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Posted on 1/7/19 at 2:36 pm to randomways
Posted on 1/7/19 at 2:36 pm to randomways
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Unlike UNC, North Carolina, and tarheels, IU has never managed to completely co-opt the name for the locals. Remember, they even named a movie about high school basketball "Hoosiers" and it wasn't a reference to where the main character went for college.
Tarheels and Vols have better marketing departments.
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Posted on 1/7/19 at 2:43 pm to Prof
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Tarheels and Vols have better marketing departments.
I honestly know essentially nothing about the historical usage of Volunteers. I mean, obviously I'm aware that it's the Volunteer State, but it never occurred to me that locals were routinely called "Volunteers" outside of the context of the university in the same way that North Carolina residents were called tarheels, so I didn't even think about Tennessee. But, then, I'm not actually from Tennessee, so my knowledge would be limited.
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