Six new college sports teams will be joining the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics). Those teams, in descending order of nickname awesomeness, are:
PROVIDENCE (CA) CHRISTIAN COLLEGE SEA BEGGARS
Location: Pasadena, CA
Comment: How can you not love a nickname as cool and unique as Sea Beggars? And when you combine that nickname with this terrific logo it’s a safe bet PCC’s teams will become nationwide favorites in no time. Continue reading
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TURTLE MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MIGHTY MIKINOCKS
Location: Belcourt, ND
Division: AIHEC
Conference Affiliation: Northern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Comment: This tribal college was established by the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. Continue reading
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CULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA STEELS
Location: Hyde Park, New York
Conference Affiliation: Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Comment: Presenting the academic institution where students, faculty and administrators can all honestly say “I’m with the CIA.” This school, known as “The World’s Premier Culinary College”, was founded in 1946 as a successor to the Office of Strategic Skilletry (I’m kidding. But not about the year it was founded.) Continue reading
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GOLDEY-BEACOM COLLEGE LIGHTNING
Location: Wilmington, DE
Conference Affiliation: Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
Comment: This highly-regarded educational institution from Delaware is also known for its cool-named sports teams. The Lightning stand out tall and proud in a collegiate sports landscape littered with WAY too many teams called Eagles, Tigers, Bulldogs and Wildcats. Continue reading
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The Frontierado holiday is fast approaching! Friday, August 1st is the big day so Balladeer’s Blog is right here with another seasonal post.
This one will honor the Top 5 western-themed college sports teams from the divisions covered here. The award is named after the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Drovers, the official college sports team of Frontierado every year.
You can soak in the grandeur of the USAO logo at left, then revel in this year’s standings for “The Drovey Award”.
5. YAVAPAI COLLEGE ROUGHRIDERS – Not just Teddy Roosevelt’s unit from the Spanish-American War but various outfits of Wild West outlaws and bounty hunters also went Continue reading
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LOURDES UNIVERSITY GRAY WOLVES
Location: Sylvania, OH
Division: NAIA
Comment: How cool is this name and logo? Not only would it appeal to animal lovers but it’s also butt-kickingly impressive in its own right! The nickname Gray Wolves ties in to the tale of
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ABRAHAM BALDWIN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE STALLIONS
Location: Tifton, GA
Division: NJCAA
Conference Affiliation: Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association
Comment: This respected institution was established in 1908 and sits along Georgia’s Lake Baldwin. All of the Stallions sports teams are noteworthy but when it comes to baseball prominent alumni include Major League players Tom Cheney, Ralph Bryant and Kyle Farnsworth. Continue reading
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FRANK PHILLIPS COLLEGE PLAINSMEN
Location: Borger, TX
Division: NJCAA
Comment: The Plainsmen are notorious with Balladeer’s Blog and the world at large for both their catchy team name AND their thoroughly butt- kicking logo. Continue reading
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT SUMTER FIRE ANTS
Location: Benghazi, Libya – no, actually Sumter, SC
Division: NJCAA
Comment: In a college sports world littered with far too many teams called Eagles, Tigers, Bulldogs and Wildcats it’s always a pleasure to find teams that have a certain flair and originality. Continue reading
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SAINT CLAIR COUNTY COMMUNITY 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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