[NU Sports] No more Sweet Sioux Tomahawk

[Randy Wilson]

Interesting note, the "Sooners" were folk who were cheating to claim
land previously given to the Indians after they were kicked off of their
own land.
-Randy

Dennis W. Brandt wrote:
>> 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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