NCAA NICKNAMES

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  1. 2. EXTINCT BEASTS
  2. 7. WHERE LOSING TO FCS TEAMS AND BEATING TEXAS GO HAND-IN-HAND
  3. 12. A NATURAL DISASTER WITH ITS OWN TERRITORY
  4. 14. FROM CAROLINA OR NEW JERSEY
  5. 15. OFTEN FOUND IN THE DOWNWARD-FACING POSITION IN NORMAN
  6. 18. I'M SURE MR. MASON WAS A GREAT ONE, BUT BRADY WAS A BETTER ONE
  7. 19. COMMANDING MORE THAN ONE VESSEL
  8. 22. CORTES' FOES
  9. 23. REPRESENTED BY SAINT MARY AND SLICK RICK
  10. 24. APPARENTLY THE BAY HAS MAFIA TIES
  11. 25. THOSE WHO DID NOT COME COMPULSIVELY
  12. 27. LINCOLN RILEY'S NEW DIGS
  13. 32. RADFORD OR NJIT
  14. 34. AGGIES, IN TIJUANA
  15. 35. OF THE TWO LOCATIONS OF SCHOOLS WITH THIS NICKNAME, ONE MAKES A LOT OF SENSE- THE OTHER? NOT SO MUCH.
  16. 37. BROADCASTING SCHOOL IN A DOME
  17. 38. THE BOBBY KNIGHT EXPRESS
  18. 40. OBI TOPPIN CERTAINLY LIVED UP TO THE NAME
  19. 42. VERMONT OR W CAROLINA
  20. 44. THE MOST POPULAR COLLEGE NICKNAME
  21. 45. MAKES SENSE THEY'D SHARE A NAME WITH THE F-16
  22. 46. HOOVER MAKES A BIG ONE, BUT THESE CRITTERS MAKE A LOT MORE OF THEM
  23. 50. ITS LIVE MASCOTS ARE CALLED MISSION AND DUBS
  24. 52. A COLOR AND A FAMOUS STUDENT NEWSPAPER
  25. 53. MYLES FOX MORRISEY'S FORMER CLUB
  26. 54. THE HONEY VERSION IS RUMORED TO NOT CARE
  27. 56. FOUND IN YPSILANTI, CHESTNUT HILL OR MOREHEAD, KENTUCKY
  28. 57. MAKE CHICAGO STATE AGAIN
  29. 58. ALBERTSONS' BLUE LOGO BLENDS RIGHT IN
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  1. 1. ONE OF ONLY 4 NAMES TO BE USED IN 2 BIG-4 SPORTS
  2. 3. GEAUX
  3. 4. NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE TWO-WORD VERSION FOUND IN RENO
  4. 5. GAINESVILLE INHABITANTS
  5. 6. STEPHEN F MUST BE PROUD
  6. 8. ONCE KNOWN AS THE WEBFOOTS
  7. 9. BECAUSE WHEN THEIR MASCOT FIRST RAN, THERE WEREN'T GAS-POWERED ENGINES YET
  8. 10. RATHER THAN LATERS
  9. 11. FOUND IN KENNESAW, PHILLY, OR THE IVY OF THE SOUTH
  10. 13. MEEP MEEP
  11. 16. ED REED WAS A CAT. 5
  12. 17. A CLEVELAND TEAM WITH AN NFL NAME
  13. 20. THE TWO WHA? WHAT WAS THAT WORD?
  14. 21. SOMEWHERE IN MIDDLE AMERICA
  15. 26. FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OR THE STATE
  16. 28. BLUE, UGA OR HANDSOME DAN
  17. 29. WOODEN'S ELEVEN
  18. 30. THE S IS PRONOUNCED AS A 'Z' IN FARGO, BUT NOT IN NASHVILLE
  19. 31. PLAY HOME GAMES ASIDE MT. SENTINEL IN THE BIG SKY
  20. 33. MASCOT IS NAMED TUSK
  21. 36. THEIR COMMONLY-SHORTENED NICKNAME COULD BE CONFUSED WITH TOSTITOS OR LAYS
  22. 39. RALPHIE IS A FAMOUS ONE AT FOLSOM FIELD
  23. 41. FIGHTING THESE CAN GET YOU IN TROUBLE
  24. 43. SHAKING THE EARTH TO METALLICA FOR TWO DECADES
  25. 47. IN JA'S RULE
  26. 48. THE BEAR MASCOT DOESN'T FACTOR INTO THE NAME FOR THIS ITHACA SCHOOL
  27. 49. ELEVEN NON-DWARVES
  28. 50. A NON-COASTAL 'WAVE'
  29. 51. ALMOST HEAVEN
  30. 55. KNOWN FOR CAUSING TROUBLE IN WORKS OF THE BARD