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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•10. Albany Great Danes: Who needs Bulldogs?

•9. San Diego Toreros: Bullfighters.

•8. Indiana State Sycamores: Who cares if it's a tree?

•7. Mississippi Valley Delta Devils: Wonder if a mosquito is a delta devil?

•6. Youngstown State Penguins: Who knew it was that cold in Stoopsville?

•5. Richmond Spiders: I wish the OKC NBA team was named Spiders.

•4. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers: What's a chanticleer? A roosters in fables.

•3. Western Illinois Leathernecks: Always good to have the U.S. Marines on your side.

•2. Campbell Fighting Camels: Nothing like a desert image in Buies Creek, N.C.

•1. Western Carolina Catamounts: Shares this name for wild cats with Vermont.


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Chris: I think it's actually Football Championship Subdivision. No matter--to me (as to Berry, apparently), it's still Division 1-AA.
Randall, Tulsa - Aug 31, 2008 3:45 PM
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Here are some that should have made the list:

South Dakota - Coyotes

Iona - Gaels

Marist - Red Foxes

Furman - Paladins

Wofford - Terriers

Yeah, those nick names put fear into your opponents! Fear of peeing in their pants laughing...

Jeff, Moore - Aug 28, 2008 12:52 PM
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The UC Santa Cruz Bananna Slugs did not even make the list? It must have been a hanging chad. I demand a recount!
Don, Crescent City - Aug 28, 2008 11:36 AM
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No love for the Fightin' Blue Hens of Delaware? No justice! The Lumberjacks of N. Arizona? (Shared with Stephen F. Autin, lead by He Who Shall Not Be Named.) And the best of all: From the Southland Conference comes the Prebyterian College Blue Hose. That's not a typo. Blue Hose.
Ben, Odenton - Aug 28, 2008 10:42 AM
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Louisiana-Lafayette isn't I-AA or actually, Tramel is not up with the times. It's now called Football Championship Series, not I-AA.
Chris, Oklahoma City - Aug 28, 2008 9:42 AM
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And what about the Dirtbags?
Jeff, Spring - Aug 28, 2008 9:12 AM
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what about the Ragin Cajuns?????
barton, idabel - Aug 28, 2008 8:46 AM
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