The support was overwhelming, with the vast majority agreeing with the thought that the name change from the Raptors to Huskies was the way to go.

Within hours Huskie-nation or the ‘Dawg-pound’ was energized.

Bram, one of those hard working dudes that you see behind the scenes on SportsCentre every night informed me of a petition that was started…http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/torontohuskies2010/

A twitter site was created… http://twitter.com/torontohuskies

Warren, a frustrated Raptors season ticket holder forwarded me a link to this facebook site requesting the Raptors be renamed the Huskies…

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=119966334688735&v=wall

via TSN

Apparently MLSE ain’t feelin the name change. Oh well, I’m pretty sure a name change is at the top of the to do list right next to bringing back Chris Bosh.

Some Huskie nostalgia after the jump!

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