The logo of the Calgary Stampeders in the CFL is a galloping white stallion on a red field.
Any time the Stampeders score a touchdown in a home game, a pretty cowgirl rides a white stallion around the field, controlling the horse with one hand while waving a large flagpole with the stampeders logo on it.
(And now that I’ve explained the touchdown customs of the Stampeders, this Riders fan feels a bit dirty. Sometimes, fighting ignorance ain’t pretty.)
A friend and I were talking about narwhals recently, and I remarked that if there isn’t a baseball team called the Narwhals, there should be. What a perfect mascot - it has a built in bat!
Difficult to keep one around for home games, though.
Yeah, Auburn’s actual mascot is a Tiger (and it’s usually a student in a mascot costume). “War Eagle” is a slogan/chant which the fans and the teams use, and while they have an eagle at the games, due to this, it’s not actually their mascot.
When the Miami Dolphins first started playing in the NFL, in 1966, they had an actual dolphin, named Flipper (of course), which was present in a large tank of water in the Orange Bowl during games, and her trainers had her jump in the air each time the Dolphins scored a touchdown.
They discontinued using Flipper after the 1968 season, due to cost.