Posted on 06/26/2020 1:15:55 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Oregon and Oregon State will no longer use the phrase "Civil War" to promote rivalry games between the schools.
In a joint announcement Friday, the schools said they made the decision after conversations with university officials and current and former student-athletes at both schools.
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They can refer to it as “the War of Northern Aggression”...
Never understood why they had called it the Civil War game.
Toilet Bowl fits. Knew that was coming.
And they should also enforce the six foot social distancing. You could just throw a powder puff to tag somebody.
You knew that was coming.
Just like they stopped calling OU-Texas the Red River Shootout.
What is the state flower of Oregon? Maybe both sides will be presented bouquets after the game.
Good idea. Call it The Pillow Fight.
Perhaps someone in the state house is actually giving thought to the implications of just what a new “Civil War” might mean to them. Gulp! Seriously?
Just like Texas and OU dropped the :Red River Shootout” for the “Red River Rivalry.” We’re all eunuchs now.
The pansy.
I guess the quarterback can no longer throw a bomb, nor can he throw a Hail Mary pass. But, to make things even, the defense can no longer blitz the quarterback.
I think it best to end college and professional sports altogether.
I’m dropping the meaningless terms “liberal” and “progressive” in favor of the more accurate “Insaniac”...
Agreed.
I’ve slowly been weaning over the years, but now it’s full stop.
To the point where anyone I see watching sports I will consider a traitor.
I bit. :-)
The true answer is “The Oregon Grape was designated as the state flower by the legislature in 1899.”
Continues is correct. Is wasn't like duckies and fuzzy beavers were ever masculine.
Brings back memories of the USFL. I remember the San Antonio Gunslingers.
No it probably would not pass muster today.
I recall the Houston Astros were originally the Houston Colt .45s, named after the Colt .45 gun.
And their uniform had the gun on the front, as I recall.
If the Colt .45 name was still with that team, they would be facing pressures to change it, just as teams with Indian nicknames are facing pressures to change.
At this point, who flipping cares?
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