Ok. I just have bad luck with mascots.
In High school I was, get this,
A Harvester.
Our mascot was just a guy who walked around with a scythe. For those not in the know, its the thing the grim reaper carries. Could HAVE been intimidating, but much less so when the guy carrying it is dressed like a farmer from the 1940's. I would have preferred a just selling the rights to John-Deere and using a combine. See...
Doesnt he look like GI Joe after he was discharged from the army and became a farmer??
My first year in college I was a javalina.
From the university's website: The university's first students chose the javelina (in Spanish pronounced hah-vay-lee-nah and in South Texan pronounced hah-vuh-lee-nuh) as the mascot because of its fierce and tenacious behavior. Javelinas can do serious damage to men or hunting dogs with their two-inch long canine teeth, which are well developed for cutting and slashing. However, javelinas are generally not aggressive and will almost always retreat from a person, unless cornered. For a pict...
Yep. Its a pig with a beard. But yet it belongs to the rat family. Ewwww.
Now I am a Roadrunner. Not all cute like Wiley Coyote, but more like a Blue Chicken on stereiods. An announcer even called it that during the NCAA fianl four we hosted in 1998. See...
Stolen from the universities webpage. Normally he doesnt wear headphones, but it was the best image I could find.
[This message has been edited by lifesaver (edited July 28, 2001).]