Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucdavis.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!ucbvax!ucdavis!ccrbrian From: ccrbrian@ucdavis.UUCP (Brian Reilly) Newsgroups: net.bizarre Subject: Re: Odd School Names Message-ID: <441@ucdavis.UUCP> Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 12:09:49 EDT Article-I.D.: ucdavis.441 Posted: Wed Aug 14 12:09:49 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 05:09:46 EDT References: <622@brl-tgr.ARPA> Distribution: net Organization: University of California, Davis Lines: 29 > 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. - Brian Reilly -- ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= Brian Reilly Davis, CA 95616 U.C. Davis Computer Center ucbvax!ucdavis!deneb!ccrbrian