New Nickname

pierpont93 · Post by **pierpont93** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 9:51 am

Anyone else hear about this? Or am I just totally out of it?

http://www.gazettenet.com/04262003/sports/5451.htm

philosopher · Post by **philosopher** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 10:16 am

I'm out the loop, too. Hadn't heard about the possible name change. Personally, I like the historical ties to the Minutemen. The original minutemen were instrumental in the American Revolution. In D-1, it is a completely unique name.

The UMass Wolves?

Jezz, we have a bad game and I can see the headlines "Wolves are Roadkill." Nah. Stick the with name we have!

obg · Post by **obg** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 10:29 am

How about The Umass Bow Wows or the UMass Arf- arses

Post by jj » Sat Apr 26, 2003 10:47 am

The Wolves??? BAaaaaggrrhfhhrrrpphhhh!!!!

zombiewoof · Post by **zombiewoof** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 11:32 am

Focus groups seem to run everything these days, from CNN broadcasts to what crappy new name the athletic dept can come up with for the Minutemen.

Since The Wolves is so damned generic, maybe UMassHoops.com can top Phoenix with some suggestions. The focus group is built in. How's about:

UMass Aggies (better than The Wolves!)
UMass Tree Huggers (see above)
UMass Peaceniks (see above)
UMass MCs
UMass Macks

InnervisionsUMASS · Post by **InnervisionsUMASS** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 11:35 am

Umass Alf's anyone?

but then again, maybe the Umass Minutemen would work

Post by **MikeUMA** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 11:59 am

jj wrote:The Wolves??? BAaaaaggrrhfhhrrrpphhhh!!!!

I second that.

mdt · Post by **mdt** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 12:40 pm

The Wolves?! The bad thing is that this is not a joke...

Kosty · Post by **Kosty** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 12:44 pm

In all seriousness......Wolves is just plain awful. At least they could make it Timberwolves or something besides just plain old Wolves.

What would be some serious suggestions from you all if the decision was made to ditch the Mintueman mascot??? I don't know if I have any at the moment but I can put some thought in to it.

philosopher · Post by **philosopher** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 12:50 pm

obg wrote:How about The Umass Bow Wows or the UMass Arf- arses

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! Arf-arses, omigod that is funny!

The nice thing about being middle aged is that my wife never ever refers to me as "minuteman."

alexd. · Post by **alexd.** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 12:59 pm

The Wolves???

Isn't that almost like, the Huskies???

philosopher · Post by **philosopher** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 1:09 pm

alexd. wrote:The Wolves???
Isn't that almost like, the Huskies???

Jeez. Good point. I don't want any misunderstandings when we sing "Who let the dogs out!"

TBird · Post by **TBird** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 1:24 pm

In all seriousness, what a stupid idea. I am totally against changing the mascot.

harbo · Post by **harbo** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 1:41 pm

Terrible, terrible, terrible. There is nothing that I know of that identifies Wolves with Massachusetts. Like someone said the Minuteman is a unique D1 mascot.

I was at UMass for the last name change and I don't remember very many good suggestions (even Minutemen was not met with rousing approval). There was one suggestion for a breed of horse that was popular around those parts (the Morgan?) and someone made a convincing argument for that mascot (running him out on the field, ala Florida State, etc.)

JSL56 · Post by **JSL56** » Sat Apr 26, 2003 2:00 pm

See my comment of this date in the General Forum for more information on the suggestion that Minutemen be scrapped.

New Nickname

New Nickname

wolves?