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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.

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!

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....

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!

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.

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.

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....

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".

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.

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.

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

Let the thread hijacking ensue.

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!

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.