What about your favorite college football mascot???
by bamaskigirl2 on Dec 17, 2009 3:54 PM CST
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Big Al rocks, no doubt and of course, Lee Corso like Big Al's head the best!!. But who else do you like? Or hate?
I like Ralphie of Colorado, I mean a lumbering buffalo is just plain cool.
I've never understood the Orange man, blob, thing. Exactly what is it supposed to do to the opponent? s
I hate, and I mean loath, I would smite him if I could, the USC Trojan. And the Clemson Tiger always looks like he just smoked some crack, or something, dang those eyes.
And ducks? Puleeze I'm just not feeling the fear of the Ducks.
What do you think?
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Definitely Big Al...
rocks it for sure! I mean you can’t get a better mascot than Big Al. After that I would have to go with the Oregon Duck and the Horned Frog for sure!
Lets do this..
When it comes to these types of threads, which are cool btw, lets just all assume, if you’re an Alabama fan you think our colors, fight song, mascot, etc are the bestest evah!
That said…i really dig Colorado bringing out the live Buffalo (or bison)…Texas and the long horn…pretty much any huge, live animal is pretty freakin sweet..
The ones that annoy me are:
FSU- the white guy acting like a Seminole is pretty weak…yeah i know…the Seminole tribe allows..blah blah blah..
Any team with a dog as a mascot- could you get anymore boring?
Anything associated with Auburn…
Ohio State- A buckeye? really?
Hawaii- i know people call them the “warriors” now but they will always be known to me as the “Rainbow Warriors”…
TCU- Hornfrog..dude..your mascot is a frog..nough said.
"The goal is to be a champion," Saban said. "I didn’t say to win a championship. I just said be a champion. That’s our goal here. That’s what we want to do."- Nick Saban
On fans who don't know what to call their mascot...
The mascot for TCU is actually a horny toad, which is really a lizard. It is so ugly, it’s cute, and it’s beneficial because it eats most ants and sometimes mosquitos. Maybe calling a horny toad a “horned frog” is a NORTH Texas thing.
Worst of the worst: Boomer Sooners (suck)! How the hell can anybody be proud to be a boomer, and even less, a sooner. OK, boomers weren’t crooks, but they were rushing to land connived away from the Indian tribes in Oklahoma (which was where Alabama Indians were sent to get them out of Alabama, and it would be theirs “as long as grass grows, wind blows, and water flows.” Sooners were the cheats who snuck out illegally into the land opening up to homesteading to stake claims on the choice sites before “boomers” were allowed to cross the line. So a Boomer Sooner is a cheatin, stealin, land robber. You gotta be pretty low on the scale of humanity to be proud of that.
And, do all the teams in Alabama have two mascots…it gets confusing. I have figured out that your “crimson tide” is not the red tide. But exactly what it is, is not clear to me…something like a wave of red mud?
by MesquiteHorn on Dec 20, 2009 1:47 PM CST up reply actions
thanks for the
history lesson on the “Boomer Sooner”…i love hearing stuff like that..
"The goal is to be a champion," Saban said. "I didn’t say to win a championship. I just said be a champion. That’s our goal here. That’s what we want to do."- Nick Saban
Learn more about...
…the ‘Crimson Tide’…and the elephants…here.
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Dec 21, 2009 11:11 PM CST up reply actions
I get the elephant...
but I’m not sure how the “tide” came about. Did the writer think the OLine surge was like a tide? With the field full of red mud and the Bama jerseys a crimson color, it’s not hard for me to imagine how the crimson part seemed fitting.
by MesquiteHorn on Dec 22, 2009 8:48 PM CST up reply actions
on colors...
Your mention of colors makes me think of BAD choices of school colors.
I was off the shore of Hawaii on a schooner used as a tour boat. A guy got seasick (the seas were high) after downing in too rapid succession at least 5 tequila sunrises. He puked em up on the white roof of the deck house. The sight of those puked up tequila sunrises immediately brought to mind the school colors of Tennessee. Ever since, I have thought of their jersey colors as “puke orange” and it has had real meaning to me.
by MesquiteHorn on Dec 23, 2009 10:50 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
+1
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Dec 23, 2009 11:48 AM CST up reply actions
To be honest
I love Big Al, but I wish they would do something about his trunk. I know it’s nice to be able to drape it over kids or whatever in pictures, but it’s a little goofy to be honest.
I get a kick out of silly mascots on other teams – I enjoy Stanford’s Tree and TCU’s horned frogs.
As far as “regular” mascots go, I like:
-Bevo
-The USC Trojan guy (I know, har har, condoms, but I think a sword is a plus for a mascot)
I also like the TTech Red Raider guy who rides on the horse, but the big costumed mascot looks too much like Yosemite Sam to me.
Are they....
The western kentucky Elmo’s or what?
My Mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
by J.JACOBS4PRES on Dec 17, 2009 11:27 PM CST up reply actions
Whatever it is
it’s better than their other mascot.
by yellowhammer on Dec 18, 2009 6:33 AM CST up reply actions
I asked a WKU Alum...
who I know here in Birmingham about their mascot. Her response: “We have no idea what in the hell it is. None of us. No clue. We love him, though! We just call him the WKU Whatever.”
"You have to create six seconds of hell, every time the ball is snapped..."
-Nick Saban
by KongAtTheGates on Dec 18, 2009 10:23 AM CST up reply actions
That thing always kinda reminds me of Gossamer
Auburn and Tennessee fans are a lot like Slinkys...neither are worth much but you do get a sense of satisfaction from pushing them down a flight of stairs
"I've heard monsters lead such. . . . . .glaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam-orous lives. . ."
I love Bugs so much, I’ve got Gossamer and Bugs playing cards. No kidding.
Good call! I didn’t even think to remember that? +1 for sure.
"As for being a Raiders fan, I wouldn't wish that fucking shit on anybody." [the venerable OTS at Roll Bama Roll}
by BixBeiderbecke on Dec 19, 2009 1:08 PM CST up reply actions
[i mean to say- I've got a deck of cards with Gossamer & Bugs on 'em]
Bugs and Gossamer aren’t playing cards anywhere near me? They’re cartoons for gosh-sakes.
"As for being a Raiders fan, I wouldn't wish that fucking shit on anybody." [the venerable OTS at Roll Bama Roll}
by BixBeiderbecke on Dec 19, 2009 7:44 PM CST up reply actions
UGGA,Sebastian the Ibis at the U,Nittany Lion,
Whats the deal with Mike the tiger?I feel its just wrong to take such a beautiful beast and cage him around a bunch of crazy college football fans.Instead he should be roaming the jungle.
Yeah,
it would be better if they stopped pampering the poor thing and let him be a mangy, flea-ridden wild animal that might as likely die of hunger or thirst if a drought hits as live. I hate it when animals live years and years past their natural life expectancy.
"Let's go be champions, boys!" - Greg McElroy
Personally...
…I really, really like Beavers….
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Dec 17, 2009 8:33 PM CST reply actions
What's so funny is . . . .
. . . .(in other sports other than football- wink) when USC scores a victory over OSU- the headlines at the Daily Trojan usually reads, “Trojans beat the Beavers! Again”
"As for being a Raiders fan, I wouldn't wish that fucking shit on anybody." [the venerable OTS at Roll Bama Roll}
by BixBeiderbecke on Dec 17, 2009 9:41 PM CST up reply actions
I personally like Tommy Trojan!
I mean, say someone asked you the question: “So, what do you do?” And- if you were Tommy Trojan, you could say, “Like the song says, ‘I ride the White Horse’”(cha-cha-ching!)
That sword has powers, too- I’m told! (from “Airplane”, the movie, “You ever been to a naked gladiator fight?”)
What did Tommy Trojan ever do to you girl? (besides gross you out, perhaps?)
"As for being a Raiders fan, I wouldn't wish that fucking shit on anybody." [the venerable OTS at Roll Bama Roll}
I like any and all "Indian" themed mascots
Just ’cause. (as in law term, not by reason)
sorry- that’s just one too many play on words! someone flag me!
"As for being a Raiders fan, I wouldn't wish that fucking shit on anybody." [the venerable OTS at Roll Bama Roll}
dont forget your power towel.
We need towels to beat Texas. DAMNIT!!! Why didnt with think of that. Quick get me a towel!!!
My Mama says that alligators are ornery because they got all them teeth and no toothbrush.
by J.JACOBS4PRES on Dec 17, 2009 11:33 PM CST up reply actions
holy hell
That thing is terrifying.
"You have to create six seconds of hell, every time the ball is snapped..."
-Nick Saban
by KongAtTheGates on Dec 18, 2009 10:21 AM CST up reply actions
I kinda dig Auburn's mascot
I mean, you only see him during moral victories or if Alabama wins by less than 10 points, but he is unique in his own way. Thos Aubies, so creative!
You play fast, you play strong, you go out there and dominate the guy you play against, and make his ass quit! That's our trademark, that's our MO as a team, aight, that's what people know us as! - Nick Saban, 2008
Is that...
…an egg getting fertilized?
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Dec 18, 2009 8:07 AM CST up reply actions
Naw!
That’s Snuffleupagus’ dad humpin’ the ground! (“Damn Mother Earth’s got backs!” Well, no Mr. Snuffeupagus, – Auburn, Alabama is just the rear-end capital of the United States of America is all!)
"As for being a Raiders fan, I wouldn't wish that fucking shit on anybody." [the venerable OTS at Roll Bama Roll}
by BixBeiderbecke on Dec 18, 2009 12:04 PM CST up reply actions
My favorite...
Cal State Santa Cruz Banana Slugs
"There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success" - Coach Bryant
Not to be confused with...
The North Carolina School of Arts Fighting Pickles
"There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success" - Coach Bryant
Just.Don't.Like.Big.Al.
Now, if we could get the kick-ass oliphant mahout from LoTR, I’d be much happier
But, the coolest masot has to be the Delta State Fightin’ Okra
"Hollywood made a movie of my life. The film had me proposing to my wife on the football field. I would never misuse a football field that way." -Crazy Legs Hirsch
by Stuck in the Plains on Dec 18, 2009 12:09 PM CST reply actions
Hands down. . . . .it's this guy! http://208.106.250.72/_media/imgs/articles2/a96800_a499_scrotie.jpg
I shit you not, he’s the Rhode Island School of Design mascot. There’s pictures of him at hockey games and stuff. (I know hah? Dudes in design school playing hockey? strangers things have occurred. i’ve actually seen fUcla bRuins in football uniforms? skirt-wearing Kiwi’s playing rugby. dudes playing what looks like a game of baseball using a ass-paddle?)
"As for being a Raiders fan, I wouldn't wish that fucking shit on anybody." [the venerable OTS at Roll Bama Roll}
by BixBeiderbecke on Dec 18, 2009 12:52 PM CST reply actions
Awesome...
If it was just the sack, we could name it the Saban.
"Hollywood made a movie of my life. The film had me proposing to my wife on the football field. I would never misuse a football field that way." -Crazy Legs Hirsch
by Stuck in the Plains on Dec 18, 2009 1:14 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
REC'D +2
For: SAYING GOD’S HONEST TRUTH! (that’s two, count ’em 2- balls! unlike that one-nut Lance Armstrong!) had to!
"As for being a Raiders fan, I wouldn't wish that fucking shit on anybody." [the venerable OTS at Roll Bama Roll}
by BixBeiderbecke on Dec 18, 2009 1:20 PM CST up reply actions
A horned frog is actually a misnomer...
…it’s really a lizard and nothing like a frog….not that it really matters, it’s still a small lizard
But they do have an awesome machine that has a train horn, sirens, and all sorts of crazy shit when that goes off when they score touchdowns..
Siphon high, squirt it out (stay with me on this, it gets better)
Like this guy? He’s seriously called a geoduck! Well? Is he a duck?
Geoduck is pronounced: gooey-duck. He’s the mascot for Evergreen State- a liberal arts college in Olympia, Washington. In all honesty, it isn’t a waterfowl, as you might suspect, but a mollusk. It’s native to the Pacific Northwest, which explains why the college chose it as a mascot. It looks like a penis-shaped saltwater clam, and the best part is the Evergreen State Geoduck Fight Song:
Go, Geoducks go,
Through the mud and the sand,
let’s go.
Siphon high, squirt it out,
swivel all about,
let it all hang out.
Go, Geoducks go,
Stretch your necks when the tide is low
Siphon high, squirt it out,
swivel all about,
let it all hang out.
I shit you not! You honestly cannot make this stuff up. It is what it is.
If it’s all the same, I love Big Al. He’s cute and badass! Roll Tide Roll!
"As for being a Raiders fan, I wouldn't wish that fucking shit on anybody." [the venerable OTS at Roll Bama Roll}
Reveille
Lee Corso: How would you describe tailgating at Alabama?
Kirk Herbstreit: Barbecue and Ralph Lauren
Is that Lassie?
Sheesh! And I thought y’all Bamians had some couth.
This is just obscene!
by MesquiteHorn on Dec 20, 2009 1:58 PM CST up reply actions
Well...
…there are several points I could make about that…at least 39 of them….
"High standards come from passion within...." --Coach Nick Saban
by NiceLittleSaturday on Dec 21, 2009 11:12 PM CST up reply actions
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