No Cougars Allowed

[dennis in se pa]

Originally Posted by 944Larry

Wait-I'll go with you! Things are getting too crazy here.

Let's go to Mexico with Jesse Ventura!

[speeder]

Jesus. When I was young, we still called them "beggars".

[fanaudical]

Another WSU Coug right here. Funny thing - so is my wife.

[kach22i]

Original article here:
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The reason why the future student body gravitated toward Cougars is pretty clear: Area collegiate power BYU uses the Cougar as its mascot and enjoys an enormous fan base of area residents and those who follow the Mormon faith (BYU is a Mormon institution).

I almost ran to Snopes, just too weird.

[Porsche-poor]

Originally Posted by Shifter

ivhs?

Mountain View High School, Bend Oregon.

[Laneco]

Originally Posted by MrNvgtr

My "old school" middle school was the Lakeview Devils.

My high school mascot was the "Honkers" (as in the geese - alot of people call Canada Geese "honkers"). I don't know who the heck thought that mascot name up.

angela

[Jim Bremner]

My wife was 31 when I met her. she taught third grade at King Elementary in La Palma. their mascot?


The Cougars!

[widgeon13]

I'd guess removed - ns is out as well.

[tharbert]

My H.S. mascot was an "Appleknocker." To this day, I still don't know WTF that is... We also have Centralia High School, home of the Orphans. Cougars seems a big step up.

[GH85Carrera]

I have all of you beat with a crazy mascot names. At my high school the mascots was....

The Poets

I kid you not. Sidney Lanier High School in Montgomery Alabama. The poets. Bart Starr went there and they were State champs many times.

The Pen is mightier than the sword! Was an actual chant in the grandstands

[Rick V]

[PorscheGAL]

Pretty soon mascots will be banned all together. They will be considered offensive to someone so no on will have them.

Here we have the University of SC whose mascot is the Gamecocks. You can only imagine the bumper stickers around here.

[kach22i]

Eastern Michigan University changed their mascot name at least a decade ago from "Hurons" (an Indian Tribe) to the "Eagles".

My HS was the Fordson "Tractors", there was a partially dismembered hulk of what was one on the premises rusting away outside.

[Roosterrusek]

Came here for the Cougar pics...sorely disappointed.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by tharbert

My H.S. mascot was an "Appleknocker." To this day, I still don't know WTF that is... We also have Centralia High School, home of the Orphans. Cougars seems a big step up.

Herrin? Cobden? Anna? I know some Appleknockers from that area, but I can't remember the the town the school's in.

This Cougar thing is a ridiculous reaction to a fairly recent pop-culture term that will eventually go away. They should take a longer term, more mature view IMHO and name the team the Cougars.

[944Larry]

Originally Posted by dennis in se pa

Let's go to Mexico with Jesse Ventura!

Cold as it is up in your area I imagine you're ready. I probably won't go back to PA to work till April. Some of my buds still working up there told me it was 7 degrees up there the other night.

[944Larry]

Had a big stink here in Florida a few years ago about the Seminoles. They wanted to make them change the name but the real Seminoles came forward and supported the mascot name. The Seminole indians have a good relationship with the school and did not consider the use of their name offensive.

[tharbert]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

Herrin? Cobden? Anna? I know some Appleknockers from that area, but I can't remember the the town the school's in.

This Cougar thing is a ridiculous reaction to a fairly recent pop-culture term that will eventually go away. They should take a longer term, more mature view IMHO and name the team the Cougars.

The Appleknocker avatar resembles some hayseed bumpkin with a pipe holding an apple. From my experience in high school, I can tell you the pipe didn't have tobacco in it.

[Embraer]

Frankfort Hotdogs, Speedway Sparkplugs.....two funny Indiana high school mascots.

[wdfifteen]

Our local high school is the home of the Battling Beavers!

Yaaaa!! Wooo! Hooo! Uh... sorry.