[NU Sports] No more Sweet Sioux Tomahawk
Dennis W. Brandt
tbng at comcast.net
Fri Nov 21 20:56:33 CST 2008
> The NCAA is more or less a dictatorship.
No, they're just spineless and succumb to the most ungreased wheel. They
say nothing about the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Wyoming Cowboys,
Massachusetts Minutemen, Rambling Wrecks of Georgia Tech, Purdue
Boilermakers, Oklahoma Sooners, Kansas Jayhawks, Texas Tech Red Raiders, USC
Trojans, Vanderbilt Commadores, Tennessee Volunteers, Ole Miss Rebels, West
Virginia Mountaineers, Syracuse Orangemen, Seton Hall Pirates, Rutgers
Scarlet Knights, Providence Friars, Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops, Virginia
Cavaliers, Robert Morris Colonials, Holy Cross Crusaders, Wake Forest Demon
Deacons, Franklin and Marshall Diplomats, Central College Dutch, Lehigh
Engineers, La Salle Explorers, UC Santa Barbara Gauchos, Washington and Lee
Generals, Austin Peay Governors, Radford Highlanders, Brandeis Judges,
Worcester State Lancers, Northern Arizona Lumberjacks, Yeshiva Maccabees,
Navy Midshipmen, Old Dominion Monarchs, Mt. Aloysius Muleriders, St. Mary's
Belles, Xavier Muskateers, Luther College Norse, Montana State Orediggers,
Furman Paladins, George Mason Patriots, Portland Pilots, Widener Pioneers,
Whittier College Poets, New Orleans Privateers, Washington and Jefferson
Presidents, Penn Quakers, Louisiana at Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns, Loyola
Ramblers, Marymount Saints, U of Alfred Saxons, Edinboro Scots, Davis and
Elkins Senators, Washington College Shoremen, Michigan State Spartans,
Hobart College Statesmen, North Carolina Tarheels, Portland State Vikings,
Hawaii Warriors, Ithica College Bombers, Pacific Boxers, St. Bonaventure
Bonnies, etc. And while you're at it throw in the Boston Celtics,
Philadelphia Phillies. Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles
[Trolley] Dodgers, Kansas City Royals, and for our New York friends, the
Met[ropolitan]s, Knick[erbocker]s, and Yankees.
Every one of these teams carries a mascot that identifies with a person or a
group of persons, including ethnic and gender groups. And I didn't even
list the Indian mascots still in use. I guess it's just a matter of time
though.
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