Capital One Mascot Challenge This Week..
This week it’s Navy’s Bill, battling it out with South Dakota State’s Jack Rabbit. Currently, standings on the scoreboard reads that Sebastian the Ibis leads in the votes, followed by Bearcat and Jack Rabbit. Personally, we’re partial to the mascots that have talked to Stories Behind the Fur soooo GO Super Frog and Big Red, in no particular order!
As they say in Chicago, vote early, vote often.
Hit the website now! Capital One Bowl site
Add comment November 10, 2009
Go Human Beings!
For the next few days, Hulu still has the Community episode, titled Football, Feminism and You, where the dean of the school has changed the mascot from the Grizzlies to the Human Beings. The story line enfolds involving Chevy Chase’s character helping and sharing his knowledge of marketing and branding, icon development and Y2K preparedness to help develop the Human Being mascot. Very funny and quite a reveal of what the mascot turns out wearing to the Friday night game. Check it out before it goes away! Hulu Link
Add comment November 9, 2009
What’s wrong with your mascot?
RockMNation makes a very good point in a recent posting about mascots:
Pistol Pete, the mascot version, is super creepy. The Cowboy mascot is supposed to be a likeness to Frank Eaton, the real-life cowboy known as Pistol Pete. There’s just one problem. When it comes to mascots you got to go full-on caricature or not go at all. Okie St. ended up with a regular-sized guy, a super gigantic head and way too realistic facial features. It makes for a terrifying combination. There’s a lot of pain behind those enormous eyes.
IT IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT… BIG HINT TO WILLIAM AND MARY!
Add comment October 19, 2009
MSN is Updating College Mascot News
MSN has posted mascot updates. Run down includes updates on the William and Mary Mascot(-nothing revealed yet), the link to stories of Ole Miss Colonel Reb getting the boot, and reports of a compromise for North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux.
Add comment October 15, 2009
Happy Birthday
Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal)
Ohio.com and Beacon Journal writer Bill Lilley posted what looks to be a 90th birthday celebration today for Richard Hansford who has many accomplishments to his name, but his proudest (and most important to Stories Behind the Fur) is the creation of the mascot Zippy the Kangaroo! (the Kangaroo being 60 years young).
Add comment October 10, 2009
