The “athletes in red” thread got me thinking about school mascots.
What is the oddest, or weirdest school mascot that you know of. I’m lookng for real ones, not ones that we like to invent.
One that I find odd is the Universiy of Santa Cruz Banana Slugs. That must really strike fear in their opponents.
All the Best, Tom
University of Oklahoma Sooners is an odd one. Named for the criminals who snuck in early, prior to the infamous Cherokee Strip land runs, and staked illegal claims.
My cousin refused to consider U. of Delaware knowing that he’d have to be part of the Blue Hens marching band.
The high school in the microscopic town of Fredonia, Arizona, used to play six-man football and played against a team called the Pima Frogs.
Susan
My college’s teams were the Rams, in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Only thing is, the women’s teams were the winning teams and were always written up as the “Ramettes.” :roll:
I suggested we rename all the teams the “Ewes” and have the men’s teams be the “Ewes’ Guys.” But I must not have suggested it to the right people.
Jennie
The teams at my college were (and still are) called the “Sagehens”.
Who’s afraid of a sagehen? Sheesh.
The fight song was equally non-fear inducing:
When Cecil Sagehen chirps,
we’re gonna fracture the foes of Pomona’s might!
When Cecil Sagehen chirps,
we’re gonna wail on their bods for the Blue and White!
Our foes are filled with dread,
whenever Cecil Sagehen flies over head!
We’re gonna C, we’re gonna H, we’re gonna IRP,
When Cecil chirps his way to victory!
Chirp!
Athletics just weren’t taken very seriously at the school . . .
A sagehen:
www.midrivers.com/~gdamone/Art/sagehen.html
My grade-school ( K-8 ) had the “Gamecocks”. A fine name at one time, I suppose, but a tad risque nowadays.
My high school was better: The Daniel Boone HS Trailblazers. Of course, we did have a championship-winning girls’ rifle drill team called the “Boonettes”. Due to their snobbish attitudes, most students called them the “Boobettes”.
Are there actually such things as blue chickens?
Our teams were the Kanab Cowboys (no girls’ sports, but the marching team was called the Larriettes).
We did indeed play on occasion the Orderville Buffaloes (marching group - the Buffalettes).
I don’t recall the words to our school song (except for the “KHS, oh KHS”), but it was sung to the tune of “O Christmas Tree” and sounded perfectly dreadful. I believe they have a new song now.
Those were the days when girls’ sports were not even considered seriously - it took money away from the boys’ teams. I remember vividly an incident in a town whose team we played: the girls got together a basketball or baseball team and used a school bus to go to their first game. The boys on the football and basketball teams (and their parents, I might add) stood outside the bus and jeered at the girls and threw eggs at the bus because they were taking money away from the boys’ sports.
Susan
Utterly bonechilling. I am minded to hand over my sword and turn tail. 
THE Ohio State University’s mascott is the Buckeye (unless I’m mistaken). I don’t see how a buckeye can be a mascot but then that’s just me.
we were the Mt. Notre Dame “Mountaineers”. All girl, Catholic school in CINCINNATI - where there aren’t any darn mountains (unless you count the dump - Mt. Rumke).
I think they changed the name and they are the Cougars or something now. Last I checked, there aren’t any cougars here, either (except maybe at the Zoo).
Others -
Colerain Cardinals (well, they wear Red and they won State in Football last year…)
LaSalle Lancers
Elder Panthers
St. Xavier Bombers
Moeller Crusaders
Reading Blue Devils
Mason Comets
Princeton Vikings
Xavier Musketeers
UC Bearcats
UK Wildcats
OSU Buckeyes (and I’m sorry, but those darn buckeye leaves on the football helmets look like pot leaves to me!!!)
Missy
The University of Southern North Dakota at Hoople, more known for its music pathology and forensic music programs than for its athletic teams, has as its mascot the Fugue, which won out in a student election over the Cantatas, the Arpegios, and the Clefs.
Go, Fugues, go.
The Fugues would be better known were it not for the fact that their only varsity team sport is Marco Polo, although I believe there are plans this year to promote the curling team from intramural club sport to varsity status as soon as someone can get together a budget for the beer.
The University of Southern North Dakota plays in the Mid-Dakota Conference along with Dakota Lutheran, Southern North Dakota A and M, Northern South Dakota Technical, Dakota Christian, Central Dakota School of Mimes and Technology, and Kaplan Online.
Then there are the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers. The idea of gophers as awe-inspiring seems to fall just a bit short. But hey, they’re GOLDEN. I’ll try to work with it.
Let’s not forget the U of CO mascot - a buffalo. Named “Chip,” of course. :roll:
While I went to a state university (Univ. of Tennessee, home of the Volunteers), all three of my siblings went to a small, private college in Virginia: Emory & Henry College. E&H’s sports teams are called the Wasps. I always found it humorous that “WASP” is also an acronym for “White Anglo-Saxon Protestant”, considering that E&H is affiliated with the protestant United Methodist Church, and most (but not all) students are white. (The E&H colors are blue and gold. They lose most games.)
What about the Jenks Trojans? I mean, what could incite more fear than a jinxed Trojan? Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
So, do the Trojans practice safe sacks?
There is a high school here in Utah who’s mascot is the beet digger
Let us not forget UCSC’s mascot…the Banana Slug! Slime on, Slugs!
My high school mascot was pretty lame too. We were an all-girl Catholic school and for some reason known only to adolescent female brains, decided to pick the Raggedy Ann doll for our mascot. Yep, we were the “Marycliff Dollies.” Gag. On the upside, in my junior year we did a centerfold in the yearbook featuring Raggedy Ann au naturel.
Redwolf