Since you have brought up our mascot more than once I'll try and tell you how it came about as best I know. If I'm wrong anywhere any other Peabody fans feel free to correct me. Peabody has a long football history going back to 1921. In the early days the school went through several nickname changes. At one time we were called the "yellow jackets" and the colors were black and gold. In 1937 M. C. Joyner became head coach. Coach Joyner was a big Alabama fan and I think he went to school there. I know his son and grandson who are big Peabody boosters went to school at Bama. Since he was a big Bama fan and gold was one of our colors he changed the nickname to Golden Tide. As I said Peabody has a long football history and was for many years a member if the Big Ten Conference here n west Tennessee. We were always the smallest school in the Big Ten which included such larger schools as Paris Grove which is now Henry Co , Brownsville which is now Haywood County, Covington , and Dyersburg to name a few. This was at a time when there was no classification and in the 60s Jsckson and Brownsville were often ranked number one in the state. While we didn't always win we went toe to toe with these big boys and always gave them a hard game. We may not have the best win lost record around over the years but we do have a proud football history here at Peabody