Today I learned on Nostr: TIL the Univ. of Arkansas athletic teams were called the Cardinals until 1910, when ...

TIL the Univ. of Arkansas athletic teams were called the Cardinals until 1910, when students voted to rename them the Razorbacks. The change followed coach Hugo Bezdek’s description of his football team as playing like a “wild band of razorback hogs” after a hard-fought game against LSU in 1909.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_Razorbacks
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