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WIU changes nickname for it's womens sports
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:42 pm
by JayJ79
http://www.wiuathletics.com/ViewArticle ... ID=3746930
Western Illinois' mens athletic teams have been called the Leathernecks,
while the womens teams have gone by the name "Westerwinds".
I thought I had read somewhere that they had a seperate name for the womens programs because the Marine Corps (aka the Fighting Leathernecks) preferred that the name be used for just the mens programs.
I wonder if the school sought permission of the Corps for the change.
Re: WIU changes nickname for it's womens sports
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:47 pm
by dbackjon
Good call.
Re: WIU changes nickname for it's womens sports
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 4:48 pm
by AZGrizFan
What the hell was a "westerwind"?
Re: WIU changes nickname for it's womens sports
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:03 pm
by clenz
Someone was listening to On Press Row tonight...
Re: WIU changes nickname for it's womens sports
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:12 pm
by Ursus A. Horribilis
AZGrizFan wrote:What the hell was a "westerwind"?
I assumed it was a queef?
Re: WIU changes nickname for it's womens sports
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:22 pm
by bobbythekidd
Ursus A. Horribilis wrote:I assumed it was a queef?
That made me LOL
Re: WIU changes nickname for it's womens sports
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 5:24 pm
by JayJ79
clenz wrote:Someone was listening to On Press Row tonight...
actually, no.
there was a small piece in the Courier about it.
But nothing against OPR. Gary does a great show. I'm just not able to listen in every day during the offseason.
Re: WIU changes nickname for it's womens sports
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 8:04 pm
by clenz
JayJ79 wrote:clenz wrote:Someone was listening to On Press Row tonight...
actually, no.
there was a small piece in the Courier about it.
But nothing against OPR. Gary does a great show. I'm just not able to listen in every day during the offseason.
I love OPR, and I don't know why you can't listen everyday during the offseason, but there are just some shows during the non football/basketball seasons (ok a lot of them) that I just don't have interest in. It's not that I don't love the other UNI sports, but especially right now there isn't really anything to talk about.
Re: WIU changes nickname for it's womens sports
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:41 am
by Appaholic
JayJ79 wrote:Western Illinois' mens athletic teams have been called the Leathernecks,
while the womens teams have gone by the name "Western Carolina".
This explains so much....
Re: WIU changes nickname for it's womens sports
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 2:47 am
by kristinedrake
Re: WIU changes nickname for it's womens sports
Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 4:24 am
by appmaj
Appaholic wrote:JayJ79 wrote:Western Illinois' mens athletic teams have been called the Leathernecks,
while the womens teams have gone by the name "Western Carolina".
This explains so much....
