Favorite White Guy Mascot

[Jon]

For some reason, white guy college mascots crack me up.

 

Discuss.

 

I'm sure I'm forgetting some, so I can add them as they're suggested.

 

Purdue Pete aka white guy with hammer:

 

http://holly.obrien.net/web/images/pete-button-05.jpg

 

Fighting Irish aka short white guy on pep pills:

 

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2006/writers/austin_murphy/11/24/murphys.law/t1_leprechaun.jpg

 

Demon Deacon aka old white guy with huge chin and funny bow tie (I think there's some ear hair, too):

 

http://f.screensavers.com/migration/wp/wakeforest_215.gif

 

Colonel Reb aka old white guy with rebel flag...and also some ear hair, I think:

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/images/daily/olemis3_1996x.jpg

 

Herbie Husker aka creepy guy:

 

http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/contests/capitalone/2005/mascots/herbie_large.jpg

 

Sam the Minuteman aka creepier guy:

 

http://sportsmed.starwave.com/i/contests/capitalone/2005/mascots/sam_large.jpg

 

Pistol Pete aka gunslinger with a severe case of gigantism:

 

http://www.replayphotos.com/uimages/2208_Q9D8537_t.jpg

 

Paydirt Pete aka guy looking for gold and not afraid to kill for it:

 

http://ia.utep.edu/Portals/304/houston.rally.paydirt.12.28.jpg

 

Mountaineer aka guy rejected from the civil war reenactment and renessaince fair clubs so he started his own:

 

http://www.coachrod.com/TheMountaineer_images/NEW-MountaineerMontage.jpg

 

Sparty aka guy who you shouldn't ask about the steroid shrinkage:

 

http://homepages.wmich.edu/~s4mchugh/Images%20altered/Logos/SpartyMascot.jpg

 

Tommy the Trojan aka guy who thinks underwear is too constricting (don't think he got the horse's consent on that one):

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/id/187027_4_1.jpg

 

The Cavalier aka guy most likely to take a nap at any point during the game:

 

http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/va/nonsport/va-cav-man-200x300.jpg

 

Runnin' Rebel aka $.05:

 

http://graphics.fansonly.com/schools/unlv/trads/images/unlv-heyrebcolor.jpg

 

Commodore aka older than John Smith 1882:

 

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/2687/mrcsd7.jpg

Edited December 6, 2006 by Jon

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I like Big Red, because he deflates his head regularly to entertain the crowd, which I'm sure terrifies many a child.

[ConstableRabbit]

What about the Spartan?

 

However, my vote would go to the UTEP miner:

 

http://cache.nmn.speedera.net/pics22/640/DS/DSTDXYZRAOEZDKT.20051117185513.gif

[Slugger_16]

They're all frighteningly hilarious, but Pistol Pete wins it for me because of those pants.

 

If the ND mascot is a student, I bet he gets beat up.

[Jon]

To be honest, I'm not that familiar with Big Red.

 

I left Sparty and Tommy the Trojan off because they're historical-based, non-North American mascots. But I can add them if people want.

[Andy]

They're all frighteningly hilarious, but Pistol Pete wins it for me because of those pants.

 

If the ND mascot is a student, I bet he gets beat up.

It is. And I <3 the leprechaun.

[ConstableRabbit]

To be honest, I'm not that familiar with Big Red.

 

I left Sparty and Tommy the Trojan off because they're historical-based, non-North American mascots. But I can add them if people want.

 

Ok that's fair, but to be annoyingly picky, so is the Irish :lol:

[Jon]

To be honest, I'm not that familiar with Big Red.

 

I left Sparty and Tommy the Trojan off because they're historical-based, non-North American mascots. But I can add them if people want.

 

Ok that's fair, but to be annoyingly picky, so is the Irish :lol:

Hey, nothing historical about a leprechaun, though! Wasn't necessarily referring to Irish who like to fight.

[OleMissCub]

http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/1121/marcolonelra2.jpg

 

Colonel Reb, woooot!

[Post Count Padder]

To be honest, I'm not that familiar with Big Red.

 

I left Sparty and Tommy the Trojan off because they're historical-based, non-North American mascots. But I can add them if people want.

Sparty isn't historically based. He was designed to resemble Jay Leno.

[Jon]

To be honest, I'm not that familiar with Big Red.

 

I left Sparty and Tommy the Trojan off because they're historical-based, non-North American mascots. But I can add them if people want.

Sparty isn't historically based. He was designed to resemble Jay Leno.

But Conan will make Leno history in 2009.

[TruffleShuffle]

They're all frighteningly hilarious, but Pistol Pete wins it for me because of those pants.

 

If the ND mascot is a student, I bet he gets beat up.

 

I HOPE he gets beat up. That stupid leprechaun.

[Andy]

They're all frighteningly hilarious, but Pistol Pete wins it for me because of those pants.

 

If the ND mascot is a student, I bet he gets beat up.

 

I HOPE he gets beat up. That stupid leprechaun.

Even outside of ND, I like human mascots if the alternative is a stupid big furry thing. ESPECIALLY if the stupid big furry thing could just as easily be a human (Purdue Pete, Sparty).

[ConstableRabbit]

They're all frighteningly hilarious, but Pistol Pete wins it for me because of those pants.

 

If the ND mascot is a student, I bet he gets beat up.

 

I HOPE he gets beat up. That stupid leprechaun.

Even outside of ND, I like human mascots if the alternative is a stupid big furry thing. ESPECIALLY if the stupid big furry thing could just as easily be a human (Purdue Pete, Sparty).

 

How about Penn St.'s Lion? It might as well be just a guy. The suit is so thin it's comical.

[TruffleShuffle]

How about Penn St.'s Lion? It might as well be just a guy. The suit is so thin it's comical.

 

How about this stupid thing?

 

http://www.buckeyextra.com/xo-images/1023-brutus-wolverine.jpg

 

A nut for a head, then it's a guy wearing a polo shirt, sweatpants and black nikes.

[Guest]

My vote goes to Herbie Husker, with the condition that it's the guy in an inflatable suit.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

How about Penn St.'s Lion? It might as well be just a guy. The suit is so thin it's comical.

 

That honor goes to Kansas State's mascot. They just stick a big wildcat head on a normal guy with a jersey.

 

http://www.cjonline.com/photos/galleries/122901_ksupep/images/01.jpg

 

I messed up on Big Red. I was actually referring to Lil' Red, Nebraska's other mascot.

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Lil_red.jpg

[TruffleShuffle]

lol, that nebraska inflatible guy is comical

[Transmogrified Tiger]

http://www.floridaentertainmentscene.com/sports/2005/mascot/LilRed128.jpg

[Jon]

An emphatic NO to inflatable mascots in this poll.

 

I hate them with a passion.

[frostwyrm]

WV Mountaineer, meh.

http://www.coachrod.com/TheMountaineer_images/NEW-MountaineerMontage.jpg

 

USC Trojan, guy in a skirt and a rubber mask = funny.

 

http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/IMREC/spirit/mascot/mainpages/tommychunk01.jpg

[BleedCubbieBlue81]

What about Hank, the Starbucks guy?

 

http://www.cs.utah.edu/~acumming/pix/blog/hank.jpg

[ConstableRabbit]

An emphatic NO to inflatable mascots in this poll.

 

I hate them with a passion.

 

FREE AIR WILLY!

 

btw, put the miner in the poll already! I wanna vote for him!

[ConstableRabbit]

How about Penn St.'s Lion? It might as well be just a guy. The suit is so thin it's comical.

 

That honor goes to Kansas State's mascot. They just stick a big wildcat head on a normal guy with a jersey.

 

http://www.cjonline.com/photos/galleries/122901_ksupep/images/01.jpg

 

I messed up on Big Red. I was actually referring to Lil' Red, Nebraska's other mascot.

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/98/Lil_red.jpg

 

I literally lol'd at that pathetic attempt at a mascot :lol:

[CaliforniaRaisin]

What about Hank, the Starbucks guy?

 

http://www.cs.utah.edu/~acumming/pix/blog/hank.jpg

 

Those Starbucks commercials are awesome.