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  • I_Tyler_Durden_I
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    • Jul 2009
    • 58

    #1

    German Roots

    Hi,
    is there a school with German roots, like Boston or Notre Dame with their Irish roots?
    Thanks.

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  • jkra0512
    MVP
    • Sep 2006
    • 2277

    #2
    Re: German Roots

    Many German immigrants settled in Western, PA, so maybe Pitt has German roots?

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    • I_Tyler_Durden_I
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      • Jul 2009
      • 58

      #3
      I have already searched for some informations regarding German immigrants. Nebraska and Wisconsin are pretty German as well.
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      • Kaiser Wilhelm
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        • Sep 2010
        • 2790

        #4
        Re: German Roots

        Like the above poster said you are best looking into the Pennsylvania Dutch regions.

        You probably have your hands full trying to find a school with definitive German roots. Maybe see if a school has or had an official affiliation with a Lutheran or other Germanic church.
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        • gator3guy
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          • Jul 2004
          • 2233

          #5
          Re: German Roots

          Florida State has a German defensive end: Bjoern Werner. He's very good.

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          • JerzeyReign
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            • Jul 2009
            • 4847

            #6
            Re: German Roots

            Ohio has a very high claim of German Americans
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            • superjames1992
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              • Jun 2007
              • 31382

              #7
              Re: German Roots

              West Virginia had a decent amount of German immigrants, too, so you could go with WVU. However, there really aren't any truly "German" schools like there are with the Irish.

              The Irish were mostly Catholics, hence Notre Dame and Boston College. Germans are a mix of Protestants and Catholics.
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              • Kaiser Wilhelm
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                • Sep 2010
                • 2790

                #8
                Re: German Roots

                Was thinking about this earlier today and noticed somebody beat me to it.

                The reason the Irish Catholic Schools exist is because the Irish Catholics were very much discriminated against. German immigrants came primarily from Prussia and other North German kingdoms and were therefor mostly Protestant unlike Catholic Bavaria and Austria, and were, in general, more accepted as white, Protestants who already had a long history of settlers in America going back pre-revolution.

                Fun Fact: King George III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the third monarch from the House of Hanover and the first to speak English as a first language.

                Also, look into Southern Methodist University. Texas was a popular immigration zone for Germans and many protestant immigrants would convert to other protestant religions if no church was available for themselves.
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                • eyeamg0dly
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                  • May 2009
                  • 1671

                  #9
                  Re: German Roots

                  previous job i had required me to work on the road. in eastern PA around philly. there was alot of german sounding cities and towns. although im not familiar with any universities in that area with football schools, it might be someplace to start. someone also mentioned ohio, maybe individually check those mac schools and see how they were founded.
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                  • acts238shaun
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                    • Dec 2005
                    • 2714

                    #10
                    Re: German Roots

                    North Alabama has a lot of Germans. Wife is 1/4th, her grandpa was from Germany. Cullman is one city with a Germanic name.

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                    • MrBlonde21
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                      • Aug 2008
                      • 342

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                      Re: German Roots

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                      • speedy43
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                        • May 2010
                        • 1214

                        #12
                        Re: German Roots

                        Originally posted by I_Tyler_Durden_I
                        Hi,
                        is there a school with German roots, like Boston or Notre Dame with their Irish roots?
                        Thanks.

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                        The reason BC and ND have Irish roots is because they are both Catholic schools. I can't really think of any FBS schools that are Lutheran or have a strong Lutheran influence. Most of the Midwest region has roots in Germany but not too many of the big schools reflect that. I do, however, know of some smaller schools in D3 that are private, Lutheran schools.

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                        • weeeeeeez
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                          • May 2011
                          • 1736

                          #13
                          Re: German Roots

                          Pitt, OSU, Wisconsin and Cincinnati big time.
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                          • jyoung
                            Hall Of Fame
                            • Dec 2006
                            • 11132

                            #14
                            Re: German Roots

                            Originally posted by JerzeyReign
                            Ohio has a very high claim of German Americans
                            My brother-in-law's family are German immigrants who came over to America during the first World War.

                            They live in Ohio, and several of them went to University of Cincinnati.

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                            • GeneralMike
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                              • Feb 2003
                              • 347

                              #15
                              Re: German Roots

                              Rutgers has Dutch and English routes. I would go with them. And I have German ancestry and went there, so that counts.

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