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Old 08-16-2002, 08:48 PM
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Okay, William & Mary (in VA) is rumored to have started out as "The Loonies," in honor of the fact that (a) there is a mental hospital within 20 minutes of campus and (b) the first insane aslyum in the USA was in colonial williamsburg, where W&M is. But I guess having a crazy person for a mascot didnt fly with the early PC crowd, so they became the Indians instead... then a few decades back the changed it to "The Tribe." So, basically, our mascot is an abstract.... the tribe?? what the heck??

To add insult to injury, this year they added an acual mascot to the cheerleading lineup... it's a large green thing in a tri-cornered hat named Colonel Ebirt. I have no idea how he achieved this military rank, I'm guessing that's another nod to our proximity to colonial wburg, but "Ebirt" is Tribe spelled backwards.... for a supposedly prestigious school, you would thin they could come up with something better! I would have prefered a crazy person

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