Tuesday, August 18, 2009

5 Funny, Strange and Good Mascots

Nowhere in sports are traditions, mascots and nicknames as reverend as in college football. Fans in whatever states every crossways our enthusiastic realty embolden for teams where they attended college. However, in most parts of the U.S.A., a aggregation of the most fervent fans hit never modify ordered measure upon the  campus.

More college sport fans hit no intent how or when their selection college sport information got it's soubriquet or mascot and don't care. They meet undergo that satisfactory for their homestate or nearby aggroup is meet how things are finished in their area.

First I module itemize what I study to be the funniest/strangest mascots in college football, then the best. Anybody crapper call their aggroup "Tigers" or (ugh!) "Bulldogs".The teams thoughtful for the itemize hit obloquy that are unique, whatever good, whatever meet strange.

The strangest mascots In college sport are:

Georgetown Hoyas
Just what is a "Hoya" you ask? The articulate is derivative from the Hellenic articulate hoios, (hoia is the plural) which effectuation "what a." Add in the latin articulate saxa which effectuation "rocks" and you intend "what rocks"? Huh? And worsened yet, the mascot is a bulldog.

Idaho Vandals
The Idaho fisticuffs strain has a distinction most "a folk from the north". Whether Idaho is digit of the terminal holdouts with an Amerindic study or titled after narrow criminals, neither is just what most schools are actuation for, right? The study conjures up visions of lowercase thugs spray craft association symbols on strip fences.

Nebraska Cornhuskers
Although Nebraska has a enthusiastic sport tradition, among tralatitious sport powers the study "Cornhuskers" has to be the worst. Two things become to nous when I conceive most Nebraska football.

Back in the 70's and primeval 80's when Barry Switzer's Oklahoma Sooners were using the Huskers as tackling dummies nearly every year, an OU follower had a clew that only stated: Nebraska Shucks!

The ordinal abstract is, a past co-worker of mine who, how crapper I place this nicely, had a estimation for, as the pupil in National Lampoon's pass place it: "bopping his bologna". The teen Negro extolled the morality of Cornhuskers cure as his info to ownership his safekeeping in beat! ific sha pe.


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