CLEVELAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE YETIS
Location: Shelby, NC
Comment: Special thanks to reader Andrew, who informed me about this incredibly cool name for the sports teams at Cleveland Community College! Continue reading
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COOL-NAMED COLLEGE SPORTS TEAM: CLEVELAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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COOLEST CANADIAN COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAMS
College football season is just over a month away in the divisions covered here at Balladeer’s Blog. To whet our appetites here’s a look at The Coolest Canadian College Football Teams.
MONTREAL CARABINS
Location: Montreal, QC
Comment: My Canadian readers tell me Carabins are a military unit which wields Carbines, making this name virtually unique.
OTTAWA GEE GEES
Location: Ottawa, ON
Comment: GG originally stood for “Garnet & Grey” so it was combined with Gee Gee, slang for a racehorse, hence the horse on the helmet.
ACADIA AXEMEN
Location: Wolfville, NS
Comment: The name Axemen still sounds cool, despite its use in the title of a few reality shows in recent years. Continue reading
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SAINT CLAIR COUNTY COLLEGE: COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAMS
SAINT CLAIR COUNTY COLLEGE SKIPPERS
Location: Port Huron, MI
Division: NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association)
Comment: You can insert your own Gilligan’s Island comment if you like, but I find the nickname Skippers to be Continue reading
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COOL-NAMED COLLEGE TEAMS: QUINSIGAMOND COLLEGE
QUINSIGAMOND COLLEGE WYVERNS
Location: Worcester, MA
Major Sports: baseball, softball, basketball
Comment: Quinsigamond is a mouthful, no doubt about it, and when you combine that memorable school name with the memorable team name Wyverns you have got the kind of magic that Continue reading
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COOL-NAMED TEAM: FORT PECK COLLEGE
FORT PECK COLLEGE BUFFALO CHASERS
Location: Poplar, MT
Division: AIHEC (American Indian Higher Education Consortium)
Comment: Balladeer’s Blog welcomes the Buffalo Chasers, the latest AIHEC team to be featured here! This terrific institution is affiliated with the Assiniboine and Sioux Reservation in northwest Montana. Continue reading
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COOL-NAMED TEAM: COLUMBIA (CA) COLLEGE
COLUMBIA COLLEGE CLAIM JUMPERS
Location: Sonora, CA
Division: CCCAA
Comment: I always love team names that are tied into elements of their region’s history. The California Gold Rush makes the Claim Jumpers a great name for teams from the Golden State. Continue reading
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COOL LOGO FOR A SPORTS TEAM: LYON COLLEGE
LYON COLLEGE SCOTS
Location: Batesville, AR
Division: NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics)
Conference Affiliation: American Midwest Conference
Comment: “FREEEEEEDOOOOMMM!” … Had to be said. Lyon College fans are called the Kilted Army and the institution’s mailing address is on HIGHLAND Road! Just as Notre Dame is considered the national team of the Irish Lyon College should be Continue reading
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COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: WAYCROSS COLLEGE
WAYCROSS COLLEGE SWAMP FOXES
Location: Waycross, GA
Division: NJCAA
Conference Affiliation: GJCAA
Comment: This name takes the whole concept of cool-named sports teams to the next level! Everyone loves the Swamp Fox aka Francis Marion, hero of the Continue reading
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COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: HAVERFORD COLLEGE
HAVERFORD COLLEGE FORDS
Location: Haverford, PA
Conference Affiliation: Centennial Conference
Comment: Have you watched the Haverford Fords … lately? The alternate nickname for the Fords is the equally cool Black Squirrels. Teams with boring names like Continue reading
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COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: WASHINGTON COLLEGE
WASHINGTON COLLEGE SHOREMEN
Location: Chestertown, MD
Conference Affiliation: Centennial Conference
Comment: “So long, Shoremen” would be a great punchline for an incredibly lame joke, wouldn’t it? George Washington College in historic Chestertown, MD may very well have the coolest sports team nickname out of the many schools that use the name of our first president. No matter what the Continue reading
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