MBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[upnorth]

I correct myself on 1 point of my earlier post.  Nimrods is not a mining term, but is found in the Bible.

Other unusual nicknames found here:

  http://www.kcra.com/high-school-playbook/24470825/detail.html

[hopefan]

My high school just outside of Pittsburgh was Avonworth and we were the Avonworth Antelopes... often wondered if any other schools were the Antelopes...  I remember one big game our rivals hung a huge sign saying 'Turn the Antelopes into Cantaloupes'

[sac]

I correct myself on 1 point of my earlier post.  Nimrods is not a mining term, but is found in the Bible.

Other unusual nicknames found here:

  http://www.kcra.com/high-school-playbook/24470825/detail.html

Two of my favorites

Ishpeming Hematites and Calumet Copper Kings, both from the UP of Michigan.

[markerickson]

Illinois has the Freeport Pretzels.  The Horned Frogs from TCU are my favorite.

[Flying Dutch Fan]

When it comes to unique mascots, it's hard to beat the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs

[hopefan]

Is that Breed of slug actually found in Bananas?   should I examine my Banana before I eat it for Banana Slugs?  Yuck!!!!
(or are they prevalent only in bananas from Santa Cruz?)

[Gregory Sager]

Hopefan, here is everything you wanted to know about the UCSC mascot but were afraid to ask.

And here is a full-blown zoological description of the critter in question, as opposed to the anthromorphized mascot of UCSC.

And here's a picture of the critter:

[Flying Dutch Fan]

Hopefan, here is everything you wanted to know about the UCSC mascot but were afraid to ask.

And here is a full-blown zoological description of the critter in question, as opposed to the anthromorphized mascot of UCSC.

And here's a picture of the critter:

hopefan - if you have difficulty seeing one of those on your banana - you got bigger problems than bad bananas   

[RogK]

U C - Irvine Anteaters is a good one, too.
Should the Toronto Maple Leafs be changed to the Maple Leaves?
And thirdly (some might say turdly), the CCIW already has two schools called Vikings. Why not make it unanimous? North Central Vikings, Wheaton Vikings, Elmhurst Vikings, Illinois Wesleyan Vikings, Millikin Vikings, Carthage Vikings. Or, in case that's too dumb (what?!), how about all eight schools use Big : Wheaton Big Orange, IWU Big Green, Elmhurst Big Light Blue, Augustana Big Darker Blue, Carthage Big Red - Not Gum, etc.
I'd better run back over to the CCIW WBB pages before I get hit on the head.

[AndOne]

U C - Irvine Anteaters is a good one, too.
Should the Toronto Maple Leafs be changed to the Maple Leaves?
And thirdly (some might say turdly), the CCIW already has two schools called Vikings. Why not make it unanimous? North Central Vikings, Wheaton Vikings, Elmhurst Vikings, Illinois Wesleyan Vikings, Millikin Vikings, Carthage Vikings. Or, in case that's too dumb (what?!), how about all eight schools use Big : Wheaton Big Orange, IWU Big Green, Elmhurst Big Light Blue, Augustana Big Darker Blue, Carthage Big Red - Not Gum, etc.
I'd better run back over to the CCIW WBB pages before I get hit on the head.

I'd settle for Wheaton going back to being the Crusaders, Carthage returning to being the Redmen, and everyone else keeping their current names.

[hopefan]

That's great news...  no where in the writeup provided by Greg did it indicate that I would ever find a banana slug in my banana..... aaaaaahhh  back to my fruit cocktail

[Mr. Ypsi]

I've always been partial to the Cobden Appleknockers, a tiny school in southern Illinois who finished second in the state (to the the Pekin Chinks ), back before division play (1961?).  SO close to being an Illinois Hoosiers movie!  As I recall it, they had two sets of brothers (who were all cousins - in-bred town??) who were all 6-6 or thereabouts; Pekin's tallest player was either 6'1" or 6'2" (went on to play for Duke).  Sheer height almost overcame basketball talent.

[Titan Q]

Two NCC recruits...

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110509/sports/705099775/

[theseguysaregood]

Two NCC recruits...

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110509/sports/705099775/

Q, you didn't mention the all-stater that IWU is getting from that team that is also part of the article...

[Gregory Sager]

U C - Irvine Anteaters is a good one, too.
Should the Toronto Maple Leafs be changed to the Maple Leaves?
And thirdly (some might say turdly), the CCIW already has two schools called Vikings. Why not make it unanimous? North Central Vikings, Wheaton Vikings, Elmhurst Vikings, Illinois Wesleyan Vikings, Millikin Vikings, Carthage Vikings. Or, in case that's too dumb (what?!), how about all eight schools use Big : Wheaton Big Orange, IWU Big Green, Elmhurst Big Light Blue, Augustana Big Darker Blue, Carthage Big Red - Not Gum, etc.
I'd better run back over to the CCIW WBB pages before I get hit on the head.

I'd settle for Wheaton going back to being the Crusaders, Carthage returning to being the Redmen, and everyone else keeping their current names.

As I've said here before, I wouldn't mind if NPU changed its nickname to the Fighting Swedes. After all, "Vikings" is boring and commonplace (and it's also not particularly historically accurate for either NPU or Augie). According to this website, the nickname "Vikings" ranks #15 among the most common nicknames of high school, college, and professional sports teams. On the other hand, there are only two schools in America that go by the "Swedes" moniker. One is NAIA member Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, and the good folks at Bethany no longer appear to be "Fighting" anymore. They're merely the Swedes now, probably for reasons of political correctness. The other is Gothenburg High School in Gothenburg, Nebraska. North Park University could thus have the only Fighting Swedes in the country if the NPU administration took my advice (and I'm not holding my breath on that).

Besides, I love the idea of North Park student-athletes being called "Fighting" while named for an ethnic group that inhabits a country that's been politically neutral for centuries. As oxymorons go, it's not as funny as "Fighting Quakers", but, then again, Swedes aren't really what I'd call a belly-laugh ethnic group, anyway.

That's great news...  no where in the writeup provided by Greg did it indicate that I would ever find a banana slug in my banana..... aaaaaahhh  back to my fruit cocktail

I figured that someone with prior attachments to such illustrious citadels of higher learning as Hope College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute would be able to deduce from visual data that the banana slug is named for its appearance rather than for its feeding habits. Nevertheless, I'll go out on a limb and guarantee that you will never find a banana slug attached to your bananas -- nay, to any fruit at all of which you may partake -- down there in St. Louis.

Two NCC recruits...

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110509/sports/705099775/

Q, you didn't mention the all-stater that IWU is getting from that team that is also part of the article...

I don't get the sense that Bob's much of a soccer guy. It may be the one thing that he has in common with Dennis Prikkel, aside from having a bachelors degree from a CCIW institution.