# What's the stupidest sports mascot you've ever heard? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 13, 2003, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-sports-mascot-youve-ever-heard/181656 "2003-06-13T20:23:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2003, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-sports-mascot-youve-ever-heard/181656/61 "2003-06-14T23:51:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Remember too, a lot of high schools have been under pressure in recent years to adopt nicknames that are much more politically correct. (Not just high schools, I know, but it seems to be more prevalent there.) **Dantheman** –I got to see PC police in action not once but twice whilst in HS concerning school mascots. First the elem school in my neighborhood is forced to change their mascot from the long-standing cutsey, Precious Moments-style cowboy (they were the Rangers) to a dopey looking racoon in a cowboy hat with a six shooter on each hip. Some of the PTA mothers complained it was harrassment to have a little BOY mascot and not a little GIRL mascot or one that was non-gendered. Hence the non-gendered racoon with his hat and guns. :rolleyes: Then, in my sophmore year, it was announced to the student body at my HS that they were removing the confederate flag and Southern confederate rebel as the school’s mascot because it was racially insensitive. On the day they announced it was taken away,there was a huge staged walk-out and prolly 1/2 the school left. The cheerleader uniforms were changed as well. The original ones had a flappy thing with a confederate flag design that hung from the shoulders over the back of the top of the uniform. The NEW uniforms took the “X” away and transformed it into a “V” shape. Also…just before the final concert of Sr. Year, the choir director told us we would NOT be singing “Dixie” as was the tradition for the final concert of the years by the Srs. He told us if we did sing it, the Sr. Choir members would be given detention the entire last week of school. As we shuffled onto the risers and got into formation, it was whispered through the ranks we should sing “Dixie” anyway. You shoulda seen his face when we refused to get off stage, linked hands and began to sway back and forth singing that song. He turned so red I thought he was gonna blow up or something.😃 It was worth it, though.🙂 IDBB ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-sports-mascot-youve-ever-heard/181656/62 "2003-06-15T00:54:40Z")
I’m thinking the University of Hawaii is the “Rainbows” or something fierce like that. And has everyone fogotton the Fighting Whiteys already? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-sports-mascot-youve-ever-heard/181656/63 "2003-06-15T05:09:04Z")
I find this incredible, but it would appear the nickname of the Yuma, [Arizona] HS is the \*\* [Criminals](http://www.yumaed.org/yumahs/) \*\* Get a load of the icon. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-sports-mascot-youve-ever-heard/181656/64 "2003-06-15T06:40:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 5 time champ \* > \*\*I find this incredible, but it would appear the nickname of the Yuma, [Arizona] HS is the \*\* [Criminals](http://www.yumaed.org/yumahs/) \*\* > > Get a load of the icon. \*\* You cite wins hands down. I haven’t laughed so hard in a month. ---
**Author:** ![lorinada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@lorinada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorinada)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-sports-mascot-youve-ever-heard/181656/65 "2003-06-15T06:59:39Z")
Lewisville (Texas) Fighting Farmers. [You can even get a plush toy sporting this mascot.](http://www.customplushproductions.com/school-bears/lewisville-fighting-farmers.html) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-sports-mascot-youve-ever-heard/181656/66 "2003-06-15T15:07:04Z")
Abandon all hope, you cannot resist the [Fighting Beavers](http://www.collegegear.com/sf/stores/product_images/8676-x.jpg) of Oregon State University. Nothing builds spirit like a cheerleader wearing a t-shirt that says, _ **"You can’t lick our Beavers!"** _ ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-sports-mascot-youve-ever-heard/181656/67 "2003-06-15T16:55:15Z")
I have to thank the Fates that CG didn’t go to Lewisville HS and be subjected to the gayitude of the Fighting Farmers mascot. Instead he went to Marcus HS, where they have the mighty, non-gay looking Marauders (even though I can’t find a picture of the mascot…:rolleyes: IDBB ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-sports-mascot-youve-ever-heard/181656/68 "2003-06-15T17:32:47Z")
A Hoosier is a person from Indiana. Where does the nickname come from? A friend of mine from that state says it’s short for “Who’s Here?” I thought it was a stupid nickname BEFORE I knew what it meant (“Indiana Indianians” is bad enough). When he told me the truth, I started jumping up and down and screaming about how stupid his state was. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-sports-mascot-youve-ever-heard/181656/69 "2003-06-15T17:40:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Marley23 \* > \*\*A Hoosier is a person from Indiana. Where does the nickname come from? \*\* Apparently, it’s a [mystery](http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=hoosier). Too bad Missouri didn’t keep their nickname, though. I wonder what the mascot would have looked like. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-sports-mascot-youve-ever-heard/181656/70 "2003-06-15T17:51:16Z")
You noticed I answered my own question, right? My pal may have been misinformed, I guess, who knows. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-sports-mascot-youve-ever-heard/181656/71 "2003-06-15T18:21:20Z")
I did notice, and I thought the answer was incorrect or at least incomplete, but I didn’t want to get all confrontational about it. I’m sorry if that was confusing. ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-sports-mascot-youve-ever-heard/181656/72 "2003-06-15T22:19:33Z")
The Springfield Goofball. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-sports-mascot-youve-ever-heard/181656/73 "2003-06-15T22:22:27Z")
That’s the Capital City Goofball. 😉 Frankly, I think most mascots look very stupid. But as far as worst team symbol/nickname or whatever, it’s hard to beat the Stanford Tree. Most confusing mascot/name combo might be the Wake Forest Deamon Deacons. ---
**Author:** ![Vanyel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Vanyel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vanyel)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-sports-mascot-youve-ever-heard/181656/74 "2003-06-15T22:51:05Z")
Ohio Wesleyan University, in Delaware, OH: **The Battling Bishops** The improv comedy troupe is **The Babbling Bishops** ---
**Author:** ![TheRealJohnPeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TheRealJohnPeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheRealJohnPeat)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-sports-mascot-youve-ever-heard/181656/75 "2003-06-16T00:02:17Z")
I think the UK can whip anything in the US for this… In the North-East of England there’s a town called Hartlepool - who’s football (soccer) team has a monkey called “H’Angus” as it’s mascot. This may not seem that odd - but first there’s a ‘Why’ and then there’s a 'What!" Why? Legend has it that the people of Hartlepool once hanged a monkey (found on a ship which docked locally) because they thought it was a French Spy!!! People from Hartlepool are frequently called ‘Monkey Hangers’ as a result. What!! H’Angus the Monkey - mascot of the local football team - was voted into the role of MAYOR recently - really! [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk\_politics/1965569.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1965569.stm) Top that… 🙂 TTFN JP ---
**Author:** ![Gotterfunken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@Gotterfunken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gotterfunken)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-sports-mascot-youve-ever-heard/181656/76 "2003-06-16T00:38:32Z")
Speaking of British mascots, Arsenal has a green dinosaur who wears an Arsenal shirt and a baseball cap. His name is “Gunnersaurus,” and everybody hates him. _Although_ I do recall an incident on TV during the 2001 FA Cup semi-final (against Tottenham). I was watching it at a pub in Islington. Before kick-off, they showed a commercial featuring the mascots taking penalty kicks. Gunnersaurus converted his, and the whole pub erupted in cheers. That’s the only time i can remember anyone expressing anything positive about that thing. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-sports-mascot-youve-ever-heard/181656/77 "2003-06-16T00:50:20Z")
The Swarthmore Little Quakers The University of California-Santa Cruz Banana Slugs ---
**Author:** ![Blueberry\_Buckle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@Blueberry\_Buckle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blueberry_Buckle)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-sports-mascot-youve-ever-heard/181656/78 "2003-06-16T01:01:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jplacer \* > \*\*In Poca West Virginia … > > The Poca Dots. \*\* slight hijack: I remember our football team playing them one year for homecoming. All of our banners read “Disconnect the Dots”. I still chuckle about it every now and then. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-sports-mascot-youve-ever-heard/181656/79 "2003-06-16T01:12:57Z")
Best team names, _ever_: Disorganized Nude Women Flaming Envelopes Hilltop Unskilled Laborers Sadly, they don’t exist other than in a damned funny Dabney Coleman skit on SNL back in the '80s. ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-sports-mascot-youve-ever-heard/181656/80 "2003-06-16T03:49:44Z")
I used to live in a town named Clovis, and the mascot of one of the junior high schools was the “Fightin’ Kittens.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-sports-mascot-youve-ever-heard/181656.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-stupidest-sports-mascot-youve-ever-heard/181656.md?page=5)