Denver U Mascot?

[goon]

Re: Denver U Mascot?

Or the Denver johns....

Or is that sexist?

[jack power]

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I still like the john denvers. Or just blow it up and the fighting mongooses or dare go out on a limby and pick the honey badgers. Students could find away to have fun with that one.

Or the Denver johns....

[goon]

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I still like the john denvers. Or just blow it up and the fighting mongooses or dare go out on a limby and pick the honey badgers. Students could find away to have fun with that one.

[Jacks#1Fan]

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Since the majestic American bald eagles soar in the Rocky Mountains, I would suggest that they call themselves the Denver Young Eagles...or just Eaglets (young since it is a new name and because not being bald seems more appropriate for college athletes...assuming they...Eagles that is...are not born bald!)

[Prairiehaas]

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IMHO, the only way out of this spot is to change nickname to something that will offend no one. Small furry animals tend to be inoffensive. And, selecting one that is endangered can be seen as aiding efforts for preservation. With that in mind, I suggest Prairie Dogs would be an excellent choice. They are inoffensive, to city dwellers. They are native to eastern CO, the Denver area. And, they would be completely unique. Nearly as unique as Banana Slugs and Fighting Artichokes.

[zooropa]

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The Fighting Zebs has a certain ring to it. But, Pike would not be appropriate because he could be perceived as a symbol of Manifest Destiny which may be offensive to the Hispanic Community. Just sayin'.

No, see, we've got it easy as our *nickname*--the Jackrabbits, is closely aligned with our *mascot*, which is a Jackrabbit (or, more correctly a guy in a Jackrabbit costume).

If you have the misfortune to be a team that is not named after an abstract concept (i.e. "Vikings", "Chargers", "Irish", "Thunder", "Skyforce", "Heat", "Cowboys", or in this case, "Pioneers"), then you need a whole other mascot. Usually with a backstory of some sort.

Zebulon Pike would be the *mascot* of the University of Denver Pioneers.

[MaddogJack]

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Well, I knew this was going to run off the tracks - so in keeping with the spirit of the legalized marijuana 'theme', it only makes sense.

The Denver Omelet.

[OldHare]

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When we attended the women's basketball games in Boulder, there was much talk about the gun control and the harmless behavior of pot smokers. The rolling bongs or tokers express would find more support. Things are not politically correct there as much as a hub of changing ideals and behavior traits. A person may want to take a couple of semesters of some sociology course to adapt smoothly and quietly into the Rocky Mountains.

[sdsu_drake]

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With Colorado's recently legalizing marijuana maybe they should be called the rolling bong hits.

[filbert]

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The problem is that Pike's Peak is more a Colorado Springs thing than a Denver thing . . .

(general rant on subject of nicknames deleted in the interests of board comity)

[jackdaniel]

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I think they should rename Pikes Peak also.If you're going to re-write History to satisfy the political correct crowd,why not go all the way?Why leave all those offensive names of things out there offending people?

[Prairiehaas]

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The Fighting Zebs has a certain ring to it. But, Pike would not be appropriate because he could be perceived as a symbol of Manifest Destiny which may be offensive to the Hispanic Community. Just sayin'.

I'd oppose Boone on other grounds: The guy was never in Colorado. Why not go with Zebulon Pike instead?

- "Zebulon" is a great name for a mascot.

- The guy was actually *in* Colorado

- His reputation doesn't really center on the displacement of Native Americans.

[Nidaros]

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I'd oppose Boone on other grounds: The guy was never in Colorado. Why not go with Zebulon Pike instead?

- "Zebulon" is a great name for a mascot.

- The guy was actually *in* Colorado

- His reputation doesn't really center on the displacement of Native Americans.

I would agree, picking Daniel Boone, keeps making me think of Fess Parker and how he lost his life at the Alamo, oh crap I am getting Davey Crockett and Daniel Boone mixed up.

I had some visitors this weekend and took them to Laura Ingalls Wilder's homestead in DeSmet. There is so much confusion on details about where the Ingalls lived and when. If you watch the Inspiration channel, you are convinced they lived most if not all of their life in Walnut Grove Mn. History is weird, and can be reinvented to fit the current scene. Here though the new people to Denver U aren't buying it.

[RabbitObsessed]

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I'd oppose Boone on other grounds: The guy was never in Colorado. Why not go with Zebulon Pike instead?

- "Zebulon" is a great name for a mascot.

- The guy was actually *in* Colorado

- His reputation doesn't really center on the displacement of Native Americans.

I guess I can see a little bit of the other side since Boone became a symbol for your last point. I also did not realize he had never been to CO.

I honestly don't know much about him. Here's what wiki has to say about the displacement (no idea about the accuracy).

In the 19th century, when Native Americans were being displaced from their lands and confined on reservations, Boone's image was often reshaped into the stereotype of the belligerent, Indian-hating frontiersman which was then popular. In John A. McClung's Sketches of Western Adventure (1832), for example, Boone was portrayed as longing for the "thrilling excitement of savage warfare." Boone was transformed in the popular imagination into someone who regarded Indians with contempt and had killed scores of the "savages". The real Boone disliked bloodshed, however. According to historian John Bakeless, there is no record that Boone ever scalped Indians, unlike other frontiersmen of the era. Boone once told his son Nathan that he was certain of having killed only one Indian, during the battle at Blue Licks, although he believed others may have died from his bullets in other battles. Even though Boone had lost two sons in wars with Indians, he respected Indians and was respected by them. In Missouri, Boone often went hunting with the very Shawnees who had captured and adopted him decades earlier. Some 19th-century writers regarded Boone's sympathy for Indians as a character flaw and therefore altered his words to conform to contemporary attitudes."

I can see how an argument could be made for a better mascot, but not quite to the chancellor's point.

[zooropa]

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Usually I'm kind of with this thing. It's easy for me to see how "Redskins" is blatantly racist. I don't get it with Daniel Boone, however.

I'd oppose Boone on other grounds: The guy was never in Colorado. Why not go with Zebulon Pike instead?

- "Zebulon" is a great name for a mascot.

- The guy was actually *in* Colorado

- His reputation doesn't really center on the displacement of Native Americans.