[Fiji Hill]

“Guardians.” Stupidest nickname in sports.

There are some stupid nicknames in college sports such as the Syracuse Orange--why couldn't they have been the Grapefruit or the Banana? And the UCLA Bruins, named for the slow-witted bear in the medieval tales of Reynard the Fox.

[x]

It was originally orange the color, not orange the citrus fruit. I thought it might be an Ulster William of Orange thing, but no other college wanted to be orange, so Syracuse grabbed it.

[dfwgator]

There are some stupid nicknames in college sports such as the Syracuse Orange

You can thank Nike for that.

https://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/2015/03/nike_the_company_that_convinced_syracuse_to_ditch_orangemen_nickname_is_at_it_ag.html

[JennysCool]

Syracuse used to be the Orangemen, until someone complained that that was sexist.

[Sir_Ed]

How about the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs?!