Quote from: jdD3FBfan on November 08, 2009, 07:37:55 PM
"The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand."  Vince Lombardi

This is what D3 football is all about...its for the love of the game!

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
Vince Lombardi

Quote from: Sabretooth Tiger on November 07, 2009, 10:40:07 AM
From the Pomona website:  http://www.pe.pomona.edu/landing/cecil

The History of Cecil the Sagehen

The history of the Pomona College mascot and nickname is a slightly more complex matter. As mentioned earlier, the college competed under a variety of names through 1913, when the nickname "Sage Hen" first appeared in a November 29, issue of The Student Life:

"Once again the Oxy Tiger wanders from his lair and comes to peaceful, peaceful Claremont with intent to murder. The Sage Hen will fight -- on the field. On the campus she is entirely amicable."
~ E. H. Spoor '15
Sports Editor,
The Student Life

From 1914 thru 1917, the nickname "Hun" and "Sagehen" were used arbitrarily. Beginning in 1918 and continuing to the present, the Sagehen became the only symbol of Pomona and later Pomona-Claremont, and Pomona-Pitzer athletics.

What is a Sagehen, and how did it become our mascot? The first question is far easier to answer than the second one.

The Sage Grouse, and more specifically, the Greater Sage Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) is a large ground-dwelling bird that can reach up to 30 inches in length and two feet in height. It is distinguished by its long pointed tail. The Greater Sage Grouse is an omnivore and eats mainly insects and sagebrush, hence its name. It is unique for its fierce loyalty to a specific area, and thus its livelihood can be completely reliant on the existence of sagebrush.

There are several stories regarding the origin of our beloved Cecil the Sagehen. The most prevalent is that a reporter while intending to refer to the Pomona athletic teams as sage (meaning wise) Huns, accidentally typed hens. While this story is frequently retold, this seems both unlikely and highly coincidental. Considering the relative distance from the "u" and the "e", and taking into consideration editorial supervision as well as the actual existence of Sage Hens in the southern California, this seems to be no more than a myth. However Pomona College came to be known as the Sagehens, it seems especially fitting considering the bird's origins and originality.

The first reference to "Cecil" is made in the 1946 Metate (Pomona College's yearbook), and there have been several incarnations since that time.

So apparently Pomona decided to "man up" its otherwise "amicable she grouse" mascot by naming her Cecil.

As someone once said:  "Mission accomplished"

IO TRIUMPHE, EAT'EM UP TIGERS!!

Sorta Sounds like the Roadrunner...Beep Beep...Get raedy for the Anvil to drop on poor ol' Tony E. Tiger!

Quote from: OxyBob on November 06, 2009, 06:33:59 PM
Saturday's schedule:

Oxy vs. Pomona: 111th meeting between the Tigers and the Sagehens, dating back to 1895. (No, I was not there for the first game.) Oxy leads the series 59-48-3 and has won the last 5 in a row. Since 1941 the teams have played for "The Drum," which is awarded to the winner. What would you rather be, a Tiger or a Chicken? Pick: Oxy.

Los Angeles Times article about Oxy-Pomona:

Rivals Are Trying to Snare an Old Prize

OxyBob

Hey Oxy-Bob, that could be an Ass Kickin Chicken on any given Saturday ;-) aka the University of Delaware "Fightin Blue Hens!  Sorry for the double posting, just trying to learn how to post.  Go Pats!!!

Oxy vs. Pomona: 111th meeting between the Tigers and the Sagehens, dating back to 1895. (No, I was not there for the first game.) Oxy leads the series 59-48-3 and has won the last 5 in a row. Since 1941 the teams have played for "The Drum," which is awarded to the winner. What would you rather be, a Tiger or a Chicken? Pick: Oxy.


Hey Oxy-Bob, that could be an Ass Kickin Chicken on any given Saturday ;-) aka the University of Delaware "Fightin Blue Hens!

Prediction: 

CLU 42 Oxy 14