North Carolina's helmets

[OregonDucks]

the ram head would have been better.

Also, NC fan, I have heard that the Tar on the Tar Heel, actually the Tar Heel itself is a racist term?

 

[OregonDucks]

That slave owners use to put tar on the heels of slaves in order to prevent them from running.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

I liked them.

 

[Forty_Sixand2]

That slave owners use to put tar on the heels of slaves in order to prevent them from running.

No.

It has to do with the production of tar and turpentine from the pine forests down there...and became a nickname for the soldiers in the Civil War who would hold their ground like their feet were held by tar.

 

[Ballboy534]

the ram head would have been better.

Also, NC fan, I have heard that the Tar on the Tar Heel, actually the Tar Heel itself is a racist term?

That slave owners use to put tar on the heels of slaves in order to prevent them from running.

Completely wrong.

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

Completely wrong.

you going to be around for the Tigers' game or will I be posting with myself? Jesus, don't make me go to that other place.