Colorado University Athletics
Last Chance to Name the CU Student Section!
Students, the CU athletic department is looking for you to help us create a name for your section at the
The athletic department has partnered with the University of Colorado Student Union (UCSU) to get CU students to submit ideas for a name for the student section at Coors during men's and women's basketball. The winning submission will win a $100 cash prize from the UCSU. (If more than one person submits the winning name, the winner will be chosen from that group by random drawing.)
Just drop off your idea at the UCSU office, room 125 in the UMC, with your name, phone number and email address so we can contact you if your name is selected and verify your status as a current CU student. Entry forms are available outside the UCSU office. You must be a student to enter, and the deadline is 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 1. The winner will be announced at the Wed., Dec. 7, men’s basketball game against
This isn’t the first time the University has solicited ideas for naming a CU entity, as in 1934 that is how the Buffaloes came to be the mascot for CU teams.
Prior to 1934, CU athletic teams usually were referred to as the “Silver and Gold,” but other nicknames teams were sometimes called included Silver Helmets, Yellow Jackets, Hornets, Arapahoes, Big Horns, Grizzlies and Frontiersmen.
The student newspaper decided to sponsor a national contest in the summer of 1934, with a $5 prize to go to the author of the winning selection. Entries, over 1,000 in all, arrived from almost every state in the union. Athletic Director Harry Carlson, graduate manager Walter Franklin and Kenneth Bundy of the Silver and Gold were the judges.