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Floridaboiler
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 Posted: 11/28/05 - 06:24 Post subject: College Mascot Challenge
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TreKay
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Posted: 11/28/05 - 08:07 Post subject: Re: College Mascot Challenge
no!
jk 
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kobyj
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Posted: 11/28/05 - 08:53 Post subject:
Heck NO!!!!
What did Purdue Pete ever do for me. Wait. I know a Purdue Pete!
I'm voting for Pete!
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DCRunningDiva
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Posted: 11/28/05 - 10:09 Post subject:
My highschool was called the Greewaves. Can I tell you how long it took us to actually HAVE a mascot?
Edited to say - I came from the totally land-locked state of KY and, although we were pushed up against the Ohio river there are NO waves in the Ohio river. 
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gretriever
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Posted: 11/28/05 - 13:47 Post subject:
| DCRunningDiva wrote: | My highschool was called the Greewaves. Can I tell you how long it took us to actually HAVE a mascot?
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Far as I know, UW-Eau Claire has never had a mascot.
They're called the Blugolds because the first fire hydrants in the city were installed on the campus, and were painted in those colors. That's what I was told anyway - RWS, you hear a different explanation?
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DCRunningDiva
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Posted: 11/28/05 - 17:28 Post subject:
| gretriever wrote: | | DCRunningDiva wrote: | My highschool was called the Greewaves. Can I tell you how long it took us to actually HAVE a mascot?
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Far as I know, UW-Eau Claire has never had a mascot.
They're called the Blugolds because the first fire hydrants in the city were installed on the campus, and were painted in those colors. That's what I was told anyway - RWS, you hear a different explanation? |
Yeah, that is pretty sad.
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Posted: 11/28/05 - 17:35 Post subject:
Pete made it to the Final 4!!!
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Posted: 11/28/05 - 21:23 Post subject:
Just take a look at some of these:
The University of Arkansas-Monticello Boll Weevils don’t sound like menaces … except maybe to the women’s mascot: the Cotton Blossoms.
The Hardrockers at South Dakota Tech aren’t named for their affinity for heavy metal. The term comes from the college’s focus on mining.
At Grays Harbor College in Aberdeen, Wash., the students are called “Chokers.” Sure it sounds scary … till you learn it’s a logging term. (Never call any other athlete a choker!)
Tired of being referred to as the “dark horse” of college athletics, Colby College in Waterville, Maine chose to call themselves the White Mules.
The Praying Colonels of Centre College in Danville, Ky. sound like they’re low on confidence, but the name stuck for a reason. When the team’s coach, Charlie Moran, asked players to pray for a victory prior to a big 1917 game, they did, and they won.
The University of California-Santa Cruz Banana Slugs — a past winner in the first annual Funniest College Nick-name Championship on
www.SportsUniversity.com.
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Posted: 11/29/05 - 20:00 Post subject:
I just voted again today and Pete is getting crushed!
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Posted: 12/04/05 - 12:29 Post subject:
Well Pete is struggling this week. Please help a poor mascot out with a simple click and vote!
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