4) University of Arkansas at Monticello: The Boll Weevil
Some schools choose a fierce animal for their mascot in the hopes of frighting other teams. The University of Arkansas on the other hand chose a Boll Weevil, a pesky little insect known for damaging crops. It doesn’t say much about your team when the mascot is an insect that is probably being crushed by the players on field during the actual game.
3) Dartmouth: Keggy the Keg
Keggy the Keg is the unofficial mascot of Dartmouth, meaning the administration refuses to accept that a giant dancing keg of beer represents their athletic department, yet the students have all shunned the official mascot of the team and all wait for the giant beer keg to show up. We’re in college, what can you expect?
2) California State University – Long beach: The Dirtbags
The Long Beach State baseball team has been unofficially sporting the name Dirtbags since the late 1980’s. Apparently the students find “dirtbag” a more accurate term than the team’s official name, the 49ers. The name comes from the team’s off-campus practice field that leaves them caked in dirt. What we want to know is how does any fan keep a straight face while rooting “Go Dirtbags!” from the bleachers?
1) Rhode Island School of Design: Scrotie the Nads
Scrotie is perhaps the most ridiculous, hilarious mascot ever embraced by a student body. The giant walking penis is awaited by a massive crowd at every university sporting event, and the costume makes perfect sense because the teams at the school are also cleverly named after male genitalia: the basketball team is known as “The Balls” and the hockey team is known as “The Nads.” How these names passed through university administration is beyond us, but they have become a part of school tradition. The basketball cheerleaders even go by the name “The Jockstraps,” since they support The Balls.
Which is your favorite mascot?
