College football has its fair share of ridiculous nicknames, but whatever counts as crazy in 2015 pales in comparison to what programs used to call themselves. Here are the 10 best former college football nicknames.
10. Akron Zippers
Akron’s current nickname, Zips, is derived from Zippers, which was a send-up to rubber overshoes made by Akron-based BF Goodrich, popular in the 1920s and ’30s. Zippers might evoke a whole different image today — people’s crotches, perhaps — which made dropping the “-pers” as the shoes decreased in popularity a wise choice.
