Furman @ North Texas March 19th (NIT)

[apaladin]

They have a nice facility almost 10,000 permanent seats.
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[FUPlayer74]

They have two first team all AAC players in Wright and Lorient. Lorient doesn't even start for them. This will be a tough fight for FU.

[Choir Boy]

They have a nice facility almost 10,000 permanent seats.
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They should....they have 46,000 students......grad and undergrad

[FU Hoopla]

They have a nice facility almost 10,000 permanent seats.
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Yep capacity is 9,700
It was only about half full for their largest crowds of the season................

North Texas 4 largest home crowds this season:
5,032 vs. UTSA
4,199 vs. Charlotte
4,156 vs. Tulane
4,029 vs. Temple

Furman 4 largest home crowds this season:
4,367 vs. Wofford
4,327 vs. Chattanooga
4,017 vs. Auburn
3,227 vs. Princeton

[FU Hoopla]

[FU Hoopla]

Vegas line staying at North Texas -7.5

[FurmanATT]

Well, got what it's worth -- and I don't think it's worth much -- I prefer Paladins and try not to use "Dins" much if at all. As an old newspaper guy, it's a "headline word" like "Nats" once was for Senators, "Tribe" for Indians, "Bucs" for Pirates.
Closest equivalents now, I think, are "Dores" for Vanderbilt and "Lopes" for GCU (Antelopes). -- MD

[greenvegas]

If a team has a 3 syllable mascot name like Paladins, Mountaineers, Commodores or Volunteers, it's more accepable to shorten the mascot name to Dins', Neers', Dores' or Vols. I dissagree with for example, the Loyola of Chicago Ramblers (2 syllable mascot) using Blers' as they do on the baseline of their basketball court. Carry on.

[Paladin91]

As far as the name goes, I’d be good with two uniform versions - one with Paladins and one with Dins. Alternate. I’m. Not a huge fan of Dins though. Just trying to find a happy medium.

[Paul C]

Closest equivalents now, I think, are "Dores" for Vanderbilt and "Lopes" for GCU (Antelopes). -- MD

‘Noles for Seminoles
‘Canes for Hurricanes
‘Terps for Terrapins
‘Neers for Mountaineera

Tons of examples

[HB88]

Niners
Knicks
Horns
Cocks
DAWGS
Cats
Bucs
...

[furpop16]

NAU Lumberjacks - "Jacks"

[Affirm]

Definition of a din:
“a loud chaotic pointless noise”
alternatively
“a stupid person.
Dins for Furman is like “tried to keep up, or tried to do something, but couldn’t.”
“Tried but couldn’t.”
Dins.
Beat UNT and keep Richey as our coach, then I’ll shut up about Dins- but I still won’t call us Dins.

[Affirm]

Niners
Knicks
Horns
Cocks
DAWGS
Cats
Bucs
...

Pals
and
Dins
both would be about equally bad.
Pals might be slightly better.
Or “MAN” as in Fur - MAN.
No. Just stick with Paladins, or in honor of last September’s Helene that cancelled the Samford game and did serious destruction and death and suffering, etc., beyond just that game cancellation. we could go back to being Hurricanes; and Canes would be OK.
Or do like Auburn and have more than one team nickname. Paladins and Hurricanes.
(That also would become new marketing ploy. Sell more team merch. A few more NIL dollars. Additional publicity.)