of the school's official color. It is no different than Syracuse's decision to change its nickname to Orange. FWIW there are a couple schools that have opted to use a color as its nickname. Below is a list of some of those schools for your reference. North Texas Mean Green Harvard Crimson Cornell Big Red Dartmouth Big Green Bluefield State Big Blue/Lady Blues Illinois College Blueboy/Lady Blues Henderson State Reddies/Lady Reddies Roanoke Maroons Chicago Maroons Denison Big Reds New Brunswick Varsity Reds Kent State Golden Flashes St. Francis (PA) Red Flashes NYU Violets McDaniel Green Terror John Carroll Blue Streaks Toronto Varsity Blues UW–Eau Claire Blugolds