No one else can lay claim to being called the Orange and no one else can claim to have a mascot as weirdly wonderful as Otto. Sure, it doesn't make any sense that a school in Upstate New York has a mascot and nickname that recall a fruit that doesn't grow within 3, miles of the campus, but, there's a beauty in that. It's the same way new professional team names don't have the same weight as names like the Dodgers, Lakers or Red Sox. None of those names make sense today, especially where some of those teams are located, and if you were starting from scratch, you wouldn't even consider any of them.
But there's a beautiful absurdity to the fact that we accept that there are two professional baseball teams named after the color of their footwear three if you count the Reds.
It sounds so silly. Gotta hear both sides, tho. Here's Jeremy's rebuttal. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Stories Schedule Roster.
Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. And of course, returning to the Syracuse Orangemen women. I'll be the first person to tell you that we should never, ever do that. Holy shit. The "rebranding" of Orangemen, which turned it from a word with meaning into a word with little meaning, worked.
And yet It was adopted unanimously by a student committee, faculty, the Alumni Association, and Trustees, and remains Syracuse University's official color to this day. Today, you'll see students sporting orange year-round, but especially on game days when the whole Syracuse and Central New York community joins and displays their Orange pride. Men's Basketball 1 , , Football 1 Who is the greatest Syracuse Orange? To qualify as a greatest player for this team, the player must have played one season for this team.
If not, we will remove the player. Syracuse Great — Jim Brown. As a sophomore at Syracuse University , Brown was the second-leading rusher on the team. Read More. Orange Central Orange Central is Syracuse's amped-up version of the traditional collegiate homecoming and reunion weekend.
Every fall, thousands of alumni return to campus and join students, faculty, and staff for a full range of events and activities. Check out last year's Orange Central festivities. Crouse Chimes First installed in and renovated in , the Crouse Chimes are rung at least twice a day and again on special occasions. For 54 years, the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity played them, including playing the Alma Mater at 5 p. Walsh, Class of When on the field he takes a firm stand, He's the hero of large and small.
He will rush towards the goal with might and main; His opponents all fight, but they fight in vain, Because the Saltine Warrior's a bold, bad man, And victorious over all! The Saltine Warrior as a mascot took hold after a campus humor magazine — the Orange Peel — concocted a fictitious tale in its October issue.
A story said the remains of an Indian chief "Ogeekeda Hoschenegada" had been unearthed during the removal of the women's gymnasium. The translation, according to the story, meant "The Salt or salty warrior.
The Orangemen as a nickname may have taken root in the s. Ellie Ludwig of Manlius, Class of , spent 20 years as alumni director at SU and said that's when she remembers hearing Orangemen first used. Ed Galvin, director of Archives at SU, said, "Don't hold me to it, " but the earliest reference he has found is in a Post-Standard story about Jim Brown running down and tackling an Army player from behind.
Reporter Bill Reddy wrote that the play "saved the Orangemen. The Saltine Warrior was replaced by a gladiator in Absolutely awful, " said retired sports information director Larry Kimball. I mean, there wasn't anything that was Syracuse. This wasn't us. I don't think it lasted more than a year. There were other attempts at mascots, including Egnaro the Troll, a Superman-like figure and a man in an orange tuxedo. All set the table for Otto the Orange. Otto may have a masculine name, but SU's official mascot is androgynous.
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