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Chris Bellomy

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From: Chris Bellomy <ten.wohsdoog@sirhc>

Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:49:11 -0500

Local: Sun, Sep 7 2008 9:49 am

Subject: Re: ASU Red Wolves RUTSing Bastids

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Jay Furr wrote, On 9/7/08 10:43 AM:

> "J.C. Watts Enslin" <jens...@charter.net> wrote in news:86476f30-e07a-41b8-
> 8e67-ff4af9d40...@l42g2000hsc.googlegroups.com:

>> On Sep 7, 7:44ÿam, "deemsb...@aol.com" <deemsb...@aol.com> wrote:
>>> http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/boxscores/2008/09/06/3...

>>> ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ Only 4 third downs?

>> "Red Wolves" is the dumnest nickname in all of collegiate sprots.

> No, "Shockers" is. When I was an undergrad at UGA and drank a lot and
> discussed this kind of thing, we thought Wichita State's mascot sounded kind
> of cool in a "San Diego Chargers" kind of way until we found out that their
> mascot was a pissed-off shock of corn.

Wheat. They were originally the Wheatshockers.

That's what I love about old school college nicknames --
they actually reveal something about the areas the schools
serve sometimes. It's so uncool it's cool.

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