Odd school nicknames

[bigolddave]

I haven't seen this addressed before. Here in Illinois we have the following:

Freeport Pretzels
Cobden Appleknockers
Teutopolis Wooden Shoes
Mount Carmel Caravan
and one that disappeared a number of years ago
Pekin Chinks

 

[feralmerril]

I once had a crew of three that worked for me. "Jig`s" Jannish; "Glutton" Graheck; and "Moose" Jarvey.

 

[boatme99]

In Maryland, we had SMIB's.
Southern Maryland InBreds.
Conveniently, they always lived over the river just south of you.

 

[max]

You missed the Forrest Eskimoes, Fisher Bunnies and Hoopeston Corn Jerkers.

 

[shouldazagged]

If you want to see some wonderful team names, watch Ken Burns' excellent "Baseball" mini-series. Each episode opens with a list of great ones, some very funny.

 

[revho]

In the U.P. of MI we have the Watersmeet Nimrods...

 

[gfy1960]

Bedford Rugby Association. B.R.A.

 

[Marshwheeling]

I'm still going with the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs.

 

[2fingers]

Sangamon Valley Storm right here in central Il.

 

[longhair]

Webb Feet in Bell Buckle, Tenn.

 

[Edmo]

Just down the road is Conway, Arkansas and their mascot is the "Wompus Cat".

Wompus Cats

Edmo

 

[meaneyedcatz]

centralia il, orphans/ girls team are the orphan annies
Wethersfield. high flying geese
henry . mallards
Farmington . farmers
canton . little giants
Lebanon greyhounds
red bud musketeers
all Illinois teams

 

[Nevada Ed]

Petaluma chicken pluckers ( Calif. )

 

[pineappleshooter]

Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs.

 

[pineappleshooter]

My nephew's old girlfriend went to Muskingum College - home of the Fighting Muskies. We have Arcadia University just down the street - used to be an all-girls college named, wait for it, wait for it, .......Beaver College!

 

[Donn]

I'm still going with the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs.

Be fair with them, Marsh. They're the Fighting Banana Slugs.

 

[7shooter]

Who can forget the Pahrump ( home to legal houses of ill repute ) Trojans.

The last time I was there it said so on their water tower.

 

[islamoradamark]

in the keys if you were born here you were called a conch

 

[NCTexan]

Two current schools names whose meaning is sometimes not understood:

Southern Illinois "Salukis" - a sight hound known as a Persian Greyhound

Virginia Tech "Hokies" - a hokie is a wild turkey but the school claims that it was made up from a spirited chant

 

[tyusclan]

In south Georgia there's the Cairo High School Syrupmakers.