TCU vs. Baylor now 'officially' known as "The Bluebonnet Battle"

[SwissArmyFrog]

Ugh, terrible IMHO. Generic. Blah. I liked "The Revivalry," but if that *had* to go, surely something better could have been found if just a small amount of imagination had been applied.

Here is one of a number of announcement stories you can find on the web:

TCU, Baylor rivalry officially named 'Bluebonnet Battle'

After facing each other for more than a century, the rivalry between Texas Christian University and Baylor University officially has a name.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[froginaustin]

a good name for a match in a country club sport, played by women.

 

[HornFrogger]

I will not comply.

 

[An-Cap Frog]

Ban student government. Delete thread.

 

[Limey Frog]

Don't they shoot guns in battles? Or fight battles to suppress slave revolts? This all seems prohibitively triggering. Also, guns have triggers, which is triggering. And women in less emancipated eras wore bonnets, to signify that they were women, make themselves look nice, and such. That's also unacceptable.

 

[OICU812]

Why are they fighting over Boss Spearman?

 

[HornFrogger]

Don't they shoot guns in battles? Or fight battles to suppress slave revolts? This all seems prohibitively triggering. Also, guns have triggers, which is triggering. And women in less emancipated eras wore bonnets, to signify that they were women, make themselves look nice, and such. That's also unacceptable.

Knew I was uncomfortable with the name at my core. Thanks for verbalizing my pain.

 

[JogginFrog]

TCU admin decided that Revivalry was so distasteful and off-brand that it had to put actual resources into creating a manufactured alternate name. I'm with @HornFrogger on non-compliance. Fans and media decide these things.

 

[Zubaz]

Remember when UConn tried to force a rivalry on UCF and call it "The Civil ConFLiCT?"

Same energy.

 

[PurpleBlood87]

Yet BYU and Utah can have "The Holy War".

 

[HornFrogger]

Yet BYU and Utah can have "The Holy War".

Best guess is that this holds because BYU embraces their religious affiliation.

TCU has distanced for quite some time now, but isn’t ready to officially disconnect to a similar position of a secular state school.

 

[Opintel]

Battle of the Brazos

...but it's too late.

 

[Pure Purple]

Battle To Evade Obscurity

 

[This Ain't Chopped Liver]

The Bluebonnet Battle trophy is a circular battle shield, hand-forged in steel by Baylor alumnus Bryant Stanton of Stanton Studios in Waco, Texas. Additional facts:

The face of the shield features:

• The logos of both universities;
• An outline of the State of Texas adorned with Bluebonnets on either side and boldly displaying the rivalry’s official name; and
• The year 1899, when Baylor and TCU first met on the gridiron.

The trophy is two-and-a-half feet wide and rests in a mesquite wooden base, embellished with the lone star of Texas.

Baylor and TCU Formalize Rivalry as The Bluebonnet Battle

news.web.baylor.edu

 

[HFrog1999]

 

[Boomhauer]

 

[HFrog1999]

 

[An-Cap Frog]

I miss the Bluebonnet Bowl!

 

[Zubaz]

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This looks like something a family from Delaware would buy at a gift shop in the Stockyards.

 

[Limey Frog]

Knew I was uncomfortable with the name at my core. Thanks for verbalizing my pain.

I must verbalize. Silence is violence.

[But also, depending on the recipients and where it occurs in the world, violence is sometimes not actually violence.]