Can you name the most used NCAA Division I nicknames?

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Top NCAA Nicknames Quiz

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Created Oct 8, 2008 in Sports
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	jimpoz:	Oct 8th, 2008 at 20:00 GMT	15 points
	I'd be interested to see what the most common incorrect answers to this quiz would be.

	Cartophiliac:	Oct 8th, 2008 at 20:31 GMT	26 points
	My prediction for most common incorrect answer: Lions (we did have tigers and bears, oh my!)

	Bryan:	Oct 8th, 2008 at 21:08 GMT	10 points
	Maybe a little more time?

	MMG044:	Oct 8th, 2008 at 21:30 GMT	4 points
	Perhaps a quiz with all D1 schools listed individually? Basketball might be too many, but football only has 120 teams or so.

	SporcleAdmin:	Oct 8th, 2008 at 21:37 GMT	11 points
	For those wondering which ones just missed, with 3 schools each: Broncos, Cowboys/Cowgirls, Highlanders, Jaguars, Mountaineers, Terriers, Lions, Pirates, Cardinals and Hornets.

	Camden:	Oct 8th, 2008 at 21:58 GMT	21 points
	Isn't Bison in itself pluralized. I don't think there is such a word as Bisons. Kind of like Fish.

	cls121389:	Oct 8th, 2008 at 22:55 GMT	3 points
	I agree with Matt for all D1A (Football Bowl Subdivision) team nicknames. And make it so you have to click each one - not where you type in Lions and all Lions answers appear...

	RandallPinkston:	Oct 9th, 2008 at 00:45 GMT	2 points
	Matt and Carlton, this other quiz is easier than what you're looking for, but it's a similar idea: http://www.sporcle.com/games/ncaateamnames.php

	MMG044:	Oct 9th, 2008 at 04:02 GMT	2 points
	@Russell: I am familiar with that quiz, I'm pretty sure I only missed DePaul or something like that. I just want to be tested as to whether or not I know all the lesser knowns, I surely cannot be alone in this.

	Ben:	Oct 9th, 2008 at 15:00 GMT	1 point
	Ill work on it today..

	gopaladins:	Oct 9th, 2008 at 16:14 GMT	4 points
	how about a little love for FCS (I-AA)??? it's packed with weird nicknames (salukis, paladins, mocs, blue hose, chanticleers, flames, phoenix, catamounts, blue hens, etc.) it'd be tough, but awesome. or how about a quiz on just the weirdest names in all of DivI (FBS and FCS)????

	radiosilence:	Oct 11th, 2008 at 00:16 GMT	2 points
	I know I won't see my alma mater (Kansas Jayhawks) here. My high school was the Lions; I'm surprised more college teams don't use that nickname. All I can think of are the Penn State Nittany Lions.

	magister:	Oct 11th, 2008 at 23:27 GMT	3 points
	Ironically, the Nittany Lion is of course, a mountain lion, from the Nittany mountains. This is similar to the Vermont catamounts. Mountain lions are also called cougars. I know that they shouldn't be lumped with cougars, but it's true that there is a decided lack of lions. Perhaps it has something to do with how dismal the Detroit Lions perform. My poor beloved Lions...

	Derrald:	Oct 12th, 2008 at 17:02 GMT	3 points
	I'd like to see the list of schools nicknamed bulldogs. For the life of me, I can't figure out the 13th. I've got Georgia, Louisiana Tech, Mississippi State, Fresno State, Drake, Butler, Yale, Bryant, Alabama A&M, The Citadel, Samford, and South Carolina State - but I just can't think of who the 13th is? Does Western Illinois count, because I've always referred to them as Leathernecks.

	chillicothe20:	Oct 14th, 2008 at 05:50 GMT	-2 points
	Re: Derrald: that 13th one is James Madison.

	Jackman:	Oct 19th, 2008 at 23:38 GMT	4 points
	James Madison is the Dukes, though they use a bulldog in their logo. The 13th might be Gardner-Webb, who call themselves the "Runnin' Bulldogs". Separate comment: this quiz should accept "Bison" in addition to "Bisons". Three of the four schools with that name don't have the ending "s". Either that or it should be removed from the list if Bison and Bisons are counted separately.

	cocky:	Nov 28th, 2008 at 19:36 GMT	2 points
	How about a quiz where we name schools whose nickname does not end in S?

	drhaase:	Dec 23rd, 2008 at 15:54 GMT	0 points
	12/16...not bad

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	gonzaga:	Feb 25th, 2009 at 19:23 GMT	5 points
	As a BC grad, I'd be interested to know whether we were counted with "Eagles" or "Golden Eagles" I really hope it's the former.

	dannyboy08:	Apr 21st, 2010 at 23:43 GMT	-3 points
	i think buffalo should work for bison

	WhyHelloThar:	Aug 31st, 2010 at 19:08 GMT	1 point
	No Scampi?

	koopa08:	Jan 30th, 2011 at 18:17 GMT	3 points
	There's only one "Bisons" (Lipscomb). All the others are "Bison" (without the added "s").

	TCUFreak:	Feb 2nd, 2011 at 20:30 GMT	2 points
	bisonss????

	EatMorePossum:	Aug 5th, 2011 at 21:33 GMT	1 point
	I come from ACC country, where most of the nicknames are uncommon ... Cavaliers, Terrapins, Tar Heels, Demon Deacons, Wolfpack, Hokies, Seminoles, Hurricanes ...

	ctbone123:	Nov 15th, 2011 at 04:55 GMT	0 points
	Darn golden eagles. Do you think you're better than the eagles or something? Almost got Bison, but for some reason tried variations of buffalo instead. Colorado threw me on that. @eatmorepossum - Try coming from Big Ten country where the only common one is Wildcats. You're not going to find very many schools named Illini, Boilermakers, Hoosiers, Wolverines, or Badgers.

	deorco:	Jan 12th, 2012 at 06:19 GMT	2 points
	9 schools go by Wildcats, but not a single team is called the Thundercats? Garbage.

	ZLew27:	Feb 17th, 2012 at 18:46 GMT	0 points
	@koopa08 - Thank you for restoring my faith in humanity that 4 separate schools didn't all decide that grammar is meaningless and go with "Bisons". All the people in the English department at that school or the home of the Colorado "Buffaloes" have to cringe every time someone mentions the school mascot.