Speaking of Tennessee......

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  1. LSUTiga

    LSUTiga TF Pubic Relations

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    What is a "Volunteer" anyway?

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    Seriously, what is their mascot's meaning?
     
  2. Cajun J

    Cajun J Founding Member

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    Thanks to Wikipedia:

     
  3. tigerpub

    tigerpub Founding Member

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    Volunteer...One who agrees to be massacred in his own house.:lol:
     
  4. LSUTiga

    LSUTiga TF Pubic Relations

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    No thanks to you J..... I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.
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  5. CajunPunk

    CajunPunk TF's Resident Realist

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    Wow... I've known this since I was a kid. Thought it was pretty well known.

    I have a better question... what is a sooner? Why choose a buckeye?
     
  6. friedriches

    friedriches mr. t

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    According to my Dad, Sooners are people that went into Oklahoma before the date the government set as the day to enter the state and claim land, and claimed their land.

    They did it SOONER.

    At least that's what Dad said when I asked him.
     
  7. LSUTiga

    LSUTiga TF Pubic Relations

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    When they go to another State to play, the Sooner they leave the better. :hihi:
     
  8. Dirt Dog

    Dirt Dog Founding Member

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    It was the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889. The "Sooners" could have actually been called "Cheaters".

    Cajun Punk...

    Buckeye is the official state tree of Ohio. I use to think those stickers on their helmet looked like this

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  9. CajunPunk

    CajunPunk TF's Resident Realist

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    Oh ok... good to know, but that's still a dumb mascot... :hihi:

    and I know what you mean about the MJ...
     
  10. bhelmLSU

    bhelmLSU Founding Member Staff Member

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    FYI dont try to make a Buckeye Nut pie because they are poisonous.:wink:

    Buckeye fans always say they are a dominant nut. Whatever that means.
     

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