It's Ralphie behind Oski without question. Most of them suck. I'd place Husky third, since he is a cool dog and relates to the past Alaska connection with Seattle. But with no bias at all, a grizzly bear is just impossible to beat. Can't even have the damn thing as a mascot cuz. Can't run a grizzly around the field. He'd sit, or drag everyone, or swat the heads off them all. Ralphie is a blast. My least favorites, not even in contention, are the Utes for appropriating the name of the people they decimated, the Sparky thing cuz well, what the hell, and trees cuz a mascot should be a mammal.
There was an old video of the tree skipping along a sidewalk and then tripping and falling over on some stairs. Now I can't find it - does anyone have a link?
Footage of the tree that I've been looking for since Gore invented the internet came from the early 90's, if it exists at all. Does this ring a bell anyone?? It's HT at Memorial, let's say big game '92?, and the tree is "dancing" like an idiot out there with the furd "band." All of sudden a couple of students sprint from the student section and literally pummel the shit out of it. Blindside double-sack and then they started throwing haymakers like they were tyring to KO the f0cker. Tysonesque effort. Dude wearing the idiot tree costume (jeez it could have been a woman...?) got destroyed, the "tree" was all f0cked up! Despite the hilarity, it was borderline criminal...and I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT AGAIN!!!! anyone? anyone? anyone?
I tweet not, but I would still like to vote for The Beaver. The latest incarnation is so cool and enigmatic looking, unlike the usual cartoony characters. (ASU's is definitely the worst: enigmatic is one thing, but creepy?)
Benny has a first-round bye, so your vote won't have much effect this week. I think you can vote without a Twitter account--test on one of the links above.
The Sparky redesign is dreadful, but I actually don't remember (and couldn't Google) what their mascot looked like before then. What was their mascot back in these days?
Nope, wouldn't let me vote for the big dog. Both Sparky designs are dreadful; ASU couldn't come up with some regional creature? They have gorgeous hummingbirds there.
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Ralphie hands down, 2nd to our sturdy (if a bit creepy) golden bear.
Just crown Ralphie and be done with it. Nobody else comes close.
Proud advocate of The Duck.
Same, especially after this SportsCenter ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN53yX9OnP0
It's Ralphie behind Oski without question. Most of them suck. I'd place Husky third, since he is a cool dog and relates to the past Alaska connection with Seattle. But with no bias at all, a grizzly bear is just impossible to beat. Can't even have the damn thing as a mascot cuz. Can't run a grizzly around the field. He'd sit, or drag everyone, or swat the heads off them all. Ralphie is a blast. My least favorites, not even in contention, are the Utes for appropriating the name of the people they decimated, the Sparky thing cuz well, what the hell, and trees cuz a mascot should be a mammal.
whoever voted for a tree should be outed and shamed.
Well, this is awkward . . .
Unfortunately, I didn't take names for the ballots.
There was an old video of the tree skipping along a sidewalk and then tripping and falling over on some stairs. Now I can't find it - does anyone have a link?
Here you go: https://youtu.be/HrJMTuPSqtE
The original's gone, but I saved the video for posterity.
Footage of the tree that I've been looking for since Gore invented the internet came from the early 90's, if it exists at all. Does this ring a bell anyone?? It's HT at Memorial, let's say big game '92?, and the tree is "dancing" like an idiot out there with the furd "band." All of sudden a couple of students sprint from the student section and literally pummel the shit out of it. Blindside double-sack and then they started throwing haymakers like they were tyring to KO the f0cker. Tysonesque effort. Dude wearing the idiot tree costume (jeez it could have been a woman...?) got destroyed, the "tree" was all f0cked up! Despite the hilarity, it was borderline criminal...and I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT AGAIN!!!! anyone? anyone? anyone?
So to clarify, is USC just the horse, or does it include the person riding the horse?
Just the horse.
Thanks.
Excellent question sir. makes a ton of difference as I've always simple felt sorry for the horse.
As have I.
give me robo-duck or give me....a whiskey?
I tweet not, but I would still like to vote for The Beaver. The latest incarnation is so cool and enigmatic looking, unlike the usual cartoony characters. (ASU's is definitely the worst: enigmatic is one thing, but creepy?)
Benny has a first-round bye, so your vote won't have much effect this week. I think you can vote without a Twitter account--test on one of the links above.
The Sparky redesign is dreadful, but I actually don't remember (and couldn't Google) what their mascot looked like before then. What was their mascot back in these days?
http://dieharddevil.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sparkylogo.jpg
Nope, wouldn't let me vote for the big dog. Both Sparky designs are dreadful; ASU couldn't come up with some regional creature? They have gorgeous hummingbirds there.