I appreciate your sentiment, but please say "Go Tigers." "War Eagle" is simply a battle cry.
Each year there's confusion about why Auburn has two mascots. My brother, who's an Auburn grad, replies: I don't know? Why is Stanford the Cardinal with a tree as a mascot?
Why is Alabama the Crimson Tide with an Elephant as a mascot?
Why is Georgia Tech the Yellow Jackets with the Rambling Wreck as a mascot?
Why is Miami the Hurricanes with an Ibis (or whatever it is) as a mascot? Why is Tennessee the volunteers with a bloodhound as a mascot?
Why is Western Kentucky the Hilltoppers, with a giant Elmo as a mascot?
Why is UNC the Tarheels with that special breed of sheep as a mascot?
I stop here, but he can go on for minutes.
Stanford Cardinal is the color cardinal and not the bird or a religious figure. The Christmas tree is only the Stanford band’s official mascot, the school has none. They once voted and the students had choices between the tree, a french fry, or a smoking manhole. The tree won but it never went any further.
A tiger is just a petapussy, a WAR EAGLE, may be just a battle cry, but it connotes the right sense.
Besides, I don't really root for Auburn, {my son did get his masters there}, I'm a Penn State fan {and we really did win all those games that don't exist} but against Alabama and any Florida team... FLY WITH THE WAR EAGLES.
And what is a Hokie? ;-)
Go Plainsmen!