Adding Hampshire Frogs to the cool mascots – with Geoducks and Banana Slugs.
But I’d like to know why Pratt has a team called the Cannoneers. It should be the Paint Bombs or something. Or, well, being an art institute, I guess they play other art institutes, so what would strike true fear into the rival teams?
the Critics
the Funding Cuts
the Boring Suburbs
the Landlords
And what sports do they play? Paintball? Competitive canvas carrying? Do they do sports as ironic performance art?
Turns out RISD, though, for its team The Balls, has a true art school mascot … a giant penis.
(If that’s bleeped out, which I assume it will be, just google it. Actually, google it anyway. The image is truly … visually striking.)
I never understood Alabama. Everyone’s heard of the Crimson Tide so D was very surprised to be given a free t-shirt at an admission event with an elephant on the back. The Alabama Elephants? Never heard of it. And no 17 year old girl wants to wear a shirt with an elephant on the back. That one went straight to the goodwill pile.
I could think of a more appropriate mascot for the Crimson Tide than the elephant. It would be a pretty easy costume to design and wear at games, too. Auburn fans would love it. (sorry)
Sorry, I live in the Boston area and I have never seen a Tufts shirt with an elephant. I’m not saying they don’t exist, but they aren’t common. Most shirts just say the name “Tufts”.
@carolinamom2boys I’m not so sure about the existence of those so-called Furman University Christian Knights…a check on Snopes seems to suggest this is an urban legend. I know you’re pretty familiar with the school and the area, so I’m almost second-guessing Snopes on this one…
The Crits. For Pratt that is. Sounds a bit sinister. That would be my vote.
Founder Charles W. Pratt owned and brought to campus a large 18th century cannon which is on display in the center of campus. Hence the name Cannoneers. Though my D1 was telling me that they tried to get the name changed to the Pratt Cats. (Due to the abundance of cats that live on campus and are cared for by the students). It was not a successful petition. However, the new mascot IS a cat - dressed in colonial garb and shooting off a cannon.
I’m biased but Oklahoma State’s [Pistol Pete](Redirect Notice) just looks creepy. The cartoon depiction of him isn’t bad, but the actual mascot looks like he’s very interested in your children.
Auburn is pretty happy w/ our mascot Aubie - he’s the best in the country, really - 9 times Mascot Nat’l Champion. He really is pretty AUsome you can google some of his videos and read about all the community work he does.
@2muchquan I’ve been told that by many of my older patients who are Furman alums, so I’m not sure. I do know that there is a multitude of T shirts at the university that are emblazoned with a huge capital F and a huge capital U, and their current chant at football games uses those letters repeatedly so who knows?
Rowan. What is a Prof?
It’s an athletics team so why name it as an abbreviation of professor?
Who names an owl mascot Whoo RU?
Seriously, they should have just named it Rowan Golden Owls or Rowan Owls instead of the Rowan Profs.
Returning to the subject of colors there are, as mentioned The Harvard Crimson and the Stanford Cardinals . . . please add to that the UChicago Maroons. Now we’ve covered the spectrum of red.
I’ll probably incur the wrath of Penn State alumni here, but while a Nittany Lion is not itself bad (although it is a fictional species of lion), the actual costume the mascot wears at sporting events looks like something out of the bargain bin at Party City or something someone’s mom made. I have just never understood why they don’t have a better looking lion.