Where did this information come from? Particularly for big-time sports programs, someone has likely pursued where the school’s mascots/nicknames come from. Often, these are mentioned on the school’s sports website. If you are interested in this topic, a good book I have found that summarizes quite a bit of what is discussed on this website is: College Nicknames and other Interesting Sports Traditions by Joanne Sloan and Cheryl Watts , Vision Press, 1993. Disclaimer: Some pages will have referral links to commericial websites. Should someone purchase something when being sent to the site by our link, we may receive compensation. Regarding Images and videos. To avoid issues or accusations of infringement, we have selected products that are no longer in production that depict the mascot in question. Because no one stands to lose economically for us showing these (if anything, someone stands to gain). The term for this is usage is “Nomitive Fair Use.” The videos provided on this site are not ours- we hold no right to them. These are publically available videos on YouTube, and we provide these links because they seem appropriate for the school in question.
Where did this information come from? Particularly for big-time sports programs, someone has likely pursued where the school’s mascots/nicknames come from. Often, these are mentioned on the school’s sports website. If you are interested in this topic, a good book I have found that summarizes quite a bit of what is discussed on this website is: College Nicknames and other Interesting Sports Traditions by Joanne Sloan and Cheryl Watts , Vision Press, 1993. Disclaimer: Some pages will have referral links to commericial websites. Should someone purchase something when being sent to the site by our link, we may receive compensation. Regarding Images and videos. To avoid issues or accusations of infringement, we have selected products that are no longer in production that depict the mascot in question. Because no one stands to lose economically for us showing these (if anything, someone stands to gain). The term for this is usage is “Nomitive Fair Use.” The videos provided on this site are not ours- we hold no right to them. These are publically available videos on YouTube, and we provide these links because they seem appropriate for the school in question.