tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post2488570724034801124..comments2024-02-13T01:25:33.947-05:00Comments on The Gods Are Bored: Team Mascots ReduxAnne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-28217587611022278932013-05-22T01:31:24.419-04:002013-05-22T01:31:24.419-04:00I guess I had it easy -- my High School -- Redwood...I guess I had it easy -- my High School -- Redwood HS -- was the Redwood Giants. College was the Cal Bears. SF State (grad school)is the Gators. Bears and Gators are pretty deadly. but Cal is the bears because we are the bear flag state, and redwoods are giants. No idea where gator comes from, as I don't think there are any in California. <br />--KimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-20812356139512660372013-05-21T21:23:56.799-04:002013-05-21T21:23:56.799-04:00The high school from which I graduated, Fort Colli...The high school from which I graduated, Fort Collins (Colorado) HS, had as its mascot back then the "lambkin." Yes, as in Mary had a little ...<br /><br />I guess it was being a "boy named Sue." You had to be tough if your mascot was the lambkin.<br /><br />And this mascot had been selected back in the 1890s, along with the school song, to the tune (inadvertently?) of "Deutschland uber Alles." How did they get that one through the world wars?<br /><br />Rebels, Tornadoes, ha.Chas Cliftonhttp://blog.chasclifton.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-11812340023355773022013-05-21T19:24:45.340-04:002013-05-21T19:24:45.340-04:00It turns out my school's mascot used to be &qu...It turns out my school's mascot used to be "The Tradesman," some beefy type in a hard hat. The students voted to change it. That was before my time at the place. I would have lobbied for ANYTHING but a killer storm.Anne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18083739996560380258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-2199164547968526882013-05-21T14:35:18.594-04:002013-05-21T14:35:18.594-04:00We try to be a little more sensitive about such th...We try to be a little more sensitive about such things up here in Canada but then again, the name of our City's pro football team is the Edmonton Eskimos. Inuit people hate the term Eskimo but no one's ever made a big deal out of the team name -- yet.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.com