why is the U of Pa team called the Nitney Lions, what is a Nitney Lion?
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First off, UPENN is the University of Pennsylvania, who are the Quakers, and are an Ivy league school.  You are talking about The Pennsylvania State University, my alma mater, more commonly known as PSU or Penn State.  The Nittany Lion mascot is a mountain lion.  There is a small mountain called Mt. Nittany that you can see from the stadium, and many students hike.  Hence the name the Nittany Lions.  Named for the mountain lions that lived on Mt. Nittany.
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Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Steagles was the nickname given.
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Ohio State..\nThat's funny how'd you know\nsomething was on the front of\nmy shirt?...lol
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Do you mean the team or are you referring to native american men?\n\nSo you are referring to Native American men. Braves is a name used to describe a Native American warrior.  Some feel that the use of this term as a sports mascot is demeaning to Native Americans.  I'm not sure?  Some teams are also called "The Pioneers".  Usually all teams have a drawing of a character that represents the name of the team.  The ones for Braves teams sometimes are offensive because of the exagerated nature of their stereotypical ethnic characteristics.  I.E. red skin, big nose, etc.  Anyway, so you'd like some other names for Braves?  I have heard of teams called Redskins, Chiefs, Bucks, Indians, and Warriors.  I have also heard of teams named after specific tribes.  Hope this helps you.
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The Lions have a culture of losing.\n\nNo one in the organization, from the owners on down to the players, acts like they expect to win anything...they don't conduct themselves as winners, and that carries over to the field. \n\nFront office incompetence doesn't help matters any.
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Latrobe is in Western PA, which is one of the best places in America to play high school football. Great fan support, great competition, and the chance to play in an area that is heavily recruited. However, Greater Latrobe is not a great football program by any means, although in fairness it plays in AAAA, which is the most difficult division in Pennsylvania. \n\nThe best geographical program close to Latrobe would be Greensburg Central Catholic, which routinely plays well into the PIAA and WPIAL playoffs.\n\nAs far as Penn State, they recruit HEAVILY from all over the state, but WPIAL particularly. Paul Posluzsny and Justin King are both from the WPIAL, and were prized recruits from PSU. For exposure from PSU, you can't go wrong playing in Western PA.
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It was the Big 10 for many years until Penn State was added. Look at the Big Ten logo-- it has an eleven secretly hidden in it. \nhttp://bigten.cstv.com/\n\nThere's been rumblings to change the name of the conference for years but it has slowed a bit.
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hey i live in ohio and ohio state is the # 1 team in the northeast! michigan sucks and who beat them last year? ya thats right we did. u see any major draft picks from there college? no but we had A.J Hawk who went to the packers in the 1st round pick and sanitonio holmes who went to the steelers in the first round. we are by far the better team but i hate to admit it. michigan has actually won more games in the history of college football against us than we did them. but we rock!
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did jason leonard ever play for lions? hes got 2nd most number of caps in world next to gregan who refuses to bugger off..lousy git...but yer he didnt stand out much when i watched leonard play
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They will play in a BCS game for sure and have a legitimate shot at the National title.  They will have to deal with Texas again this year in a non-conference game and Michigan is always tough since they are a rival.  Penn State is a great young team as well and cant be overlooked.
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They go by who is the Highest in the BCS rankings, and that team represents the Big East in the game. I am a Pitt fan and they got the title a few years ago in a three way tie.
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The dertoit lions are in a very weak divison.  They can coast with their talent through the regular season and break knees through out the playoffs all the way to the super bowl and blow out the denver broncos.
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Penn St. was the 11th team.  Before they joined the conference, there were 10 teams.  When Penn St. joined, they just didn't want to change the name of the conference, but if you look at the logo for the Big 10, there's an 11 in the background.
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Ohio State is da BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm guessing you are a michigan or irish fan. By the way GO BUCKS!!!!!
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The Candian football team the Toronto Argonauts. \n\nMichigan State Spartans (Sparta, Greece)
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They are Buckeye leaves.  The players earn them for making a good play.  Some helmets are covered with them.  GO BUCKS!
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The original name of the Pittsburgh's National League franchise was the Pittsburgh Alleghenies. Some contend this is from the county in which Pittsburgh is the seat of government. Others say that it was named after the mountain range in the region. Others maintain that Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became Pittsburgh's northside after a 1907 annexation, was the tale behind the moniker. In the 1890's, the club was referred to as the Pittsburgh Innocents before the Pirates name stuck by the end of that decade.\n\nWhen the renegade Players League dissolved after the 1890 season, most of the league's player contracts were assigned to National League and American Association clubs, mostly to their previous clubs provided they had been "reserved" by their former teams' owners. Highly-regarded second baseman Lou Bierbauer, who had previously played with the Philadelphia Athletics of the Association, was awarded to the Pittsburgh team on the grounds that the A's had not reserved him. This led to loud complaints by the Athletics that the Pittsburgh club were "pirates". This incident (which is discussed at some length in The Beer and Whisky League, by David Nemec, 1994) quickly accelerated into a schism between the leagues that contributed to the demise of the A.A. The colorful epithet stuck with the Pittsburghers, and eventually became the club's official nickname. It was first acknowledged on the team's jerseys in 1912, but even by the 1903 World Series, "Pirates" was in common usage.