UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND NOR’EASTERS
Location: Biddeford, ME
Conference Affiliation: Commonwealth Coast Conference
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PBU Crimson Eagles
PHILADELPHIA BIBLICAL UNIVERSITY CRIMSON EAGLES
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Division: NCCAA (National Christian College Athletic Association)
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NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY GOTHIC KNIGHTS
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Division: NCAA Division 3
Conference Affiliation: New Jersey Athletic Conference
Major sports: basketball, base/soft- ball, soccer, volleyball
Site: http://www.njcugothicknights.com/index.aspx?path=
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EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY GREYHOUNDS
Location: Portales, NM
Division: NCAA Division 2
Conference Affiliation: Lone Star Conference
Major sports: football, basketball, base/soft- ball, soccer, volleyball, rodeo
Site: http://www.goeasternathletics.com/index.aspx?path=
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CISCO COLLEGE WRANGLERS
Location: Cisco, TX
Division: JUCO
Major sports: football, basketball, base/softball, soccer, volleyball
Site: http://www.cisco.edu/s/926/athletics/athletics.aspx?sid=926&gid=1&pgid=287
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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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Once again it’s time for another Top 20 contest. This time we’ll be looking at the coolest-named sports teams in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association and the National Christian College Athletic Association. As usual readers will have the next 20 days to e-mail me with their votes for which team they feel has the coolest name. I can be reached at Thtcom15@aol.com .
20. OHIO STATE-MARION SCARLET WAVE
Location: Marion, OH
Comment: The Scarlet Wave is a nickname every bit as cool as The Crimson Tide and The Green Wave. You can’t go wrong with names like this for sports teams as far as I’m concerned and I’ve been saying for years that when Syracuse changed their team’s names from The Orangemen to The Orange that they’d have been better off going with Continue reading
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