| Both may be acceptable spellings in this country; however, the phrase "Blue and Gray" has taken on epithet status and therefore, consistency matters. I could argue that the Greek word for "what" is more properly spelled in English with an "i" rather than "y" substituting for the ancient letter "iota." How strange though would it be for the name "Hoia" to be as common as our more familiar Hoya? No, let's keep our name traditions free from confusion. Spell the "G" word any way you like, except when it comes to the Hoyas. Then, it oughta be GRAY.
The women's hoop team ventured out to the Midwest this past weekend where they split a pair of games against the Bison of North Dakota State and the Lady Bisons of Lipscomb University in the Ball State Tournament. Hmm . . . seems like the Bison population is indeed multiplying. My interest was piqued though by Lipscomb, a school that I honestly had not heard of previously. As it turns out, Lipscomb is a Church of Christ-affiliated university in Nashville, Tennessee. It was founded as the Nashville Bible School in 1891 by David Lipscomb and was renamed in Mr. Lipscomb's honor in 1918. Its alumni include entertainer Pat Boone and Jim Jinkins, creator of the animated Doug series. The school was once a small-college power, notably in baseball and basketball in the NAIA. Today, it is a member of NCAA Division I and competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference against such rivals as Florida Atlantic, Gardner-Webb, Jacksonville, Mercer, North Florida, and Stetson. More importantly though, the Lady Bison went down in defeat yesterday to the Hoyas of Georgetown.
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