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The University of Central Arkansas teams are the Bears and the womens teams are the Sugar Bears and their colors Purple and white

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"I was on fire, I was hotter than a pistol" Jason McElwaine

If theres no SLU basketball in heaven I'm not going!!!!!!

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Are you serious whatever the Administrators are smokin over there i want some

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If theres no SLU basketball in heaven I'm not going!!!!!!

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I think i read a bunch on a website somewhere. Some college goes by the Student Princes

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I never understood the need to differentiate between the men's and women's nicknames. Bears- why is Sugar Bears necessary? There are female bears. Why can't both just go by Bears? Like Lady Billikens, Lady Bears, Lady Tigers, etc. There are females of all these animals (though I'm not sure about Billikens), so why can't both men and women have the same name?

That said, Sugar Bears is hilarious. Sounds like they're selling breakfast cereal.

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I like the Oregon Ducks.

and don't forget:

Akron Zips

Alaska Fairbanks Nanooks

Arkansas Tech Wonderboys

California- Santa Cruz Banana Slugs

Delaware Fighting Blue Hens

Earlham Hustling Quakers

Grays Harbor College Chokers

Muskingham Fighting Muskies (A muskie is a fish)

New York University Violets

Purdue Boilermakers

Rhode Island School of Design Nads (Go Nads!)

Scottsdale Artichokes

Stetson Hatters

Texas Christian Horned Frogs

Western Illinoi Fighting Leathernecks

Whittier Poets

Wisconsin- Sheboygan Wombats

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Some other great ones:

Arkansas-Monticello Boll Weevils

South Dakota Tech Hardrockers

Colby College White Mules

Centre College Praying Colonels

Furman Paladins

Western Carolina Catamounts

Evergreen State College Geoducks

William College Purple Cows

Washburn Ichabods

And don't forget the Richmond Spiders- I've always loved that one.

Also interesting are the top 12 most used names of four-year college mascots: Eagles (74), Tigers (46), Bulldogs (39), Panthers (33), Knights (32), Lions (31), Bears (30), Hawks (28), Cougars (27), Pioneers (27), Warriors (27) and Wildcats (25).

I thought for sure Wildcats would be #1, but I guess it takes into account all divisions.

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UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs is in a class of its own.

Then there are the UC Irvine Anteaters.

When Stanford changed its nickname from Indians to "Cardinal," the student body supposedly actually voted for Fighting Thunderchickens, but that was not allowed.

Loyola Ramblers is an interesting one too.

How about the Central Missouri Mules and the women's team, the Jennies?

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Illinois College Blueboys

Loras College Duhawks

Coe College Kohawks

Manhattan College Jaspers

St. Ambrose Fighting Bees

Illinois-Springfield (UIS)Prairie Stars

Marshall Thundering Herd

High School:

Lamar(Colorado)Savages

Pittsfield (IL) Saukees

Rock Island (IL) Rocks

Ft. Madison (IA) Bloodhounds

Columbia Hickman Kewpies

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