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What should the Arena be called if you dont like "The Burrow"?

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What should the Arena be called if you dont like "The Burrow"?

lets put the band behind the student section or next to it……like they use to be……i like that idea…..

how does it smell behind the dancers….fishy?????? lol, sorry just too easy…just like the dancers…..ohh theres another one!!!

sorry i humor myself
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Jab979 said

CanadianOwl said

FAUtuba said

I find it funny but why do people on this board feel the need to change the name of everything?

It keeps them from arguing about who started the prowlers and who let the owls out.

hey! Let's not forget the band. LOL

Or the $5 parking fee…LOL
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… anything that's not "FAU Gymnasium" is tolerable to me.
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Ok, I'm the guy who got this whole thing started, and I'm sorry – I'm new here, and I didn't know there was such an affection for the name.  When I went to FAU, it was the FAU gym, and that was bad, but it didn't matter much because no one went to the games anyway.  But I graduated in the FAU gym, quite hungover at the time, and listened to Catanese pontificate on FAU's move to D1, which was still a few years away, proclaiming "We are going to lose!" (Granted, he probably used that same speech more than once.)

As for the whole "burrow" thing, I look at it in terms of "what is a burrow?"  It's a hole in the ground where the owl lives.  Not terribly intimidating to visiting teams.  If I were doing the branding, I'd probably play up the "owl" and not the "burrowing" so much.  Think in terms of roosts, dens or maybe something totally outside the box.  (That said, I don't want to change the burrowing owl mascot.  Love the little guys!)

Anyone see Slapshot?  Think about the guy taking the ax to the team bus.  When asked what he was doing, he simply said "I'm making it look mean!"  :D

I dunno… let me think about it.
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Not sure there are too many arena names that have "intimidating" names.  Consider the Gators arena is called The O'Connell Center.  The Indiana Hoosiers (and Illinois) arena is called Assembly Hall.  There are a million examples of unintimidating names.

The Burrow is the home of a Burrowing Owl and our Burrow is the Home of the Owls.  It's perfect IMO.  The football stadium would be better served being called The Burrow, however that will have a corporate name so The Burrow for the Basketball team is excellent.
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looks like no poll going up!

i have a cool pick of an Owl in thier Burrow..ill try to post it if i can get the resolution down…
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fauowl said

Not sure there are too many arena names that have "intimidating" names.  Consider the Gators arena is called The O'Connell Center.  The Indiana Hoosiers (and Illinois) arena is called Assembly Hall.  There are a million examples of unintimidating names.

The O'Connell center is locally known as the "O-Dome".
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The said

When I went to FAU, it was the FAU gym

When did you attend FAU?
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RhodeIslandOwl said

The said

When I went to FAU, it was the FAU gym

When did you attend FAU?

1990-92.
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RhodeIslandOwl said

The said

When I went to FAU, it was the FAU gym

When did you attend FAU?

1990-92.

me too…well, 92…

there used to be a quite UGLY sign out front that was faded:

"Gymnasium"

that was it………….
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