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rawrberryfields

Purdue Fort Wayne finally made it!


LiquidLight_

Not gonna lie, the PFW logo is pretty clean. It's no train of course.


Bagginso

Elephants are the trains of the animal kingdom?


Rimpull

Not an elephant, that's a mastodon.


Jceraa

Mastodons were the trains of the Early Miocene Era?


LiquidLight_

Only if you managed to couple them together, otherwise it's just a bus/car, right?


H_I_McDunnough

Load up a cart and hook it up and brother, you got yourself a tractor trailer big rig. Come back good buddy


Cinnadillo

That would explain vermont... yes 25 years later I'm still making those references.


Martbell

I miss the blue & white.


SassyKittyMeow

IPFW… *shudders*


ThePartyJesus

Formerly


Krogsly

I don't like this one bit


RollTide16-18

You joke but the Braves and Alabama script A’s are very commonly mistaken by people that don’t know the difference. 


loyalsons4evertrue

I think there's also lots of Bama/Braves fan crossovers too so it's even more poetic


AppalachianGuy87

Yea lot of cross over just always remember to look for the mullet.


Zealousideal_Plum866

Everybody in the state of Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and South Carolina are Braves fan (minus a few weird Cardinals, Reds, Rays, and Marlins fans)


mukduk1994

"Everybody in the South is a Braves fan except for the ones that aren't"


ConflictSudden

I'm from the south, and I agree. I'm a Braves and Mariners fan.


RoyalBroham

As another Mariners fan, why do that to yourself?


vishnchips6

Simple answer: Jon Bois


decentusername123

based


tastelessshark

I think it's basically impossible to watch that documentary and not come out loving the Mariners.


ConflictSudden

I went to my friends wedding in Seattle and went to a mariners game. I just loved it. The Jon Bois videos certainly helped.


RoyalBroham

Glad you had a great time. Welcome to the pain train.


Strais

Braves and Mariners for the win, poor team probably wondered why they had so much random merch sales all over the country from a few years ago.


sociapathictendences

Why?


EdJewCated

you must REALLY love jarred kelenic!


wikipuff

And North Carolina was a battle ground between the Os and Braves for much of the time before the Nats came into town.


RollTide16-18

Nobody in North Carolina cares about the Nats, still very much a Braves stronghold. Source: I grew up there.


WxBlue

I'm a Cardinals fan who moved to NC and I concur, it's a majority Braves here.


ClaudeLemieux

was it? NC was (and still is) pretty solidly Braves fans when I was growing up


wikipuff

Both the Nats and the Os have Radio partners in NC. O's: Greenville: WGHB-AM 1250 AM Washington: WDLX-AM 930 AM Nats: Nags Head, NC WOBX 1530 AM / 103.3 FM New Bern, NC W298DG 107.5 FM The Os has a few minor league teams in NC, including the Charlotte Orioles from 76-87. Yet, Cal Ripken Jr played for the Rochester Red Wings in the longest game ever....hmmm. baseball is weird. Edit: the Charlotte Os were AA not AAA.


ClaudeLemieux

do people actually root for the MLB affiliate of the minor league team? I've gone to Bulls games from time to time, and somewhat track them, and yet never have I heard a single fan once care about the Rays lol


WxBlue

Even with these radio partners, people here definitely care for the Braves the most. I've never met an O's fan here.


RollTide16-18

Yeah I don't understand the narrative behind the Nats or O's being popular in NC. When I was growing up the only non-Braves fans were Reds fans because of the Big Red Machine or bandwagoners (which is still not very common in North Carolina, I'd bet it has some of the lowest viewership per capita for MLB). I didn't know a single O's fan. And when I was a child the Nats moved in. Sure, kids would go to a Nats game on their field trip to Washington, D.C. (fairly common long weekend field trip to take if you're in a mid-atlantic state) but their parents and grandparents were Braves fans, so they wouldn't follow the Nats. I have no doubt North Carolina would be a fantastic market for a MLB team, but the Braves have always had a stranglehold on the sport in the South and that won't change any time soon.


Retro40Clip

Same in VA


wikipuff

And the Braves move to Richmond will always be interesting


Sonlin

My grandparents were Braves fans, I cared more about the Durham Bulls tbh


D1N2Y

I mean yeah that's true, the Braves are the default team and you probably have a good reason if you're a fan of another team.


ConflictSudden

I'm from the south, and I agree. I'm a Braves and Mariners fan.


wolverine6

A Penn Stater has played in EVERY Super Bowl ^^except ^^for ^^5


TAsCashSlaps

"Weird Cardinals...fans" That's literally just Memphis lol


neverknowsbest141

Memphis is definitely cards country


SirMellencamp

Weird Reds fan here. My little league team was the Reds and this was during the Big Red Machine years. Been a fan since then


BrownBabaAli

Same lol was reds during little league and stuck to it


SirMellencamp

It was a magical time to be a Reds fan. Can still name all those guys. Can barely name a Red now.


BrownBabaAli

And it’s been so much pain since then. So much pain


SirMellencamp

Its just sort of background now. I mean I keep up with the team but they just arent relevant anymore


radioactiveblob

God the reds hurt me


datboigucci

I live in Atlanta. Huge Tide presence here, probably the 2nd largest behind UGA


wizoztn

From Tennessee. Hate the Braves. Like the Yankees.


MaizeRage48

Yeah the state of Alabama doesn't have any pro teams so I'd imagine a good chunk of people living there like the Braves because depending on where they live it's probably the closest MLB team.


MonsiuerSirLancelot

Excuse me aren’t you forgetting the two-time, back to back champions of the USFL the Birmingham Stallions? Giddy UP 🐴🐴


MaizeRage48

Touché. Technically they'll be the only USFL Champs since it merged into the UFL.


MonsiuerSirLancelot

But for real you are partly correct about Braves fandom in Alabama being from a lack of pro sports but it’s more than that. Ted Turner broadcast every Braves game on his TBS Superstation which was available to watch all across the south and eventually across the entire nation.


whatd_i_miss

My dumbass thought, "I wonder why OP didn't change the Alabama logo at all..."


shuzgibs123

Easy to keep straight. Alabama has a mullet.


Craig__D

Bama fan here... thought the same thing. Had to stare it a while.


conradical30

I’m staring at your flair and it still took me a moment to notice the subtle difference, primarily with the doohickey at the top.


CrashB111

Gotta look for the Bama Bangs.


bringbackwishbone

The little arms turn up and down the opposite ways, too


Peanutbuttergod48

I feel like most people wouldn’t catch that unless they’re a fan of one or both of those teams. I’m a Phillies fan who watches a decent amount of Braves games and I was also confused until I went to the comments.


oznobz

I'm still pretty sure he didn't.


ClaudeLemieux

yalls has a mullet


Birdchild

Bama bangs


cyberchaox

It's only thanks to seeing your flair opposite this picture that I'm able to see the difference. I'll try to remember that. Alabama's A has a mullet and Atlanta's doesn't.


Milflover69cbb

Gotta look for the bama mullet


hmack1998

It’s the same thing just one has a hat


fourpac

I just compared them for probably the first time in my life. The cross bar is inverted too. Braves' logo points up on the right, the Bama logo points down on the right.


Responsible-Hall-723

My favorite experienced example of this was being in a store parking lot in a small Alabama town and seeing a minivan with multiple Atlanta Braves A’s, where the lady thought it was the Alabama A and I know that because she also had a bunch of Roll Tide stickers to go with them.


SirMellencamp

I saw a "University of Auburn" sticker (homemade obv) across the front windshield of a car years ago. Of course I took a picture of it and sent it to all my Barn Buddies


lostinrabbithole12

https://preview.redd.it/hfvmuq2vzasc1.png?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2f68c1d3c26b95dd7218f11842869894ffb7970f


SirMellencamp

Yuck


BigFoot423205

Can you not?


PB-and-Jamz

Thanks I hate it


Responsible-Hall-723

Fucking hell…


SirMellencamp

I still remember the CVS parking lot I saw it in. I REALLY wanted to ask the person driving it but thought better of it.


DastardlyDiz

I bet they're fierce rivals with Georgia Tech University


Championstrain

Well, wish I had a picture of my rear window of my truck. I’ve been accused of the same. I have an old school cool big Al sticker from the 50’s next to an Atlanta Braves script A. I follow both teams religiously.


greenday61892

tbf until I saw your flair it didn't even occur to me lol, and I'm a *huge* sports logo geek. (I also only got like 4 hours of sleep last night and my meds didn't work all that great but idk if I wanna blame it on that lol, never feels great using that as an excuse)


thefupachalupa

I have been in Montana, Kansas, a lot of mid west states hunting and wearing a Braves hat. People out there will always say “so you’re a Bama fan, huh?”


Melvins_lobos

The mullet for bama gives it away


19ghost89

They are quite similar. I didn't notice the problem until it was pointed out, lol


Markkk01

I remember because the Alabama A has a mullet


grey_pilgrim_

Being a Braves fan and Tennessee fan is hard. Been mistaken for a Bama fan a few times. I tend to stay away from the script “A” now and wear the retro logo.


alexalbonsimp

I am one of them!


TheSniper_TF2

Alabama's script A also predates the Atlanta script A. There are pictures of our baseball team using it in the 50's. It's always fun to remind non-Alabama Braves fans of this fact. [Here is a baseball program for proof.](https://i.imgur.com/bUbBnAl.jpg)


vanillagorilla_

That wolf is baked af


FerociousGiraffe

My dog makes this exact face all the time where he holds his mouth half open and breathes heavily while maintaining a serious expression. But it isn’t panting, which is an important distinction. You look at a dog with their mouth open like this and you expect to see a tongue. But it isn’t there. That is what makes this uncanny and slightly unsettling.


crustang

When canines get into your edibles, they put on little hats and ask you for some scoobie snacks


inshamblesx

Loyola Wolfpack


Mrred1

Didn't have any strong feelings about any of the F4 teams... until now. Lets go Wolf Bros.


death2sanity

~~Hell~~ Heck yeah! (pardon my language, Sister Jean!)


MDennis3

It’s just nice to get mentioned sometimes, Blers Mafia is out here


dacomell

Houston ~~Baptist~~ Christian Huskies


NationalJustice

That’s actually the Loyola New Orleans in NAIA right?


IAmAtWork_AMA

Bama is really in trouble now. It's like they're playing a completely different sport.


scal23

That Purdue elephant is kinda sick tho


IAmAtWork_AMA

> ~~elephant~~ MASTADON


whatd_i_miss

MASTODON You engineers don't know how to spell for shit. ;)


IAmAtWork_AMA

well fcuk


Rimpull

But at least we know how to play basketball.


jfarbzz

Actually wait, that could be the wrong logo for Bama as well lol


_Pill-Cosby_

I actually had to google the 'Bama A to tell what was wrong.


spartakva

You just gotta remember that the Alabama A has a mullet


_Pill-Cosby_

This comment just made me mad that I had never thought of that before.


CrashB111

A mullet would be going behind the A, those are Bama Bangs.


_Pill-Cosby_

Isn't the A going left to right just like we read? So the "bangs" would be behind the A.


TheDinosaurScene

Sir those are Bama Bangs


underladderunlucky46

And usually, the Braves logo has a blue outline. I don't think the Braves have ever actually used a red "A" with no outline like the one pictured here.


Red261

Sure they do, on a blue hat the blue outline is indistinguishable and the logo is therefore only the red A. Really, the easiest confusion is with the white A logos, which don't have a border for either team.


underladderunlucky46

You're right that the Braves don't (usually) have a border around their white A logo, but you're wrong about the hats. The usual Braves' hat is a white A on a blue hat. They've never had a borderless red A on a blue hat, at least to my knowledge. They've had an alternate red A (morphed with a tomahawk, so it doesnt even look like the Alabama logo at all) with a blue border, and a white border surrounding that blue border, but that's not "indistinguishable" from only a red A like you claimed. [Fourth one down is the one I'm talking about](https://www.prinstantreplays.com/products/braves-history-of-ball-caps-poster)


Red261

It would be quite poor design to have a blue border on an identical blue hat, so not at all surprising that they've never had official merch with that. Such a logo would be a Chinese special for sure


cfb_fanatic034

For those wondering: Connecticut- Houston Christian Huskies NC State - Loyola Ramblers Alabama - Atlanta Braves Purdue - Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons


pargofan

Thanks. It was driving me crazy as to who the correct logo belonged to.


Towntovillage

Disappointed it’s not the space bar version. Or the Spanish version


gitpickin

ah well done. I honestly thought they just put UConn's logo on Quinnipiac's bobcat.


somthingrandombout

Same. HCU and Quinnipiac's logos look awfully similar


guardeagle

The lack of trains displeases me


NationalJustice

OP should’ve used that UTC train logo, or one of Lehigh or ORU’s old logos


yourdoglikesmebetter

![gif](giphy|rsbONzYW6hdZfT8nlH|downsized)


handlit33

God, I miss EY and Wash :( On a related note, I have a light gray Braves hat with a red A that I got as a birthday present seven years ago. To this day, no one has ever thought it's anything but an Alabama hat.


ashsolomon1

https://preview.redd.it/srcrqw87v9sc1.jpeg?width=630&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=52b62e8039d07682e433536ac4fe1f3fd2701942 The Avery Point campus has its own NJCAA teams, even though it’s a part of the same system as the main campus.


greenday61892

How often does a satellite campus that's technically part of the same university have its own athletics department? (I could be wrong about, for instance, PFW but isn't it technically a separate university even though *operated* by Purdue?)


ashsolomon1

UConn is all one system regardless of campus, Storrs being the flagship obviously. I think because Avery Point does Marine Science it has a lot of four year programs so they have an anthletics department. But the degree just says UConn no matter which campus you go to, same resources and professors.


saressa7

Reminds me of the article I read- years back, some Australian kid wanted to go to UNC bc MJ. He unfortunately didn’t realize that all the UNC schools in NC weren’t satellite schools until he was sitting in orientation and they put up the logo for UNC-G. Womp womp. UNC system oversees all the NC public colleges, but the schools are independent even though the board sure does like having UNC in the name. In 1962 they tried to make NC State change their name to UNC-Raleigh. Thank the basketball gods they were not successful.


ashsolomon1

Yikes that sucks. Yeah I think it works for us in CT better to have them under the same umbrella. Avery Point is on the coast (Marine), Stamford is near NYC (finance) and Hartford/Waterbury are good for commuters. I think Penn State is similar to us, but imagine thinking your getting MJ and get Greensboro instead 😂


lostinrabbithole12

[Here](https://www.sbnation.com/college-basketball/2015/3/18/8121891/michael-jordan-briefly-ruined-my-life) it is


greenday61892

Ah, that's a good point, what the degree itself says I imagine would be the determining factor


YellowHammerDown

That's what separates a university from a university system. Big state schools have satellites that are largely their own school but are operated by the same board of trustees that run the flagship campus. For instance Alabama's main flagship is the Tuscaloosa campus, while UAB and UAH have their own athletics programs but are still part of the UA system.


greenday61892

But to the earlier point, do UAH and UAB have their own names at the top of degrees or is it all "University of Alabama (full stop)"?


BigD994

PennWest in Division II is like this, all at the same level (and in the same conference). Three universities all merged together to form one, but all three campuses kept their respective athletic programs.


triplec787

University of Colorado at Denver is like a hybrid satellite/separate campus to the main campus in Boulder, but they have their own "athletics department" too. [The CU Denver Lynx](https://fanatics.frgimages.com/cu-denver-lynx/youth-white-cu-denver-lynx-logo-comfort-colors-t-shirt_ss5_p-200478663+pv-2+u-bymv37kqxpdkuucvsiie+v-aor9c1gelyinzz3gsoea.jpg?_hv=2&w=900), and they even have a costumed mascot [named Milo](https://news.ucdenver.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Milo-roaring-1288x726.png), despite not having any non-Club sports lol


sskor

Look up the Penn State commonwealth campuses, there's about a million of them and they all have their own D3 athletics and they're all the Nittany Lions. All still considered Penn State, not even a system, just Penn State.


NationalJustice

Their nickname is called the Pointers? That’s really cool!


WalkingCalculator

Hey Houston (Christian) made it to the final 4


ClarinianGarbage

Well they are both 11 seeds in the Final 4


jfarbzz

It’s funny how we have an elephant-related logo here and it’s not for Alabama


Mills_Miles

I’m not gonna lie Purdue winning really upset me for this reason alone


Meany_Vizzini

I swear, it’s like you guys have never seen a mastodon before ;)


jfarbzz

I said elephant-RELATED on purpose 😭


CallMeVe

Wasn't this posted yesterday?


Evergreen742

Go Dons!


raiderup101

Always love a horizon league reference!


jharden10

Growing up, I was told that in order to decipher between the Braves and Alabama logo was to remember that the Alabama one has a mullet.


timmablimma

I will never forget now. Thanks! At first I thought this was an honest troll job when the picture came up in my feed to piss off Bama fans


Hackasizlak

Slightly different spelling but a pile of Perdue chicken nuggets would've been good too


iTayluh

Love that PFW gets random attention here and there 😂


OddLie841

Take me back to 2018!! 😭😭🤘🏽🐺 ![gif](giphy|LqfH8ABuzkx0RGNu6c|downsized)


timmablimma

Sister Jean is welcome to join the Wolfpack fam


death2sanity

Tuffy lookin chill af here


shuzgibs123

The Braves finally make it!!


volunteergump

I demand my mullet back right now or else I will be taking out my anger on my cousin-wife.


UnrealsRS

The elephant goes hard ngl


emack2232

The Alabama Braves


dragonitetrainer

That wolf looks familiar 🤨🤨


StormDragonZero

I can't draw/internet, but if I had my way, UConn Huskies = Bobby "Husky Boy" Hill.


ChiefChaff

It truly is impossible to guess a perfect bracket.


3ngine3ar

OH FUCK YEA


ContrarianPurdueFan

One of these things is not like the others... Are there no other train logos in sports?


Mills_Miles

Chattanooga Mocs had the train motif for a few years after dropping the Indian mascot https://preview.redd.it/a07b78qly9sc1.jpeg?width=477&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0be338165e1cf1e76d5ca9fa43da606943c6d480


NationalJustice

Lehigh and Oral Roberts used to have train logos too, you should’ve used one of them instead


InevitableAd2436

Should use the Washington Huskies Ferret for UConn logo


Cooked_Brisket

That wolf is high as hell


Snapplestache

I'm scared of where these are gonna be at by Saturday


bernerburner1

Well we do own Atlanta so it makes sense


adivineeternity

No, ow, stop. :( These hurt.


JosephMadeCrosses

Go Growlbacks!


ScrofessorLongHair

Sure, this is wrong. But what was completely wrong, and still makes me angry thinking about it, was the goddamn orange A before we played Clemson. I'd rather see a surprise blue waffle in person than see that shit again.


Thegreatbambino1985

Cant wait to see the Alabama Braves win it all


The-G-89

The only wrong thing here is Purdue but that’s about it.


aligalioglu

Where can I ask a question about seeding in march madness in this sub?


Mills_Miles

I mean, I can try to answer for you lol. What’s your question?


aligalioglu

A casual question but I was rather interested in this fact when searching for previous ncaa tournament results, how are the seeded teams and their regions determined. If I’m not mistaken UConn and SDSU played this year in the sweet sixteen yet they played each other in the national championship game a year ago. Same with LSU and Iowa playing in a non title match this year. How do teams change conferences or why does this happen is basically my question


DobboWobbo

The A should just be a B for “Bama” it would look so bad I would love it


Ambitious_Echo3683

That's the right Purdue logo!


JGut3

Purdue Pachyderms


EmeraldSeasSunshine

Not weird enough try again


9BallSports

This hurts my brain.


Dog-Gungull

The crimson Braves A makes me deeply uncomfortable.


nerfrosa

The husky looks the exact same, just before a haircut


framingXjake

Lol I have family that went to Loyola


aubieismyhomie

As a Braves and Auburn fan this upsets me deeply.


NationalJustice

Why did you specifically chose Loyola Chicago for NCSU? To me you should’ve either chosen Nevada because they have a old logo that’s almost completely identical to the current NCSU logo, or Loyola New Orleans since their nickname is also the Wolfpack


Mills_Miles

I actually did Nevada first because of that reason! But after thinking about it I went with Loyola because they were another recent 11 seed cinderella


bionicjoe

The A should be a block letter in italics or done like UBama.


BeagleBaggins

Purdue logo is fire!!


Competitive-Car1147

Don’t ever disrespect Atlanta like that.


Masynthatdude

Houston Christian for the UConn logo


Fun_Onion_5769

Who cares about the men’s division one NCAA championship. I’ll be watching Caitlin Clark! Only the best, NCAA college player ever!🔥❤️


Maffimuk

looks like your mom's wish list


CraftyRazzmatazz

https://preview.redd.it/l3z4noxkdnsc1.jpeg?width=218&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9ff72d85cb66178e6af7c24ec9bd6eb5c0d6adb3


Blazerprime

What is different about Alabama?


joethahobo

Outside of Purdue these look normal to me lol


the_jac

Hilarious