Football
For purposes of REDdimension Wiki, football refers to American Football as played professionally in the NFL and collegiately by the NCAA. Football is a competitive team sport known for its physical roughness despite being a highly strategic game.
Significance
Several REDdimension Wiki Circle members are avid football fans, most notably, Kevin McNulty and Michael Karmanos. The purpose of this article is merely to familiarize people with the team preferences of some RWC members in order to get to know them better.
RWC Member Favorite Teams
The table below shows the teams that many RWC members root for. If you are unfamiliar with the game or do not recognize the logos, merely roll over the logo to discover the name of the team.
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Debbie McNulty | 
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Kevin McNulty |
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Unique Nicknames
Sports teams, especially college teams, can come up with some pretty unique nicknames. The "Fighting Banana Slugs" of UC Santa Cruz or the "Anteaters" of UC Irvine would both be contenders for the quirkiest nickanmes in football, except neither school plays football. The rallying cry of "Slime 'em slugs!" might make it worth going to a basketball game though.
So in the sport of football, the top runners among the popular schools would have to be the University of Akron "Zips" (a kangaroo) and the University of Maryland "Terrapins" (a turtle). These two mascots are so inauspicious that the schools both have similar rallying cires: "Fear the Roo!" and "Fear the Turtle!" If you have to order people to be intimidated by your mascot, you may want to rethink your namesake.
But to find the hands-down winner for the quirkiest football nickname, you would have to look to the community college leagues. There you would find, in Arizona, the Scottsdale Community College "Fighting Artichokes". I kid you not. Who could make that up?
Links
Football on Wikipedia
Official Site of the NFL
