CALUMET COLLEGE CRIMSON WAVE
Location: Hammond, IN
Division: NAIA
Conference Affiliation: Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Major sports: basketball, base/soft-ball, soccer, volleyball
Site: http://www.ccsj.edu/athletics/home.html
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WILLIAMS COLLEGE EPHS
Location: Williamstown, MA
Division: NCAA Division 3
Conference Affiliation: New England Small College Athletic Conference
Major sports: crew, football, basketball, base/soft-ball, hockey, soccer, volleyball
Site: http://williams.prestosports.com/landing/index
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MID AMERICA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY EVANGELS
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Division: NAIA
Conference Affiliation: Sooner Athletic Conference
Major sports: basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball
Site: http://www.macuathletics.com/
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Before any of my regular readers get upset let me point out right off the bat that I am NOT going to start covering Division 1 sports on a regular basis. This will simply be a quick list of the most unique nicknames for D1 teams outside of the 120 schools that count as 1A (FBS for you spineless conformists) for football. There’s no contest this time and I won’t bother with pertinent details about the schools. I’ll just feature the logos and my pithy comments. Since this is the only time I’ll deal with Division 1 I’m doing more than 20 to get all the unique names in. And by unique I mean a name not shared by a team in one of the divisions I cover, hence no UTSA Roadrunners or Campbell Camels, etc.
FOR MY LOOK AT THE MANY FAULTS OF ESPN’s BROADCASTERS CLICK HERE: https://glitternight.com/2012/04/29/evaluating-espns-on-air-personalities/
FOR MY LOOK AT THE COOLEST HELMETS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL CLICK HERE: https://glitternight.com/2012/08/11/the-coolest-helmets-in-ncaa-division-2-college-football/
32. SAINT FRANCIS (PA) RED FLASH – CONFERENCE AFFILIATION – THE NORTHEAST CONFERENCE – The name and logo can’t help but make you think of the superhero The Flash from DC Comics which lends the nickname a certain kind of Neo-Nerd Chic. Sort of like the Blue Streaks from a few divisions down in the college sports world. Plus this school plays football, always a plus with me. Continue reading
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CONCORDIA-MOORHEAD COBBERS
Location: Moorhead, MN
Division: NCAA Division 3
Conference Affiliation: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Major sports: wrestling, football, basketball, hockey, base/soft-ball, soccer, volleyball
Site: http://www.cord.edu/Athletics/index.php
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ITHACA COLLEGE BOMBERS
Location: Ithaca, NY
Division: NCAA Division 3
Conference Affiliation: Empire 8 Conference
Major sports: football, basketball, base/softball, soccer, volleyball
Site: http://bombers.ithaca.edu/
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GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY ANTELOPES
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Division: NCAA Division 2
Conference Affiliation: Pacific West Conference
Major sports: basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball
Site: http://www.gculopes.com/
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NEW YORK UNIVERSITY VIOLETS
Location: New York, NY
Division: NCAA Division 3
Conference Affiliation: University Athletic Association
Major sports: basketball, soccer, volleyball, fencing, tennis
Site: http://www.gonyuathletics.com/
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PIERCE COLLEGE BRAHMA BULLS
Location: Woodland Hills, CA
Division: JUCO
Conference Affiliation: Western State Conference
Major sports: football, basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball
Site: http://info.piercecollege.edu/departments/athletics/index.html
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The votes for my latest Top 20 contest have all been counted and the winner of the designation “Coolest-Named USCAA and NCCAA Sports Team” is the Ohio State-Marion Scarlet Wave! The name certainly is pretty cool and that logo is very eye-catching! If you want to follow Scarlet Wave sports just go here: http://osumarion.osu.edu/ScarletWave/
In second place were the New Hampshire Technical Institute Lynx. Once again it seems impossible to separate a cool name from a cool logo and you can’t help wondering how much carry over votes each one brings the other. To follow the Lynx sports teams click here: http://www.nhti.edu/campuslife/athletics.html
For the first time in Balladeer’s Blog’s history (a whopping 6 months I grant you, but still … ) the voting in a Top 20 List has resulted in a 3-way tie for 3rd place. Here are the 3 schools in alphabetical order:
The Lincoln Christian University Red Lions start us off with their snazzy logo and their memorable nickname. To beard these Lions in their den go here: http://www.lincolnchristian.edu/athletics/
Next we have the Maine-Augusta Moose, in whose honor I’ll throw out a new marketing slogan – “Moose: It’s singular AND plural!” (Well it’s better than my first one – “Moose: It’s what’s for dinner!” ) To follow these teams whose marching band should play the Bullwinkle theme music go here: http://www.uma.edu/athletics.html
We close with the Ozark Christian College Ambassadors and you have got to love the poetic coolness of their name as well as the fairly awesome logo that they sport. Who wouldn’t want to go play for their teams or at least attend the games so you can hear announcers say things like “And the Ambassadors negotiate their way into the lead” or other related phrases? To follow their teams go here: http://occ.edu/students/default.aspx?id=90
Honorable mention goes to the Piedmont Baptist Conquerors, who were just 4 votes behind LCU, UMA and OCC. To view the entire list and see who you think got robbed click here: https://glitternight.com/2010/11/24/the-20-coolest-named-uscaa-and-nccaa-sports-teams/
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