Amira Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I think my favorite might be the Beetdiggers. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 The browns lol. Insert cleveland joke. They have a cute, but large dog. Not, incidentally, named Brown. Like all things cleve, it doesnt completely make sense. Ohhh got that cleve jab in afterall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 There's the Stanford Cardinal. No, not the Cardinals: the color. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Our town's high school...and town itself, both have the same mascot. We're the Pretzels. And the mascot of the town just north of us- the Cheesemakers. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 There is a high school in Washington that is called the Spudders. The elementary school, is the Tater Tots. ( It was a potato farming community in generations past. ) 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Hokies, but I love them so. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SporkUK Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) There's the Stanford Cardinal. No, not the Cardinals: the color. I know an Ohio school that uses Tartan - just the pattern. At one point it was on a lion for sports but most of the time it was just Tartan. I have no idea why one would have a lion wearing tartan hat and kilt either. My last high school had Lumberjack and Lumberjills which didn't seem very intimidating - though that may be because they were very much connected in school to .. "I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay..." Our local professional football team is the Rams - their biggest rival? The Forest... Most schools around here, middle England, don't use mascots as much as the ones in the US where I went to school. Even our local Uni doesn't really have much of one. Kids teams here tend to just use the city or parish or similar names instead, mascots seem to be more for adult teams. Weird difference I hadn't thought of before. Edited June 2, 2016 by SporkUK 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Nearby high school has the Scotty dogs. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 My high school was the Blue Streaks. What the heck is a Blue streak?? I am partial to the University of California-Santa Cruz Banana Slugs University of Arkansas-Monticello has the Boll Weevil-which is actually pretty scary for cotton growers, but not terribly intimidating 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 My high school was the Blue Streaks. What the heck is a Blue streak?? I am partial to the University of California-Santa Cruz Banana Slugs University of Arkansas-Monticello has the Boll Weevil-which is actually pretty scary for cotton growers, but not terribly intimidating Well, a person can "talk a blue streak." Alternatively, i think its a tank or a missile type... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Mama's Boyz. For real. :laugh: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CindyH in NC Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 The team's mascot at a local university is the Fighting Pickle. Cracks me up every time I hear it. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 There's the Stanford Cardinal. No, not the Cardinals: the color. I thought it was the Stanford Tree. (I mention that only because it was the topic of a dinner conversation w/ my dad recently.) (from wikipedia): The Stanford Tree is the Stanford Band's mascot and the unofficial mascot of Stanford University. Stanford's team name is "Cardinal", referring to the vivid red color (not the common song bird as at several other schools), and the university has never been able to come up with an official mascot. The Tree, in various versions, has been called one of America's most bizarre and controversial college mascots. The tree does seem aggressive & out of control though. :lol: 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 My high school in Laguna Beach! The Artists. Not the most intimidating name for a football team. :) 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) My high school, which only had an ultimate frisbee team, was the Dead Rats. Like the ones living in the basement at Wayside School. Yeah, I went to a totally different sort of high school. Edited June 2, 2016 by LucyStoner 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joules Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Evergreen State's Geoduck http://evergreen.edu/geoduck/home.htm (Spoiler Alert: It's not a duck; it's a clam.) 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 My DD's cheer team is the Diamonds. It annoys DD-diamonds may be tough, but they aren't in the slightest bit intimidating. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 My cousin used to work as a mascot for a team called the Drops. They were sponsored by a lawn-care company, so really the mascot was for the company. I guess it was supposed to be fertilizer, though maybe it was a pesticide which would be more frightening. But it didn't give a very martial impression. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I thought the local elementary school being the Rhinos was cute but these are so funny! Geoducks and tater tots. :laugh: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Vanderbilt is the Commodores....named after Cornelius Vanderbilt. A ruthless businessman, but not really a warrior of sorts. At football games (Vandy is notoriously bad), people used to hold signs along the lines of "you may beat us today, but you'll work for us later." Of course, one could also think of the Lionel Ritchie band. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) Ah--you're right--I misread the thread title. I thought it was the Stanford Tree. (I mention that only because it was the topic of a dinner conversation w/ my dad recently.) (from wikipedia): The tree does seem aggressive & out of control though. :lol: https://youtu.be/VE1ic3kXmjo The two are combined on the official Stanford tie, which is cardinal-colored with a large Stanford "S" on which is superimposed a slender ponderosa pine tree. The fact that the resulting image from any distance is a dollar sign is of no consequence. :D (Hook 'em Horns!) Edited June 2, 2016 by Violet Crown 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptor_dad Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Santa Cruz's banana slugs was my first thought too... The Oregon Ducks, complete with Donald Duck images, are also not so threatening. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aras Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) While driving through the Florida panhandle I saw a school whose mascot was the Hobos. As in homeless person of the twenties with a stick holding a bag of his belongings. Edited June 2, 2016 by Aras 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I used to think the Daisy Cutters, which was a roller derby team, was kind of cute, till my dh informed me it is a bomb. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopmom Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 A local school is the Patriots, for the Rev war fort in the town. I like that one:) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) Santa Cruz's banana slugs was my first thought too... The Oregon Ducks, complete with Donald Duck images, are also not so threatening. Hey! We ducks are tough! You wouldn't like me when I'm angry... ;) Isn't there a team call the corn huskers? White Sox and Red Sox are funny when you think about it. We're just accustomed to hosiery being a team name. Also, are there other teams besides the Cubs named for cute *baby* animals? Eta: I love the tree! Edited June 2, 2016 by happi duck 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 The Nuts 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Our local high school's teams are called the Grey Ghosts, and the mascot is a Ghost. Boo! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tita Gidge Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 The Spitting Llamas was a (youth) team we inherited, so we had to keep the name for a season. The parents hated it. The boys loved it. They resembled the mascot before too long LOL. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Arkansas wonderboys. The grads I know will speak up for their mascot, though, and self identify if people are talking about bad mascots. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I thought it was the Stanford Tree. (I mention that only because it was the topic of a dinner conversation w/ my dad recently.) (from wikipedia): The tree does seem aggressive & out of control though. :lol: He took out the Hokie Bird, which I maintain is a docile mascot. Never seen him with an ax before. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachermom2834 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Oglethorpe University is the Stormy Petrels. Which is not only not intimidating but no one knows what it means:) Apparently it is supposed to be a really ferocious sea bird. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 My high school was the Kernels. Our mascot was an ear of corn. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 He took out the Hokie Bird, which I maintain is a docile mascot. Never seen him with an ax before. Back in the days before everyone had a cell phone camera, the Fighting Irish Leprechaun might have been taken out by some overzealous Air Force Academy Cadets. They entire class was locked down for a weekend as punishment. There is always a big Air Force Notre Dame rivalry, but that does not excuse hurting an innocent Leprechaun. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Well, I've heard of Trojan for an elementary school team, which seems a bit off to me, but whatever. (I know it's a reference to the Trojan war, but I think culturally the name has been reassigned.) Let's see, any team that's a color - Reds, white sox, etc. Buckeyes, Browns, Steelers, Packers, Oilers, Huskers, .... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 My DD's cheer team is the Diamonds. It annoys DD-diamonds may be tough, but they aren't in the slightest bit intimidating.That's only because she's never tried to purchase one. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fraidycat Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Well, I hear maple leafs are super scary as they race through the sky with their razor-sharp edges pointed toward you... :D 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Evergreen State's Geoduck http://evergreen.edu/geoduck/home.htm (Spoiler Alert: It's not a duck; it's a clam.) p Oh so many of my fellow Dead Rats went onto become Geoducks. ;) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I was a "Maroon". Yep, the color maroon. No mascot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 The Madiera School, an exclusive girls boarding school, has a snail. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I used to think the Daisy Cutters, which was a roller derby team, was kind of cute, till my dh informed me it is a bomb. Roller derby teams don't need to intimidate with the name. The skaters are intimidating enough. :P 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athomeontheprairie Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 That's only because she's never tried to purchase one. You beat me to it! This was my thought as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 LOL, my high school was the Lakers. Our mascot was a Canada goose. :001_rolleyes: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SebastianCat Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 One of the Tampa Bay Rays' minor league teams is called the Biscuits. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 Blue Jays, Cardinals, Orioles ..... Dolphins .... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriedClams Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 My high school used to be "The Coachmen". A few years ago they changed it. Sadly. My kids still laugh at any mention of my alma mater. They make all kinds of cracks about crazy coach drivers (pony express jokes included)...uber driver comments...road rage jokes. It's really funny. I think they should have kept it for tradition, and novelty. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 My college was the Ole's. (pronounced Oh-Lee's) As in the Norwegian name "Ole" (ever heard of the Sven and Ole jokes?) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 I was a "Maroon". Yep, the color maroon. No mascot. Where did you go to college? I went to Roanoke College and we were the Maroons, too! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 My high school team was the Centaurs. I don't think we really had a mascot. My first university sports team is called the Clan. Their mascot is a dog. My 2nd university sports team is the Thunderbirds. The mascot is Thunder, a big blue bird. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) Well, I've heard of Trojan for an elementary school team, which seems a bit off to me, but whatever. (I know it's a reference to the Trojan war, but I think culturally the name has been reassigned.) Not to get too WTM-ey here, but do you think those who pick the mascot "Trojan" for their teams remember that the Trojans lost their famous war, and had their city burned to the ground? And, it seems like many mascots are from the losing side, or the side that was terrifying for a while, but eventually lost: Trojans, Indians, Chiefs, Vikings, Warriors, Pirates, etc. Edited June 2, 2016 by GGardner 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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