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Ok, I can't beat the syrupmakers, but.... my high school mascot was the greyhound. Not so unusual, really, but it was the greyhound like on the bus. Why? Because there was at one time a Greyhound bus route through my hometown (or so the story goes.)
As for college, the 'real' mascot was Tuffy the Eagle. I'll have to see if I can dig up the story, but in years long past, there was a molding company that made these eagle statues. Some of the students took it upon themselves to go eagle hunting, and they would drive states away to steal these eagles. The birds would then be found nesting on our campus. Eventually, the company (which has since gone out of business) gave up on the fight to keep students from stealing the birds and gave the mold to the school. So, there are several eagles guarding the buildings across campus, each named for a professor or other prominent person in the school's history.
To go along with Tuffy the Eagle, we also had The Purple Avenger when I was in school. I never figured out where the idea for him came from, but I wonder if the costume is still in use...
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