Along these same lines is Centenary College in Shreveport, LA (my home town). The Centenary Gentlemen. The most polite players ever to dribble a basketball!
Having grown up in Columbia, S.C. (home of the [Fighting] Gamecocks, thank you very much), the part of this that always confused me was the bumper stickers, “Nobody can lick our Cocks.”
This is a good thing? Personally, I would much prefer the other extreme.
IIRC, NYU is the “violets”…now how are you supposed to indimidate opponents with a team name so close to “pansies”
None of you are allowed to touch my hometown heroes, the Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops. They have THE coolest mascot. It’s a bishop, but his hat is at an angle, and he has a Meeeeeaaan look in his eyes. However, our hockey team, the Blue Jackets, are open to taunting.
The Cardinals are not originally from St. Louis. Check out my post over in the “Worst Sports Franchise” thread.
I had no idea. I wasn’t into football until I was in the Air Force and by that time, St Louis no longer had a team. I routed for the Kansas City Chiefs when Joe Montana switched teams until he retired, then switched loyalties and learned humility as a Rams fan.
You gotta admit though, what’s so scary about a little red bird?
Actually, they were originally the Chicago Cardinals, until 1960 when they moved to St. Louis. The Cardinals are the oldest continous professional franchise in football, being founed in 1898 on the Chicago South Side as the the Morgan Athletic Club, then the Normals (after moving to Normal field). The name Cardinals came after they bought some uniforms from the University of Chicago (back when that team was a college power). The shirts were maroon, but the owner cracked that the color was “Cardinal!”
There’s an interesting history of the franchise on the Cardinals official site:
As you can see, I’ve already been corrected on this matter. I admit ignorance in football history and wasn’t really a fan until my AF years (starting in 1992) by which time the football Cards had already moved to Arizona.
I still think it’s a bad name for a football team though. Not really the strike-fear-in-your-opponent sort of thing you would expect.
I think I know of a worse name- aren’t Centenary’s women’s teams called the Lady Gents?
Sounds kind of kinky.
Reminds me of when my sister used to play for Providence. I’d kid her with “The Lady Friars? Don’t you mean Nuns?”
I don’t know what I find more surprising:
The fact that it took so long for someone to mention the Mighty Ducks otr that nobody agreed with that poster.
I mean, come on people. We have a bullshit corporate tie-in from the antichrist of corporations who owns and named the team, and it is, in fact, a stupid name from a dumb team in a lame movie.
There is nothing good about this, and if I had my way, I would have them lose every game to teams with REAL names such as the Blackhawks!
Death to Disney and their stuupid team name!
Yer pal,
Satan
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Try telling that to a 16th century Spanish Jew ( converso ).
I assume you’re making a reference to the Spanish Inquisiton? If this is a joke, ignore the following. If you were serious:
The Inquisition had no jurisdiction over non-Christians.
The mascot is clearly the bird, and not a member of the Catholic church.
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I assume you’re making a reference to the Spanish Inquisiton? If this is a joke, ignore the following. If you were serious:
The Inquisition had no jurisdiction over non-Christians.
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I would have to say that it would be the Carolina Hurricanes (hockey team). For a state that has been torn up by hurricanes for the last five years, this has to be poor taste. Plus their emblem looks more like a bull’s eye than it does a hurricane, it’s ugly.
I think it would have to be the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers. Yes, I know Minnesota is called the Gopher State. I cannot, for the life of me, think of why any state, especially one as nice as Minnesota, would worship a small lawn-and-garden pest.
Robin
All right! Another opportunity to plug my local WPHL team, the Lubbock Cotton Kings! Check out the logo, he’s the meanest darn ball of cotton you’ve ever seen.
And yes, that is a Cotton Kings jersey I’m wearing in my picture on the People Pages.
Actually, I love the team, and the games are a blast. But, I recognize that the name is a bit, er, unusual.
Sez Satan:
I thought the Anti-Christ was a GOOD thing to you. Or a bad thing, since you like bad things. Or rather, hate bad things. Dude, being evil all the time must be really confusing.
Gotta agree the Mighty Ducks is the worst. But to add fuel to fire, how 'bout those Expos? Bad enough they’re terrible, they’re out of date. Might as well be the Montreal Bad Milk.
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Satan, what else could Disney have named the team? I think it is great. There is, of course, the added bonus of not offending anybody.
I also like the Banana Slugs, the Tulane Green Wave, the Cotton Kings (that logo is awesome!), the Delmarva Shore Birds and the Macon Bacon.
The days of trying to inspire fear in your opponents are long gone. Let’s tie all of our teams to local features or legends.
My favorite is Army’s (West Point) real nickname – The Black Knights of the Hudson.
I agree with many who feel that offensive names should be changed (Redskins, Blackhawks, Braves, Seminoles, Indians, etc.) That being said, I think St. John’s University could have done a little better than Red Storm!
Buffalo Bills.
I have never understood this team name. They’re named after a guy who was a hunter and creator of a wild west show in the old west? and was born in Iowa? and never lived anywhere near Buffalo, NY?
Then you have their uniforms which have no relevance to their team name.
I agree with poopah chalupa (now there’s a sentence I would never have anticipated typing). Call yourselves the Buffalo Buffalo (or Bison) and get it over with.
Cobdon High School (Cobdon, IL): Appleknockers
Centralia HS (Centralia, IL): Orphans
New Berlin HS (New Berlin, IL): Pretzels
And then there’s Washburn University in Wichita, KS: The Ichabods