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Posted September 17, 2008 on Mark's Blog:
College Nicknames that Don't End with 'S'
There are 11 Division 1-A football teams who have nicknames that don't end with the letter 's'. Can you name them all in 4 minutes?

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1 Alabama Crimson Tide
2 Illinois Fighting Illini
3 Marshall Thundering Herd
4 Navy Midshipmen
5 Nevada Wolfpack
6 North Carolina State Wolfpack
7 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
8 Stanford Cardinal
9 Syracuse Orange
10 Tulane Green Wave
11 Tulsa Golden Hurricane

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  • tebow4prez said September 17, 2008

    You're forgetting the North Texas Mean Green

    Other than that you had me stumped

    • cshughes77 replied September 23, 2008

      I'll second that, I tried to enter the NORTH TEXAS MEAN GREEN for my last answer and it wouldn't let me. You think if you were going to set up a test like this, it would be accurate. Oh well.

    • tjordan20 replied February 21, 2009

      11/11.. that was hard tho.
  • FSUx407

    FSUx407 said September 17, 2008

    woo 100%, great quiz
  • Mark
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    Mark said September 18, 2008

    Remember, it's only D 1A Football teams.

  • drewmn11 said September 18, 2008

    umass minutemen
    st. johns red storm
  • kevinrmcguire

    kevinrmcguire said September 18, 2008

    Good quiz. I got 8. Shame on me for missing Navy. I also missed Tulsa and Nevada.
  • gobirdsPHILLY
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    gobirdsPHILLY said September 18, 2008

    i got 6, good quiz

  • Marv3llo said September 18, 2008

    i got 6 as well...what does Tulsa OK have to do w/ hurricanes though?
  • KodyBrannon

    KodyBrannon said September 18, 2008

    Great Quiz, 9 out of 11. Most blatant 2 I missied.
  • peterov

    peterov said September 18, 2008

    What about Harvard? aren't they the Crimson?
  • Dewey
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    Dewey said September 18, 2008

    Cornell is D-1. Big Red.
    • Mark
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      Mark replied September 18, 2008

      They're D1-AA.

      • Fighton50 replied September 20, 2008

        what about stanford cardinal

        • toles20 replied October 05, 2008

          cardinals

        • GoPokes42 replied October 23, 2008

          they were on the list

        • Chitown77 replied March 19, 2009

          Stanford is not the Cardinals. there is no S. that one is right

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  • ClaytonHOF22__ said September 23, 2008

    people apparently don't understand...THIS IS FBS (D-1A) only

  • tebow4prez said September 23, 2008

    http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/teams
    North Texas Mean Green is D-1

  • fritodan said September 23, 2008

    toughest quiz I evr took. I guess I am a true fan as I got them all right. I also agree North Texas is the mean green so there should have been 12 slots.

  • switzr1 said September 23, 2008

    North Texas was one of the first ones I put in. You should update this. North Texas is 1-A. The other ones mentioned in the replies: UMass, St. John's, Harvard, Cornell, and North Dakota are not D-1A. They are D-1 in other sports, but 1-A (now known as FBS) and 1-AA (now FCS) are classifications specific to football, and those five are all 1-AA (except St. John's, which doesn't even have football). None of those would be correct answers.

    • toles20 replied October 05, 2008

      They're(NT) part of the Sun Belt conference, right?

  • docestes said September 25, 2008

    North Texas mascot is not Mean Green. They are now the Eagles.
  • Mark
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    Mark said September 26, 2008

    So, apologies to everyone for the confusion on North Texas. On some sites, they're listed as the "Mean Green Eagles" and on others, they're just the "Mean Green". It looks like the latter is official, so they should have been included here. It'll be fixed on the next version of this quiz. Thanks everyone.

  • kevincurtin said September 26, 2008

  • Astroal

    Astroal said September 26, 2008

    I think it is the Syracuse Orangemen.

  • slurpees said September 27, 2008

    cuse is no longer referred to as the orangemen.
  • Astroal

    Astroal said September 29, 2008

    slurpees - Thanks, I guess I am a little out of touch.

  • pittfan said September 29, 2008

    I got screwed up by this quiz when I repeatedly typed in Tulane Green Wave. WTF?!?
  • Paradise

    Paradise said October 02, 2008

    What about St Johns?
    • lbr218

      lbr218 replied January 16, 2009

      Division 1-A. St. John's isn't in D1-A because they don't field a football team.

  • boobaloo said October 04, 2008

    8/11 - missed syracuse, stanford and tulsa but got lucky with nevada when i typed wolfpack for nc state
  • shaned25

    shaned25 said October 06, 2008

    if you guys want to go by the teams that are used in ncaa 2009, than north texas should be included because they are called the mean green in that, and the other schools mentioned are not even in the game so the one guy was right about them not being FBS
  • UNC23Tarheels
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    UNC23Tarheels said October 15, 2008

    I'm not Hater but there are a couple that were left out 10/11 ain't bad..

  • udflyer191 said October 18, 2008

    7/11... missed navy, nevada, nc state. got illinois in with 1 second left but it didnt give it to me
  • BigXIIRocks

    BigXIIRocks said October 19, 2008

    I got 10 so was happy. I missed Tulane, and kept trying to input Ball State (Cardinal). It's all good though
  • antagonist

    antagonist said October 19, 2008

    i only got 4, but i have a good excuse.. i'm canadian :P
  • SkeebWilcox

    SkeebWilcox said November 05, 2008

    Six. Notre Dame saved me. But then again, I'm a Pittsburgh Pirates fan, so what do I know?

  • randall12 said November 05, 2008

    10 out of 11. Missed Nevada. Hmmm...where do I live? Nevada. How lame is that?

  • drumbum88 said November 12, 2008

    Fighton 50: Stanford is called the Cardinal, as in the color.
    BigXIIRocks: Ball State is called the Cardinals, as in the bird.

    • Chitown77 replied March 19, 2009

      I think the Cardinal refers to a type of Evegreen tree. Is that correct?
  • TommyTheCat
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    TommyTheCat said November 18, 2008

    WHAT ABOUT HOFSTRA PRIDE????

  • Chiefr911 said November 25, 2008

    answers:alabama,marshall,illinois,nevada,tulane,notre dame,north carolina state,tulsa,stanford,syracuse,navy
    your welcome

  • till43 said December 03, 2008

    St. John Red Storm
  • Astroal

    Astroal said January 02, 2009

    Isn't UMass the Minutemen?
    • lbr218

      lbr218 replied January 16, 2009

      It's only D1-A football teams, UMass is D1-AA
  • thekid82

    thekid82 said January 08, 2009

    NEVADA....THEY STILL ALLOW THEM TO PLAY...ISN'T THAT ONE OF THE TEAMS THAT THE SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS BEAT EVERY YEAR!

  • Big_Heel_1 said January 12, 2009

    Missed Illinois and Tulsa (always thought they should be called the Tornados, thanks GaTech you three nickname havin bastards). Got NTU right!

  • blazerback11 said January 12, 2009

    got them all, that was easy
  • lbr218

    lbr218 said January 16, 2009

    I got 9, missed Bama and Marshall.
  • Phinfan77

    Phinfan77 said February 06, 2009

    100% it don't get any better than that

  • Kobefan42495 said April 05, 2009

    I got 9 missed Illinois Marshall

  • jerico7878 said July 11, 2009

    11/11 easy

  • zhartman said July 27, 2009

    WELL NORTH TEXAS IS D-1... I should know I just graduated from there. We are the MEAN GREEN add it or this quiz has no creditability
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