(01-22-2022 07:58 AM)vick mike Wrote:  

(01-21-2022 06:44 PM)loki_the_bubba Wrote:  Over on the CUSA there's nothing but Sun Belt fans screaming at the CUSA leftovers. Over here there is no need for any Rice discussion yet.

I'm lonely.

Rice sucks!*

Feel more included now?

*Rice doesn’t really suck welcome aboard with the rest of us Owls.

Regarding the Rice. FAI. and Temple Owls, I have a hunch that AAC fans generally or Temple/Rice/FAU fans specifically may come up with different ways of describing their Owls.

FAU's Owl species is the Burrowing Owl, so when FAU plays Temple, one description could be "the FAU Burrowing Owls vs. the Temple Great Horned Owls."

However, the Rice Owl species is the same as Temple's, so that throws a monkey wrench into things.

But here's a way to solve that problem that Temple fans might want to consider:

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"The owl, a nocturnal hunter, was initially adopted as a symbol because Temple University began as a night school for young people of limited means. Russell Conwell, Temple's founder, encouraged these students with the remark: 'The owl of the night makes the eagle of the day.' "

https://www.temple.edu/about/history-tra...traditions


Temple's founder is said to have nicknamed Temple students as "night owls" and to have endorsed the idea of naming Temple's teams the "Night Owls," with the (night) owl as their mascot.

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The owl has been the symbol and mascot since its founding in the 1880s. Temple was the first school in the United States to adopt the owl as its symbol or mascot. The owl, a nocturnal hunter, was initially adopted as a symbol because Temple University began as a night school...

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/295056213061046615/

“ 'The owl of the night makes the eagle of the day.' ” So were the words of Temple University’s founder, Russell Conwell. The story of how Temple students became Temple Owls is a long one. Because Temple began as a night school, the students were referred to as “night owls.”

https://templaryearbook.com/2016/03/24/o...f-the-owl/


FUN FACT:
When Temple was founded as a night school in the late 19th century, its students were known as “night owls,” leading to the school’s sports team name.

https://forward.com/jewish-college-guide...niversity/


Early in Temple's history, the teams were known as the "Night Owls." It was later shortened to the Temple "Owls," but when it started it out, it was the "Temple Night Owls."

At one point many years ago, there were Temple football t-shirts with a logo that had the words "Temple" and "Night Owls" on it.

This all makes sense, because Temple's students were originally called "Night Owls," and since Temple's athletes were Temple students, they too would have been known, at least initially as the "Night Owls."

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Temple University also sponsors a Night Owls (TUNO) Campus/Community Band

https://noncredit.temple.edu/search/publ...Id=3639345

In addition, there are other groups named Temple "Night Owls," such as:

Temple Law Night Owls - Instagram
https://www.instagram.com › nightowlstemplelaw

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Realizing this, there have been some prior posts on this board with titles such as:

ECU Pernicious Pirates vs Temple Fighting Night Owls (ESPN 8pm Thurs)***

https://csnbbs.com/thread-884128.html

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So one idea, when Temple plays Rice, would be to describe it as a battle of the "Rice Owls" vs. the "Temple Night Owls."

Temple vs. FAU could be referred to as the "Burrowing Owls" vs. the "Night Owls."

Rice vs. FAU could be the "Rice Owls" vs. the "FAU Burrowing Owls"

It would be cool, though, if Rice could come up with a more Rice-specific nickname for their Owls.

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Other leagues with similar issues have come up with various other solutions to such problems.

For example, there used to be two CFL teams with the same name. They handled it by spelling the two names differently:

The Saskatchewan "Roughriders" vs. the Ottowa "Rough Riders."

In later years, Ottowa changed the name of their team to the "Redblacks."

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It might be good for the AAC and for Temple, Rice, and FAU to support the idea of describing the teams differently, because a lot of people might consider it kind of lame and non-descript to just have three teams named the "Owls."

Different nicknames would be a way of branding the teams in a distinctive way and making the conference a little more unique. I could see Temple attracting some new viewership by adopting the "Night Owls" moniker, at least when they play FAU/Rice.

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(01-21-2022 09:48 PM)ncbeta Wrote:  Rice, where the girls are so ugly they make the UH girls palatable.

Maybe so but her income potential will allow her to support you in the lap of luxury while you spend your days drinking beer and munching on chips while you post on message boards

More info on Rice Unversity:

DYK that due to their incredible endowment, for the first 60 plus years after its founding, tuition was FREE to all students?

Rice started to charge some students tuition in the mid-60s and recently began offering free tuition to those with families earning $65,000 - $130,000 per year and even covering half the tuition for those making $130,000 - $200,000.

https://abc13.com/rice-university-tuitio...0students.

Maybe each school can have one thread on this board that they update with news of their school

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It might be good for the AAC and for Temple, Rice, and FAU to support the idea of describing the teams differently, because a lot of people might consider it kind of lame and non-descript to just have three teams named the "Owls."

Different nicknames would be a way of branding the teams in a distinctive way and making the conference a little more unique. I could see Temple attracting some new viewership by adopting the "Night Owls" moniker, at least when they play FAU/Rice.

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If nothing else, doing this would be a marketing dream. Each school could have their respective Owl Night and the logos and unis could all be retros with the TV names changed to Night Owls or Burrowing Owls. The merch sale opportunities would be off the charts.

(01-22-2022 10:49 AM)Cubanbull1 Wrote:  Maybe each school can have one thread on this board that they update with news of their school

That would be a good way for the incoming UTSA, UAB, N Tx., FAU, Rice, & Charlotte fans to introduce themselves & their schools and start feeling some kind of connection with their new league.

(01-22-2022 09:27 AM)UAB Schnauzer Wrote:  

(01-21-2022 09:48 PM)ncbeta Wrote:  Rice, where the girls are so ugly they make the UH girls palatable.

Maybe so but her income potential will allow her to support you in the lap of luxury while you spend your days drinking beer and munching on chips while you post on message boards

Sounds good to me. I'm ready for a young retirement.

(01-22-2022 04:18 AM)ncbeta Wrote:  

(01-21-2022 11:03 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  

(01-21-2022 09:48 PM)ncbeta Wrote:  Rice, where the girls are so ugly they make the UH girls palatable.

At least our men look stunning.

So kind of the opposite of ECU then?

I may be ugly but that's my wife's problem!

Hahaha… With all that’s going on in the world, good sense of humor is so appealing

(01-22-2022 08:59 AM)Milwaukee Wrote:  Regarding the Rice. FAI. and Temple Owls, I have a hunch that AAC fans generally or Temple/Rice/FAU fans specifically may come up with different ways of describing their Owls.

FAU's Owl species is the Burrowing Owl, so when FAU plays Temple, one description could be "the FAU Burrowing Owls vs. the Temple Great Horned Owls."

However, the Rice Owl species is the same as Temple's, so that throws a monkey wrench into things.

But here's a way to solve that problem that Temple fans might want to consider:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

"The owl, a nocturnal hunter, was initially adopted as a symbol because Temple University began as a night school for young people of limited means. Russell Conwell, Temple's founder, encouraged these students with the remark: 'The owl of the night makes the eagle of the day.' "

https://www.temple.edu/about/history-tra...traditions


Temple's founder is said to have nicknamed Temple students as "night owls" and to have endorsed the idea of naming Temple's teams the "Night Owls," with the (night) owl as their mascot.

. . . . .

The owl has been the symbol and mascot since its founding in the 1880s. Temple was the first school in the United States to adopt the owl as its symbol or mascot. The owl, a nocturnal hunter, was initially adopted as a symbol because Temple University began as a night school...

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/295056213061046615/

“ 'The owl of the night makes the eagle of the day.' ” So were the words of Temple University’s founder, Russell Conwell. The story of how Temple students became Temple Owls is a long one. Because Temple began as a night school, the students were referred to as “night owls.”

https://templaryearbook.com/2016/03/24/o...f-the-owl/


FUN FACT:
When Temple was founded as a night school in the late 19th century, its students were known as “night owls,” leading to the school’s sports team name.

https://forward.com/jewish-college-guide...niversity/


Early in Temple's history, the teams were known as the "Night Owls." It was later shortened to the Temple "Owls," but when it started it out, it was the "Temple Night Owls."

At one point many years ago, there were Temple football t-shirts with a logo that had the words "Temple" and "Night Owls" on it.

This all makes sense, because Temple's students were originally called "Night Owls," and since Temple's athletes were Temple students, they too would have been known, at least initially as the "Night Owls."

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Temple University also sponsors a Night Owls (TUNO) Campus/Community Band

https://noncredit.temple.edu/search/publ...Id=3639345

In addition, there are other groups named Temple "Night Owls," such as:

Temple Law Night Owls - Instagram
https://www.instagram.com › nightowlstemplelaw

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Realizing this, there have been some prior posts on this board with titles such as:

ECU Pernicious Pirates vs Temple Fighting Night Owls (ESPN 8pm Thurs)***

https://csnbbs.com/thread-884128.html

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .


So one idea, when Temple plays Rice, would be to describe it as a battle of the "Rice Owls" vs. the "Temple Night Owls."

Temple vs. FAU could be referred to as the "Burrowing Owls" vs. the "Night Owls."

Rice vs. FAU could be the "Rice Owls" vs. the "FAU Burrowing Owls"

It would be cool, though, if Rice could come up with a more Rice-specific nickname for their Owls.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Other leagues with similar issues have come up with various other solutions to such problems.

For example, there used to be two CFL teams with the same name. They handled it by spelling the two names differently:

The Saskatchewan "Roughriders" vs. the Ottowa "Rough Riders."

In later years, Ottowa changed the name of their team to the "Redblacks."

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

It might be good for the AAC and for Temple, Rice, and FAU to support the idea of describing the teams differently, because a lot of people might consider it kind of lame and non-descript to just have three teams named the "Owls."

Different nicknames would be a way of branding the teams in a distinctive way and making the conference a little more unique. I could see Temple attracting some new viewership by adopting the "Night Owls" moniker, at least when they play FAU/Rice.

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Temple not only shares their Owls nickname with new members, but as past post have indicated, they also share TU (Temple University) with TU of Tulane and TU of Tulsa, in the conference, if you want to stretch it a bit.

(01-21-2022 09:42 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  Rice - It’s not just for sushi!

Rice, all the humidity of UH, but no Coogin’ it.

Rice - highest ratio of baseball attendance to undergraduate enrollment in College Baseball
( oops, too long for a thread title)

Rice, the womb of buckminsterfullerine

There, that last one could be a winner.

We’re new at this. You could call us young. But we’re here for you and we won’t let you down!

https://youtu.be/ydLcs4VrjZQ

Rice, the womb of buckminsterfullerine

Not getting the connection between Rice and Bucky Fuller. Explain. Did Rice scientists discover Buckminsterfullerene, the molecule?

Nevermind. Found it.

Rice Bowl

In the CFL Rough Rider spirit,
Rice volunteers to add a space to our Owls nickname.

Heretofore we shall be known as the Rice Ow Ls.

Ow, as in: have you seen our football team play lately?
Ls, as in: I bet we got more Ls than you!


We still beat highly touted UAB in both major revenue sports this year, so we’re not totally inept. Just slightly so.

(01-22-2022 05:07 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  In the CFL Rough Rider spirit,
Rice volunteers to add a space to our Owls nickname.

Heretofore we shall be known as the Rice Ow Ls.

Ow, as in: have you seen our football team play lately?
Ls, as in: I bet we got more Ls than you!


We still beat highly touted UAB in both major revenue sports this year, so we’re not totally inept. Just slightly so.

Well, we also hosted a Superb Owl at Rice Stadium. Joining Tulane, I believe, as the only other team in the American to host.

Friends from Rice, FAU and Temple, I present the 1947 Charlotte Owls. Begun as a temporary branch of our University System to handle returning WWII vets, we were a night school, hence the nickname.

(01-22-2022 03:50 PM)Fishpro10987 Wrote:  

(01-21-2022 09:42 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  Rice - It’s not just for sushi!

Rice, all the humidity of UH, but no Coogin’ it.

Rice - highest ratio of baseball attendance to undergraduate enrollment in College Baseball
( oops, too long for a thread title)

Rice, the womb of buckminsterfullerine

There, that last one could be a winner.

We’re new at this. You could call us young. But we’re here for you and we won’t let you down!

https://youtu.be/ydLcs4VrjZQ

Rice, the womb of buckminsterfullerine

Not getting the connection between Rice and Bucky Fuller. Explain. Did Rice scientists discover Buckminsterfullerene, the molecule?

Nevermind. Found it.

Rice Bowl

In addition to that important discovery, Fuller (a former Rice Univ. Professor) was one of a very few individuals or "polymaths" in the history of mankind (e.g., Leonardo Da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, and Aristotle) who became important contributors in multiple fields of study.

He was a distinguished, award-winning architect, designer, inventor, humanitarian, systems theorist, and futurist, who also made important contributions in the fields of chemistry (buckminsterfullerines, fullerines) and physics ("buckyballs") that have led to numerous advancements.

He invented the geodesic dome (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodesic_dome).

He devoted much of his life to problems such as manufacturing affordable, independent housing units, such as the Dymaxion House (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_house), prefabricated houses, and Dymaxion Deployment Units, mass-produced from circular grain bins.

He was an innovator in the field of transportation and the inventor of the dymaxion car (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_car).

He was also a visionary, futuristic thinker who emphasized the importance of resource management, ecological awareness, and sustainability, in authored workd such as "Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth."






In recognition of his wide range of achievements, R. Buckminster Fuller was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Reagan in 1983.

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(01-21-2022 09:48 PM)ncbeta Wrote:  Rice, where the girls are so ugly they make the UH girls palatable.

I've been on campus at UH on those first warm sunny days of spring. Suddenly there are a lot of ladies wearing far less clothing than they had been just a few weeks before.

Sir, you are quite wrong about the girls at UH. Very wrong indeed.

Night Owls sounds like a moniker Temple should use when they where all black alternates for a prime time game.

Seriously Temple people, make this a thing.

(01-23-2022 06:56 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  Night Owls sounds like a moniker Temple should use when they where all black alternates for a prime time game.

(01-22-2022 05:07 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  In the CFL Rough Rider spirit,
Rice volunteers to add a space to our Owls nickname.

Heretofore we shall be known as the Rice Ow Ls.

Ow, as in: have you seen our football team play lately?
Ls, as in: I bet we got more Ls than you!


We still beat highly touted UAB in both major revenue sports this year, so we’re not totally inept. Just slightly so.

...yeah, but we are gonna CURB STOMP y'all in baseball!!! ...um, actually just looked up Baseball 'power rankings', and... what's going on with y'all's baseball? (yeah we are way down there somewhere, too) but Rice DOMINATED for awhile there...

...as to the 'multiple Owls' thing, I think I have it:

Rice - Swamp Owls (sorta/kinda)
FAU - Sand Owls or... Sea Owls (maybe cooler)
Temple - Snow Owls (although I think there is an actual species named 'Snow Owl', so might conflict with their 'true' Great Horned Owl)... SO, howza bout... Blizzard Owls?

(01-22-2022 03:50 PM)Fishpro10987 Wrote:  

(01-21-2022 09:42 PM)owl at the moon Wrote:  Rice - It’s not just for sushi!

Rice, all the humidity of UH, but no Coogin’ it.

Rice - highest ratio of baseball attendance to undergraduate enrollment in College Baseball
( oops, too long for a thread title)

Rice, the womb of buckminsterfullerine

There, that last one could be a winner.

We’re new at this. You could call us young. But we’re here for you and we won’t let you down!

https://youtu.be/ydLcs4VrjZQ

Rice, the womb of buckminsterfullerine

Not getting the connection between Rice and Bucky Fuller. Explain. Did Rice scientists discover Buckminsterfullerene, the molecule?

Nevermind. Found it.

Rice Bowl

I had never heard the word Buckminsterfullerene, but I had heard of "Buckyballs". Also knew they were named after Buckminster Fuller, and all about geodesic domes and that Buckyballs are carbon molecules resembling them. Also knew that they have have been discovered in space.

So thanks Rice for completing my circle of knowledge. All the dots are connected now and I can die happy.