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"if the school’s teams were going to play at the highest level, they should have a fiercer, more appropriate mascot and a nickname to match."

He was moving to a division with teams such as the Volunteers, Keydets, Golden Flashes, Boilermakers, Hatters, Buckeyes, Cardinal, Chanticleers, Explorers (named after the wrong guy), Fightin' Blue Hens, Fighting Camels, Friars, Green Wave, Hilltoppers, Mean Green, Big Green, Big Red, and Volunteers, and would soon add the Blue Hose, Tommies, and a team simply called the "Beach."

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These are all terrifying. I don't know what you're talking about.

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It's extremely terrifying playing against a team called the Blue Hens. And especially when they add "Fightin'" to the start of it, for no apparent reason. TERRIFYING.

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Well, would you understand a Camel to have the fighting spirit without the descriptor? I wouldn't! Really, we should count ourselves lucky they felt the need to clarify.

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They should add Fightin' to every team name! Wouldn't you love the team called the Dartmouth Fightin' Big Green?

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