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R.I.P. UGA VII
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Junkyard Blawg reports that UGA has lost its mascot and Sonny Seiler of Savannah has lost his family pet. The Seilers have provided UGA’s mascots since 1956 and the question Bill King poses in his blawg is…”is there a all white sire to take over as UGA VIII?” Hopefully yes and the next UGA will have a longer run than a little over a year.
Add comment November 21, 2009
Dartmouth’s search for a mascot has lost steam
Although Dartmouth has the nickname “the big Green”, the college has never had an official mascot. Ivan Zlatar writes in yesterday’s sports section of Dartmouth.com, that the unofficial alternatives could use some tweaking. Just as Stanford has the Tree that is loved, little did we know that Dartmouth has Keggy, created by the campus humor site, Jack O Lantern. Although Keggy is a college marketing nightmare, we see Ivan Zlatar’s point that Dartmoose goes to the other extreme in not delivering as a mascot when there’s little time on the clock and the score is tied! Zlatar writes “I can stick by being the Big Green, proud in our color and devoid of dancing, flipping costumed idiots parading around on our fields.
Or, we could have Green Man be our mascot. I think that’s an idea that everyone can get behind.”….Cost effectivness in mascot creation could win out!
Add comment November 17, 2009
Pop Culture Top Dogs
UGA VII from UGA.edu
Charlie’s Basketball blog this week has found a true poll out there on PawNation. In honor of the American Kennel Club’s 125 anniversary, the site is looking to find the top 125 pop culture dogs (Spuds MacKenzie and Taco Bell chiuaua come to mind!)
This week the PawNation wants you to vote for your favorite college mascot, the nominees for top college mascot being Georgia’s UGA, Yale’s Handsome Dan, Texas A&M’s “Reveille”, Georgetown’s “Jack the Bulldog” and Boston University’s “Rhett the Boston Terrier.”Charlie points out that this poll just scratches the surface of dog mascots in college, especially bulldogs where at least 38 universities and colleges use a bulldog as mascot.
A&M’s Reveille has a strong lead and although I have written of Handsome Dan in the past AND spoken to write-in nominee Smoky, after having lived in Savannah, GA, home of UGA–I have to say UGA deserves his fair shake in pop culture lists. I mean the dog has his own car to get to the games!
Add comment November 11, 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
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
