"pass was deflected at the line of scrimmage and intercepted by Randy Gregory, an All-Conference lineman for the Huskers. The Nebraska offense would have great field position at the MSU 30. The Michigan State defense would come up big after a critical mistake on offense for the Spartans, putting Nebraska out of field goal range and forcing them to punt. Michigan State would be forced to punt themselves the next possession; Nebraska would also be forced to punt following that after Ed Davis sacked Husker QB Tommy Armstrong on 3rd down. The Spartans would finally open the scoring on the"
"Oklahoma Oklahoma () is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, Texas on the south, New Mexico on the west, and Colorado on the northwest. It is the 20th-most extensive and the 28th-most populous of the fifty United States. The state's name is derived from the Choctaw words and , meaning ""red people"". It is also known informally by its nickname, ""The Sooner State"", in reference to the non-Native settlers who staked their claims on land before the official opening date of"
"Hoosier Hoosier is the official demonym for a resident of the U.S. state of Indiana. The origin of the term remains a matter of debate within the state, but ""Hoosier"" was in general use by the 1840s, having been popularized by Richmond resident John Finley's 1833 poem ""The Hoosier's Nest"". Anyone born in Indiana or a resident at the time is considered to be a Hoosier. Indiana adopted the nickname ""The Hoosier State"" more than 150 years ago. ""Hoosier"" is used in the names of numerous Indiana-based businesses and organizations. ""Hoosiers"" is also the name of the Indiana University athletic"
"Kentucky Kentucky ( ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States. Although styled as the ""State of Kentucky"" in the law creating it, Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth (the others being Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts). Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States. Kentucky is known as the ""Bluegrass State,"" a nickname based on the bluegrass found in many"
"in Colorado (el. 3143 m./10,313 ft.) located in Teller County, near Cripple Creek. Hoosier Pass Hoosier Pass elevation is a high mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado in the United States. The name derives from Indiana, nicknamed the ""Hoosier State,"" which was the original home of many pioneers. The pass is located on the Continental Divide at the northern end of the Mosquito Range, in a gap between Mount Lincoln (west) and Hoosier Ridge (east). It sits on the boundary between Park (south) and Summit (north) counties. The pass provides a route between the headwaters of the"
"the new state. A resident of Indiana is officially known as a Hoosier. The etymology of this word is disputed, but the leading theory, as advanced by the Indiana Historical Bureau and the Indiana Historical Society, has ""Hoosier"" originating from Virginia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee (a part of the Upland South region of the United States) as a term for a backwoodsman, a rough countryman, or a country bumpkin. The first inhabitants in what is now Indiana were the Paleo-Indians, who arrived about 8000 BC after the melting of the glaciers at the end of the Ice Age. Divided into"
"maintained OHV riding trails. Trails range from mild to wild and there is a trail that will fit anyone's skill level. Redbirdsra.com is owned and maintained by the Redbird Foundation. Dugger is one of the teams that plays against Hickory High in the motion picture ""Hoosiers"". Dugger, Indiana Dugger is a town in Cass Township, Sullivan County, Indiana, United States. The population was 920 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area. Dugger was settled in 1879, and was named after its founder, F.M. Dugger. The Dugger post office has been in operation since"
"Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont 12: Delaware, New Jersey, New York 13: Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, D.C. 14: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee 15: Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia 16: Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin 17: Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming 18: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas 19: Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington During World War II, the US Army federalized a large number of National Guard personnel to augment the growing Army of the United States. Prior to 1940, there was no procedure"
"Bucking Horse and Rider The Bucking Horse and Rider (BH&R) is a registered trademark of the U.S. state of Wyoming. In 1936, Wyoming trademarked the image for the state's license plates. However, the state's usage of the logo is traced back to as early as 1918. Wyoming is popularly known as the ""Cowboy State,"" in part because of the use of the bucking bronco as its symbol. The University of Wyoming at Laramie athletic teams are nicknamed the Cowboys and Cowgirls, both of which use the bucking horse and rider logo on their uniforms. Uniforms for the Wyoming National Guard"
"Hoosier Gym The Hoosier Gym is a basketball gymnasium, museum, and community center located in Knightstown, Indiana. It is famous for being a filming location for the 1986 basketball movie ""Hoosiers"", starring Gene Hackman and Dennis Hopper. The gym was the home court of the movie's Hickory Huskers. The facility has kept the same look as it did when the movie was filmed in 1985. The gym attracts 80,000 tourists to the town per year. In 1920, the Knightstown Community School had no gymnasium. Basketball games were held in Bell's Hall above Jolly's Drugstore and in the basement gym of"
"high school athletes play against each other, with the teams named ""Hickory"" and ""Terhune,"" as in the movie. Hoosier Gym The Hoosier Gym is a basketball gymnasium, museum, and community center located in Knightstown, Indiana. It is famous for being a filming location for the 1986 basketball movie ""Hoosiers"", starring Gene Hackman and Dennis Hopper. The gym was the home court of the movie's Hickory Huskers. The facility has kept the same look as it did when the movie was filmed in 1985. The gym attracts 80,000 tourists to the town per year. In 1920, the Knightstown Community School had"
"Hoosier Pass Hoosier Pass elevation is a high mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado in the United States. The name derives from Indiana, nicknamed the ""Hoosier State,"" which was the original home of many pioneers. The pass is located on the Continental Divide at the northern end of the Mosquito Range, in a gap between Mount Lincoln (west) and Hoosier Ridge (east). It sits on the boundary between Park (south) and Summit (north) counties. The pass provides a route between the headwaters of the Blue River (tributary of the Colorado River) to the north and the headwaters"
"teams and seven active and one disbanded athletic conferences in the Indiana High School Athletic Association have the word ""Hoosier"" in their name. As there is no accepted embodiment of a Hoosier, the IU schools are represented through their letters and colors alone. In addition to general acceptance by residents of Indiana, the term is also the official demonym according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office. On January 12, 2017, the Federal Government officially changed the nickname of people from the state of Indiana from ""Indianans"" to ""Hoosiers"", making Indiana the first state not to have a version of its"
"non-athletic competition, and sponsors championships in several sports and activities. The association is perhaps best known for devising the overtime system now used for almost all football games below the professional level (which has also been adopted at all levels of Canadian football). Maps Kansas Kansas is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name (natively """") is often said to mean ""people of the (south) wind"" although this was probably not the term's"
"Mascots may also symbolize a local or regional trait, such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers' mascot, Herbie Husker: a stylized version of a farmer, owing to the agricultural traditions of the area in which the university is located. Similarly, Pittsburg State University uses Gus the Gorilla as its mascot, ""gorilla"" being an old colloquial term for coal miners in the Southeast Kansas area in which the university was established. In the United States, controversy surrounds some mascot choices, especially those using human likenesses. Mascots based on Native American tribes are particularly contentious, as many argue that they constitute offensive exploitations of"
"of the Interior was given ultimate authority to settle the disputes. In 1908, the University of Oklahoma adopted ""Sooners"" as the nickname of its football team, after having first tried ""Rough Riders"" and ""Boomers"". Eventually, Oklahoma became known as ""The Sooner State."" The school fight song is titled ""Boomer Sooner."" The school ""mascot"" is a replica of a 19th-century covered wagon, called the ""Sooner Schooner."" Sooners Sooners is the name given to settlers who entered the Unassigned Lands in what is now the state of Oklahoma before the official start of the Land Rush of 1889. President Benjamin Harrison officially"
"or over. Hooker County, Nebraska Hooker County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 census, the population was 736. Its county seat is Mullen. In the Nebraska license plate system, Hooker County is represented by the prefix 93, because it had the smallest number of registered vehicles out of the state's 93 counties when the licensing system was established in 1922. Hooker County was formed in 1889 with the advent of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad into that territory. It was named after General Joseph Hooker. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the"
"Comanche The Comanche () are a Native American nation from the Great Plains whose historic territory consisted of most of present-day northwestern Texas and adjacent areas in eastern New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, southwestern Kansas, western Oklahoma, and northern Chihuahua. The Comanche people are federally recognized as the Comanche Nation, headquartered in Lawton, Oklahoma. The Comanche were the dominant tribe on the southern Great Plains in the 18th and 19th centuries. They are often characterized as ""Lords of the Plains"" and, reflecting their prominence, they presided over a large area called Comancheria which a modern historian has characterized as the ""Comanche"
"Hawkeye State The Hawkeye State is a nickname for the state of Iowa. According to the state's tourism web site, ""Two Iowa promoters from Burlington are believed to have popularized the name."" The nickname was given approval by territorial officials in 1838, eight years before Iowa became a state. The men responsible for the promotion of this nickname are thought to be Judge David Rorer of Burlington and newspaper publisher James G. Edwards. The city of Burlington had been established in 1833 after the previous year's Black Hawk War. Edwards changed the name of his Burlington newspaper, ""The Iowa Patriot"","
"Nutmegger Nutmegger is a nickname for people from the US state of Connecticut. The official nickname for Connecticut is ""The Constitution State"", as voted in 1958 by the Connecticut state legislature; however ""The Nutmeg State"" is an unofficial nickname for the state, hence the nickname ""Nutmegger"". The origin of the appellation is unknown. One theory is that it comes from Yankee peddlers selling nutmegs in colonial times. These nutmegs may have been the real thing, i.e., the hard aromatic seed of the nutmeg tree (""Myristica fragrans""), an East Indian evergreen tree, or counterfeit wooden nutmegs; or, as has been suggested,"
"are named after regions other than the one in which they are popular. Meaty Michigan hot dogs are popular in upstate New York (as are white hots), while beefy Coney Island hot dogs are popular in Michigan. Hot wieners, or weenies, are a staple in Rhode Island where they are sold at restaurants with the misleading name ""New York System."" Texas hot dogs are spicy variants found in upstate New York and Pennsylvania (and as ""all the way dogs"" in New Jersey), but not Texas. Some baseball parks have signature hot dogs, such as Dodger Dogs at Dodger Stadium in"
"known as the New England Whalers, they changed their name in 1979 after leaving the WHA for the NHL, hoping to carve a niche market in Hartford. In 1997, the Whalers left Hartford for Raleigh, North Carolina (amid much controversy), where they became the Hurricanes. In the parts of southwestern Connecticut that are close to New York City, most people are New York Yankees and New York Mets fans, who are often self-identified as suburban New Yorkers. The New York Giants and New York Jets also receive significant support from New England, primarily from the southwestern portions of Connecticut. Additionally,"
"from his birthplace of Garden City, Kansas. Romer is also a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee and a longtime supporter of U.S. President Bill Clinton. Holly, Colorado The Town of Holly is a statutory town in Prowers County in southeastern Colorado, United States, near the Kansas border. Located four miles (6 km) from the Kansas border at an elevation of , Holly is the lowest elevation town in Colorado. The population was 1,048 at the 2000 census. Holly was settled as a ranching community, and the town was incorporated in 1903. The town was named for Hiram S."
"ones into each end of the barrel, and the rest he filled up with wooden ones, so like the real thing, no soul could tell the difference until HE BIT ONE WITH HIS TEETH, and that he never thought of doing, until he was first BIT HIMSELF. Well, it's been a standing joke with them southerners agin us ever since. Nutmegger is also used about people who often use nutmeg recreationally. Nutmegger Nutmegger is a nickname for people from the US state of Connecticut. The official nickname for Connecticut is ""The Constitution State"", as voted in 1958 by the Connecticut"
"include Hoosier Racing Tire and the Hoosier Bat Company, manufacturer of wooden baseball bats. The word may have originated from the term for shooing a pig away from it's mate at feeding time. The RCA Dome, former home of the Indianapolis Colts, was known as the ""Hoosier Dome"" before RCA purchased the naming rights in 1994. The RCA Dome was replaced by Lucas Oil Stadium in 2008. Hoosier Hoosier is the official demonym for a resident of the U.S. state of Indiana. The origin of the term remains a matter of debate within the state, but ""Hoosier"" was in general"
"be deciphered by the Germans. Comanche The Comanche () are a Native American nation from the Great Plains whose historic territory consisted of most of present-day northwestern Texas and adjacent areas in eastern New Mexico, southeastern Colorado, southwestern Kansas, western Oklahoma, and northern Chihuahua. The Comanche people are federally recognized as the Comanche Nation, headquartered in Lawton, Oklahoma. The Comanche were the dominant tribe on the southern Great Plains in the 18th and 19th centuries. They are often characterized as ""Lords of the Plains"" and, reflecting their prominence, they presided over a large area called Comancheria which a modern historian"
"states of California, Nevada, and Arizona. Along with the three main factions, the region also has a number of minor factions which include: Boomers – a tribe of heavily armed former Vault dwellers who have taken shelter at Nellis Air Force Base; Powder Gangers – a violent group of escaped convicts; Great Khans – a tribe of drug dealers and raiders; and the Brotherhood of Steel – technology-craving remnants of the U.S. Army, who are attempting to secure any technology that could cause significant harm. Along with the Hoover Dam and Nellis Air Force Base, the region has additional landmarks,"
"founding in 1890, the University of Oklahoma adopted ""Boomers"" as the nickname of their football team, after having first tried ""Rough Riders."" In 1908, the name was changed to ""Sooners"", the current team name. Boomers (Oklahoma settlers) Boomers is the name given to settlers in the Southern United States who attempted to enter the Unassigned Lands in what is now the state of Oklahoma in 1879, prior to President Grover Cleveland opening them to settlement by signing the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889 on March 2, 1889. Boomers preceded by a decade the Sooners, settlers who entered the Unassigned Lands"
"of Comanches speak their language today. The name ""Comanche"" is from the Ute name for them, ""kɨmantsi"" (enemy), but known to the French as Padoucas, an adaption of their Sioux name, and among themselves as Nʉmʉnʉ (people). The Comanche Nation is headquartered in Lawton, Oklahoma. Their tribal jurisdictional area is located in Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson, Kiowa, Stephens, and Tillman Counties. Membership of the tribe requires a 1/8 blood quantum (equivalent to one great-grandparent). The tribe operates its own housing authority and issues tribal vehicle tags. They have their own Department of Higher Education, primarily awarding scholarships and financial"
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"cartoon character, later to be named Herky the Hawk, was hatched. The creator was Richard Spencer III, instructor of journalism. The impish hawk was an immediate hit and he acquired a name through a statewide contest staged by the UI Athletic Department. John Franklin, a Belle Plaine alumnus, was the man who suggested Herky. Hawkeye State The Hawkeye State is a nickname for the state of Iowa. According to the state's tourism web site, ""Two Iowa promoters from Burlington are believed to have popularized the name."" The nickname was given approval by territorial officials in 1838, eight years before Iowa"
"Lake, and Branson. Well-known Missourians include U.S. President Harry S. Truman, Mark Twain, Walt Disney, Chuck Berry, and Nelly. Some of the largest companies based in the state include Cerner, Express Scripts, Monsanto, Emerson Electric, Edward Jones, H&R Block, Wells Fargo Advisors, and O'Reilly Auto Parts. Missouri has been called the ""Mother of the West"" and the ""Cave State""; however, Missouri's most famous nickname is the ""Show Me State."" The state is named for the Missouri River, which was named after the indigenous Missouri Indians, a Siouan-language tribe. It is said that they were called the ""ouemessourita"" (""wimihsoorita""), meaning ""those"
"Herbert Hoover High School (Des Moines) Herbert Hoover High School, usually referred to simply as Hoover High School or Hoover, is a secondary school located on the Northwest side of Des Moines, Iowa. It is one of five secondary schools under the district of the Des Moines Public Schools, and was named after Iowa native and the 31st United States president Herbert Hoover. The school's athletic teams are called the Huskies and compete in the CIML conference. In 2017, Hoover High reached half a century of existence. As of 2014, there were over 950 students enrolled at Hoover. Hoover has"