Syracuse "Orange"???

[Truebeast]

What is with the new name? I know they have had it for like a couple weeks now but I mean common. The Syracuse Orangemen has like a nice ring to it. That is kinda over the top or whatever as far as like women's rights go. Oh well, Syracuse Orange sounds weird, liked Syracuse Orangemen better.

:wtf

[SheepShank]

There was a past post about this somewhere, They are calling themselves just "the orange" now so that there is more unity and such.

[26Easy]

i suppose well get use 2 it

[LaXDaVe]

I dig the new uni's, tight, tight. =) Mikey was "OK" in todays game.

[laxbabe2121]

the only thing that changed were the shorts, they tops are still the same as usual. i love the name "the orange" *LETS GO ORANGE! LETS GO ORANGE!*

[jazzjon9]

i hate the orange. It was orangemen, it's a name, GET OVER IT! personally i'm pissed at mothers against drunk driving (madd) cause i'm madd at drunks but im not a mother. They should change it to padd. People against drunk drivers, or people against dumn ditzes (the women in madd)

[SheepShank]

There are many organizations that have people advising you against drunk drivers, MADD is just one of the more popular ones. And since it was originally started by mothers you don't really need to change the name because I think they are more worried about helping people then what they're called. But there is only one Syracuse, so its being called the Orangemen could be viewed as unfair because it is indeed a school for all genders. And besides "The Orange" sound pretty cool if you ask me.

[laxbabe2121]

yea, and honestly, how many times have you seen orangewomen? its so freaking long. the orange is tight. now they can steal the orange effect from tech and do it at football games!

[smitt5168]

orange v.s. brown battle of the colors

[Finch]

Who cares what their name is they're still the same team.

[jazzjon9]

orangewomen does suck, but still, orangemen has some nice history and stuff. orangelady? orangegal? guess they all suck. I'm also pissed cause recently our school was changed from the chiefs to the patriots cause american indians may be offended. But it was indians who complained. It was a mother! for 50 years no indians cared, but she just had to change it.

[BhillzLax16]

I liiked orangemen better but Orange still has a nice ring to it.

[HdGLaxWarrior]

Originally posted by Finch
Who cares what their name is they're still the same team.

^True. But it does have a nice ring to it. :agree

[DrDetroit]

i like the move. it brings a sense of unification. its kind of like cornell and harvard (big red and crimson). i like the new SU too.

[thestizzle]

yea but does this mean hobart will have to become the "state"? (as opposed to "statesmen?") that would just be over the top. or navy, will they have to become the "midship"? sorry gals, but u have just ruined the greatest teams in lax.

[mojolax]

yeah orangeman but it wont cahange the team

[SheepShank]

Originally posted by thestizzle
yea but does this mean hobart will have to become the "state"? (as opposed to "statesmen?") that would just be over the top. or navy, will they have to become the "midship"? sorry gals, but u have just ruined the greatest teams in lax.

Are you really that arrogant? It makes no difference what so ever.

[apmlax85]

It doesn't really make a diffrence at all. Lets be honest this whole thing is just petty, and not really that important. The changing of the name really makes not diffrence at all. I think it was more for publicity than anything else.

[laxbabe2121]

ok. if their team were called the orangewomen and they chnaged it to the orange would you be argueing or agreeing to it? that's what i thought. its changed. and that's final. its like when you choose the losing superbowl champion. tough loss, now get over it.

[thestizzle]

wow. funny how i can make a sarcastic comment and suddenly i got 3 posters trying to be the "good guy".

[stegmakk]

Their Uni's made them look like cheese doodles...
cheese doodles for god's sake...

[laxbabe2121]

i'd eat a cheese doodle!

[laxgirl09]

i agree laxbabe


mmmm deeelicious

[apmlax85]

I was going to go with cheetos personally, horray for orange colored snack food! I swear though, if I ever go hunting, I'm whereing a syracuse jersey, and shorts. Then again the chances of me hunting are slim to none. But hey it'd make for a good photo opt.

[V-cut]

huting with brine nitrous and CPX Ti... let alone the superX's...

well.. i'm pretty sure you would be safe from a rabid muskrat in the event you come acrosse one in the meadows...

[PtownMiddie2]

it is politically uncorrect cause you cant have an orange person techinically its a slang term for native american

[apmlax85]

Thats "Red"man bud, not orangeman, and the syracuse name had nothing to do with native americans in the first place.

[miltonlaxman]

the new name is okay i liked the orangemen name a lot better

[cloo24]

orange women was to hard to say orange is short and sweet

[KayGshark46]

the orangemen sounds much better but not great. That is not a great name for a team that is as dangerous as them

[8-ball]

is that the reason they changed it? b/c it says "man"? geez womanists will never give anything a rest. thats like 10 years ago, when there were a bunch of feminists trying to change the spelling of women to womyn, b/c it had the word "man" in it.
dont get me wrong, im not trying to start some battle here with you girls. thats just a stupid reason to change it, if i were used to saying orange women and they changed it to orange, id still be a little discruntled. orangemen just seemed to sound better and go smoother when said. just saying "the orange approach the field", it just sounds like something is missing.

[BTlaxripper]

yeah... men play lax... not colors

[lax_goalie]

all these teams are trying to make there names more a persona thank an athletics team

[faceitoff]

I think they should eliminate all secondary colors. How cool would it be to have all orange pads. Like no gray or black or silver or nothing. Just orange. Oh man, that would look so funy. And cool.

[wingslax5]

All orange would look sweet. Some all orange supercrosses wow. Im gonna miss the little orangeman mascot but maybe they'll keep him.

[BTlaxripper]

they should keep him, he is kind of an orange. But o well. How did they get the name orangemen in the first place?

[Stonewall35]

I think "Orangemen" was the name of a gang.

[liveforlax19]

they didnt change it because it was "man"... the womens teams were the syracuse orangewomen

[OcLaxer22]

I think "Orangemen" was the name of a gang.

no way dude , maybe in canada

[cgarrigues]

yea but does this mean hobart will have to become the "state"? (as opposed to "statesmen?") that would just be over the top. or navy, will they have to become the "midship"? sorry gals, but u have just ruined the greatest teams in lax.

Is "Midshipmen" the official nickname (is "official nickname" an oxymoron?) for Navy? Hobart can stay "Statesmen" quite easily because Hobart is an all-men's school.

My understanding is that non-sexist language wasn't the ultimate reason for SU's name change, although it's correct that no way were the women's teams going to stand for being called orangemen. The Athletic Department wanted one name for men's and women's teams and hence "Orange"

[HdGLaxWarrior]

I think it's there official name, because that's what they've always been...

[RYU]

they should keep him, he is kind of an orange. But o well. How did they get the name orangemen in the first place?This is an old thread, so I'm surprised no one has clarified this yet. Stonewall35 was close. The Orangemen, or Orange Order, was/is a Protestant Organization started by William of Orange in Ireland in 1795. You can read more about them here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangemen

The change from Orangemen to Orange has nothing to do w/ PC-ness. SU & Nike decided that Orange would be more marketable. Otto the Orange will be retained.

Break it down Otto!
http://archive.gamespy.com/avatars/av/AT/at519.gif

[SullyLax]

Thats clearly a tomato. Good effort though.

[RYU]

Thats clearly a tomato. Good effort though.You're right, but I couldn't resist. Perhaps it's one of Otto's relatives. Tom-Otto. It was better than any of the Otto the Orange photos I found, and they bear more than a passing resemblence.

[faceitoff]

You're right, but I couldn't resist. Perhaps it's one of Otto's relatives. Tom-Otto. It was better than any of the Otto the Orange photos I found, and they bear more than a passing resemblence.

I love you for saying Tom-Otto.