denn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Dennis Cornell ) (08/12/85)
I've seen odd town names, but how-about odd school team names.
Here's a few I think are odd:
1. Hoopeston Cornjerkers (Illinois) (Can you guess what they do
during off time?)
2. Potomac Artesians (Illinois) (Named after a natural spring????)
3. Oregon Ducks
4. Schlarman Hilltoppers (Illinois) (In the flat lands of Central
Illinois)
Anyone else have any that they can add to this list. Let's see those
strange school names!!
The Big D-
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carl@proper.UUCP (Carl Greenberg) (08/13/85)
In article <> denn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Dennis Cornell ) writes: >I've seen odd town names, but how-about odd school team names. >Here's a few I think are odd: > >1. Hoopeston Cornjerkers (Illinois) (Can you guess what they do > during off time?) >Anyone else have any that they can add to this list. Let's see those >strange school names!! At the middle school I went to many years ago the cheerleading team was called the "Wood School Beavers" (the mascot of the school was a bit paper-mache beaver). I do NOT think they gave any thought to modern euphemisms when naming the cheerleaders (perhaps they were encouraging the sports teams they were supposed to be cheering on in another way?). Carl Greenberg
lip@gcc-bill.ARPA (Seth Lipkin) (08/13/85)
In article <622@brl-tgr.ARPA> denn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Dennis Cornell ) writes: >Anyone else have any that they can add to this list. Let's see those >strange school names!! > How about: Downingtown Whippets, of Downingtown, PA Seth Lipkin General Computer Company harvard!gcc-bill!lip "Is art the mirror of life, or what?" - Woody Allen
edw@ihopa.UUCP (Edwin Windes) (08/13/85)
untill a few years ago: the Peoria Chinks -- ----- -------- Edwin D. Windes till 8/15 || \/ then back to school ...!ihnp4!ihopa!edw AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, Il give me a break, you know how the disclaimer goes.
ccrbrian@ucdavis.UUCP (Brian Reilly) (08/14/85)
> I've seen odd town names, but how-about odd school team names. > Here's a few I think are odd: > > 1. Hoopeston Cornjerkers (Illinois) (Can you guess what they do > during off time?) > > 2. Potomac Artesians (Illinois) (Named after a natural spring????) > > 3. Oregon Ducks > > 4. Schlarman Hilltoppers (Illinois) (In the flat lands of Central > Illinois) > > Anyone else have any that they can add to this list. Let's see those > strange school names!! > > The Big D- How about the California Aggies here at U.C. Davis? What is an "aggie" anyway? I have been here for three years and I am not too sure what it means. They call the school newspaper The California Aggie, so it is a popular phrase. - Brian Reilly -- ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= Brian Reilly Davis, CA 95616 U.C. Davis Computer Center ucbvax!ucdavis!deneb!ccrbrian
bobhic@aluxe.UUCP (ADOLT) (08/15/85)
> I've seen odd town names, but how-about odd school team names. > Here's a few I think are odd: > > 1. Hoopeston Cornjerkers (Illinois) (Can you guess what they do > during off time?) > > 2. Potomac Artesians (Illinois) (Named after a natural spring????) > > 3. Oregon Ducks > > 4. Schlarman Hilltoppers (Illinois) (In the flat lands of Central > Illinois) > > Anyone else have any that they can add to this list. Let's see those > strange school names!! > -------------------------------------------------------- O.K., how about the Allen High School - CANARYS in Allentown, PA., who play their football games, etc. in - (J. Birney) CRUM statium.
bjanz@watarts.UUCP (Bruce Janz) (08/15/85)
In article <441@ucdavis.UUCP> ccrbrian@ucdavis.UUCP (Brian Reilly) writes: >> I've seen odd town names, but how-about odd school team names. >> Here's a few I think are odd: >> >> 1. Hoopeston Cornjerkers (Illinois) (Can you guess what they do >> during off time?) >> >> 2. Potomac Artesians (Illinois) (Named after a natural spring????) >> >> 3. Oregon Ducks >> >> 4. Schlarman Hilltoppers (Illinois) (In the flat lands of Central >> Illinois) >> >> Anyone else have any that they can add to this list. Let's see those >> strange school names!! >> >> The Big D- > >How about the California Aggies here at U.C. Davis? What is an >"aggie" anyway? I have been here for three years and I am not too >sure what it means. They call the school newspaper The California >Aggie, so it is a popular phrase. > Actually, Aggies are farmers & the like (agricultural students). In Saskatchewan, there's a high school team named the Notre Dame Hounds. -- Reality is for those who have no imagination. . . b janz watmath!watarts!bjanz OR watmath!watdcs!bbjanz
matt@oddjob.UUCP (Matt Crawford) (08/17/85)
On the drive between this university and Yerkes Observatory, one passes the Big Hollow Middle School Either the architect was Henry Moore or the cafeteria is worse than most. _____________________________________________________ Matt University crawford@anl-mcs.arpa Crawford of Chicago ihnp4!oddjob!matt
waltt@tekecs.UUCP (Walt Tucker) (08/17/85)
> I've seen odd town names, but how-about odd school team names. > Here's a few I think are odd: > > 1. Hoopeston Cornjerkers (Illinois) (Can you guess what they do > during off time?) > > 2. Potomac Artesians (Illinois) (Named after a natural spring????) > > 3. Oregon Ducks > > 4. Schlarman Hilltoppers (Illinois) (In the flat lands of Central > Illinois) > > Anyone else have any that they can add to this list. Let's see those > strange school names!! I don't really think this is so strange, but everyone else does. The school team name of my high school was the "Astoria Fighting Fishermen" (the town is on the north Oregon coast). The "Oregon Ducks" in the above, reminds me of a bar story. Seems one year U of O was in about the bottom of the PAC10 conference (as usual), and the USC Trojans (there's another name for you) were about number 2. Well, after a grueling football game at Autzen stadium in Eugene, the final score ended in a tie, 7-7. Well, as far as the U of O people were concerned, this was as good as a win. Throughout the evening, as my group of friends and I walked around campus and hit the college bars, we would sit at a table and wait for a reletively quiet moment. Then, we (our group of 5) would start banging our mugs on the table and chant (rather loudly) "THE DUCKS! THE DUCKS!" Pretty soon, other patrons would join in, and within a minute, we would have the whole bar yelling "THE DUCKS! THE DUCKS!". After about 2 minutes of obnoxiousness, it would all subside. We would then wait about a half hour and do it again. The adrenaline was really flowing in Eugene that evening, and we proceded with this routine and half hour intervals at various establishments until closing time (2 AM in Oregon). We never failed to get other people to join in, nor did we ever get removed from anywhere. A good time was had by all. -- Walt Tucker Tektronix, Inc. -- Walt Tucker
tim@unisoft.UUCP (Tim Bessie) (08/24/85)
In highschool, the soccer team was the Santa Cruz High Muskrats.
- Tim
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In article <1136@ihuxn.UUCP> gadfly@ihuxn.UUCP (Gadfly) writes: >Don't forget the Pekin Chinks (Pekin, Ill.) Actually, there was >a big flap about that team name a year or so ago when some >namby-pamby, limp-wristed, bleeding-heart liberals suggested that >the name was racist or something. Got national press. They're >still the Pekin Chinks. "Don't say 'Chinks'. 'Chinks' is bigotted." Actually, wasn't that name from around the old pioneer days, when log cabins didn't have transparent glass windows and the peeping toms had to peek in chinks? -- This .signature intentionally not left blank. {decvax,skivax,turtlevax,sexvax,beesvax,earvax,blackvax,floorvax}!/dev/null
terry@nrcvax.UUCP (Terry Grevstad) (08/27/85)
bobm@rtech.UUCP (Bob Mcqueer) says: > >By the way, didn't some school in the midwest have a vote among the >students for the team name, and the vote turned out: > >"The Screaming Thunderchickens" I LIKE THAT! They got my vote! -- \"\t\f1A\h'+1m'\f4\(mo\h'+1m'\f1the\h'+1m'\f4\(es\t\f1\c _______________________________________________________________________ Terry Grevstad Network Research Corporation {sdcsvax,hplabs}!sdcrdcf!psivax!nrcvax!terry ucbvax!calma!nrcvax!terry