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Post by cbus on Mar 15, 2017 17:01:39 GMT -5
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Post by BellevueBuckeye on Mar 15, 2017 20:48:06 GMT -5
44/44
Only two I didn't know right off the bat and had to save to the end were the two Mansfield private schools. Although I did have to pause for a moment on Plymouth to see whether or not "Vikings" was a choice
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Post by cbus on Mar 25, 2017 9:19:20 GMT -5
Josh, I figured you would ace this one! Maybe I should have made the western border Fostoria which would have included Carey, Lakota, St Wendelin, Hopewell Louden, and New Riegel. I think that would have made it harder. Anyone else want to share how they did?
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Post by sportsjock on Mar 25, 2017 9:46:35 GMT -5
The two different spellings of Fliers and flyers screwed me up and the two private schools were a wild guess for me as well.
My experience as a State Track & Field Official has me very knowledgeable of most of the schools from all parts of the state.
I run into people from Ohio on my out of state ventures and I immediately utter their local schools name and mascot nickname, is met with raised eyebrow amazement.
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Post by maplecityjake on Mar 25, 2017 14:15:53 GMT -5
44/44
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2017 16:16:46 GMT -5
I got them all correct. Interesting thing is the most common nickname is also the most politically incorrect (Redmen)
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Post by deathfromabove on Mar 25, 2017 23:09:03 GMT -5
I have all of them correct. bighoss, I thought that a few years ago that OHSAA was going to ban teams that have politically incorrect mascots names where going to ban from playoffs in all sports. Could I be wrong on this or did the OHSAA back out of this since there are there is a lot of high schools in Ohio that have mascots that are incorrect.  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2017 7:11:36 GMT -5
I have all of them correct. bighoss, I thought that a few years ago that OHSAA was going to ban teams that have politically incorrect mascots names where going to ban from playoffs in all sports. Could I be wrong on this or did the OHSAA back out of this since there are there is a lot of high schools in Ohio that have mascots that are incorrect. I heard something like that. Just an empty threat I would assume |
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Post by deathfromabove on Mar 26, 2017 17:25:30 GMT -5
bighoss, I know of one team that change their mascot I think because of that threat and that was Oberlin. They switch from being the Indians to Phoenix. But Oberlin has always been weird anyways.  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2017 19:46:49 GMT -5
bighoss, I know of one team that change their mascot I think because of that threat and that was Oberlin. They switch from being the Indians to Phoenix. But Oberlin has always been weird anyways. They changed it in 2007. An Native American activist named Sundance who lives around Oberlin persuaded the school board to change it |
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Post by sportsjock on Mar 26, 2017 22:17:37 GMT -5
bighoss, I know of one team that change their mascot I think because of that threat and that was Oberlin. They switch from being the Indians to Phoenix. But Oberlin has always been weird anyways. They changed it in 2007. An Native American activist named Sundance who lives around Oberlin persuaded the school board to change it What the hell is offensive about the name indians?  ? That school board had oatmeal for brains or backbones, or both.....lol I've read several sources that questioned various indian tribes, that said they preferred to be referred as American Indians, not the manufactured identity put on them by the PC movement of the 60's. (predominantly white liberal activists). Many, perhaps most indigenous individuals living north of the Rio Grande continue to refer to themselves as Indians. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2017 6:50:41 GMT -5
They changed it in 2007. An Native American activist named Sundance who lives around Oberlin persuaded the school board to change it What the hell is offensive about the name indians? ? That school board had oatmeal for brains or backbones, or both.....lol I've read several sources that questioned various indian tribes, that said they preferred to be referred as American Indians, not the manufactured identity put on them by the PC movement of the 60's. (predominantly white liberal activists). Many, perhaps most indigenous individuals living north of the Rio Grande continue to refer to themselves as Indians. I don't think it's a big deal either way, but I'll say they are not Indians. They aren't from India. I think it has much more to do with the logos than the actual word. Case in point the Cleveland Indians removing Chief Wahoo |
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Post by sportsjock on Mar 27, 2017 8:17:49 GMT -5
The country of India has nothing to do with indians. The term indians to describe, indigenous tribal peoples is used throughout the world.
You're right about it being primarily issues with logos or mascots.
I love the fact Cleveland hasn't allowed themselves to be bullied into making an unpopular divesture of their historic logo.
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Post by clb6110 on Mar 27, 2017 10:24:21 GMT -5
I predict the Chief Wahoo mascot will be non existent by the time the Indians host the All Star game in a couple years. The Indians brass will bow to the pressure and the logo will quietly go away.
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Post by sportsjock on Mar 27, 2017 10:45:36 GMT -5
I predict the Chief Wahoo mascot will be non existent by the time the Indians host the All Star game in a couple years. The Indians brass will bow to the pressure and the logo will quietly go away. How many decades have we heard that kind of prediction? The PC crowd, who endeavor to arrange everything in our lives, don't have the clout they once enjoyed. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2017 14:47:13 GMT -5
The country of India has nothing to do with indians. The term indians to describe, indigenous tribal peoples is used throughout the world. You're right about it being primarily issues with logos or mascots. I love the fact Cleveland hasn't allowed themselves to be bullied into making an unpopular divesture of their historic logo. Can you give me an example of another indigenous group being called Indians? |
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Post by sportsjock on Mar 27, 2017 18:04:42 GMT -5
From an article written by Dennis Gaffney, "American Indian or Native American"
A 1995 Census Bureau survey that asked indigenous Americans their preferences for names (the last such survey done by the bureau) found that 49 percent preferred the term Indian, 37 percent Native American, and 3.6 percent "some other name." About 5 percent expressed no preference.
Moreover, a large number of Indians actually strongly object to the term Native American for political reasons. In his 1998 essay "I Am An American Indian, Not a Native American!", Russell Means, a Lakota activist and a founder of the American Indian Movement (AIM), stated unequivocally, "I abhor the term 'Native American.'" He continues:
It is a generic government term used to describe all the indigenous prisoners of the United States. These are the American Samoans, the Micronesians, the Aleuts, the original Hawaiians, and the erroneously termed Eskimos, who are actually Upiks and Inupiaqs. And, of course, the American Indian.
I prefer the term American Indian because I know its origins. ... As an added distinction the American Indian is the only ethnic group in the United States with the American before our ethnicity.
At an international conference of Indians from the Americas held in Geneva, Switzerland, at the United Nations in 1977 we unanimously decided we would go under the term American Indian. "We were enslaved as American Indians, we were colonized as American Indians, and we will gain our freedom as American Indians and then we can call ourselves anything we damn please."
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Post by sportsjock on Mar 27, 2017 19:44:59 GMT -5
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Post by deathfromabove on Mar 27, 2017 20:17:17 GMT -5
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Post by Hagen on Mar 28, 2017 11:56:00 GMT -5
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Post by deathfromabove on Mar 28, 2017 18:55:16 GMT -5
Hagen, I do remember that the Huron tribe asked Eastern Michigan to drop their mascot name the Huron's to what they are known now the Eagles. Maybe it was because that at the time Eastern Michigan was always losing. Miami University of Ohio was once known as the Redskins and St. John's University was known as the Redmen. I think at one time Marquette University was known as the Warriors. I do know that the Utes tribe like the Seminole's let the University of Utah keep their name and the Illini tribe let University of Illinois keep the name Illini but they had to not use Chief Illiniwek anymore. When is this going to stop. |
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Post by cbus on Mar 30, 2017 17:45:40 GMT -5
Here are the least guessed answers so far. Also 26% have a perfect score and 27.6% missed from 1-5. I guess there aren't very many fans of the Firelands Conf. on this website?
St Petes Spartans 74.1% guessed this correctly
Plymouth Big Red 72.4%
Mapleton Mounties 70.7%
Monroeville Eagles 69%
Fremont St Joes Crimson Streaks 69%
Mansfield Christian Flames 67.2%
Wetern Reserve Rough Riders 67.2%
New London Wildcats 60.3%
St Paul Flyers 60.3%
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Post by wallacefan on Mar 31, 2017 21:26:20 GMT -5
44/44.
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