Mascot Madness and Sideline Shenanigans
I woke up this morning to a virtual barrage of emails about the NCAA basketball finals game last night. I mean, there were literally 1 or 2 emails in my inbox. It seems the question on everyones mind is "What did the Blue Devil's Headband say?" Well, to answer your question, the headband said- '91, '92, '01, __ These are the years that … [Read more...]
He's become a part of their pre-game ritual, and now he'll be there when the Butler Bulldogs face the Duke Blue Devils tonght fro the NCAA Basketball National Championship. It's been a long journey with some twists and turns, but I'm sure Blue II is ready, and the Butler players wouldn't have it any other way. You see, the NCAA has a rule … [Read more...]
Well, the picture above is the Billiken from Saint Louis University. It is one of the more unique mascots in the college basketball world. But the real question is, where do these people find their mascot experts? Surely there was somebody better than D.B. Dowd (Cough, Cough) to talk about mascots. Sure, he's a professor of Communication … [Read more...]
You may have noticed this year we haven't done much to celebrate the Final Four. That's because every lazy blogger out there feels the need to put out their own pointless "Mascot Tourney Bracket". So we decided to wait until the Final Four to put anything out there, and, as usual, we let the pictures do most of the talking... See our march … [Read more...]
Every year Sports Illustrated puts out a March Madness cover that really puts the madness into perspective. Their regional covers (this one from the west) show a variety of players, coaches, and of course mascots. Well, we played a little Where's Waldo and found 17 mascots on the cover this year... Can you find them all? Bonus for naming … [Read more...]
Well, here it is. I guess any sports blog has to start blogging about Duke sometime (and we know that usually doesn't mean football season). If you're under a rock, the interwebs are a buzz with March Madness this month, and we've uncovered a bit of a scandal on our hands. Nobody likes Duke, and that goes for the team, the fans, and of course … [Read more...]
