Post by The Cats on Jul 13, 2018 11:48:55 GMT -5
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A definitive, authoritative and completely correct ranking of every FCS school’s nickname
here's the SoCon Ranking
SoCon
1. Western Carolina Catamounts — A catamount is essentially your standard issue wild cat, except named for the type that roamed the Appalachian mountains in the western portion of North Carolina
2. Wofford Terriers — Wofford chose to become the Terriers after its baseball team adopted a pit bull terrier named Jack in 1909.
3. Chattanooga Mocs — Another school that moved away from Native American imagery in the late 20th century, UTC moved to embrace Chattanooga’s history as a railroad town, but Mocs is actually a shortening of Mockingbird, Tennessee’s state bird.
4. VMI Keydets
5. Furman Paladins — A Paladin is kind of, sort of the French version of a knight.
6. East Tennessee Buccaneers
7. Mercer Bears
8(a). The Citadel Bulldogs
8(b). Samford Bulldogs
footballscoop.com/news/definitive-authoritative-completely-correct-ranking-every-fcs-schools-nickname/
A definitive, authoritative and completely correct ranking of every FCS school’s nickname
here's the SoCon Ranking
SoCon
1. Western Carolina Catamounts — A catamount is essentially your standard issue wild cat, except named for the type that roamed the Appalachian mountains in the western portion of North Carolina
2. Wofford Terriers — Wofford chose to become the Terriers after its baseball team adopted a pit bull terrier named Jack in 1909.
3. Chattanooga Mocs — Another school that moved away from Native American imagery in the late 20th century, UTC moved to embrace Chattanooga’s history as a railroad town, but Mocs is actually a shortening of Mockingbird, Tennessee’s state bird.
4. VMI Keydets
5. Furman Paladins — A Paladin is kind of, sort of the French version of a knight.
6. East Tennessee Buccaneers
7. Mercer Bears
8(a). The Citadel Bulldogs
8(b). Samford Bulldogs
