Never mind, found it in wikipedia (at least the non-political stuff is fairly reliable). Back in the ‘20s, the Spoof Hound was a plaster toy prize from a carnival, similar to a Kewpie doll. One day around that time, when the players were having a particularly bad day, the coach told them they were playing like spoofhounds, and the players adopted the name for each other. Eventually it became popular enough that the team formally adopted the name. They are the only team in the country that uses this name.
Good story. They’re not the only unusually named team.
Scottsdale (AZ) Community College’s sports teams are the Artichokes.
Wow! I've live near Maryville and St. Joseph all my life and had no idea that Spoofhound was a unique name.
I run our football booster club, every week we serve the team a meal. My best volunteers are a family with a son who is DS. Pierce is the most loyal fan to our football team. Win or lose he is just happy to see them play and get to spend time with them each week. I'm sending this video to his mom to make sure she sees it, but I suspect she knows all about it. The families with Down children are a very close knit group in our area.