Coolest College Team Names

[swva_havok_fan]

Seeing that Liberty and Coastal Carolina thread made me want to start a thread about what is the coolest college team name?

Coastal is certainly right up there with the Chanticleers.  But who else?  As far as schools that are fairly close by, what about Lincoln Memorial?  Love the name Railsplitters.

[Canes00]

Coming from someone who ran a pickem all season and decides to stop in the semi final round what a joke that is

[Sixcat Adjacent]

Wake Forest Demon Deacons!  Interesting for a school founded in 1834 by Baptists.  Until 1986, Board members were required to also be members of the North Carolina State Baptist Convention.  

The following is clipped from Wikipedia.

In 1923, the Wake Forest football team defeated rival Trinity (later renamed Duke University). In the following issue of the school newspaper, the editor of the paper, Mayon Parker (1924 Wake Forest graduate), first referred to the team as "Demon Deacons," in recognition of what he called their "devilish" play and fighting spirit. Henry Belk, Wake Forest's news director, and Garrity liked the title and used it often, so the popularity of the term grew.

[GMan]

Western Illinois Leathernecks

[GMan]

UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs

[GMan]

Pittsburg State Gorillas

[GMan]

South Dakota State Jackrabbits

[GMan]

Northern Arizona Lumberjacks

[GMan]

23 hours ago, Canes00 said:

Coming from someone who ran a pickem all season and decides to stop in the semi final round what a joke that is

The way things were/are this year with covid...just be glad there was any pickem at all.  If you want to run it next year, volunteer to do it.  Not meaning to be an ass towards you, but when Ryan left the building, there wasn't going to be a pickem at all until havok stepped up.  If you want to do it next year, it's yours. 

[RichlandsAlum]

Amherst College Mammoths 

That's a fairly recent change from "Lord Jeffs."  And for some odd reason, I like to think that a lot of Amherst guys gut pummeled just for playing under that nickname.

I guess that's now the sole province of the Heidelberg Student Princes.

[GMan]

Evergreen State College (WA) Geoducks...

[Canes00]

20 minutes ago, GMan said:

The way things were/are this year with covid...just be glad there was any pickem at all.  If you want to run it next year, volunteer to do it.  Not meaning to be an ass towards you, but when Ryan left the building, there wasn't going to be a pickem at all until havok stepped up.  If you want to do it next year, it's yours. 

I’ll be glad to do it no problem 

[swva_havok_fan]

On 12/1/2020 at 4:39 PM, Canes00 said:

Coming from someone who ran a pickem all season and decides to stop in the semi final round what a joke that is

Who said I stopped?

You do realize that one of the games that was in this week's chosen picks is being played right now as I type this, right?

And yes, I did not post what everyone picked this week because of something called work.  

[GilesBandanaMan]

Presbyterian Blue Hose,

Texas A and M International Dustdevils

Centenary College "Ladies and Gentlemen" 

University of Northern Colorado "Fightin Whities,"  Nickname no longer for this intramural team that formed and is since no longer in existence

[Liam McPoyle]

5 hours ago, GMan said:

Evergreen State College (WA) Geoducks...

 

Me: "Is it just me, or does a geoduck look like a penis?"

Googles: "geoduck penis"

Me: "Okay, it wasn't just me"

[Bluebird]

University of Idaho Vandals