I'm confused since orangemen was produced from their team color being
orange not from being an indian mascot? it was eliminated because of the
male-famale issues involved.. It will soon be back though as the uproar has
been huge among the athletes..

>Ok, so now they are the "Orange", not the "Orangemen", but having a
>large citrus fruit run around the field does not cancel out the fact the
>name is abbreviated from "Orangemen"....  There are not a lot of orange
>groves in upstate New York, but there were a lot of "Orangemen".
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>Cathy Spreeman
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>Just an FYI
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>I believe a year or two ago, Syracuse changed their nickname from
>Orangemen
>to just Orange.
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>I really wonder how places like Florida State will react to this ruling.
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>William Sangrey
>Cornell '87&'94
>Let's Go RED!!!