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From: ccrbrian@ucdavis.UUCP (Brian Reilly)
Newsgroups: net.bizarre
Subject: Re: Odd School Names
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Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 12:09:49 EDT
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> 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

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