obscure team names
Chanticleers
The chanticleer of Coastal Carolina is a rooster. Simple.
Tar Heels
North Carolina - Derived from "Rosin Heel", it is believed to refer to social class differences.
Zips
Akrons team name derives from "Zippers", rubber overshoes manufacures by BF Goodrich in the early 1900's.
Salukis
Southern Illinois maskot since 1951 is an Egyptian-bred dog which is the oldest of all domesticated dog breeds.
Green Wave
Tulane - the Green Wave origin is from a 1920's song "The Rolling Green Wave".
Hoosier
Believed to be referring to, in Indiana - a rustic, a bumpkin, a countryman, a roughneck, a hick or an awkward, uncouth or unskilled fellow.
Utes
Utah - The name honors the Native-American Ute tribe who gave the college permisison to use the name.
Mocs
Tennessee-Chattanooga - Named after the Moccasin Bend, a large horseshoe-shaped bend in the Tennessee River directly below Lookout Mountain.
Hokies
Virginia Tech morphed the original Gobblers (turkey) mascot into the slang "Hokiebird" over time.
Aggies
Texas A&M - Simply a slang term for students who attend colleges to study agriculture.
Volunteers
Tennessians became know as "Volunteers" following the number of them that volunteered in the War of 1812.
Toreros
University of San Diego - A Torero is a bullfighter.