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This is an incomplete list of U.S. college nicknames. If two nicknames are given, the first is for men's teams and the second for women's teams, unless otherwise noted.
This is an incomplete list of U.S. college mascots' names, consisting of named incarnations of live, costumed, or inflatable mascots. For school nicknames, see List of college team nicknames in the United States. For school abbreviation, see List of colloquial names for universities and colleges in the United States
In the United States, most universities and colleges that sponsor athletics programs have adopted an official nickname for its associated teams. Often, these nicknames have changed for any number of reasons, which might include a change in the name of the school itself, a term becoming dated or otherwise changing meaning, or changes in racial perceptions and sensitivities.
The leprechaun first became the school's mascot in 1965 after the program was originally led by a series of Irish terrier dogs. The mascot was labeled the fourth-most offensive in college football ...
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In 2005 the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) distributed a "self evaluation" to 31 colleges for teams to examine the use of potentially offensive imagery with their mascot choice. [13] Subsequently, 19 teams were cited as having potentially "hostile or abusive" names, mascots, or images, that would be banned from displaying them ...
List of SEA Games mascots; List of ethnic sports team and mascot names; List of college sports team names and mascots derived from Indigenous peoples; List of secondary school sports team names and mascots derived from Indigenous peoples; List of sports team names and mascots derived from indigenous peoples
This page is actually two different lists, namely college "nickname/mascots", like the Cal-Irvine Anteaters, and specific incarnations of these mascots, like Texas A & M's Reveille. For example, University of Georgia's mascot is the bulldog, but the incarnation is called "Uga". I disagree with the statement above. A mascot is the incarnation ...