Up until recently Tennessee was the Volunteers and Lady Vols. They switched from Adidas to Nike and one of the first changes was to change all teams to Volunteers. The only exception is the ladies basketball team, they will remain Lady Vols. It's all about Nike's moronic assurance that it's better for marketing. I don't know one Tennessee fan that was happy with the change.
I think part of our problem is that we haven't established a tradition and stuck with it. Toomer's Corner remains well known because it's been a steady tradition since the late 60's or early 70's and if you don't grow up an Auburn fan but attend the university it's one you adopt. It links the past with the present.
http://dailyorange.com/2004/06/syracuse-changes-nickname-logo/
Do you think if they were called the "Orangemen" instead of the Orange the rest of the country would have an idea why? And why do we care? It is not an exciting story... we were Orangemen and are now Orange because the school chose orange as its main color.
I like The Orange better than The Orangemen. I think it is just as traditional (Let's Go Orange is an old chant) And just because they had some different colored uniforms this past year it does not dictate the future colors. In fact, Gross said Nike was working on a predominantly orange football uniform for next year and we know the basketball team wears all-orange a lot.
When SU did the mascot review back in 1995(?) I wish they would've changed the official nickname to Syracuse Orange Pride (I.e., a pride of lions) and selected an orange lion as our mascot. You would still have the option to keep Otto - along with Orange Pride/Lion - for our kids' club and as a touchpoint to meet/greet fans at games.
I believe the rule was and am not sure if it still is, the home team can wear whatever they want they just need to give the road team 2 weeks notice so they can prepare to have their uniforms set for the game.
Good point.
one of the most simplistic, yet appropriate nom de plum's we have on here.
one of the most simplistic, yet appropriate nom de plum's we have on here.
Orange/Orangemen is one of the few things i dont really have an opinion on.
probably because i am so anti-PC that i want the Saltine Warrior back...and i wasnt even around for it.
or just be the Warriors.
this is a reinactment of what it wouldve looked like for the 'Warriors' as last years football team in the Dome.
Yes. Even though I wish we still had the original Saltine Warrior (tastefully done - like Osceola, FSU's mascot), the gladiator - as Saltine Warrior - would be awesome.
We need to go back to using Egnaro the Troll!!!!
Well, the article says the "original" Saltine Warrior didn't even start as a mascot until the 1950s so I thing it's about people not liking change. Yes, many hated the Roman Gladiator. It never really bothered me that much but I had friends who would cry about it as much as some now cry about Otto.
Here's the gladiator:
I see nothing wrong with this logo. Forget the block S, let's go back to this classic.
And while you're at it, bring back the TRAIN.
