soon will be the day when the universities’ traditional names will be
(parallel posted on football, basketball and subscribers board)
replaced with the names of the corporations who purchase “naming rights” of the school.
McDonalds Longhorns
Bucees Buckeyes
Purdue Gamecocks ( this might confuse a few folk at first)
ColoGuard Cavaliers
Dr Schols Tar Heels
Hariboo Bruins
Seresto Bulldogs
Trojan Trojans
United Way Volunteers
Southern Baptist Deacons
Gillette Razorbacks
maybe the federal government will even get involved:
the NOAA Hurricanes
maybe even international buyouts:
Republic of Ireland Irish
** Edited by HtownHokie at 7/2/2026, 3:27:49 PM
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I85Hokie
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Duke University was originally called Trinity College until some wealthy cigarette magnate gave them a large donation to name the school after his family.
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3w
wealthy benefactors, either renaming existing institutions or starting new ones
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EDGEMAN
4w
Especially since Purdue is a University in Indiana, where Perdue is a chicken empire...lol
How about Jameson's Irish?
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Perdue Broilermakers.
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