Battle of the Nicknames

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Battle of the nicknames. Yes, it’s recycled, but it’s a brand new year.


1st ROUND

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY REGIONAL

December 3 at Nebraska
1) Shockers v. Wolf Pack = WSU gets extra credit for originality, but lose out for the dubious noun. We would feel the same about Heaters, Freezers and Pinchers.
2) Gaels v. Huskers = Who’d’ve thought there’d be two teams of Gaels in the tournament? No Welsh, or Albanians, or Mongols. Still, not much competition here. One who removes the husk from corn.

December 3 at Missouri
3) Cardinals v. Fighting Illini = I’m not going to let birds go very far in this contest. Way too mundane. But Illinois is out for being racially insensitive. And those colors?!
4) Razorbacks v. Tigers = You gotta admire a school that feels comfortable with a pig nickname.

December 3 at San Diego
5) Anteaters v. Wildcats = If we’re giving kudos for pigs, we have to do the same for anteaters.
6) Aggies vs. Toreros = Ole!

December 2 at USC
7) Matadors vs. Wildcats = Cats and birds. C’mon, people! Ole, otra vez!
8) Cougars vs. Trojans (or Ladies of Troy) = Trojans, by default.


MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA REGIONAL

December 3 at Ohio State
9) Bobcats vs. Panthers = Cats vs. Cats. Rumpleteezers vs. Garfields. Bobcats, for being slightly more original.
10) Flyers vs. Buckeyes = Orville and Wilbur v. the State Nut. This is a close one, but I’m going with the nut from the genus Aesculus, especially since it’s poisonous.

December 3 at Tennessee
11) Eagles vs. Aggies = The birds, by default. At least, it’s an impressive bird. One that squawks and can carry off small dogs.
12) Colonels vs. Lady Volunteers = We’ll go with Colonels. We just hope this has nothing to do with Colonel Sanders. Volunteers? Maybe. Lady Volunteers? Never. How about Candy Stripers?

December 3 at Georgia Tech
13) Lady Bulldogs vs. Gauchos = A lady dog? Seems like there’s another name for that. Gauchos!
14) Lady Bulldogs vs. Yellow Jackets (or Ramblin’ Wreck) = Can you believe it? Two Lady Bulldogs in the same sub-regional? What were they thinking?

December 2 at Yale
15) Blackbirds vs. Gophers = see Razorbacks and Anteaters.
16) Bulldogs vs. Great Danes = Finally! Dogs who are comfortable with their masculinity. Albany v. Yale also represents the extremes of the alphabet in this tournament. Great Danes, by a snout.


GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN REGIONAL

December 2 at Colorado State
17) Buffs vs. Rainbow Wahine = The translation is still Colorful Gals.
18) Boilermakers vs. Rams = A drink and a train (I think).

December 3 at Wisconsin
19) Crusaders vs. Fighting Irish = I object to both nicknames!
20) Ramblers vs. Badgers = Wandering about aimlessly is nothing to be proud of. How about the Loyola Discombobulated?

December 3 at Florida A&M
21) Dolphins vs. Cardinal = This whole color thing ticks me off. I go with the fishy mammals.
22) Rattlerettes vs. Gators = You take a perfectly good nickname and ruin it. No, it’s not the Gatorettes I’m talking about.

December 3 at Texas
23) Pilaf vs. Wolverines = I know. But it’s a bird.
24) Bobcats vs. Longhorns = Moooooo!


SEATTLE. WASHINGTON REGIONAL

December 3 at Washington
25) Jayhawks vs. Broncos = Giddy up!
26) Vandals vs. Huskies = Crime does pay.

December 2 at California
27) Hornets vs. Gaels = Oh, Bee! Where is they sting?
28) Tigers vs. Golden Bears = I’m not really impressed by a team named after a golfer, but Tigers is just toooooooooo boring.

December 3 at UCLA
29) Utes vs. Forty-Niners = Anyone else think both these schools were just too lazy to come up with a proper nickname?
30) Lions vs. Bruins = Lions vs. Bruins, oh my! Credit for UCLA for consulting the thesaurus.

December 3 at Penn State
31) Tigers vs. Terrapins = Beware the turtle!
32) Eagles vs. Nittany Lions = See, LMU? It doesn’t take much.


2nd ROUND

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY REGIONAL

December 4 at Nebraska
33) Wolf Pack

December 4 at Missouri
34) Razorbacks

December 4 at San Diego
35) Toreros

December 3 at USC
36) Matadors


MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA REGIONAL

December 4 at Ohio State
37) Buckeyes

December 4 at Tennessee
38) Colonels (what a bunch of creampuffs!)

December 4 at Georgia Tech
39) Gauchos

December 3 at Yale
40) Great Danes


GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN REGIONAL

December 3 at Colorado State
41) Boilermakers

December 4 at Wisconsin
42) Badgers

December 4 at Florida A&M
43) Gators

December 4 at Texas
44) Wolverines


SEATTLE. WASHINGTON REGIONAL

December 4 at Washington
45) Vandals

December 3 at California
46) Golden Bears

December 4 at UCLA
47) Bruins

December 4 at Penn State
48) Terrapins

3rd ROUND

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY REGIONAL

December 10
49) Razorbacks
50) Toreros

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA REGIONAL

December 10
51) Buckeyes
52) Gauchos

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN REGIONAL

December 10
53) Boilermakers
54) Gators

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON REGIONAL

December 10
55) Vandals
56) Terrapins


4th ROUND
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY REGIONAL

December 11
57) Razorbacks

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA REGIONAL

December 11
58) Buckeyes

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN REGIONAL

December 11
59) Boilermakers

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON REGIONAL

December 11
60) Terrapins


5th ROUND

LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA: Final Four

December 16
61) Razorbacks
62) Boilermakers

63) BOILERMAKERS

[TheSantaBarbarian]

"13) Lady Bulldogs vs. Gauchos = A lady dog? Seems like there’s another name for that. Gauchos!"

Bad (R)uffda, Bad bad (R)uffda.

[BearClause]

[quote author=(R)uffda! link=board=general&thread=1102010715&start=0#0 date=1102010715]December 3 at UCLA
29) Utes vs. Forty-Niners = Anyone else think both these schools were just too lazy to come up with a proper nickname?[/quote]
Actually, there's some controversy over the "Utes" nickname, since it refers to the name of an Indian tribe. Apparently the use of the name is sanctioned by the various Ute tribes, which sounds similar to the arrangement that the Seminole Nation has with Florida State.

[Gorf]

(R)uffda, you Ninny!

Aren't the Tiger's and the Golden Bear's both named after golfers?


The Ramblers could have been named after the verbose as well, or even after an old car!

[FloridaPerson]

23) Pilaf vs. Wolverines = I know. But it’s a bird

Pilaf is o much better than Owls. Even for temple.

[BonJoeV]

VANDALS RULE!

GO VANDALS!

[Gorf]

Speaking of nickname in the tournament brackets.

Could someone look into the seeds given to the bird nicknamed teams to see if the committee was dissing them as well by giving them inferior seeds?


It might be that the birds are being underated and deserve a higher pecking order.

[Gorf]

Rumor has it that a Hue Grant has been offered to (R)uffda! to perform a team color equity study on the committee's selection, seeding, and placement of teams.

A secondary goal of the study is to determine whether there were any shady dealings happening behind the scenes by the committee.

[robertmotley]

[quote author=BearClause link=board=general&thread=1102010715&start=2#0 date=1102011611]
Actually, there's some controversy over the "Utes" nickname, since it refers to the name of an Indian tribe. Apparently the use of the name is sanctioned by the various Ute tribes, which sounds similar to the arrangement that the Seminole Nation has with Florida State.[/quote]


I thought "Utes" was the way My Cousin Vinney says "youths"

[BearClause]

robertmotley said:

I thought "Utes" was the way My Cousin Vinney says "youths"

"What in the world is a ute?"

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I was actually referring to this:

[fightingminime]

[quote author=(R)uffda! link=board=general&thread=1102010715&start=0#0 date=1102010715]
Beware the turtle!
[/quote]


I thought it was BeHOLD the turtle . . . . he never gets anywhere without sticking his neck out.

[BearClause]

likehappy14 said:

I thought it was BeHOLD the turtle . . . . he never gets anywhere without sticking his neck out.

Dudes! It's "Fear the Turtle!"

www.feartheturtle.umd.edu

[cbrown1709]

How can you have a buckeye beating a bobcat? That does make much sense.

[FloridaPerson]

bobcats, and cats in general as nicknames, are so banal.

[Gorf]

cbrown1709 said:

How can you have a buckeye beating a bobcat? That does make much sense.

Aren't buckeyes some sort of poisonous nut?

Bobcat chomps on buckeye, end of match.