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To: wagglebee

I wonder where the Spoofhounds got the name for their team (serious question)? Usually high-school teams pick college or pro teams, but I’ve never heard of any other team with that name.


6 posted on 09/21/2009 3:55:50 PM PDT by Little Pig (Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
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To: Little Pig

Never mind, found it in wikipedia (at least the non-political stuff is fairly reliable). Back in the ‘20s, the Spoof Hound was a plaster toy prize from a carnival, similar to a Kewpie doll. One day around that time, when the players were having a particularly bad day, the coach told them they were playing like spoofhounds, and the players adopted the name for each other. Eventually it became popular enough that the team formally adopted the name. They are the only team in the country that uses this name.


10 posted on 09/21/2009 3:59:18 PM PDT by Little Pig (Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
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