NCAA Hypocrisy
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NCAA Hypocrisy
Fightin' Sioux - EVIL, GET RID OF THAT MONIKER!
Fightin' Irish - Wonderful, full of tradition and rich history.
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story ... x-nickname
Fightin' Irish - Wonderful, full of tradition and rich history.
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story ... x-nickname
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Re: NCAA Hypocrisy
What about the Ragin' Cajuns? The same could be said for any other team named after a group of people: Aztec, Trojans, Vikings, etc. As someone of Scandinavian descent, I should probably take offense at the use of Vikings and file a lawsuit too.
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Re: NCAA Hypocrisy
Agreed---and my people are hardly the violence loving, angry, short little leprechauns they'd make us out to be.
Éirinn go Brách
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Re: NCAA Hypocrisy
"WTF does that mean?"Elduderino wrote:Éirinn go Brách
"It's Irish for "You're F'ed""
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Re: NCAA Hypocrisy
Autzen Stadium... Where great teams go to die...Hard!
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Re: NCAA Hypocrisy
While the Irish were not always portrayed in the best light in the US, they were hardly victims of genocide with the survivors forced to live on worthless and marginal lands.Duck07 wrote:Fightin' Sioux - EVIL, GET RID OF THAT MONIKER!
Fightin' Irish - Wonderful, full of tradition and rich history.
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story ... x-nickname
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Re: NCAA Hypocrisy
The Great Potato Famine was a nefarious plot by the railroad barons to create an army of workers for their mad schemes, while providing ample rifle fodder for the armies of the known world..
Autzen Stadium... Where great teams go to die...Hard!
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Re: NCAA Hypocrisy
your avatar should be using a shillelagh instead of a crutch!woundedknees wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7vwO70owJI
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Re: NCAA Hypocrisy
Dad has the family shillelagh... He's 87 this year, and could probably still kick my butt, if he got his ire up!
I actually witnessed a fine donnybrook involving me old man when he was about 50... Got fired up on a logging job, climbed up one side of a Link Belt Loader, knocked the operator out the opposite door, and followed him over the edge of the landing for a fine slobber knocker of a brawl... 10 minutes later, you would have thought they were a couple old buddies who'd just whupped the rest of the patrons of the local pub, instead of having just having a knock down drag out fight with each other.
I actually witnessed a fine donnybrook involving me old man when he was about 50... Got fired up on a logging job, climbed up one side of a Link Belt Loader, knocked the operator out the opposite door, and followed him over the edge of the landing for a fine slobber knocker of a brawl... 10 minutes later, you would have thought they were a couple old buddies who'd just whupped the rest of the patrons of the local pub, instead of having just having a knock down drag out fight with each other.
Autzen Stadium... Where great teams go to die...Hard!
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Re: NCAA Hypocrisy
woundedknees wrote:Dad has the family shillelagh... He's 87 this year, and could probably still kick my butt, if he got his ire up!
I actually witnessed a fine donnybrook involving me old man when he was about 50... Got fired up on a logging job, climbed up one side of a Link Belt Loader, knocked the operator out the opposite door, and followed him over the edge of the landing for a fine slobber knocker of a brawl... 10 minutes later, you would have thought they were a couple old buddies who'd just whupped the rest of the patrons of the local pub, instead of having just having a knock down drag out fight with each other.
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Re: NCAA Hypocrisy
Ahhhh, reminds me of HOME!
"And I can be the warrior for those who are frail and weak,
And I can be the compass for those that search and seek." ~Lem Absher
And I can be the compass for those that search and seek." ~Lem Absher
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Re: NCAA Hypocrisy
Thisvagusnerve wrote:While the Irish were not always portrayed in the best light in the US, they were hardly victims of genocide with the survivors forced to live on worthless and marginal lands.Duck07 wrote:Fightin' Sioux - EVIL, GET RID OF THAT MONIKER!
Fightin' Irish - Wonderful, full of tradition and rich history.
http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story ... x-nickname
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Re: NCAA Hypocrisy
When did it become demeaning to be known as fighters?
Must have happened during the Carter administration.
Must have happened during the Carter administration.
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Re: NCAA Hypocrisy
does this mean we can no longer be called the fighting ducks.
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Re: NCAA Hypocrisy
That's' "Fightin' Ducks" to you, Mister!
Autzen Stadium... Where great teams go to die...Hard!