Clemson, Lsu, Memphis, Auburn, Missouri?
all named the Tigers? Years ago were Tigers rooming the southern region of the United States that i’m just unaware of? I know there are multiple teams named the tigers from all over the united states but it seems the majority are from southern states…why? take a look
* Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama)
* Benedict College (Columbia, South Carolina)
* Campbellsville University (Campbellsville, Kentucky)
* Clemson University (Clemson, South Carolina)
* Colorado College (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
* Dakota Wesleyan University (Mitchell, South Dakota)
* DePauw University (Greencastle, Indiana)
* Doane College (Crete, Nebraska)
* East Central University (Ada, Oklahoma)
* East Texas Baptist University (Marshall, Texas)
* Edward Waters College (Jacksonville, Florida)
* Fort Hays State University (Hays, Kansas)
* Georgetown College (Georgetown, Kentucky)
* Grace Bible College (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
* Grambling State University (Grambling, Louisiana)
* Hampden-Sydney College (Hampden-Sydney, Virginia)
* Holy Family College (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
* Industrial College of the Armed Forces (part of National Defense University) (Washington, D.C.)
* Iowa Wesleyan College (Mount Pleasant, Iowa)
* Jackson State University (Jackson, Mississippi)
* Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
* Occidental College (Los Angeles, California)
* Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, Arkansas)
* Olivet Nazarene University (Kankakee, Illinois)
* Paul Quinn College (Dallas, Texas)
* Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey)
* Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, New York)
* Saint Paul’s College (Lawrenceville, Virginia)
* Salem-Teikyo University (Salem, West Virginia)
* Savannah State University (Savannah, Georgia)
* State University of New York-College of Agriculture and Technology (Cobleskill, New York)
* Stillman College (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
* Tennessee State University (Nashville, Tennessee)
* Texas Southern University (Houston, Texas)
* Towson University (Towson, Maryland)
* Trinity College (Washington, D.C.)
* Trinity College of Florida (Trinity, Florida)
* Trinity University (San Antonio, Texas)
* University of Memphis (Memphis, Tennessee)
* University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri)
* University of the Pacific (Stockton, California)
* University of the South (Sewanee, Tennessee)
* University of West Alabama (Livingston, Alabama)
* Voorhees College (Denmark, South Carolina)
* Wittenberg University (Springfield, Ohio)
also i copied an pasted that from a website, I did not sit here and do that all for this one question
Arizona Buckeye on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 6:16 am
Maybe they just like the name Tigers. Team names don’t have to make sense. Utah isn’t the hotbed of jazz (I know they moved from New Orleans, but it proves my point), I don’t know of many Titans in Tennessee, Alabama isn’t known for it’s Crimson Tides, or how many Gauchos live in Santa Barbara. So don’t read too much into it.
Drew F on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 6:26 am
Well if you did a little research you may discover why. In LSU’s case the name comes from two confederate brigades known as the Louisiana Tigers because of their bravery in battle. LSU is not just named the Tigers but they are the LSU Fighting Tigers.
Your Shits Weak on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 6:28 am
The Smilodon (Sabre Tooth) and Siberian Tigers did iboth live in N. America. There was a land bridge up there where the former governor of Alaska lives.. Since the tigers that crossed the bridge were cold weather cats, and the Smilodon was larger the farther south in the Americas (up to 900 lb in SA) and native, the original population of Siberians was actually, spread mostly, from the northern rather than southern region. As far as why more Southern teams use the name, I can’t offer anything more than a guess. S— happens? Someone always has more than someone else? Now some copy/paste refernce.
Siberian tigers were present in Alaska 100 000 years ago, and probably not only in this epoch of Prehistory. Tigers and lions cohabited on this territory.
At the end of upper Pleistocene, siberian human populations, carriers of a very strong tiger culture (very influent in Northern China), migrate to America towards Beringia bridge. They replaced the Tiger by the Jaguar in their cults.
Today, in the USA, there are more than 10 000 captive tigers (two times more than in China). This country (and more generally North America as a whole) has large wild areas where some tigers could live freely (circum – arctic zones included, in correspondance with present climatic changes) if prevalent bear areas are avoided.
earl p on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 6:51 am
We like the name Tigers. Why is USC the Trojans? Why is Ohio State the Buckeyes? Why is Alabama the Crimson Tide? Why is Kentucky the Wildcats?
They’re SPORTS NAMES. We like names. Like Tigers.
War Eagle!
Chickenf on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 7:34 am
You left out Detroit. LSU Tigers were named for a WW1 Flying Brigade from Louisiana.
Zinger on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 7:36 am
copy and paste or not…lol still got quite a bit of time on your hands…
Beat Northwestern!!! (Norry) on Fri, 18th Dec 2009 8:16 am
LSU’s name did come from a confederate infantry squad who were called the Louisiana Tigers, this is claimed to be the root of their name.
WHile Norry has a point a lot of the teams he named actually have purposes behind their names and are not just run of the mill mascots. USC are the trojans because the name saounds good and it represents a warrior, but Ohio State is named the buckeyes after a type of nut that grows on a specific type of tree in Ohio how they made a nut similar to a walnut cool ill never know, oh and the leaves from the tree are the image on the stickers they put on their helmets. You know whats even stranger is that I think the Buckeyes have one of the coolest and most unique uniforms in college football… and its based on a tree and a nut. Alabama is named the crimson tide because in one particular Iron bowl they wore red socks while it was raining, and the color bled all over the field. Bama won that game and where known as the Crimson Tide from there on out, the elephant came years later when a school reporter referred to the players as a bunch of elephants in comparison to their competition (please note that elephants do not reside in Alabama, nor is Tuscaloosa on the coast). Kentucky is just the wildcats because of the cool sounding name as well, as are most Tiger teams (Auburn! lol just kidding Norry)