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FRONTIERADO WEEK: TODAY’S COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM – YAVAPAI COLLEGE

Posted in Cool names and cool logos, FRONTIERADO, tagged , , , , , , on July 31, 2011 | 4 Comments »

YAVAPAI COLLEGE ROUGHRIDERS  Location: Prescott, AZ Division: JUCO Conference Affiliation: ACCAC Major sports: basketball, baseball, soccer, softball, volleyball Site: http://www.goroughriders.com/ Comment: What better way to kick off Frontierado holiday week than with a college whose teams have a western theme? The name Roughriders always conjures up

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NAIA COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS SIGNED IN THE NFL

Posted in college football, tagged , , , , , , on July 31, 2011 | 48 Comments »

Recently I looked at NCAA Division 3 players signed to NFL teams. Now let’s take a look at the NAIA football players signed by NFL teams in this year’s odd, frenzied period of free agent signings. The Chargers took Patrick Crayton from the NWOSU Rangers, the Bills took Michael Jasper from the

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FRONTIERADO MEAL-MAKING MADE EASY WITH BUFFALO GAL

Posted in FRONTIERADO, tagged , , , , on July 31, 2011 | 8 Comments »

 Here at Frontierado international headquarters things are as hectic as you would imagine with the Frontierado holiday coming up this Friday, August 5th. Various mayors, governors and heads of state are all contacting me to get the official Frontierado imprimatur on the events they are planning in their communities. I’m never too busy to pass along a tip, [...]

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HUTCHINSON BLUE DRAGONS PICKED SECOND IN JAYHAWK CONFERENCE

Posted in college football, tagged , , , , on July 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »

 At the Media Day events for the Jayhawk Conference (Unofficial slogan: The greatest concentration of cool-named teams in college sports) the Hutchinson Blue Dragons were picked to finish second, behind perennial nemesis Butler (KS). The Blue Dragons are fresh off a 10-2 season and a Salt City Bowl victory over the Eastern Arizona College Gila Monsters. [...]

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FRONTIERADO ROLL OF HONOR

Posted in FRONTIERADO, tagged , , , , , , , , , on July 29, 2011 | 13 Comments »

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Just one week until Frontierado and then the event that we all look forward to all year long will be over, so let’s milk all the enjoyment we can out of this Frontierado season! This picture is of the Drovers, the Official College Sports Team of Frontierado! They play for the [...]

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WHERE’D EVERYBODY GO? LIFE IN THE DEPLETED GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE

Posted in college football, tagged , , , , , , on July 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Remember all the way back to last football season, when the Gulf South Conference was still being called “The SEC of Division 2 Football”? What a difference a year makes. Last season Balladeer’s Blog covered the departure of teams from the GSC and the Lone Star Conference in order to form the Great American Conference. [...]

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D3 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS SIGNED AS FREE AGENTS BY THE NFL

Posted in college football, tagged , , , , on July 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »

 With the NFL strike officially over Free Agent signings have begun so the time seemed right to look at some of the Free Agents picked up from the divisions Balladeer’s Blog covers. Since I’m starting with Giovanni Stanley of the Whittier College Poets (one of my Cool-Named Team of the Day entries from awhile back) that’s why the Poets’ [...]

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INUIT MYTH PAGE: THE NARWHAL GODDESS

Posted in Mythology, tagged , , , , , on July 26, 2011 | 13 Comments »

A look at my detailed entry on the Inuit goddess who ruled over narwhals. For more Inuit deities click here: http://glitternight.com/inuit-myth/ ATUQTUQARNAQ - The narwhal goddess, who had the form of a whale-sized mermaid with her hair sculpted into the traditional horn/tusk of the narwhals she ruled over. Before Sedna transformed her into the narwhal  deity she was an abusive mother [...]

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TODAY’S COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA

Posted in Cool names and cool logos, tagged , , , , , on July 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »

UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA ARGONAUTS   Location: Pensacola, FL  Division: NCAA Division 2 Conference Affiliation: Gulf South Conference Major sports: baseball, basketball, softball, soccer, volleyball Site: http://www.goargos.com/ Comment: As always I have a soft spot for teams that combine my passion for college sports with my passion for mythology. I think they should adopt a [...]

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FRONTIERADO RECIPE: DEUCES WILD

Posted in FRONTIERADO, tagged , , , on July 24, 2011 | 11 Comments »

We are just 12 days away from the  Frontierado holiday on Friday August 5th.We’ve examined Sagas, weird westerns, quality westerns and other Frontierado traditions. Time for another drink recipe for those of legal drinking age.  Previously I gave you the recipe for a Cactus Jack and now I’ll give you the recipe for another traditional Frontierado drink. [...]

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