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From: bobm@rtech.UUCP (Bob Mcqueer)
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Subject: Re: Odd School Names
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Date: Sat, 24-Aug-85 13:05:25 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 24 13:05:25 1985
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The University of Idaho Vandals - nice mindlessly destructive touch, I
		always thought.

Two of the teams from the league my highschool played in:

Corry Beavers - makes one wonder when that particular bit of slang
		entered the language.  I assume the school name predated
		it.  I don't know wether to believe "Breakfast of Champions"
		on the etymology or not.

Cranberry Berries

By the way, didn't some school in the midwest have a vote among the
students for the team name, and the vote turned out:

"The Screaming Thunderchickens"