Orangemen officially became the Orange about 20 years ago.
Another dumb decision by the Syracuse Administration at the time .
At 1 time , I think the Orangemen had a Indian mascot . I may be wrong
But , when they first began play in the Dome , they had the Dome Ranger and there wasn’t any Indian affiliation .
Many College Presidents , our Presiden Fr Shanley aside , are total A holes .
They are not impervious to dumb decisions .We see that time and time again .
A case in point about a school that for a long time resisted the changing of their Mascot .
The Univ of North Dakota , a long time NCAA Hockey power , were called The Fighting Sioux
The school had the full endorsement of the Sioux Nation that represented the Tribe .
The NCAA , after it got tired of penalizing Cleveland State for BB, decided to target No . Dakota and the mascot .
The NCAA basically threatened to throw the School out of any Athletic competition .
Law Suits followed .
North Dakota refused to capitulate for years . Until finally they had to succumb to the mighty NCAA and change their logo , mascot , etc
In my own Anti NCAA protest , I ordered from the School a Fighting Sioux Jacket which I still have and wear quite frequently . I feel good about it .
I get Emails from their School still . Hockey tickets , Sioux merchandise , etc
There was a lot of misplaced , misguided dictates on the Mascot issues with both , the NCAA, NFL, Etc .
Some schools , Florida State refused to knuckle under and remained the Seminoles , with the full support of the Tribe .
In Hockey we still have the Blackhawks , a Tribe but , most people don’t know that .
Chiefs and Braves have stood tall too.
Getting back to BB and the BE , how have Syracuse , Pitt, BC , even ND done in the ACC since they left ?
Answer , terrible .
Yes ,they say it’s all about the $$$$ and Football but , what has it done to benefit these schools ?
Look at what the NCAA has done to March Madness .
It’s estimated 13 SEC schools will get into the tourney , 10-11 from the Big 10., maybe 4 from the BE.
When you have Wake Forest playing California in BB on a Saturday because of League expansions , how ridiculous is that .?