List of U.S. college mascots
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This is an incomplete list of U.S. college mascots:
Mascot incarnations
- "Aubie", the costumed tiger mascot of Auburn University
- "Bevo," a live Texas longhorn steer, the official mascot of the University of Texas at Austin
- "Big Al the elephant," the costumed mascot of the Alabama Crimson Tide.
- "Big Red," the blob-like costumed mascot of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
- "Boilermaker Special," a railroad locomotive replica mascot of Purdue University
- "Cam the Ram," a live male bighorn sheep, the official mascot of the Colorado State Rams.
- "Charlie Cardinal", the cardinal mascot of Ball State University
- "Cy," the costumed cardinal that serves as the mascot of the Iowa State Cyclones
- "Gompeii," the bronzed head of a now deceased goat, the mascot of WPI
- "Handsome Dan", a live bulldog, the official mascot of the Yale Bulldogs [1] (http://yalebulldogs.collegesports.com/trads/mascot.html) and the first mascot adopted by a university in the US
- "Jack," a live English bulldog, the official mascot of Georgetown
- "Lou Wolf," a live wolf, the official mascot of the Loyola Ramblers; got a major facelift in 2001
- "Mike the Tiger," a live Bengal Tiger, the official mascot of the LSU Tigers
- "Pete", an Emperor Penguin and mascot Youngstown State University
- "Ralphie," a live American Bison, the official mascot of the Colorado Buffaloes
- "Rameses," a live ram that serves as the de facto mascot for the North Carolina Tar Heels
- "Reveille," a live collie that serves as the de facto mascot for the Texas A&M Texas Aggies
- "Sebastian the Ibis," the costumed mascot of the Miami Hurricanes. The Florida ibis, according to folklore, is the last bird to leave the area before a hurricane and the first bird to come back after the storm.
- "Smokey," a live bluetick coonhound, the official mascot for the Tennessee Volunteers
- "The Hawk," a costumed student who serves as mascot of the Saint Joseph's Hawks; the mascot flaps its "wings" without interruption (even for halftime) throughout SJU basketball games
- "The Stanford Tree," a dancing tree of indeterminate species, official mascot of The Stanford Band, unofficial mascot of Stanford University
- "Uga", (pronounced ug-guh) a live bulldog, the official mascot of the Georgia Bulldogs [2] (http://www.bulldawgs.com/history/mascot.asp). The dogs are named in succession, and the current mascot is Uga VI [3] (http://www.arches.uga.edu/~tamsyn/uga6.htm). A mausoleum containing the remains of all previous Ugas is located inside Sanford Stadium near the main gate [4] (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6798848&pt=%20UGA%20V.). A person in the costume of a bulldog in football uniform also appears on the sidelines at Georgia football games.
- "War Eagle VI", the golden eagle mascot of Auburn University
See also
External links
- Playboy.com "interviews" of various college mascots (http://www.playboy.com/on-campus/mascot/)