Posts filed under ‘Texas’
Bevo and Jet Blue–Book By Sept. 28
Hook em horns and hook up a sweet deal. As the Official Airline Sponsor of UT Athletics, Jet Blue is running a promotion to celebrate Bevo’s 94 years in existence. There are $94* birthday fares for travel each way between Austin and Fort Lauderdale, L.A./Long Beach or San Francisco. Customers must book travel by Sept. 28 at www.jetblue.com/bevobday for travel Oct. 5 – Nov. 17, 2010.
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!
Bury me in College Station?
Who else but Texas Aggies, would bury their dog mascots known as Reveille, so that the deceased can see the football score inside the stadium? and now they have a place for alumni to rest as well.
The new Memorial Cemetery of College Station, is set to open in a few weeks, with plans for burials beginning in mid July. The new cemetery has reserved a special section for Aggies and their supporters who want to be close—forever—to the sprawling campus and be with like-minded Aggies after they die.
A few of the nation’s universities—Notre Dame, Iowa State, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and Virginia among them—have had school-affiliated cemeteries for nearly two centuries, but this one is believed to be unique in Texas.
The first phase will have 2,900 burial spaces, although non-Aggies are welcome there,
Eventually the cemetery plans to expand to 57-acres, with roughly one-third of it dedicated to A&M. The school has no financial stake in the $10 million project, but is allowing the city to use the school logo. 350 spaces have already been solld, even though you have to fork over an extra $1,050 to get planted in the Aggie part. IS THAT WHERE YOU INSERT THE JOKE?
Roscoe goes to Washington
This week Angelo State University made a second annual appearance in DC, trying to reach out to several hundred alumni in the area and to Hill staff members and lawmakers. According to gosanangelo.com, “Rumor was there would be a roping contest involving Ram at the event for alumni and congressional staffers, but Matthew Milhauser, the ASU student getting under Ram’s skin for the event Tuesday night, was unenthusiastic.
“I hope not. I wouldn’t want Roscoe’s head to fall off,” said Milhauser, who’s graduating from ASU this month. —Sounds like a contest for the next incoming Roscoe D. Ram
Spring has Sprung with Baseball!!!
Kilgore Tx is excited to announce that collegiate league baseball is back. Contests for fans still include the dizzy bat race (who doesn’t like a bat spin), dirtiest car in the lot (great idea) and a MASCOT race with the Pump Jacks mascots Boomer and Derrick back in action.
Another favorite contest at the Lancaster Jethawks is the frozen t shirt contest! Kilgore News Herald’s Link
Rice’s Sammy the Owl Ejected
Another last week incident that can be added to the bad boys of mascots lists: Rice University’s Sammy the Owl was ejected for head butting the referee. (there is a pretty good replay about a minute forty into the clip posted!)
Stick to the crowd guys, looks like officials aren’t in the mood to play!
