Catchy College Nicknames/Mascots
 

So far, my favorite is:

Banana Slugs of the University of California at Santa Cruz

http://www.goslugs.com/graphics/UCsantacruzSlugLogo.gif

eww gross. I wouldn't want to be a slug :(

or...
 

Scottsdale Community College Fighting Artichokes

http://www.scottsdalecc.edu/athletic...ing_artie2.gif

I've never understood what "rock chawk Jayhawk" meant. Even tho one of their decals is on my car. (the things we do for our kids!!!)

http://www.logoserver.com/college/We...lltoppers2.GIF
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

http://www.logoserver.com/college/StetsonHatters.GIF
Stetson Hatters

http://www.logoserver.com/college/WhittierPoets.GIF
Whittier Poets

http://www.logoserver.com/college/Wi...eShockers2.GIF
Wichita State Shockers

http://www.logoserver.com/college/Oh...ingBishops.GIF
Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops

http://www.logoserver.com/college/StLouisBillikins4.GIF
Saint Louis Billikens

http://www.logoserver.com/college/Tr...tianTrolls.GIF
Trinity Christian Trolls

http://www.logoserver.com/college/TuftsJumbos.GIF
Tufts Jumbos

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...ghtingokra.gif
Delta State Fighting Okra???

Yayyy! I'm so glad our mascot inspired an entire thread! There was an argument years ago about whether it should be a sea lion or a banana slug. I'm glad the banana slug triumphed. No know predators, baby!

It's no banana slug, but how about Texas Christian University's Horned Frogs...

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:...reyfrog268.jpg

Besides pissed off gardeners?

Slugs disgust me which means I had to look up why your school chose this unofficial mascot. Now it all makes sense but slugs are still gross. :)

Really?
 

^^ But "it never rains in california ... but girl don't they warn ya..."

A Tribute to a Wonderful "Formerly" Greek Campus
 

The Colby College White Mules

I can hear the cheer now:

"We're stubborn, we know it...we're here to show it..."

http://www.colby.edu/athletics_cs/im..._head_mule.jpg

I can't find any images, but Centre College used to be the "Prayin' Colonels". Now their just the "Colonels".

Campbell University is the "Camels".

And, let's go ahead and bring it up: The Rhode Island School of Design Nads.
"Let's go, Nads, let's go."

I always though the University of Akron Zips was a funny name!

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:...x/zipslogo.jpg

OK, not a college, but I kinda liked it in high school... There's a school in Tennessee called The Webb School. And they are totally the Webb Feet. LOVE IT! Especially since they had large feet/tennis shoes painted all over the walls of their gym (at least the last time I played a high school basketball game against them there!).

High School Nicknames are fun too!
 

I'm an alumna of an all girls' school with the colors BLACK and BLUE.

We're the BRUISERS!

http://www.jmkilts.co.uk/pictures/opt44d85ede6a90b.jpg


Yes, the Carnegie Mellon Mascot is a piece of fabric, ie the Tartan.


I've always liked MIT's Beavers since they are nature's engineers.
http://content.answers.com/main/cont...007_Finger.jpg

Shameless Bias
 

http://a859.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...56a03e6fd2.gif

That's Joe Vandal our mascot, with our I logo. I'll edit later with the explanation why we're Vandals, not Vikings.

It's another high school, but my favorite is the Poca, WV,

Poca Dots

http://www.pocaalumni.com/Images/Logo.jpg

http://www.nmnathletics.com.edgesuit...0819185541.jpg

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:...es/willie3.jpg


Pepperdine Waves (and mascot Willie the Wave...who everyone knows is laughable)

The Banana Slugs are also my favorite, but the other one I like is...

http://www.google.com/images?q=tbn:d...eAnteaters.png
The UC Irvine Anteaters.

I've seen it referred to as the official and the unofficial mascot. :confused:
http://alumni.ucsd.edu/quiz/images/03_quiz05.gif

Idk how to post a picture but Ricmond College is the spiders.

LOL Always a good laugh

http://www.logoserver.com/college/RichmondSpiders2.GIF
Richmond Spiders

http://www.logoserver.com/college/Ri...underducks.GIF
Richland Thunderducks

http://www.logoserver.com/college/RowanProfs2.GIF
Rowan Profs

http://www.smaworks.com/licensing/cl...images/SAR.gif

Goooooo Muleriders!

Southern Arkansas University

.....Kelly :)

Hey! You don't mess with the Zips. Our Kangaroo is FIERCE! :p

The only logo they use seems to be their monogram:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...hleticlogo.jpg
but we can't forget the Presbyterian College Blue Hose!

Goooooo Zippers!
 

From the gozips website:


One of the unique nicknames in all of intercollegiate athletics belongs to The University of Akron.

Originally Zippers, athletic director Kenneth Red Cochrane officially shortened the nickname to the Zips in 1950. Twenty-five years earlier a campus-wide contest had been conducted to choose a nickname for the University's athletic teams.

Suggestions submitted by students, faculty, and alumni included Golden Blue Devils, Tip Toppers, Rubbernecks, Hillbillies, Kangaroos, and Cheveliers. The winner, freshman Margaret Hamlin, received a prize of $10 for Zippers - a $6 pair of rubber overshoes and a brand name of the BF Goodrich Company.

Go Hose! That is the official logo, but we've started using a highlander (think Braveheart).
http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/11...team_thumb.jpg

When the 2000 census rolled around, we made T-shirts for the occasion. On the front was our logo with "2000 Census" around it. On the back, it said: "How many Hose does Clinton have?" (ICYDK, Clinton is the city that PC is in). Oh, the double entendre!

LOL! I love it.

The husband's school's athletic teams are the Rose-Hulman Fightin' Engineers. They use Rosie the Elephant as their mascot.
http://i30.tinypic.com/a1ob46.jpg

Sometimes they just use the "R" without the elephant and sometimes they use a stylized "angry" elephant:
http://i25.tinypic.com/rj0g0g.gif

Seriously...he looks like a happy Grimace! lol