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re: How did your SEC school get their name?
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:38 pm to GumboPot
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:38 pm to GumboPot
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But on Nov. 3, 1920, Morgan Blake of the ATLANTA JOURNAL wrote about school nicknames and said "The Georgia Bulldogs" would sound good because there is a certain dignity about a bulldog, as well as ferocity." After a 0-0 tie with Virginia in Charlottesville on Nov. 6, 1920, ATLANTA CONSTITUTION writer Cliff Wheatley used the name "Bulldogs" in his story five times. The name has been used ever since.
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Posted on 2/7/13 at 11:23 pm to GumboPot
Rebels is pretty straight forward, but the official reason we chose that name was to honor our fallen confederate soldiers. When the civil war broke out our entire student body enrolled in the confederate army and experienced a 100% casualty rate.
Prior to the 30s we were known as the mississippi flood, after the floods that ravaged the delta way back in the day.
Prior to the 30s we were known as the mississippi flood, after the floods that ravaged the delta way back in the day.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 11:26 pm to OBReb6
I thought it was bc Ole Miss fans are racist?
Posted on 2/7/13 at 11:39 pm to Latarian
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Latarian
We have a Super Bowl victory over LSU to thank...
According to newspaper accounts and the history of the university, the Arkansas football coach Hugo Bezdek stepped down from the train to address the throng of students that came to meet the team. It was during his recounting of the 16-0 win over LSU that Coach Bezdek was to have said that the team played: "like a wild band of Razorback hogs."
For a little context, the 1908 LSU team was one of CFB's 'GOAT's'...10-0 ,442 - 9 points (44-1 per game average ), so beating them the next year was a pretty big deal.
Posted on 2/8/13 at 12:12 am to Wishnitwas1998
Really do we have to go there this is a pretty civil thread.
Posted on 2/8/13 at 12:19 am to GumboPot
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Ole Miss, I think the Rebel is pretty straight forward. But black bear? Wtf?
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The Story of the Teddy Bear
In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt came to the Mississippi Delta to hunt black bear. He was the guest of Mr. Mangrum owner of Smedes Plantation in southern Sharkey County. The great bear hunter and guide, Holt Collier, was hired to be the president’s guide on this hunt.
On the first morning of the hunt, the dogs hit upon the scent of the bear and the hunt was on. Holt Collier told President Roosevelt where to wait for the bear to come out of the cane brake. The president and his companion, Mr. Huger Foote, waited for the bear to emerge and listened to the barking of the dogs as they pursued the bear. They could tell that the dogs were going in a different direction and decided to return to camp for lunch. Not long after they had left, the bear turned again and eventually came out of the woods almost exactly where Holt Collier had said it would, but the president was not in position to get his shot.
The bear became cornered by the dogs in a slough and turned on them. In its fury, the bear grabbed Holt’s favorite dog, Jocko. Holt Collier jumped down off his horse and clubbed the bear with the stock of his gun, stunning the 250 pound bruin. He then threw a rope around the semiconscious creature and sent for the president to shoot the bear.
When the president arrived, he was disappointed to see the addled bear at Holt’s feet. Despite encouragement from the crowd of hunters, President Roosevelt refused to shoot the injured bear stating that it would be unsportsmanlike.
The press went wild with this story of the President, Holt Collier and the bear, and it soon traveled across the country in news stories and cartoons. Morris Mitchom a toy shop owner in New York, wrote the president asking if he could name the stuffed toy bears in his shop “Teddy’s Bears.” The president agreed and before long all stuffed bears were known as Teddy Bears.
Since that time, stuffed toy bears have been called Teddy Bears. This children's icon was named because of a hunt President Theodore Roosevelt attended in the Mississippi Delta in 1902 where he refused to kill a black bear. The Teddy Bear is the state toy of Mississippi, and each year a different commemorative teddy bear is sold at the Great Delta Bear Affair.
By the way little kids around the world can thank Mississippi & Roosevelt for Teddy Bears
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Posted on 2/8/13 at 12:37 am to GumboPot
The "Rebels" have always been associated with losing since the war, so that's where their name came from.
Posted on 2/8/13 at 1:12 am to GumboPot
I believe LSU's "fighting tigers" and auburn's "war eagle" were the names of the confederate troops from those areas of their respectable states.
Posted on 2/8/13 at 1:38 am to Ole Colonel 27
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The name comes from a band of armed guards called the Missouri Tigers who, in 1864, protected Columbia from Confederate guerrillas during the Civil War.
Posted on 2/8/13 at 2:02 am to Drewbie
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I hate the Cardinals with a burning passion. Die hard Cubbie fan. However, it was not a dig at anyone in particular. I just think having a bird for a mascot sucks.
At least birds win World Series'
GO CARDS
Posted on 2/8/13 at 2:04 am to I Ham That I Ham
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According to newspaper accounts and the history of the university, the Arkansas football coach Hugo Bezdek stepped down from the train to address the throng of students that came to meet the team. It was during his recounting of the 16-0 win over LSU in 1909 that Coach Bezdek was to have said that the team played: "like a wild band of Razorback hogs."
In other news, I have always thought this story was cool.
Posted on 2/8/13 at 3:20 am to GCTiger11
AND ... you're welcome for us giving you Mike the Tiger!
The Fighting Tigers of LSU got their FIRST live Bengal mascot in 1936 from the Little Rock Zoo for $750, money collected from the student body. The mascot was renamed in honor of LSU's Athletic Trainer Mike Chambers and became Mike I. A permanent home was constructed for Mike "the tiger" near Tiger Stadium, and he was a GREAT mascot until his death in 1956.
The Fighting Tigers of LSU got their FIRST live Bengal mascot in 1936 from the Little Rock Zoo for $750, money collected from the student body. The mascot was renamed in honor of LSU's Athletic Trainer Mike Chambers and became Mike I. A permanent home was constructed for Mike "the tiger" near Tiger Stadium, and he was a GREAT mascot until his death in 1956.
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Posted on 2/8/13 at 5:25 am to GumboPot
Cornelius Vanderbilt, who donated $1 million to found the university in 1873 (supposedly at the behest of a Methodist preacher who told him that he needed to do something generous and charitable to avoid the gates of hell for all he had previously done), had an affinity for yachting and was nicknamed "Commodore" by his robber-barron friends.
Posted on 2/8/13 at 7:26 am to WestCoastAg
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woooohhhh sorry shite crossed over from a school thing im working on
bullshite. just own it.
Posted on 2/8/13 at 7:31 am to ugasickem
people were slow to post from Ole miss....see thats why....it is what it is...we have moved forward some and still moving in the right direction
Posted on 2/8/13 at 9:02 am to I Ham That I Ham
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Arkansas residents took pride in being labeled "razorbacks" by this point so the cardinal was replaced by Razorbacks.
That was one ugly Cardinal too. Here's a link:
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This post was edited on 2/8/13 at 9:03 am
Posted on 2/8/13 at 9:14 am to Porky
Another story about the Alabama elephants.
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One account of the mascot’s derivation began in 1930, when Rosenberger’s Birmingham Trunk Company, whose trademark is a red elephant standing on a trunk to signify the luggage’s durability, presented red elephant good luck charms to members of Rose Bowl-bound Alabama.
When the team, composed of predominantly large men, emerged from the train in Pasadena with red elephant trinkets suspending from their luggage, reporters were awed by the players’ mass and quickly seized upon the insignias on their baggage. Thus, the connection was born
Posted on 2/8/13 at 9:22 am to wmr
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Not sure. Our red is still "cardinal red" officially.
Cardinal & white.
And apparently anthracite.
Plus cool grey and black.
Posted on 2/8/13 at 9:24 am to Wishnitwas1998
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I thought it was bc Ole Miss fans are racist?
They are, but that's not why they are called the Rebels. It is just a coincidence.
Posted on 2/8/13 at 10:25 am to jatebe
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