Bowling Green Normals

buffaloefalcon · Post by **buffaloefalcon** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:39 pm

Alright, I just opened my 09 NCAA and of course BGSU is my favorite team that floods everything on my XBOX 360 game. At the intro to each game, there's a personal history of each team and BGSU's name started out as the NORMALS! WHAT? Anyone know the story on this one? BOWLING GREEN STATE NORMALS!? They can't even get our _ucken stadium correct! I'm not sure about this one.

BGSUFootballFan · Post by **BGSUFootballFan** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:41 pm

It is true. I don't know the exact story behind it, but it's listed in the 2007 Media Guide if you got one. If not I can look it up here in a minute or better yet someone who knows the story by heart can tell it!

60yearsofsicsic · Post by **60yearsofsicsic** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:49 pm

Yes way back when BG was the Normals... When BG was founded it was founded as what is called a Normal School (for teachers only).... Hence being called the normals....

buffaloefalcon · Post by **buffaloefalcon** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 8:53 pm

That's AWESOME! How about proposing a throwback like the other schools to promote some good recruits! Different, but kinda catchy if you ask me. I can't belive that EA delved that deep to find this info out. They even included the fact that we have a long history of playing against the military institutions, which we haven't been partaking in lately, but that's pretty cool! We have a rich history that needs to be promoted more!

Class of 61 · Post by **Class of 61** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:36 pm

buffaloefalcon wrote:Alright, I just opened my 09 NCAA and of course BGSU is my favorite team that floods everything on my XBOX 360 game. At the intro to each game, there's a personal history of each team and BGSU's name started out as the NORMALS! WHAT? Anyone know the story on this one? BOWLING GREEN STATE NORMALS!? They can't even get our _ucken stadium correct! I'm not sure about this one.

FWIW,
Both BG and Kent were "Normal" schools at their beginnings...i.e. teacher training institutions.

transfer2BGSU · Post by **transfer2BGSU** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:45 pm

I have a picture of the 1917-18 BG Normal Men's Basketball squad in my office.

Peregrinner · Post by **Peregrinner** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:14 pm

Prior to being nicknamed the Falcons, BG was known by many different names at different times including the "Normals", the "Teachers" and the "Pedagogues".

Someone asked me a few weeks back if we were ever nicknamed the "Normal Warriors". I'd never heard of that, but maybe someone else with more historical info could weigh in.

TG1996 · Post by **TG1996** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:33 pm

Peregrinner wrote:Prior to being nicknamed the Falcons, BG was known by many different names at different times including the "Normals", the "Teachers" and the "Pedagogues".

AH! Pedagogues is the one I couldn't think of....

h2oville rocket · Post by **h2oville rocket** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:41 am

As my mother, a fellow UT grad, is prone to saying "UT isn't perfect but at least it was never a Normal school like BG".

Redwingtom · Post by **Redwingtom** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:08 am

h2oville rocket wrote:As my mother, a fellow UT grad, is prone to saying "UT isn't perfect but at least it was never a Normal school like BG".

Leave it to a UT grad to call their school...
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Abnormal.

h2oville rocket · Post by **h2oville rocket** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:31 am

Redwingtom wrote:
h2oville rocket wrote:As my mother, a fellow UT grad, is prone to saying "UT isn't perfect but at least it was never a Normal school like BG".
Leave it to a UT grad to call their school...
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Abnormal.

Well, she always snickers after she says it.

SaxyIrishTenor · Post by **SaxyIrishTenor** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:17 am

Navy has us on their 2009 schedule, btw. Not sure if this was mentioned before.

Let the thread hijacking ensue.

transfer2BGSU · Post by **transfer2BGSU** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:09 pm

SaxyIrishTenor wrote:Navy has us on their 2009 schedule, btw. Not sure if this was mentioned before.

Let the thread hijacking ensue.

THERE WILL BE NO THREAD JACKING!

Zom · Post by **Zom** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:50 pm

As soon as I get my Luminox 8362 EVO Ultimate SEAL Chronograph, I'm going to buy some of that face paint in orange and brown. Wicked.

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