Posted on 08/12/2019 9:08:46 AM PDT by C19fan
Whether they are real-life animals or fake inanimate objects, mascots have become engrained in college football culture. In honor of the 150th anniversary of college football, herewith an all-time ranking of the best mascots in the sport.
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10: UT's Smokey< (Real dog)/p>
9: Syracuse
8: WKU Big Red
7: USC Cocky
6: University of Colorado Ralphie
5: Stanford Tree
4: UT BEVO
3: LSU Mike the Tiger
2: Oregon Duck
1: Uga
No BRUTUS...#FakeList!!!
Tommy Trojan or Chief Osceola. Anyone on horseback, with a weapon! It’s great.
A tree. An effing tree?! C'mon!
Bill the Goat — Go Navy! Beat Army!
Oskie The Bear- Cal
10: Brutus: That thing is so weird it is beautiful.
9: WKU Big Red. What other school is the mascot the most famous thing about the school.
8: U Wisconsin Bucky Badger
7: BEVO: I feel sorry for the longhorn that is drugged up to keep it and his handlers safe on the sideline.
6: Auburn War Eagle. The unofficial mascot is better than the official one.
5: Arkansas: Tusk. One of the few mascots that would also taste good for dinner.
4: UGa.
3: Mike the Tiger. Tigers are a pretty common mascot but who else has a real Tiger and the alternative name of Bayou Bengals adds another difference.
2: Oscoela. It is incorrect to use the title "Chief". Nothing quite like Oscoela on his Appaloosa horse throwing down the flaming spear.
1: Ralphie. This should be #1 on any mascot list. A real buffalo that charges onto the field at the beginning and at halftime. What is more Americana than that?
Anybody who picks that stupid tree is not a real college football fan. It is just like Stanford trying to show they are too cool for a real mascot.
That bear is messed up in a good way.
University of Maryland: Terrapin. Fear the Turtle. Hell in a Shell.
I still call them the Stanford Indians.
I lower UFs ranking because they do not have real gators on he sideline.
You obviously never watched Miami Vice. ;)
I remember Crockett’s boat gator.
Bevo is NOT drugged up. Saying dies not make it so.
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I only really like a few.
Osceola has to be the best.
A Trojan riding Traveler is also great. I bet 99% of USC fans do not even know who Traveler was.
Any animal is OK but not great either. I do soppose a wolverine is a bit different tho. I also loved it when UGA tried to bite an Auburn receiver in the end zone.
Does Texas not realize that Bevo has been neutered.
Troy has the least imaginative one.
Wichita States Wu Shock isn’t on there! I mean they gave a tree a ace, how bout and an animated sheaf of wheat?
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