OT: Most Popular D1 Nickname???
The Softball team played the Utah Valley Wolverines this weekend. There are only 2 D1 schools named Wolverines. Their colors are green and gold.
Can everyone name the most popular D1 nicknames? The #1 spot has 5 schools and #2 and #3 have 4 schools each.
No cheating. No google. Just memory.
Can everyone name the most popular D1 nicknames? The #1 spot has 5 schools and #2 and #3 have 4 schools each.
Not sure where these numbers came from, but they're way too low. The most common nickname is used by 14 schools.
I had an over-seas conference call late last night.
1) Tigers at 5
2) Tied at 4 are Bulldogs and Wildcats.
Savannah State Tigers
Crimson Tide, Green Wave, Mean Green,Orange, and Cardinal.
Edit: Forgot about Marshall, ND and Illinois
Navy Midshipmen, NC State Wolfpack, Nevada Wolfpack, and Tulsa Golden Hurricane
If a team from Georgia wears blazers to play a Golden Hurricane, do they wind up with Yellow Jackets?
My persona favorites are the Beavers, OOooregon Ducks and MOREHEAD state please. I know, im a perv...
If you're talking football, # 1 is tigers with Auburn, Memphis, LSU, Missouri, and Clemson. # 2 is bulldogs and wildcats. Bulldogs are Fresno State, Mississippi State, Georgia, and Louisiana Tech. Wildcats are Kentucky, Arizona, Northwestern, and Kansas State.
is the Richmond Spiders.
This thorough enough?
While not a college team, I've always been partial to Macon Whoopee.
Michigan State used to go by the Aggies, but then they held a contest in 1925 to come up with a new nickname, because, you know TRADITION!
Anyway, they elected to change their nickname to the Michigan "Staters" {snicker} only to have the Lansing State Journal press for one of the losing entires, the "Spartans", and this eventually caught on.
#LOLStaters
You should have read comments 52-57. Sorry TIM.
I'd guess Wildcats. It seems like there's so many of them.
Or Tigers or Bulldogs. It's definitely not like Cornhuskers or Golden Flashes.
I'm going to say the Eagles are in there....
Eastern Michigan
Boston College?
Tigers: LSU, Clemson
Wildcats: Davidson, Northwestern, Kentucky, Kansas State
Bulldogs: Fresno State, UGA, Miss St
Huskies: Uconn, Washington
Bears: Baylor, Cal...
The big ten has some really unique names!!! Id go with Wildcats, then Bulldogs (I think SCST are the bulldogs maybe) and Tigers for the second place one