Posts filed under ‘Texas’
President Bush mention’s A&M Mascot!
George W Bush gave his last commencement speech as President of the United States at Texas A&M on Friday. The Texas crowd in the Statesman article appreciated the fact that the President was speaking at commencement and were given the advice to stay true to one’s convictions and pursue a life of service.
One the lighter side and Stories behind the Fur related, President Bush cracked jokes about Aggie traditions mentioning that if the Collie mascot Reveille barks during a lecture, class is dismissed.
The President joked, “I wish she would have been there for some of those press conferences.”
A College Mascot Competition?
The San Marcos (Texas) High School this week is sponsoring a college week titled “Education, Go Get It”.
To get students fired up and interested in higher education, fight songs will be played between classes and faculty and staff will be wearing college t-shirts and sweatshirts. The week’s festivities include daily announcements about colleges, power point slide shows broadcast over the TVs, information tables at lunch, and a college fair.
Of interest to Stories Behind the Fur, is the college mascot competition on Friday. Students can dress up as a mascot from their favorite university, and win a prize! We’d love to see pictures from that pageant!
A Mascot Grave in Texas
http://www.reporternews.com/news/2008/nov/26/whos-buried-in-school-mascot-grave/
The Abilene Reporter News Online posted an article/column of Ask Doug and Doug Williamson answered the question of who’s buried in the mascot grave Hardin-Simmons University? The favorable answer to this question is ‘Dam-it’ The Dog, a white bulldog and mascot for the class of 1920.–Great name for a mascot with a Baptist affiliation!–Although Doug Williamson says the mascot had a different reference on Sunday! ‘Dam-it’ is now in his third resting place with a “vandal proof” marker and a place on the campus map!
Rowdy’s Exile
So the Thanksgiving Day match up was hardly a game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Seattle Sea hawks, but more importantly, we didn’t see a lot of the Dallas Cowboys mascot, Rowdy.
Apparently, the NFL wasn’t too happy about a chest bump, touchdown celebration between Rowdy and Terrell Owens. The league threatened hefty fines and instead hit Rowdy with a stiff probation. He has had to hit the locker room and been banished from the sidelines except for opening kick off and a 4Th Quarter appearance in the stands. Thing is, Cowboys are now 3-0 at Texas Stadium since Rowdy’s exile!
Vote for the Best High School Routine!
Dance baby! Dance!
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/6082205.html
The Houston Chronicle has posted some video and asks that you vote for your favorite mascot dance. I would have never guessed what a Sting Ray costume would look like or that you could take a potentially fierce “Lobo” and really weaken the costume to non intimidation standards!
