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Three Cheers for School Mascots! MASCOT NE S D by Gerry Bishop school mascots!S MAThree cheers for sports fans—ready for some March schools bring live mascots to games, but, for most, OK, Madness? Starting on March 17, people all people in animal costumes play the roles. Either across the country will be going crazy, way, the mascots are there to bring their teams rooting for their favorite college basketball luck, to cheer them on to victory, and to tell team to win the NCAA Tournament. On the everyone, “This is who we are!” courts will be the players, battling for the title. Dribble on over to the next page to meet And on the sidelines—strutting and leading some of these animal mascots. You’ll soon find cheers—will be the teams’ mascots. out why they can make fans everywhere stand TM Many schools have animals as mascots. Some up and cheer—like MAD! ALL NAMES, TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS, AND LOGOS FEATURED OR REFERRED TO WITHIN THIS STORY ARE THE PROPERTY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE TRADEMARK HOLDERS AND USED WITH PERMISSION. THESE TRADEMARK HOLDERS ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION AND DO NOT SPONSOR OR ENDORSE NWF OR THIS STORY. 22 23 WILDCATS “Wildcat” is another name for a bobcat BULLDOGS —a These stocky, powerful dogs were once used fierce predator about the size of a boxer dog. to round up wild bulls. The dogs were trained Bobcats roam deep forests and other wild to grab on to a bull’s nose and hold the huge places in North America, on the lookout for animal until someone could rope it. prey to pounce on. Bobcats have a reputation Today’s bulldogs are bred to be gentle, loving for being fast, alert, and full of fight. So it’s no pets. They no longer tackle bulls, but because wonder that “wildcat” is a favorite mascot of of their “tough-guy” looks, many schools have school teams everywhere. Famous wildcat made them their team mascots. Bulldog mascots mascots include . include . • University of Arizona: Wilbur the Wildcat • Yale University: Handsome Dan XVII • Villanova • Mississippi State University: Bully University: • Butler University: Butler Blue III Will D. Cat • University of Georgia: Uga IX • Kansas State (right). University: Willie the Wildcat • University of The University of Georgia has a live TM TM Kentucky: mascot named Uga IX. Can you guess UNIVERSITY OF where the name comes from? Scratch ARIZONA UNIVERSITY OF YALE UNIVERSITY GEORGIA PAUL SAWER/FLPA/MINDEN PICTURES > COURTESY OF ROB SAYE/UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ALLIGATORS At least three colleges have alligator mascots. One is the University of Florida. It’s not hard to figure that one out. After all, there are more gators living in Florida than in any other state. That may also be why the team has two alligator mascots: Albert E. Gator and Alberta Gator. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA San Francisco State University chose an alligator (named Gator) as a team mascot There also are no alligators in Pennsylvania, because the animal is “well built, steadfast, the home state of Allegheny College. But steadily moving toward its goal.” The university “Allegheny (al-uh-GAY-nee) Alligators” doesn’t seem to mind that the closest wild just sounded good. The mascot’s name is alligator lives more than 2,000 miles away! Chompers. DONALD M. JONES/MINDEN PICTURES 24 25 BADGERS The University of Wisconsin is the only university with a badger for a mascot. The mascot’s name is Bucky, and he looks a bit like a real badger with a striped sweater and a bad attitude. Real badgers are fierce, super-tough animals. But that’s not why UW has one as a team mascot. The name comes from the state’s official nickname: The Badger State. This might lead you to believe lots of badgers live in Wisconsin. Not so. “Badgers” was also a name for men who worked in Wisconsin’s mines long, long ago. And that’s how the state got its UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN nickname. SHATTIL & ROZINSKI/NATUREPL.COM BRUINS CARDINALS UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) A little tweety bird as a team mascot? fans started out with a bear cub as a That’s not going to impress anyone on a mascot. But soon they wanted a mascot that basketball court! was a bit more ferocious. So they picked Well, having a cardinal as a mascot the grizzly bear. But that was the mascot doesn’t seem to bother University of claimed by the University of Montana—one Louisville players. Year after year, they are of their opponents. So they settled on the one of the nation’s best basketball teams. name “bruin,” which is another word for But you still have to wonder: Why a cardi- “bear.” But take a look at their mascot, Joe, nal? It’s because Louisville is in Kentucky, and you can see that this bruin is still a where the cardinal is the state bird. grizzly—just not called one. To give Cardinal Bird, as folks call the mascot, a bit more spunk, an artist added some teeth and a snarly look. Seems the school is slowly working its way from “Cardinal Bird” to “Bad Bird.” Tough enough? Other schools with cardinals as their mascots include . • Lamar University: Big Red • Plattsburgh State University: Burghy • Wesleyan University: Cardinal Bird UNIVERSITY OF • Ball State University: Charlie Cardinal LOUISVILLE AS ART (26B, 27B) IRDS • Iowa State University: Cy the Cardinal /B UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, 27 LOS ANGELES ARTHUR MORRIS 26 HUSKIES BLUEJAYS Husky dogs are famous for their strength, Here we go with another tweety endurance, and toughness. It’s no wonder, bird as a mascot. What’s up with then, that many colleges and universities that? Well, blue jays can be full of have chosen the husky as a mascot. fight—not a bad thing for any team. But for One of the regular “top dogs” in college Creighton University, it’s all about color. basketball is the University of Connecticut In 1923, a contest was held to pick a team. UConn is the school’s nickname. And mascot for the university. Out of 200 entries, that sounds like Yukon—a part of Canada “Bluejays” was the winner—chosen because where huskies are often used as sled the bird matches the school colors of blue dogs. But there’s really no connection. A and white. husky became the team mascot before the Like Louisville, Creighton has given its school’s nickname was created. The dog is mascot a new “fightin’ mad” look.Billy called Jonathon, after Jonathon Trumball, Bluejay is now bold and proud, according first governor of Connecticut. Other husky to the university’s president. Trouble is, mascots include . Billy now looks a lot like the mascot of the • St. Cloud State University: Blizzard Toronto Blue Jays professional baseball • University of Southern Maine: team. Toronto’s message to Creighton: Champ the Husky “Change it again!” • University of Washington: Dubs More birds in blue that serve as mascots (live husky); Harry the Husky ® include . (costumed person) TM UNIVERSITY OF • Johns Hopkins University: Jay • Northwestern University: King Husky CONNECTICUT CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY • Elmhurst College: Victor E. Bluejay • Northeastern University: Paws DE MEESTER/ARCO/NATUREPL.COM < BLUE JAY PHOTO DONATED TO NWF B Y BILL MCMULLEN Baehr. So, to urge the team to victory, a cheerleader suddenly shouted out, “They may be Wildcats, but we have a BEARCATS Baehr-cat on our side.” What in the world is a bearcat? An animal from To some people, the Cincinnati mascot Asia, a binturong (bin-TOOR-ong), is sometimes may look like nothing more than an angry called “bearcat,” but it isn’t a bear or a cat. kitty. But to all the fans at UC, it’s an awesome So how did the University of Cincinnati come bearcat! up with a “bearcat” as a mascot? Here’s the story: And guess what! Here are some other teams One hundred years ago on October 31, 1914, ® that have bearcat mascots: the university was playing football against the • Willamette University: Blitz powerful University of Kentucky “Wildcats.” • Northwest Missouri State University: Bobby UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI Cincinnati was struggling on the field, even • Sam Houston State University: Sammy and though it had a great fullback named Leonard Samantha Bearkat = 28 HENRY AUSLOOS/BIOSPHOTO > 29.
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