŠK

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And @Bicycle_Bill , my point is that yes, people can pronounce xylophone, so they should be able to pronounce Xavier similarly.

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