Post #121808 by cynfulcynner on Tue, Oct 26, 2004 11:29 AM

On 2004-10-25 19:51, Gigantalope wrote:
Tar heel, Buck Eye, Cheese head...those are fun. Some Carolina School is the Game Cocks, which is quite racy. I've read that the term Badger is from the people who mined coal in Wisconsin, not from the pissed off weasle animal. is that tru?

At Purdue (in the Hoosier State), they're called the Boilermakers. When I was a kid I thought they were named after the cocktail, not "people who make boilers." :D