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larskjenstad wrote:Terrible....still too close to Katrina

soccermom wrote:

Pony_Fan wrote:there are Hurricanes in Tulsa? Never understood that
They should be the Tornados

I've always thought that was weird, too. Galveston's Ball High is the Golden Tornadoes--of course tornadoes do follow hurricanes but have always wondered why they aren't the Hurricanes....anyway, I'm not a siren fan, but did like the warn the hurricane message and it's better than nothing.

A Hurricane In Tulsa?
The origination of The University of Tulsa nickname - Golden Hurricane - came in 1922. A new football coach, Howard Acher, came to town and inherited a slew of nicknames dating back to 1895.

Past Tulsa teams were referred to as Kendallites, Presbyterians, Tigers, Orange and Black, and Tulsans. In the fall of 1922, the team nickname was "Yellow Jackets," which was apparently due to the fact that the team was wearing new black and yellow uniforms instead of the traditional orange and black.

The team opened the season and it was apparent that Tulsa was going to have a great year, and trying to seize some publicity for his team, Acher wanted to find a new nickname quickly.

After a remark was made in practice one day about "roaring through opponents," and because of their new jersey colors, he thought of Golden Tornadoes. However, he quickly found out that the name had been taken by Georgia Tech a few years earlier. From the tornado, he evolved meteorologically to the hurricane. A few days before the team left for a game against Texas A&M, Acher asked the squad to vote on the name, and thus "Golden Hurricane" was born.

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smupony94 wrote:

HB Pony Dad wrote:"I think Couch 'em is right."

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smupony94 wrote:

HB Pony Dad wrote:"I think Couch 'em is right."

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Junior wrote:

larskjenstad wrote:Terrible....still too close to Katrina

disagree entirely. i liked it.

soccermom wrote:

Junior wrote:

larskjenstad wrote:Terrible....still too close to Katrina

disagree entirely. i liked it.

I disagree, too. Those of us who live on the coast just marked the 2nd anniversary of Ike---which absolutely devastated Galveston and Bolivar Peninsula-- and I didn't think the video was bad or offensive.