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From: bjanz@watarts.UUCP (Bruce Janz)
Newsgroups: net.bizarre
Subject: Re: Odd School Names
Message-ID: <8527@watarts.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 12:01:52 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 15 12:01:52 1985
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In article <441@ucdavis.UUCP> ccrbrian@ucdavis.UUCP (Brian Reilly) writes:
>> I've seen odd town names, but how-about odd school team names.
>> Here's a few I think are odd:
>> 
>> 1.  Hoopeston Cornjerkers (Illinois)  (Can you guess what they do
>>     during off time?)
>>    
>> 2.  Potomac Artesians (Illinois)  (Named after a natural spring????)
>> 
>> 3.  Oregon Ducks  
>> 
>> 4.  Schlarman Hilltoppers (Illinois) (In the flat lands of Central
>>     Illinois)
>>     
>> Anyone else have any that they can add to this list.  Let's see those
>> strange school names!!
>> 
>> 				The Big D-
>
>How about the California Aggies here at U.C. Davis?  What is an
>"aggie" anyway?  I have been here for three years and I am not too
>sure what it means.  They call the school newspaper The California
>Aggie, so it is a popular phrase.
>
Actually, Aggies are farmers & the like (agricultural students).

In Saskatchewan, there's a high school team named the Notre Dame Hounds.

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                                  b janz

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