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storiesbehindthefur — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:56:35 +0000

Big Pond Sport has posted an article on six weird mascots. The list gives details on Sammy the Banana slug, Spain’s Naranjito, Scottsdale Community College’s Fighting Artichoke, The Mighty Ducks, the Phillies Phanatic, and Rhode Island College’s Anchormen–no trace of Ron Burgundy there!

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Roadtrip for the Capital One Bowl

storiesbehindthefur — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:41:44 +0000

A Visigoth is the Official driver and chaperone of the 2009 Capital One Mascot Challenge. He’s picked up Maryland Terrapin Testudo and South Dakota State’s Jack Rabbit Jack Rabbit and in typical roadtrip fashion, they battle for control of the radio on the Mascot Challenge RV. You can follow all the antics and who makes the “All American” List at the Capital One Bowl website. Map and Twitter feeds included!

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Is Handsome Dan the oldest Mascot?

storiesbehindthefur — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:32:00 +0000

Handsome Dan from jamesmcgirk.com

Tracy Timm of the Yale Daily News wrote an article listing all the great athletic traditions Yale has including a mascot over 100 years old and stuffed to boot! Anyone know if Yale really has the bragging rights for the “First mascot in college history”?

Link to Yale Daily News

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A Slideshow from the Weekend!

storiesbehindthefur — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:51:03 +0000

SO the weekend didn’t have many upsets or underdogs winning and moving to the Sweet Sixteen but NBC Sports has posted a slideshow of all things mascot from the tournament!

NBC Sports Slideshow

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List o Buzzer Beaters!

storiesbehindthefur — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:20:47 +0000

Here’s a great countdown and the reason why it’s called March Madness!

I still have memories of watching the Golden Gophers (97) on my little tv and crying out when the network went to split screen for the tip off of the next game because I couldn’t see a blasted thing!

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A Tournament Mascot List

storiesbehindthefur — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:44:44 +0000

Jason Gilmer of goupstate.com gets everyone up to speed with mascots in this year’s tournament.

Jason’s link

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Another look behind the fur

storiesbehindthefur — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:43:23 +0000

Freep.com (powered by the Detroit Free Press) posted a great article on those students we already know to be awesome and their story deserves to be told!

http://www.freep.com/article/20090312/SPORTS07/90311099

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Bring in the New

storiesbehindthefur — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:22:13 +0000

The Bleacher Report has a list of best/worst and NEW mascots.
I have to say the Syracuse Sasquatch has a nice ring to it!
Don’t you think Mississippi State Mongols might have some trouble?…BUT apparently not as much at the Storm that is still in the news!

Link_to_BleacherReport

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