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The obvious choice is the Pelicans but has anyone ever really thought about the Nashville Predators? It always makes me think of having Nashville hosting "To Catch a Predator Night" where a bunch of half naked men show up with small amounts of alcohol walk into the arena to be greeted by Chris Hansen.

 
I always thought the Stanford Cardinal was dumb as hell. Why is it singular instead of plural CardinalS? Typical Stanford pretentious crap.

 
Adams Atoms. Really, guys? If you're not even going to try, just go away.

I never really got why Ogre would even go there. Stan Gable, sure. Dude had a noodle arm. But Ogre could have been a starter at any major college.

 
Yogi Yahooies - insulting to Indians and snack cakes AND chocolate beverages.

Scoobie Doobies - other than the drug references, how can a dog run a team?

Really Rottens - nope, love this name.

 
Scoresman said:
I always thought the Stanford Cardinal was dumb as hell. Why is it singular instead of plural CardinalS? Typical Stanford pretentious crap.
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Their nickname is a color as opposed to the type of bird like the MLB and NFL teams that are nicknamed Cardinals.
 
Pretty much any team from Montreal.

Alouettes- which is loosely translated to the skylark

Expos- the logo, which no one really understood.

Canadiens- or Les Habitants- The Habs, for the first inhabitants of Mont Royal- Montreal.

 
The L.A. Dodgers used to be known as the Superbas and the Bridegrooms. Awful, awful names those were.

 
I actually like the Pelicans, it is unique. It beats the generic Cougars and the such.

Also on the subject, Auburn War Eagles would be so much better than Auburn Tigers.

 
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Santa Cruz Banana Slugs... I get it, you're being ironic, hipsters.
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oddly enough, many of the clothes that hipsters now wear to be ironic were actually everyday wear when the banana slugs took their name.

n 1980, when some campus teams wanted more organized yet still low-key participation in extramural competition, UCSC joined Division III of the NCAA in five sports. The application required an official team name, and UCSC's chancellor at the time, Robert Sinsheimer, selected a new moniker: the sea lions.

While the chancellor considered sea lions more dignified and suitable to serious play than Banana Slugs, the new name did not find favor with the majority of students, who continued to root for the Slugs even after a sea lion was painted in the middle of the basketball floor.

After five years of dealing with the two-mascot problem, an overwhelming proslug straw vote by students in 1986 persuaded the chancellor to make the lowly but beloved Banana Slug UCSC's official mascot.
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Even though they have great historic, cultural and nostalgic value, Red Sox and White Sox are about as bad as it gets. It sounds like they were named by a 2 year old.

 
UC Irvine had a poll in 1965 to choose their mascot - the Anteaters. I can only imagine the suggestions that would be made to name a mascot today.

I think it's unique, has nothing to do with Irvine whatsoever

 
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