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"The Gorlok, like the Hokie, is a made-up word. Approximately 20 years ago it was chosen by a campus committee trying to select a name for their athletics teams. They decided to go with the word gorlok. They cleverly took the street intersection from what’s referred to as “Old Websterâ...

Proud as a ------- Hey, strut around spreading your tail feathers as wide as they go while doing your best to bray like a donkey to be seen....and you will have what it takes to be as proud as a --------. Today's equivalent is the guy with the 5000 watt amped stereo, 26 inch wagon wheel chrome rims ...

hmmmm...got me to thinking...team names vs mascots.. Is Texas A&M's "mascot" an Aggie...or is it the officially recognized mascot Reveille (a collie), the highest ranking member of the Corps of Cadets. Is the Cane's mascot a hurricane or is it Ibis, a goofy bird. And then the split personalities...

My wife and I are taking off in the early morning...taking our Harley's to the Smokies...will ride the western end (Deal's Gap, Cherohala Skyway, etc...than mosey up the Blueridge on the eastern side and hit the country roads between Ashville and Boone/Valle Crucis). Have a safe holiday.... only 109...

It depends on how you do preseason rankings. If you're dong them based on how good the teams are going into the season, then I'd take (in any order you want to put them in) USC, Oklahoma, Miami, Auburn, Cal, Clemson, Texas, LSU, Ohio State, Florida, and Florida State over the Irish without hesitati...

Seminole is really more of a team name than mascot....Osceola (mounted on Renegade) is what some may traditionally label a mascot but the school is adamant that Osceola is not a mascot but rather a "symbol".... In these PC times, the school must maintain that Osceola is the symbol of the spirit of t...

USMC...

West Virginia.....hardly a speed bump n the schedule Oklahoma..........schedule not too bad if they get by Texas USC..................PAC 10 and ND (slower defense) Ohio State.........PSU, Michigan "down"...no CCG...good offense Auburn..............no Bama coach has lost four in a row to Auburn...wi...

Great catch...The Webster "Gorloks"...

I thought it wouldn't google as easy as others...but it didn't take Matt long.

Yeah.but you are about as old as my boat shoes

How about this stumper?

What college has their athletic teams named, indirectly, after two men. The teams are actually named after geographic features that are, in turn, named after two men.

John Salmon..too easy to google

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Not dead...site is just resting... I, personally, just got worn down talking to a brick wall. If folks post an interesting topic, folks will respond.... For instance: I am getting interested in the concept of what we consider to be "good" in terms of football teams...playing around with predictive v...

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