GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - Unable to persuade a school district to drop a mascot name that offends them, some American Indian students at the University of Northern Colorado have decided to fight fire with fire.

They've named their intramural basketball team "The Fighting Whities."

The team, made up of American Indians, Hispanics and Anglos, have chosen a white man as their mascot and wear jerseys that say "Every thang's going to be all white."

They are upset with Eaton High School for using an American Indian caricature on the team logo. The team is called the Reds.

"I am really offended by this mascot issue, and I hope the people that support the Eaton mascot will get offended by this," said Solomon Little Owl, who is leading The Fighting Whities.

"It's not meant to be vicious, it is meant to be humorous," said Ray White, an American Indian on the team. "It puts people in our shoes, and then we can say, 'Now you know how it is, and now you can make a judgment."'

Eaton School District superintendent John Nuspl said their logo is not derogatory and called the group's criticism insulting.

"Their interpretations are an insult to our patrons and blatantly inaccurate," he said. "There's no mockery of Native Americans with this."