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Explain your School's Mascott!
What is the story of why your school is called what's it's called.
For example FAU is named after the Owls because well we have lots of Owls living on an around campus.
The burrowing owl is a small,but nasty little Owls who will chase you if to close to the nest.
Rumor has it there was student vote on the mascot and it was between the blue wave and owls,but despite the students voting the school went with the owls.
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The Legend of the Bulldog

The legend of the Louisiana Tech Bulldog dates back to the Fall of 1899. The story involves five Tech students on their way home from class. When they reached the edge of campus, they noticed a quiet old bulldog sitting alone under a tree. Assuming the dog was a stray, they fed him all the food they had with them and continued on their way.

When the young men had reached the boarding house where they were living, one of them discovered that the bulldog had followed them. They all liked the bulldog and decided not to send him away. They received permission from the owner of the house to keep the dog and to let him sleep in the kitchen for the night. However, they would have to make other plans the next day.

During the night, a fire broke out in the house and the bulldog was the first to be awakened. The old dog became alarmed and ran from room to room tugging at the sheets of the bed to wake the students and the owner. Once the owner and the students had assembled outside, they were horrified to discover that one boy was still in the house. By this time, the house was almost completely full of smoke. Before the boys had time to react, they saw the bulldog run back into the burning house. Moments later, the final student ran out to safety. They all waited for the bulldog to come back out, but it never did.

By dawn the fire was out and the boys searched what remained of the house in hopes of finding the old bulldog alive. After a short time, they found the old dog lying in an unburned corner of the house. The smoke and heat had been too much, and the heroic dog just did not make it.

With tears in their eyes, the young men picked up the lifeless body, and without saying a word, began to walk back to the campus. When they reached the tree where they had met the bulldog only the day before, they began to dig a grave. Not wanting the bulldog to lie uncovered, two of the students took off their jackets and wrapped the bulldog. One jacket was red, the other blue.

Soon, the news of the stray old bulldog spread across the Tech campus. Everyone grieved and felt a closeness to the bulldog that most of them never knew. A loving old bulldog had become the first Tech hero.

A year after the death of the bulldog, Tech began making plans to start its first football team and needed a mascot and school colors. The students voted unanimously to become the Bulldogs in honor of Tech's first hero. The school colors were chosen to be red and blue in recognition of the colors the bulldog was buried in.

Today, no one is sure where the old bulldog is buried or of the names of the young men who saved it. However, one thing is certain. The spirit of the dog is still very much alive, and the love and loyalty it displayed has been a trademark of Tech people for many generations. Questions about the events long ago will always exist, but be assured that somewhere on the Tech campus are the remains of a brave old bulldog wrapped in red and blue.

https://www.latech.edu/fye/legend.shtml
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Quote:History of the Monarch
For many years, the athletic team of the Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary (as Old Dominion was formerly called) were known as the Braves. This was a derivation of the William & Mary nickname, the Indians. As Old Dominion achieved its own four-year status and saw its enrollment surpass that of its Williamsburg neighbor, it was not longer suitable or acceptable to have its teams called the Braves.

The name Monarchs evokes much of the history of the Commonwealth of Virginia and of Old Dominion's mother institution, the College of William & Mary. The nickname "Old Dominion" was first coined to the Virginia colony by King Charles II after Virginia's loyalty to the crown during the English Civil War. Furthermore, William III & Mary II, whose patronage helped found the College of William & Mary in Virginia in 1693, ruled England at the invitation of Parliament as "joint monarchs."

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(07-25-2015 05:39 PM)LAcajuns_fan Wrote:  
(07-25-2015 05:22 PM)Saint Greg Wrote:  The Legend of the Bulldog
What about that horrific post you made on RP? Are you ever going to man up and own it? Tell us about your thought process that led you to make it. Pretty simple question that you are dodging.
But I guess it's just easier to hide behind the Internet, and give me negative reps.

Come on, man. Take it to PMs.
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Lol I don't even know how to begin...
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"Golden Eagles" was voted upon by the student body in 1972. I assume it's a nod to the school colors of black and gold. I've never seen another reason given anywhere.
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(07-25-2015 05:09 PM)owlcountry40 Wrote:  What is the story of why your school is called what's it's called.

from the 2015 MT media guide...

Quote:THE MASCOT
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In the early days of athletics at Middle Tennessee State University, the teams were known by several nicknames. Among these were Teachers, Normalites, and Pedagogues.

In 1934, it was decided that the school needed a specific nickname. During football season that year, the Murfreesboro Daily News Journal held a contest to name the team.

The late Charles Sarver, then a Middle Tennessee football player and later principal at White County High School in Sparta, Tenn., won the $5 prize for his entry of “Blue Raiders.” Sarver later indicated he had “borrowed” the nickname of the Colgate Red Raiders but substituted MTSU Blue for Colgate Red. Ever since then, Middle Tennessee athletic teams have been known as the Blue Raiders.

For a time, the “unofficial” mascot for the Blue Raiders was a costumed, cartoon-like dog that debuted in the 1980s. A reasonable facsimile of a bluetick hound, the affable character was dubbed “Ole Blue.”

On January 17, 1998, the current mascot, “Lightning,” was born. The mascot was unveiled at a basketball game in Murphy Center. The introduction of Lightning gave a new identity to the nickname Blue Raiders.

Generally I am not a big fan of the pegasus.It looks like a damn hood ornament from a 1950s vehicle. The whole subject of name/nickname/logo/branding is sore subject. Whenever a decision has been made in regard to it, the university has usually made bad decisions.
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Back to the topic...

North Texas didn't have a mascot from 1913 until 1922. Our athletes were just called the "Normal Boys", as our university began as a teacher college. Teacher's colleges were called normal colleges back then. Also, I believe North Texas athletic's colors became Green and White by chance. When UNT first began playing club sports, the local Denton Athletic Club donated their old gym clothes to the college. Those outfits happened to be green and white. The students chose the Eagle as our mascot in 1922. In 1950, students named the first live bird mascot "Scrappy," which later became the name of our costumed mascot.

And then there is the legend...

One day in 1897 a few male student wanted to play some football and walked from the Normal building to a large field on Chestnut Street. While playing their game a large bird's shadow swept over the field and they stopped play to investigate. The bird descended down from the sky and landed on the branch of an oak tree located on the field. What they saw was an impressive eagle. They stood and marveled at it, as bald eagles were not common in the Denton area. Then the eagle let out a great screech and flew in the direction of the young men, snatched up their football and carried it off. They watched as the eagle disappeared into the sky over the campus. When back on campus they told their friends what had happened. Some believe that's how North Texas football began. Within a few years North Texas began playing football as a club sport. In 1913, the university bought the field on Chestnut and it became known as Eagle Field.
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I just know we were almost the Armadillos before Roadrunners got the win .
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From the official WKU website:

http://www.wkusports.com/ot/big-red.html

Big Red, Western Kentucky University's athletic mascot, was born in the fall of 1979 and celebrates its birthday on December 1st. Big Red can be best described as the Spirit of Western!

The huge, furry, lovable creature was originally designed and built by WKU student Ralph Carey, ('80 WKU graduate), of Cincinnati, and made its' debut during the Hilltoppers' 1979-80 basketball season. Big Red has become a big hit with fans of all ages throughout the state and the nation. Big Red's signature moves are the belly slide and belly shake.

The ultimate fan and supporter of all WKU's intercollegiate sports, Big Red won the "Key to Spirit" award, the highest honor presented to team mascots at the time, at the Universal Cheerleading Association competition in 1980, 1981 and again in 1983.

In the spring of 1990, Big Red reached the "Final Four" of the UCA's second annual national championship event in San Antonio, TX, taking third-place honors. Then, in the spring of 1996, Big Red reached the "Final Four" of ESPN SportZone's "Battle of the Mascots" in public balloting on the Internet.

Big Red was the centerpiece of ESPN's promotion of the 25,000th Sports Center, airing in August 2002. Since 2002, Big Red has also been selected into the Capital One All-America Mascot Team eight of the ten years of its existence. In 2005, Big Red placed second at the Universal Cheerleader Association's Summer Camp in Knoxville, TN. Also, in 2005 Big Red was voted the favorite mascot (of participating schools) at the NCAA Mascot Mania celebration in Indianapolis, IN.
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(07-25-2015 08:27 PM)davi78239 Wrote:  I just know we were almost the Armadillos before Roadrunners got the win .

That's too bad. Armadillos would've rocked.

I tell you this, had I been on campus in 1972, I wouldn't have voted for "Golden Eagles." When the name of your school is already "Southern Mississippi," you don't need a 4-syllable mascot. Especially when "War Lords" was an option. 05-mafia

Quote:Over the years, Southern Miss has experienced an evolution of mascots. The earliest nickname for the University's athletic teams was Tigers, but early teams were also referred to as Normalites. Then, in 1924, our teams' name was changed to Yellow Jackets.
When the school was renamed Mississippi Southern College in 1940, a name change for the athletic teams was fitting. In April 1940, the student body voted to name the teams Confederates. The teams were called the Confederates during fall 1940 and spring 1941. In September 1941, Confederates was dropped, and the teams were named Southerners.

Several years later, in 1953, General Nat (for Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest) was approved as the Southerners' mascot. The first General Nat was Archie Hughes, and Nat's horse was named Son of Dixie. In 1971, the mascot was officially changed to "The Miners."

"The Miners" name was found not to have the needed campus appeal and in 1972, alumni, faculty, students and staff were asked to submit new names for the athletic teams, and an ad hoc committee appointed by the Alumni Association voted on the submissions. Our present mascot, the Golden Eagles, was chosen as the athletic teams' name, and the new mascot was Seymour, an individual in a Golden Eagle costume. (Several students usually share the responsibility of portraying Seymour.)

Seymour's full name is Seymour d'Campus. The name was inspired by the 1984 World's Fair mascot, Seymour d'Fair, who was played by former Southern Miss mascot Jeff Davis '83.

Golden Eagles was chosen over Raiders, War Lords, Timber Wolves and Southerners.

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The nickname "49ers" derives from the fact that the university's predecessor—Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina (CCUNC - established in 1946) was saved from being shut down by the state in 1949 by Bonnie Cone, when the Charlotte Center became Charlotte College. Due to this "49er spirit" that Cone felt embodied the University, referring to the settlers that endured much hardships in traveling across the United States to seek fortune in the California Gold Rush, students of the fledgling UNC Charlotte chose "49ers" as the school's mascot. The fact that the site of the U.S.'s first major gold discovery, Reed's Gold Mine, is located nearby may also be a contributing factor to the nickname. The fact that the University's Main Campus front entrance is located on North Carolina Highway 49 is pure coincidence.

Prior to the "49ers" moniker, the athletic teams were known as the "Owls" due to CCUNC's beginnings as a night school.
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As said previously, it was a vote and Armadillo was initially actually the winner. The election was later declared void for reasons unknown to me, and Roadrunner subsequently won the 2nd time around. You can occasionally spot a Roadrunner on our campus too, which is pretty cool.

https://utsalibrariestopshelf.wordpress....oadrunner/

"Students indeed elected their own mascot, in the fall semester of 1977. According to an article in the October 1977 UTSA Bulletin entitled “Mascot Choices Bear Up,” students suggested approximately 50 possible mascots in September 1977 (the title references the suggestion of the bear as a possible mascot). The top nine suggestions–the armadillo, eagle, el conquistador, jaguar, puma, roadrunner, star, toro, and vaquero–were put to a vote in November 1977. The votes were tallied, and the top two contenders were announced: the armadillos and the stars.

¿Cómo?

There were arguments for both. Athletics Director Rudy Davalos had requested the star to be added to the ballot. “The star would be a good mascot for UTSA because Texas is the lone star state,” Davalos is quoted as saying in a November 4, 1977 press release. “The star is neither masculine nor feminine and equally can represent men and women athletes.” The press release states that former Student Representative Assembly member and “strong armadillo supporter” Bruce Garcia argued that “UTSA is located in the Texas hill country and needs a mascot symbolic of this area. The armadillo serves this purpose perfectly.”

Fortunately for the roadrunner, the election was subsequently declared void by the Student Representative Assembly and a new election was scheduled. The nine original candidates were included on the new ballot, with a write-in option. On November 23, with 1900 of UTSA’s 7350 students voting, the two new leaders were announced: the armadillo and the roadrunner. Students voted in a final election in December 1977, and on December 9, 1977, at a bonfire rally, the roadrunner was announced as UTSA’s first mascot."
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(07-25-2015 08:27 PM)davi78239 Wrote:  I just know we were almost the Armadillos before Roadrunners got the win .

Fightin' Armadillos would have been awesome!
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(07-26-2015 09:27 AM)SApuro Wrote:  
(07-25-2015 08:27 PM)davi78239 Wrote:  I just know we were almost the Armadillos before Roadrunners got the win .

Fightin' Armadillos would have been awesome!

I agree. UTSA should have gone with Armadillos.
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(07-25-2015 11:08 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  The nickname "49ers" derives from the fact that the university's predecessor—Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina (CCUNC - established in 1946) was saved from being shut down by the state in 1949 by Bonnie Cone, when the Charlotte Center became Charlotte College. Due to this "49er spirit" that Cone felt embodied the University, referring to the settlers that endured much hardships in traveling across the United States to seek fortune in the California Gold Rush, students of the fledgling UNC Charlotte chose "49ers" as the school's mascot. The fact that the site of the U.S.'s first major gold discovery, Reed's Gold Mine, is located nearby may also be a contributing factor to the nickname. The fact that the University's Main Campus front entrance is located on North Carolina Highway 49 is pure coincidence.

Prior to the "49ers" moniker, the athletic teams were known as the "Owls" due to CCUNC's beginnings as a night school.

Should have keep the Owl. Why would you want to name your mascot after the people that left for California? 01-wingedeagle
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(07-25-2015 05:32 PM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  
Quote:History of the Monarch
For many years, the athletic team of the Norfolk Division of the College of William & Mary (as Old Dominion was formerly called) were known as the Braves. This was a derivation of the William & Mary nickname, the Indians. As Old Dominion achieved its own four-year status and saw its enrollment surpass that of its Williamsburg neighbor, it was not longer suitable or acceptable to have its teams called the Braves.

The name Monarchs evokes much of the history of the Commonwealth of Virginia and of Old Dominion's mother institution, the College of William & Mary. The nickname "Old Dominion" was first coined to the Virginia colony by King Charles II after Virginia's loyalty to the crown during the English Civil War. Furthermore, William III & Mary II, whose patronage helped found the College of William & Mary in Virginia in 1693, ruled England at the invitation of Parliament as "joint monarchs."

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William and Mary is a wonderful historic college. It is the only institution outside of Texas I even considered attending.
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(07-26-2015 10:05 AM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  
(07-26-2015 09:27 AM)SApuro Wrote:  
(07-25-2015 08:27 PM)davi78239 Wrote:  I just know we were almost the Armadillos before Roadrunners got the win .

Fightin' Armadillos would have been awesome!

I agree. UTSA should have gone with Armadillos.

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I guess in a parallel universe, UTSA is the Armadillos, and Texas State in Necessary Roughness is the Roadrunners.
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