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Posted on 9/6/17 at 6:34 pm
Posted by bayoubengals88
LA
Member since Sep 2007
18998 posts
Posted on 9/6/17 at 6:34 pm
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Founded: 1886
Enrollment: ~13,000
Notable Alumni: Terrell Owens
Mascot: "Mocs" (Mockingbird)
Stadium: Finley Stadium (20,668)
Colors: Navy and Gold

Division: FCS
Conference: Southern (2nd place in '16)
Four playoff appearances
All time record: 530-519-35 (.505)
2016 record: 9-4 (6-2), lost to Alabama 3-31
Head coach: Tom Arth (0-1)
2017: lost to JSU 13-27

Posted by DollaChoppa
I Simp for ACC
Member since May 2008
84774 posts
Posted on 9/6/17 at 6:35 pm to
Chattanooga >> Baton Rouge
Posted by The Belk
Member since Oct 2015
549 posts
Posted on 9/6/17 at 6:48 pm to
Mock, yeah
Ing, yeah
Bird, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Mockingbird
Posted by Laman1978
Earth
Member since Jan 2009
10916 posts
Posted on 9/6/17 at 8:08 pm to
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Mascot: "Mocs" (Mockingbird)
Interesting. I always assumed it was short for 'Moccasins'. Learn something new every day!
Posted by Flanders
Bham
Member since May 2008
9844 posts
Posted on 9/6/17 at 8:15 pm to
I was in Chattanooga last weekend. I want to live there. It's awesome.
Posted by Jeff
Biloxi, MS
Member since Jan 2004
2223 posts
Posted on 9/6/17 at 9:07 pm to
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Mascot: Mocs (Mockingbird)


The school's athletic teams are called the Mocs. The teams were nicknamed Moccasins until 1996. (The origin of the name is uncertain; however, Moccasin Bend is a large horseshoe-shaped bend in the Tennessee River directly below Lookout Mountain.)

The mascot has taken on four distinct forms, with a water moccasin being the mascot in the 1920s, and then a moccasin shoe (known as "The Shoe") was actually used as the school's mascot at times in the 1960s and 1970s. From the 1970s until 1996, the mascot was Chief Moccanooga, an exaggerated Cherokee tribesman.

In 1996, due to concerns over ethnic sensitivity,[29] the Moccasins name and image were dropped in favor of the shortened "Mocs" and an anthropomorphized northern mockingbird, in accordance with the state bird, named "Scrappy" dressed as a railroad engineer. The school's main athletic logo features Scrappy riding a train (a reference to Chattanooga's history as a major railroad hub and to the song "Chattanooga Choo Choo"). The mascot takes its name from former football coach A. C. "Scrappy" Moore.
This post was edited on 9/6/17 at 9:10 pm
Posted by plance
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2007
1595 posts
Posted on 9/6/17 at 9:54 pm to
Moved to BR from there in the early 80's.
Most of my family still lives in that area.
It is beautiful - read 4 distinct seasons. A little snow, not much humidity. Beautiful mountains.
At the same time, I wouldn't trade the people, culture, food, or Tigers for living there. Not even close. ??
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