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Your Turn / Re: Valpo mascot task force
« on: January 14, 2021, 06:39:33 AM »
This has been an interesting diversion.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1063118-how-the-top-50-college-football-programs-got-their-nicknames
One of my friends is a Texas A & M fan. Here is the scoop on the Aggies.
Rumor has it that the Aggies have a pretty violent origin.
"...when Lawrence Sullivan Ross became President of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, it was under the threat of being shut down. Lucky, Governor Ross would not have this and he went down to the Legislature and fought to keep his school open. He got so angry that he punched a senator over the issue. From then on, we have been known as the “Fighting Farmers” that later became the “Fighting Aggies.”
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1063118-how-the-top-50-college-football-programs-got-their-nicknames
One of my friends is a Texas A & M fan. Here is the scoop on the Aggies.
Rumor has it that the Aggies have a pretty violent origin.
"...when Lawrence Sullivan Ross became President of the Agricultural and Mechanical College, it was under the threat of being shut down. Lucky, Governor Ross would not have this and he went down to the Legislature and fought to keep his school open. He got so angry that he punched a senator over the issue. From then on, we have been known as the “Fighting Farmers” that later became the “Fighting Aggies.”