Team Nickname Trivia

My brother Erik had an interesting trivia question today at lunch. Can you name five NCAA Division I teams whose nicknames do NOT a) involve a color, or b) end in the letter "S"?

Here is an example of a favorite team of mine that fails on both counts:


The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers

And here is the one that no one EVER seems to get:

*correct answer appears below

Now, are you ready for the quiz?

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The "Fighting Irish" of Notre Dame


The United States Naval Academy Midshipmen


The North Carolina State University Wolfpack


The "Thundering Herd" of Marshall University


The University of Massachusetts Minutemen


And missing this last was truly an embarrassment to those of us who live here in New England, even if we did grow up and attend college on the West Coast, where the teams have names like Ducks, Huskies, Beavers and Cougars, leaving leaving terminally-educated alums like myself with the uncomfortable choice between quacking, barking, or simply slapping the surface of the pond with my tail and diving as deeply underwater as I can....

* Answer to the unidentified team image above: the University of Illinois Fighting Illini