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The List: Best Division I-AA nicknames

 
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Published: August 28, 2008

OU opens its football season Saturday against Chattanooga, a school with one of the worst nicknames in collegiate sports: Mocs. Chattanooga was known as the Moccasins until 1996, when the official name was shortened to the Mocs, which has no discernible meaning. But don't think every unusual Division I-AA nickname is a bummer. The 10 best:

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Ohio State coach Jim Tressel won four titles as a Penguin at Youngstown State. ASSOCIATED PRESS

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