Teaxs A&M to leave Big 12

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Hey, hey, didn't you get the memo? You can't call it Wazzu anymore!

Oh, I don't think ASWSU got the memo either http://www.aswsu.wsu.edu/events_wazzu_wednesday.aspx

Nor did part of athletics with the ZZU Crew http://www.wsucougars.com/ot/wast-cru-home.html

Can't forget about their new information portal, named zzusis https://siscontest.wsu.edu/

Rebranding & name change, not that successful I guess.

I think the saddest thing I've seen related to WAZZU recently is the feel good campaign about the football team losing. As a Vandal hey, I've been there, I understand what it is like to have a season where there are only two wins (05, 08) or one win (07), and they don't even have to deal with Bluorange people being butthurt and creating conspiracies about the NCAA keeping them down, while losing! But the http://undefeatedfans.com/ website and campaign on the radio is just well, kind of pathetic. The one ad with the guy talking about seeing the flag and people texting each other, then citing it is everything good about WSU football is not inspiring. They should take a cue from us and promote all the great things that go on when not winning and not dwell on it, nor draw attention to it!

So Cougs, dry yours tears with



Put on a new hat



And order every single cheese from the Cougar Creamery, that's nine in total, to go with your whine. Also make sure to use this before bed.



If the fact that Nike owns Oregon's soul and they always have the fugliest uniforms can't get you through these unfortunate times, nothing will and I suggest eating a lot of Ferdinand's while waving a flag to burn off the calories.

Originally Posted by AXOmom

^^^LOL. My daughter went to WSU her freshman year. The only time she ever heard it called Wazzu was by people who didn't go there. WSU students and alums always said WSU. I asked and she has no idea why they refuse to call it Wazzu. She just says they never did. I could hazard a guess, but I doubt WSU students and alums would appreciate it, and she still has friends there, so I'll keep it to myself.

I'm not sure when she attended, but I'm sure it was post "Don't call it Wazzu!" campaign because I know plenty (not all though) of people who call it Wazzu and bleed Crimson & Gray. Granted this spans faculty, staff, and alumni, no current students, so perhaps her attendance was later and explains her experience. The real problem is their mascot being Cougars as there's this school in Utah who also has that mascot, and people around here have attended that school, or have family/religious ties to it, are covered band wagon fans of it so I'm sometimes not sure which school is being referenced until colors or locations come into play.

Of course we don't have that problem as there are no other VANDALS, and if people say IDAHO instead of UI we're fine. Can't really get us confused with Boizzze or Idaho State, thankfully.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

Rebranding & name change, not that successful I guess.

Is this kind of like when Pitt decided they wanted to be "PITTSBURGH" and Pitt was a dirty word?

[KillarneyRose]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Is this kind of like when Pitt decided they wanted to be "PITTSBURGH" and Pitt was a dirty word?

ARGH!! That is still a sore spot for me even though we are "Pitt" once again. I mean, they changed from the script letters to the block letters, changed the colors, demolished the stadium...there is very little left in the way of Pitt football memories for me (and other grads from the prehistoric era). What a way to alienate alumni!

[VandalSquirrel]

Here's the best promotional video about Wazzu, EVER. It is from 1981 or so and the fashion is killer. Spirit squad women in gogo boots, men's gymnastics with suspenders, frat daddies in shorts that make Magnum PI look modest, horseback riding across campus, and the most amazing song ever about Old Wazzu.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4sTPRZCRRY

Originally Posted by AXOmom

She attended in 2007-2008, so that's possible. I've heard it called Wazzu, but she says it was new to her until we moved to Oregon and she heard it called that by UofO students, so I guess the campaign's been a limited success- LOL.

We lived in eastern Washington (Spokane) for 11 years with a pretty heavy Mormon contingent. At least there, confusing it with BYU's cougar was never an issue, but that is admittedly, WSU and Gonzaga territory with a little UW thrown in. When you referred to the Cougars, everyone knew who you meant, but I'm not sure how BYU refers to theirs and WSU almost always says, "Cougs or The Cougs or Butch".

She still misses Butch - the Duck freaks her out for some reason.

As to Nike - no, it doesn't own our soul, technically, Phil Knight owns our soul. Nike just helps him market us. It's working out incredibly well, so we're good with that.

Our "fugly" uniforms are unlikely to comfort them much since they just had Nike redesign them last spring with the clear intent of making them a little more "Oregon-like". No doubt the influence of Bill Moos who is a former Oregon AD.

I haven't seen a uniform out of Oregon in years that didn't have something offensive about it, even if it is just an accessory. It always seems like it is going to be okay, and then during the season something sinister happens. For me it is the look that a preschool child of the equipment manager accidentally colored on the cleats with a neon highlighter so in a mad scramble they decided to all do it. I am also over the feather accents as a motif, it could be done better.

Trust this comes from a place of love, as I'm the unfortunate offspring of a Duck and a Beaver, hence attempting to attend Cal and hating it, then going completely out there and eventually ending up in Idaho. The Oregon Duck I grew up with was the old style Donald coming through the O and the colors were stable and not up to interpretation. He had a bow tie, a dish hat, and the current mascot costume creeps me out with soulless eyes and a swishy neck tie scarf thing. The current OSU beaver looks kind of rabid, but I have a soft spot for the Benny and Bernice Beaver couple from my childhood.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/8...ns-of-all-time

http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/201...ms-lsu-tigers/

[AXOmom]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

Here's the best promotional video about Wazzu, EVER. It is from 1981 or so and the fashion is killer. Spirit squad women in gogo boots, men's gymnastics with suspenders, frat daddies in shorts that make Magnum PI look modest, horseback riding across campus, and the most amazing song ever about Old Wazzu.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4sTPRZCRRY



I haven't seen a uniform out of Oregon in years that didn't have something offensive about it, even if it is just an accessory. It always seems like it is going to be okay, and then during the season something sinister happens. For me it is the look that a preschool child of the equipment manager accidentally colored on the cleats with a neon highlighter so in a mad scramble they decided to all do it. I am also over the feather accents as a motif, it could be done better.

Trust this comes from a place of love, as I'm the unfortunate offspring of a Duck and a Beaver, hence attempting to attend Cal and hating it, then going completely out there and eventually ending up in Idaho. The Oregon Duck I grew up with was the old style Donald coming through the O and the colors were stable and not up to interpretation. He had a bow tie, a dish hat, and the current mascot costume creeps me out with soulless eyes and a swishy neck tie scarf thing. The current OSU beaver looks kind of rabid, but I have a soft spot for the Benny and Bernice Beaver couple from my childhood.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/8...ns-of-all-time

http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/201...ms-lsu-tigers/

Well, we are known as an offensive team so having "offensive" uniforms kind of fits doesn't it? JK - bad joke. I think offensive is a strong term I'd probably save for t-shirts like the ones mentioned in the "I'm too pretty for homework" thread but...for the record, I don't LOVE all the uniforms. I do like combinations 4,6, and 7 in the Bleacherreport. I HATED 9 (always did), and I'm not a fan of neon anything. I don't mind the black additions however (even though it gets OSU all riled up). I'm a little undecided on the grey - I've liked it at times - depending on the combo. And the wings don't bother me one way or another. Take 'em or leave 'em.

I'm not much of a traditionalist - I don't think you could attend U of O happily and be one - so if it the players like them, recruits love them, and others talk about them and then start immitating-I'm cool with it. I started at U of O in 1981 (sadly - the year that WSU video was made, so now I feel REALLY OLD), when it was the old duck. I had moved to Oregon from out of state (Colorado), and to be honest, I thought that duck was the most ridiculous thing I had ever seen - along with the beaver. I wondered what wack jobs had come up with those two mascots, so I was more than happy to see the duck change a little (robo duck went too far however- that was just all kinds of messed up). I do get that some people have a sentimental attachment to various things - I'm just not much of a sentimentalist which is probably fortunate for an Oregon fan.

Thanks for the WSU video. Daughter is down in Eugene this weekend to watch the game with friends - I'll have to show it to her when she gets back. She'll love it! I, on the other hand, remember every one of those fashion trends quite fondly (well, mayber not guys in short/shorts - that was a little disgusting), BUT I'll admit, I kind of miss go-go boots.