Comments on: How the 10 Schools in BCS Bowls Got Their Nicknames

By: Lore

Lore — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:59:21 +0000

Go Ducks! We’re going Rose Bowlin’!

By: sara

sara — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:32:33 +0000

GO BEARCATS!

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:46:06 +0000

Wow. Florida Gators. Most. Original. Mascot. Ever.

By: Heather

Heather — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:08:42 +0000

I feel there is something missing from the BSU part, it doesn’t say anything about the nickname.

By: eric!

eric! — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:22:21 +0000

So what does the “N” on the Nebraska Cornhusker’s football helmet sand for?

Nowledge.

By: THEOSUgrad

THEOSUgrad — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:08:45 +0000

not only does ohio state’s players get a buckeye leaf sticker for making an important play but it has to be a TEAM-ORIENTED play

By: skook

skook — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:47:42 +0000

I smell Roses!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:47:09 +0000

Go Frogs!
I was born and raised in Fort Worth and still live there (here?). I’ve heard both stories but I’ve always chosen the one about the place teeming with horned frogs (most of actually call them horny toads – yes, just like Yosemite Sam). Up until I was in high school you could see them just about anywhere. And, yeah, they really do squirt blood through their eyes. My grandmother used to get furious with them when we’d bring them into the house.

By: Oldguy45

Oldguy45 — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:28:53 +0000

Hawkeyes, check me out on this: I had read that at one time Iowa was known as The Corn Huskers before taking the equally appropriate present name. Nebraska adopted the Corn Husker moniker and made it into one word. Previously, they were supposedly known as The Bugeaters. No, not an insult. It was, again, check me out, a bird which was very popular because…

By: Portnoy

Portnoy — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:36:31 +0000

But you never tell us where the broncos nickname came from