1/16/2024 0 Comments Bgsu old falcon logoIn the BGSU mythos, Freddie and Frieda are brother and sister. As a nation, we’ve been winging it for centuries. In this way, Donald Trump is an inherently American phenomenon, an heir to the random sportswriters of yesteryear, throwing shit against the wall and seeing what sticks. It’s nice to know people just made shit up back in the day as much as we do now. I know it’s because of the age of the college system in this country, that in our perspective all these schools have been around forever so their names seem like storied traditions built upon a deliberate choice, but that’s often not the case. I continue to be surprised how many college team names and mascots are picked arbitrarily. This is no longer the case, but the name is here to stay. He read about falcons and arbitrarily assigned the name to the school’s sports teams because falcons are strong and well-trained, just like BGSU’s athletes were at the time. The peregrine falcon was chosen as a mascot by the sports editor of the local newspaper in 1927. I did not research what other schools may have a gendered-pair mascot team Wikipedia didn’t say so you’re on your own there. ![]() I guess.īGSU is one of the only schools with a male and female pair as mascots. Granted, no one pays attention to anything out of the top 25, but it’s nice to be able to say you’re one of the top 100 football programs in the country. The Falcons come in at 93 of the 128 FBS teams, which is not too shabby. Every single national sports outfit has their own rankings, so I went with CBS’s because we need to start somewhere. Makes my research, already sub-standard, much easier.
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