SPORTS

Here’s an excerpt from our upcoming book THE VERY BEST AND VERY WORST: SPORTS

Feel free to add your comments below. Who knows? We might even add them to the book.

Every sports team has a name or a mascot. Some are majestic and evoke pride and power. Think eagles, falcons, bears, tigers. Others are as stupid as the film version of “The Flintstones.”

• THE VERY BEST COLLEGE NAMES AND MASCOTS

University of Notre Dame: The Fighting Irish - Leprechaun
University of Southern California: Trojans - Tommy Trojan (but only when he’s riding his white steed, Traveler)
University of Southern Indiana: Screaming Eagles. Sounds like a Judas Priest song.
North Carolina State: Wolfpack. Nice and visceral, even feral. A team ready for a killing spree.
Rhode Island School of Design: The Nads. All we can say is “Go Nads!”

• THE VERY WORST COLLEGE NAMES AND MASCOTS

Georgetown Hoyas
Scottsdale Artichokes
Oklahoma Sooners
Indiana Hoosiers
California- Santa Cruz Banana Slugs
North Carolina School of the Arts Fighting Pickles
Whittier Poets
Oregon Tech Hustlin’ Owls
Grays Harbor College Chokers
Texas Christian Horned Frogs
Delta State Fighting Okra
Delaware Fighting Blue Hens
Penn State Nittany Lions

5 Comments »

  • Hey, how about the Tufts Jumbos. That could either be the best or the worst. Gotta luv an elephant for a masoct!

    Comment by The Jimmer — 10/28/06 @ 6:53 am

  • The very best college sports announcing comes each year when the USC Trojans play the Oregon State Beavers…..

    The announcers have a blast with it yet don’t know what they’re really saying. Lines like this….. Those Beaver’s are having a difficult time stopping the Trojan advance…. The Trojans are showing some great penetration despite the Beaver defence… The Men from Troy have repeadedly given it to the Beavers with score after score…. you can have fun with the rest.

    Comment by trojan — 11/6/06 @ 3:58 pm

  • And you guys are qualified to write about sports….um, WHY?

    Comment by Pete — 11/10/06 @ 12:30 pm

  • Best finish to a college football game

    1982 Cal beats Stanford with 5 lateral kickoff return for a touchdown with no time remaining culminating with the Cal Bear player spiking the ball in the end zone on a Stanford susaphone player from the stanford band that had run onto the field in premature jubilation of an aparent victory.

    Comment by Bruce — 11/15/06 @ 10:27 am

  • Bruce, get your facts straight it was a trombonist, not a saxophone player.

    Comment by The Jimmer — 01/19/08 @ 4:23 pm

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