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rabidsaluki
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https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/30882084/valparaiso-dropping-crusaders-name-mascot-logos

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So what mascot/image is safe??  Wonder if they'll use this moving forward:

Simple Snowflake svg


   
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Valpo also changed their name in 1941 because 'Uhlan' had an association with Nazi Germany.


   
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Posted by: @salukipoke

So what mascot/image is safe??  Wonder if they'll use this moving forward:

Simple Snowflake svg

Classic.

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Valpo also changed their name in 1941 because 'Uhlan' had an association with Nazi Germany.

I'll admit, had to look that one up.  Interesting.

After discussing this with my 16 year old daughter, we combined to come up with thee safest mascot for Valpo... the non-oppressed free range koalas!!  Not sure how this will look at half court:

Big Fat Bullet Style Journal Cute Koala Bear In Flowers: Huge Dot Grid Book  For Journaling Over 300 Numbered Pages (Flower Animals Series): Journals,  Paper Dog: 9781073817665: Amazon.com: Books


   
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Posted by: @salukipoke
Posted by: @salukinate

Valpo also changed their name in 1941 because 'Uhlan' had an association with Nazi Germany.

I'll admit, had to look that one up.  Interesting.

After discussing this with my 16 year old daughter, we combined to come up with thee safest mascot for Valpo... the non-oppressed free range koalas!!  Not sure how this will look at half court:

Big Fat Bullet Style Journal Cute Koala Bear In Flowers: Huge Dot Grid Book  For Journaling Over 300 Numbered Pages (Flower Animals Series): Journals,  Paper Dog: 9781073817665: Amazon.com: Books

hmmm...see #5

https://www.nwitimes.com/sports/college/valparaiso-university/paul-oren-5-nicknames-valparaiso-should-consider/article_c95b389d-2f7a-5709-8e0c-4aefc61d9a9a.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1


   
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Well - I guess dropping the Crusaders moniker is an immediate deal? During the women's game today Connor Onion and Trude had to correct themselves a few times for saying Crusaders! They had to say "The Brown and Gold" instead. 

That's nuts. 

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Posted by: @rabidsaluki

Well - I guess dropping the Crusaders moniker is an immediate deal? During the women's game today Connor Onion and Trude had to correct themselves a few times for saying Crusaders! They had to say "The Brown and Gold" instead. 

That's nuts. 

They're technically not the Crusaders anymore.  ESPN dropped their name from all their team pages


   
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Good job, Valpo. I wouldn't want you to do something totally crazy like using that money to renovate your River to River Conference gym or anything. 

 

 


   
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Valpo needs to talk Orville Redenbacher into sponsorship, then they can be the Valpo popcorns, and have kernel as a mascot.  


   
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Valpo Beacons


   
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https://twitter.com/NWIOren/status/1403012988743806977

Woof

I would have gone with Tempest or Dunehawks. 

 

What's their mascot gonna be. A person dressed up as lighthouse?

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Posted by: @rabidsaluki
Posted by: @salukiworld

https://twitter.com/NWIOren/status/1403012988743806977

Woof

I would have gone with Tempest or Dunehawks. 

 

What's their mascot gonna be. A person dressed up as lighthouse?

Well this will offend the Skipper & Gilligan. 


   
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Posted by: @rabidsaluki
Posted by: @salukiworld

https://twitter.com/NWIOren/status/1403012988743806977

Woof

I would have gone with Tempest or Dunehawks. 

 

What's their mascot gonna be. A person dressed up as lighthouse?

DuneHawks would have been good.  Hawks are boring in general but DuneHawks is unique and tied into the Indiana Dunes.  Beacons might be the worst team name in D1 now.


   
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