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StoopTroup
10/15/2006, 04:24 PM
I need some help here.

We took both OUr Boy and OUr Girl to the game Saturday.

I was asked why the Cyclones used a Cardinal as a mascot.

I got nuthin'....

Please help me educate my future Sooners.
Newbomb Turk
10/15/2006, 04:35 PM
http://www.iastate.edu/Inside/2004/1008/cy.shtml


Cy was born out of two decisions in the early 1950s; the first a consensus among Iowa State students --led by the pep council -- that you can't "stuff a cyclone" In the search for an alternate mascot, they opted for a cardinal bird, based on the school colors. "Cy" was submitted 17 times in a subsequent nationwide name contest and chosen as the cardinal's name.
BIG_IKE
10/15/2006, 04:35 PM
Cy become ISU's mascot in 1954..
and the Cyclones original mascot was a Cardinal.
That is probably why..
MichelleDawn
10/15/2006, 04:38 PM
haha I didn't know but I found the answer for yOUr future sooners.


The sports teams are nicknamed the Cyclones, a name which dates back to 1895. That year, there were many occurrences of cyclones, or tornados. Also that year was when the Iowa State football team went to Northwestern University and defeated its team 36-0. The Chicago Tribune proclaimed "Iowa cyclone devastates Evanstontown."

The school colors are cardinal and gold. The mascot is Cy the Cardinal, who was introduced in 1954. This is likely a reference to the original nickname, the Cardinals. The Iowa State Cyclones play in the NCAA's Division I-A as part of the Big 12 Conference.

wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_State_Cyclones)
StoopTroup
10/15/2006, 04:41 PM
Thanks to all for playing.

BOOMER SOONER ! ! !
Little_Red
10/15/2006, 04:59 PM
Why is the Stanford Cardinal represented by a tree?
Petro-Sooner
10/15/2006, 05:09 PM
They are a bunch of tree hunging pansies?? I'll give them this, it is creative I guess.
afs
10/15/2006, 05:21 PM
cause cardinals live in trees. morons.
StoopTroup
10/15/2006, 05:22 PM
cause cardinals live in trees. morons.
...and trees are cyclone prone? :D
westcoast_sooner
10/15/2006, 07:04 PM
Why is the Stanford Cardinal represented by a tree?

I could give my opinions, but I'll let you draw your own conclusions.
Link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford#Athletics)
reevie
10/15/2006, 08:04 PM
I thought they were Cardinal as in color not bird. Kind of like Harvard is Crimson...