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Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:06 pm to GCTiger11
quote:16-0
lulz
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:07 pm to GCTiger11
quote:It was, but you know it would have been eventually changed just like St. Louis.
I thought it was the Arkansas CARDINAL
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:07 pm to Drewbie
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16-0
wut
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:07 pm to GCTiger11
Not sure. Our red is still "cardinal red" officially.
Cardinal & white.
And apparently anthracite.
Cardinal & white.
And apparently anthracite.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:08 pm to Drewbie
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I hate the Cardinals with a burning passion. Die hard Cubbie fan.
I don't know if we can be e-friends anymore
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:08 pm to wmr
quote:Poet and you didn't know it.
Cardinal & white.
And apparently anthracite.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:08 pm to Drewbie
I did not.
woopig.
woopig.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:08 pm to Latarian
quote:Pujols ain't walkin through that door.
I don't know if we can be e-friends anymore
ETA: But seriously, I don't know how anyone can dislike a Cubs fan now. We're the most tortured fanbase of any sport ever.
This post was edited on 2/7/13 at 10:10 pm
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:11 pm to wmr
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And apparently anthracite.
Don't forget the woodland camouflage as well...
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:15 pm to GCTiger11
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I thought it was the Arkansas CARDINAL, as in the color.
It was always the bird "Cardinals". Our yearbook used to be "The Cardinal" like our current one is called "The Razorback". This may have added to the confusion.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:16 pm to GCTiger11
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wut
:16-0: was the original "21-0"
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:19 pm to Drewbie
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The Elephant Story
The story of how Alabama became associated with the "elephant" goes back to the 1930 season when Coach Wallace Wade had assembled a great football team.
On October 8, 1930, sports writer Everett Strupper of the Atlanta Journal wrote a story of the Alabama-Mississippi game he had witnessed in Tuscaloosa four days earlier. Strupper wrote, "That Alabama team of 1930 is a typical Wade machine, powerful, big, tough, fast, aggressive, well-schooled in fundamentals, and the best blocking team for this early in the season that I have ever seen. When those big brutes hit you I mean you go down and stay down, often for an additional two minutes.
"Coach Wade started his second team that was plenty big and they went right to their knitting scoring a touchdown in the first quarter against one of the best fighting small lines that I have seen. For Ole Miss was truly battling the big boys for every inch of ground.
"At the end of the quarter, the earth started to tremble, there was a distant rumble that continued to grow. Some excited fan in the stands bellowed, 'Hold your horses, the elephants are coming,' and out stamped this Alabama varsity.
"It was the first time that I had seen it and the size of the entire eleven nearly knocked me cold, men that I had seen play last year looking like they nearly doubled in size."
Strupper and other writers continued to refer to the Alabama linemen as "Red Elephants," the color referring to the crimson jerseys.
The 1930 team posted an overall 10-0 record. It shut out eight opponents and allowed only 13 points all season while scoring 217. The "Red Elephants" rolled over Washington State 24-0 in the Rose Bowl and were declared National Champions.
LINK
Deer antler spray.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:22 pm to jatebe
Cool story.
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Deer antler spray.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:24 pm to GumboPot
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Auburn, what the hell? Are you a Tiger, Plainsmen, or a War Eagle?
I'm sure this has been discussed countless times, but here goes:
Tigers - from an Oliver Goldsmith poem called "The Deserted Village" that the city name also comes from. Tigers comes from the line "Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey"
Plainsmen - from the same poem, from the opening line "Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain". People from the "loveliest village of the plain" are the "plainsmen".
War Eagle - from several legends, all of which are true. Pick your favorite.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:27 pm to GumboPot
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KU
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It dates back to the Civil War. A Jayhawk was someone who advocated and/or fought for a free nation. The name is no longer used in slang, but the name stuck since Lawrence was a hot spot for activity between Missouri and Kansas during the war. Here in Lawrence, influences of the war still exist. A lot of things begin with "Free State," such as Free State Brewery downtown and Lawrence Free State High School.
If you are talking about UK
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The nickname "Wildcats" became synonymous with UK shortly after a 6–2 football road victory over Illinois on October 9, 1909. Commandant Philip W. Corbusier, then head of the military department at old State University, told a group of students in a chapel service following the game that the Kentucky football team had "fought like Wildcats." Later the name Wildcats became more and more popular among UK followers as well as with members of the media. As a result, the nickname was adopted by the University.[1]
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:29 pm to GumboPot
Fish cadet Henry Goebbels came up with the term in 1894 during one of the monthly corps circle jerks meant to replenish the jizz jar supply. Then he came.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:34 pm to Wendell T. Stamps
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Tigers - from an Oliver Goldsmith poem called "The Deserted Village" that the city name also comes from. Tigers comes from the line "Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey"
Plainsmen - from the same poem, from the opening line "Sweet Auburn, loveliest village of the plain". People from the "loveliest village of the plain" are the "plainsmen".
War Eagle - from several legends, all of which are true. Pick your favorite.
IMO you guys need to stick with War Eagle. That's a really good football name.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:35 pm to Bho
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If you are talking about UK
That's it.
Posted on 2/7/13 at 10:36 pm to Roger Klarvin
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