Correct, that's why I referred to "Tar Heels" as our nickname. As for the ram, the Jack Merritt/battering ram story is pretty damn cool and not at convoluted if you ask me.
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Ah yes, ol' Robert Lee.
We discuss him and the possibility of having to change the Tar Heels nickname in this thread: https://northcarolina.forums.rivals...eft-demand-unc-change-tarheel-nickname.55818/
Quite a good re-read. And the OP is Nuk'EM... haven't heard from him in awhile and can't even tag him so I guess he's gone.
Holy cow! Notice the ones who were dumbing down the message board that day, uttering nonsensical paranoia and irrelevant concern over a complete non-issue that EVERYONE here should by now be well-schooled upon.
And with Nuk'EM Heels leading the charge, no less!! That moron couldn't even spell his username correctly. What in the hell is a "nuk," anyway? And what legitimate Tar Heels fan still spells it as one word? I'll tell you who does it -- the kind of moron who launches a thread about racist undertones in our school's nickname that DON'T EVEN EXIST!
Sheesh!
Well... it's just not an easy answer. I cannot tell you how many people have asked me "Why are they called Tar Heels and have a ram as the mascot?" Then, I have to tell two stories. And, Jack Merritt goes back to the 1920's. I didn't even know that part of the story until I was AT the university.
