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College Nicknames that Don't End with 'S'

Posted September 17, 2008 on Mark's Blog:

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?

Average Score: 6.0 (54%)

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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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You're forgetting the North Texas Mean Green

Other than that you had me stumped
by tebow4prez September 17, 2008 Reply Options +4 Likes

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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.
by cshughes77 September 23, 2008 Reply Options +1 Likes

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What part of Division 1-A is confusing you?
by rgc1600 January 21, 2009 Reply Options

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http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/teams
North Texas Mean Green is D-1 of the Sun Belt Conference
by Davidavi January 25, 2009 Reply Options +1 Likes

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11/11.. that was hard tho.
by tjordan20 February 21, 2009 Reply Options

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woo 100%, great quiz
by FSUx407 September 17, 2008 Reply Options +2 Likes

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Remember, it's only D 1A Football teams.
by Mark September 18, 2008 Reply Options +2 Likes

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umass minutemen
st. johns red storm
by drewmn11 September 18, 2008 Reply Options

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football
by kevinrmcguire September 18, 2008 Reply Options

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Good quiz. I got 8. Shame on me for missing Navy. I also missed Tulsa and Nevada.
by kevinrmcguire September 18, 2008 Reply Options

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i got 6, good quiz
by gobirdsPHILLY September 18, 2008 Reply Options

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i got 6 as well...what does Tulsa OK have to do w/ hurricanes though?
by Marv3llo September 18, 2008 Reply Options

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Great Quiz, 9 out of 11. Most blatant 2 I missied.
by KodyBrannon September 18, 2008 Reply Options +1 Likes

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What about Harvard? aren't they the Crimson?

by peterov September 18, 2008 Reply Options

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Cornell is D-1. Big Red.
by Dewey September 18, 2008 Reply Options

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They're D1-AA.

by Mark September 18, 2008 Reply Options +2 Likes

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what about stanford cardinal
by Fighton50 September 20, 2008 Reply Options +1 Likes

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cardinals
by toles20 October 05, 2008 Reply Options +1 Likes

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they were on the list
by GoPokes42 October 23, 2008 Reply Options

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

by Chitown77 March 19, 2009 Reply Options

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North Dakota Fighting Sioux
by igotkickz September 18, 2008 Reply Options

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people apparently don't understand...THIS IS FBS (D-1A) only
by ClaytonHOF22__ September 23, 2008 Reply Options +1 Likes

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North Texas Mean Green is D-1

by tebow4prez September 23, 2008 Reply Options +1 Likes

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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.
by fritodan September 23, 2008 Reply Options +1 Likes

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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.
by switzr1 September 23, 2008 Reply Options +1 Likes

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They're(NT) part of the Sun Belt conference, right?
by toles20 October 05, 2008 Reply Options +1 Likes

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North Texas mascot is not Mean Green. They are now the Eagles.
by docestes September 25, 2008 Reply Options

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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.
by Mark September 26, 2008 Reply Options +1 Likes

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by kevincurtin September 26, 2008 Reply Options

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I think it is the Syracuse Orangemen.
by Astroal September 26, 2008 Reply Options +1 Likes

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cuse is no longer referred to as the orangemen.
by slurpees September 27, 2008 Reply Options +1 Likes

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slurpees - Thanks, I guess I am a little out of touch.
by Astroal September 29, 2008 Reply Options

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I got screwed up by this quiz when I repeatedly typed in Tulane Green Wave. WTF?!?
by pittfan September 29, 2008 Reply Options

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What about St Johns?
by Paradise October 02, 2008 Reply Options

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Division 1-A. St. John's isn't in D1-A because they don't field a football team.
by lbr218 January 16, 2009 Reply Options

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8/11 - missed syracuse, stanford and tulsa but got lucky with nevada when i typed wolfpack for nc state
by boobaloo October 04, 2008 Reply Options

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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
by shaned25 October 06, 2008 Reply Options +1 Likes

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

by UNC23Tarheels October 15, 2008 Reply Options

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7/11... missed navy, nevada, nc state. got illinois in with 1 second left but it didnt give it to me
by udflyer191 October 18, 2008 Reply Options

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I got 10 so was happy. I missed Tulane, and kept trying to input Ball State (Cardinal). It's all good though
by BigXIIRocks October 19, 2008 Reply Options

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i only got 4, but i have a good excuse.. i'm canadian :P
by antagonist October 19, 2008 Reply Options

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Six. Notre Dame saved me. But then again, I'm a Pittsburgh Pirates fan, so what do I know?
by SkeebWilcox November 05, 2008 Reply Options

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10 out of 11. Missed Nevada. Hmmm...where do I live? Nevada. How lame is that?
by randall12 November 05, 2008 Reply Options

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Fighton 50: Stanford is called the Cardinal, as in the color.
BigXIIRocks: Ball State is called the Cardinals, as in the bird.
by drumbum88 November 12, 2008 Reply Options

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I think the Cardinal refers to a type of Evegreen tree. Is that correct?
by Chitown77 March 19, 2009 Reply Options

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WHAT ABOUT HOFSTRA PRIDE????
by TommyTheCat November 18, 2008 Reply Options

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answers:alabama,marshall,illinois,nevada,tulane,notre dame,north carolina state,tulsa,stanford,syracuse,navy
your welcome
by Chiefr911 November 25, 2008 Reply Options

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St. John Red Storm
by till43 December 03, 2008 Reply Options

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Isn't UMass the Minutemen?
by Astroal January 02, 2009 Reply Options

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It's only D1-A football teams, UMass is D1-AA
by lbr218 January 16, 2009 Reply Options

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