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How Every School in the AP Top 25 Got Its Nickname

"Oregon’s athletic teams were originally known as the Webfoots." (mentalfloss.com)
Source mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/139212

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spqr2008 on 24 Aug 2012 - 2:41pm #

I never knew Oregon didn't have to pay to license Donald Duck.  Good job by the school getting that one for free.

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William on 24 Aug 2012 - 3:32pm #

Random thought: Has anyone else ever considered how ironic it is that Sherman was the first superintendent of LSU? It's even crazier that LSU derives its nickname from the one applied to Lee's Louisiana troops.

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spqr2008 on 24 Aug 2012 - 4:51pm #

No wonder he didn't march west.  He would've had to destroy LSU.

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William on 24 Aug 2012 - 6:41pm #

Well, he did burn portions of Mississippi, like Meridian.

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Mike on 24 Aug 2012 - 7:10pm #

Michigan can't even name their team without help from Ohio...typical

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