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Goodbye, Lord Jeff
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bakdraft21
Well-known member
Re: Goodbye, Lord Jeff
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I would say its worse,or at least a bigger rat looking thing......How about blowdryers
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Yeah, sorry, the Fighting Hamsters is worse than the Canton Roos! Actually, now that I look at the list, the rest of the choices aren't very good either. I thought this school housed the intellectual elite...
Yeah, sorry, the Fighting Hamsters is worse than the Canton Roos! Actually, now that I look at the list, the rest of the choices aren't very good either. I thought this school housed the intellectual elite...
Re: Goodbye, Lord Jeff
But they stole the name from a real broadcast organization. Campus closed circuit operations shouldn't do that.
The New York State version has better sports reporting.
But they stole the name from a real broadcast organization. Campus closed circuit operations shouldn't do that.
Russell Jaslow
Registered User
Re: Goodbye, Lord Jeff
Yeah, there are some pretty poor choices.
Canton is rooting for the Hamsters, so they will no longer have the most ridiculous nickname.
Yeah, there are some pretty poor choices.
Canton is rooting for the Hamsters, so they will no longer have the most ridiculous nickname.
GB Puck Fan
It's A Great Day For Hockey
Re: Goodbye, Lord Jeff
Well, at least Hamsters would be original. Don't need any more Huskies or Tigers or whatever. Maybe they can all get a sport nickname, too: Skating Hamsters, Dribbling Hamsters, Spiking Hamsters... Just go "all in" on the ridiculous!
Well, at least Hamsters would be original. Don't need any more Huskies or Tigers or whatever. Maybe they can all get a sport nickname, too: Skating Hamsters, Dribbling Hamsters, Spiking Hamsters... Just go "all in" on the ridiculous!
Birdwatcher
Registered User
Re: Goodbye, Lord Jeff
Might as well be the Poodles
Might as well be the Poodles
Re: Goodbye, Lord Jeff
A lot of high schools like to use alliteration in their mascots. So they should choose something that starts with A - Amherst Alligators, for example. Or Avocados now that would be unique. Hamsters would be great for Hamilton, though.
A lot of high schools like to use alliteration in their mascots. So they should choose something that starts with A - Amherst Alligators, for example. Or Avocados now that would be unique. Hamsters would be great for Hamilton, though.
GB Puck Fan
It's A Great Day For Hockey
Re: Goodbye, Lord Jeff
Though I shouldn't be throwing stones... my high school - Milwaukee Pius XI - is the "Popes" ... but the girls teams are routinely referred to as the "Lady Popes." Not kidding.
Though I shouldn't be throwing stones... my high school - Milwaukee Pius XI - is the "Popes" ... but the girls teams are routinely referred to as the "Lady Popes." Not kidding.
Re: Goodbye, Lord Jeff
Biggest mistake ever is to put it to a student vote. They will end up with a joke mascot, like Hamster, that while it might have some subtle references (yes, you can spell hamster with the letters in Amherst but most folks won't get that), ends up making the school look stupid. I'm not an Amherst fan but it would be a major error for a school that's ranked among the best small colleges in the country to come across as goofy. In marketing terms, a foolish name will degrade the Amherst brand which they have worked hard for almost 200 years to build. Big committees and student votes never bring good results in these kinds of matters.
Biggest mistake ever is to put it to a student vote. They will end up with a joke mascot, like Hamster, that while it might have some subtle references (yes, you can spell hamster with the letters in Amherst but most folks won't get that), ends up making the school look stupid. I'm not an Amherst fan but it would be a major error for a school that's ranked among the best small colleges in the country to come across as goofy. In marketing terms, a foolish name will degrade the Amherst brand which they have worked hard for almost 200 years to build. Big committees and student votes never bring good results in these kinds of matters.
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Re: Goodbye, Lord Jeff
Lord Jeffs was unofficial in the first place. I think they should just not pick a new one and allow a mascot and identity to develop organically over time. That's the way most college mascots were chosen in the first place. The list of names Amherst are considering are all kind of stupid.
Lord Jeffs was unofficial in the first place. I think they should just not pick a new one and allow a mascot and identity to develop organically over time. That's the way most college mascots were chosen in the first place. The list of names Amherst are considering are all kind of stupid.
GB Puck Fan
It's A Great Day For Hockey
Re: Goodbye, Lord Jeff
That's why at UW-Green Bay they stepped in to stop Fighting Tomatoes...
https://blog.uwgb.edu/admissions/how-did-we-become-the-phoenix/
http://news.uwgb.edu/featured/alumni/01/26/history-phoenix-name/
That's why at UW-Green Bay they stepped in to stop Fighting Tomatoes...
https://blog.uwgb.edu/admissions/how-did-we-become-the-phoenix/
http://news.uwgb.edu/featured/alumni/01/26/history-phoenix-name/
Russell Jaslow
Registered User
Re: Goodbye, Lord Jeff
That was the logic behind Canton picking Kangaroos. Nobody else had it.
Doesn't mean it was good logic, though...
That was the logic behind Canton picking Kangaroos. Nobody else had it.
Doesn't mean it was good logic, though...
Birdwatcher
Registered User
Re: Goodbye, Lord Jeff
Austin College in Sherman, Texas and University of Missouri–Kansas City are also the Kangaroos.
Austin College in Sherman, Texas and University of Missouri–Kansas City are also the Kangaroos.
minnesotan in vermont
New member
Re: Goodbye, Lord Jeff
But Canton Kangaroos is unique in that it so closely mimics the baby boomer memory of Captain Kangaroo.
But Canton Kangaroos is unique in that it so closely mimics the baby boomer memory of Captain Kangaroo.
eddieshack23
Member
Re: Goodbye, Lord Jeff
For almost 300 years the Pioneer Valley was known for its Tobacco . How about the Amherst Tobacco? Think of the possible $$$$ opportunity instead of two hockey sticks 2 joints with the Fox glowing puck!!!
For almost 300 years the Pioneer Valley was known for its Tobacco . How about the Amherst Tobacco? Think of the possible $$$$ opportunity instead of two hockey sticks 2 joints with the Fox glowing puck!!!
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