To: Lazlo in PA
Nittany is the name of a mountain (big hill) range near the Penn State campus. The Nittany (Ninnaly to Barack Obama fans) Lion is a mountain lion rather than a Detroit Lions (toothless) style lion.
Coach Joe Paterno runs an austere football program. The team just wears its practice uniforms game day.
54 posted on
09/05/2011 5:57:45 PM PDT by
bwc2221
To: bwc2221
Coach Joe Paterno runs an austere football program. The team just wears its practice uniforms game day.
You are selling to the wrong person. I have little love for Joe Pa and his Amish looking team. Go Pitt!
56 posted on
09/05/2011 6:02:37 PM PDT by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: bwc2221
Supposedly, Nittany is an indian tribe that roamed those parts. I grew up there. Oneida was another, or perhaps Nittany was part of the Oneida tribe. Penn State Oneida Lions just didn’t have a good ring to it, I suppose.
75 posted on
09/05/2011 7:17:19 PM PDT by
tenger
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