Unfortunate College Nicknames

Cafe Society
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One of Montgomery’s high schools is Sidney Lanier and they’re the Poets, too. Bart Starr went to school there, so he went from being a Poet to a Packer, as is often the case, I hear.

I’d be willing to bet that there are some too clever high school, prep school, and tech school mascots.

In fact, I seem to recall an issue of MAD Magazine that dealt with the concept in their patented way with such things as the Wisc Brooms, the Penn Bars, the Texas Hold’ems, the Denver Pyles, etc.

Maybe that would provide an interesting hijack trail?

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Imagine if the school had been more literal and had gone with the Ewes, and the favorite cheer had gone, “Go You Ewes, Use Them!”

Or not…

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Thanks for picking up on that for me there, rackensack…you from those parts?

I just went back for a short family visit and ate at the what-a-burger (a one of a kind place not to be confused with the chain whattaburger)…yeeha!

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Their caps usually say “YOU CAN’T BEAT OUR COCKS”.

Another interesting one is Wake Forest, the Demon Deacons. I’ve always thought it was an odd turn of phrase.

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My university calls its teams the Crusaders.

That goes down really well in this day and age.

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Wasn’t there a college who named their teams the Nads, so the fans could cheer “Go Nads! Go Nads!”?

Anyone who went to school in the Big East knows the chant “What the hell’s a Hoya?”. The sad thing is, it’s literally true: A Hoya is a What.

And Labdad mentioned the UDel Blue Hens, but didn’t mention the other school color. The mascot itself is a yellow-bellied chicken.

On the other side of the question, I’m rather fond of the UConn Huskies. Say it out loud, if it’s not obvious.