27 November 2008

Marist College's Red Foxes

I'm an alumnus of Marist College, and I have to say I've just discovered something very peculiar -- evendisturbing -- on the website for Marist's intercollegiate sports.

Marist teams are known as the "Red Foxes." So a natural simple cheer would be "Go, Red Foxes!" right?

Unfortunately, somebody should have told the webmaster that you have to be careful when you run words together. "Go Red Foxes" run together as a single internet-friendly phrase can look indistinguishable from "Gored Foxes"!

And who'd want to cheer for a bunch of gored foxes?

If you follow the link you'll discover that not only is the URL "Goredfoxes.cstv.com but the phrase appears at the bottom of the page followed by the helpful suggestion that one might "permanently bypass this page." Yes, indeed one might.

Anyway, the Red Foxes (men -- basketball) played Delaware Tuesday and seem to have made a fine showing though losing in overtime, 88 to 83.

The Red Foxes (women -- basketball) went to Cambridge, Massachusetts Tuesday and defeated their Harvard counterparts 76 to 63. Go, Red Foxes! Three distinct words!

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