DireBear wrote:

Personally, I'd rather go with a city in Long Island or even Yonkers, as upstate NY already has some major colleges (i.e. Syracuse, UBuffalo, and RIT)

If we were to do something on LI, I'd support the Colonels or other military-related name, probably with a blue/gray scheme. Names could be University of Long Island as already said or something else of the like (Long Island State, etc.)

EDIT: One other thing I thought of is that if we're still going with the Teddy Roosevelt theme, then maybe Roughriders can be another potential nickname

 
Whoohoo! An RIT shout out! I graduated from RIT a couple years ago. I lived in Rochester for a while and traveled around upstate NY often, so if you have any questions, feel free to drop me a line.

Hey all, sorry I haven't been active here so far. I've got a couple ideas, I'll throw them out and see what you guys think.

I love the Teddy Roosevelt idea, maybe we could even name the school after him? Theodore Roosevelt University (TRU) has a nice ring to it! For exact location, while Oyster Bay doesn't work, both North Hampstead and Huntington are close enough where I'd feel comfortable claiming TR. 

Nicknames are where it gets a bit trickier, but my suggestion is Trustbusters. TR, of course, was known as the "Trust-Buster" and we could lean into some unique imagery. (In fact, I have both a TR and teddy bear logo churning in my head.) It bends the rules of "Status" a bit, but I think it's ok. 

Colors are tough. The gray is a bit too bold for my tastes, I'd prefer if it was either lightened or darkened to serve as an accent. So, I'll suggest this: we use it as our primary color. Gray as our primary color with orange and cream accents, like this:

Black serves as a tertiary color. Finally, the founding date. TR passed away in 1919, so I'm thinking early 1920s, perhaps 1923 to honor what would've been his 65th birthday? 

I really like the ideas we have going, let's keep it up!

DireBear wrote:

I'm liking the name of TRU! My idea is that we put them in Huntington since that's closer to TR's home than North Hempstead.

Colors are great as well! I tried working with some blue/gray color schemes but the gray was too dark for my liking, so gray/cream/orange is a nice fit

The only thing I'm stuck on is the name of the Trustbusters. I'm mixed on that, as it fits in perfectly with other wacky college nicknames (like Fighting Artichokes and Banana Slugs), but personally I'm not really feeling the name. It's unique, but if everyone else is fine with the nickname being the Trustbusters then I'll go along with it.

Thank you! I think "Trustbusters" itself is a little long, so I imagine it would be shortened to "Busters" often. It's nothing I'm too attached too, I think Rough Riders would also work very well.

I'm down with choosing TRU as the university, and choosing Huntington as the location.

However, I honestly feel that the Rough Riders would be a better name than the Trustbusters. I like both names however, Rough Riders just seems better in describing TR with this school than Trustbuster.

Also, that's a nice color scheme with the gray/cream/orange.