Quick question for the Lufkin folks

[Firebird]

I KNOW this was covered on the board quite a while back, but I didn't pay attention at the time.

Why are the Panthers nicknamed "The Pack"? I had previously only seen teams named Coyotes or Wolves with this nickname. I have never heard of a pack of panthers, cats are pretty solitary creatures.

This isn't making fun. I just want to know the story behind one of the states more unique nicknames.

[Favpack]

I KNOW this was covered on the board quite a while back, but I didn't pay attention at the time.

Why are the Panthers nicknamed "The Pack"? I had previously only seen teams named Coyotes or Wolves with this nickname. I have never heard of a pack of panthers, cats are pretty solitary creatures.

This isn't making fun. I just want to know the story behind one of the states more unique nicknames.

FB - others know better than I, but it goes back numerous decades apparently. One Pack Together was the original slogan. I don't know if any one person takes credit for it, but it has stuck, and Coach Outlaw put "Pack" on the helmets at least 10 years ago.

The state basketball run to the title in 1979 was very impromptu and that team was known as the Cardiac Pack due to numerous come from behind wins - which is where I thought it came from - but I was told that was not the case. PA2005 is the person with the best history in this area.

[slorch]

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Okay, The term "Pack" has been around for a long time. I remember seeing the mechants windows downtown painted with " We back the Pack" when I was a little kid in the 1950's. It has been explained to me that the term "Pack" is for team unity, as one slogan says " One Pack Together". There also may have been some confusion by some people in the past about the fact that Panthers are solitaire cats by nature and do not roam in packs or prides as other big cats.

Doesn't matter now, " Backing the Pack" has been around for more than 60 years and it works for us and that is all that matters. It is "Tradition" here in Lufkin and I don't see any reason to change things..

John Outlaw started using the "Pack" on the helmets with the 1996 team, I like it and have no problems with the term. The name " Panthers " are sewn on the front of the Lufkin jersey if that helps any.

New uniforms are on the way for this season, will not know what they will look like until July. Probably will not be any great changes, they will still be Purple or White.
__________________this was from Packattack2005 reply to the same question, some time ago.

[supercentex]

Read the jerseys will be like Miami's.......but with gold accents to the letters and numbers.

[sweetpea]

Read the jerseys will be like Miami's.......but with gold accents to the letters and numbers.

Yea, alot of us old schoolers wanted the gold back into the uni's, glad the sr.'s voted to bring it back

[slorch]

Yea, alot of us old schoolers wanted the gold back into the uni's, glad the sr.'s voted to bring it back
I want 'em to bring the gold back in December!
Go panthers!

[LoboFan07]

New uniforms are on the way for this season, will not know what they will look like until July. Probably will not be any great changes, they will still be Purple or White.

Didn't y'all just get new jerseys last season or in 04?

[Favpack]

LP usually tweeks the uni's about every 3 years. Last year (or year before) they added a little white flare on the pants and shirt. It's hard really to notice much difference since maybe mid-90's. The helmets haven't changed in a decade.

[PackAttack2005]

Lufkin gets new uniforms every two seasons. The old uniforms are passed down accordingly to the underclass teams. Currently the freshman team will get to wear the 2001 State Championship jerseys.

As already stated, the term "Pack" has been around a long time for Lufkin. I was speaking with my uncle recently, who graduated from Lufkin in 1938, and ask him if they used "Pack" back then. He said it was around in those days as well. They even had a live Panther as a mascot, named Fang, that was taken to all the games and cared for by a local funeral home. Fang died in the early 50's and that was the end of the live mascots at Lufkin.

Go Pack!!!

[grayowl60]

Lufkin gets new uniforms every two seasons. The old uniforms are passed down accordingly to the underclass teams. Currently the freshman team will get to wear the 2001 State Championship jerseys.

As already stated, the term "Pack" has been around a long time for Lufkin. I was speaking with my uncle recently, who graduated from Lufkin in 1938, and ask him if they used "Pack" back then. He said it was around in those days as well. They even had a "Live" Panther as a mascot, named Fang, that was taken to all the games and cared for by a local funeral home. Fang died in the early 50's and that was the end of the live mascots at Lufkin.

Go Pack!!!
Does SLC and Mesquite have "live" mascots?:eek:

[drgnbkr]

Does SLC and Mesquite have "live" mascots?:eek:

Yeah, there is a "live" student inside the Charley the Dragon costume....:D

[grayowl60]

Yeah, there is a "live" student inside the Charley the Dragon costume....:D
Come to think about it, I have seen some of the "live" Mesquite mascots in the visitors stands at Hanby:(

[PackAttack2005]

Okay guys, you got me on that one, I was hoping to slip that through without detection.:o

[Matthew 2000 Eagle]

Come to think about it, I have seen some of the "live" Mesquite mascots in the visitors stands at Hanby:(

Yeah, those Texas mesquitos aren't too nice, especially after it rains.

[dragonsdaddy]

let me be the primary hijacker again.

i played my first collegiate game in the luxurious confines of wharton jc. we dressed in what usually would have passed for a large phone booth on a sweltering early september evening. it hadn't rained over an inch earlier that afternoon, giving ole sol a chance to bring the temperature up to and passed the rel humidity of infinity. when we got off the bus, i was surprised to see what appeared to be fog stretching across the field making it difficult to see the opposite stands. it wasn't fog though, it was mosquitoes. i remember trying to dress standing up and upon resting my hand on the black wall for balance, being surprised to find the wall was painted white, but mosquitoed black. several times during the game, i found my leg shrivelled up due to acute blood loss. when you happened to get taken to the ground, it was imperative to hit it coming up, or anemia would set in. if ever there was a group of people who wanted nothing else than to get the game over, they were on that field that night. i can't believe we wanted nothing better than to get back to the pleasantness of houston.

[biki1121]

Pack is common term for a group of Panthers in the terminology of our past. Typically a southern term, but it was used in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

You still find some schools that use the Panther mascot that refer to themselves as the "Pack" such as Georgia State.

[lonny23]

Does SLC and Mesquite have "live" mascots?:eek:
I see Mesquite's mascot at every game. He doesn't like OFF very much!:p