Favorite Big 10 mascot (not Brutus)

[tibor75]

Heck, even including Brutus, I'd say Sparty...

 

[Dryden]

Sparty, easily.

 

[tibor75]

 

[CookyPuss]

I know he's not official, but gotta love this guy:

Anybody else ever think that Gene Keady looks like the Purdue mascot? Just put a helmet on him and he's god to go.

 

[OSUsushichic]

I think the Gopher is really cute. :)

 

[Dryden]

I think the Gopher is really cute. :)

His teeth aren't as white as Glen Mason's though.

 

[Bob Saccamano]

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[YOUTUBE]http://youtube.com/watch?v=UY716We0K_E&mode=related&search=[/YOUTUBE]

 

[OhioState49]

I am going with the Nittany Lion

 

[ScriptOhio]

U of I: Mascot will no longer perform

URBANA, Ill. - The University of Illinois will retire its 81-year-old American Indian mascot, Chief Illiniwek, following the last men's home basketball game of the season on Wednesday.
The NCAA in 2005 deemed the buckskin-clad Illiniwek an offensive use of American Indian imagery and barred the university from hosting postseason events.
American Indian groups and others complained for years that the mascot, used since 1926, is demeaning. Supporters of the mascot say it honors the contributions of American Indians to Illinois.
School officials said they received a letter from the NCAA on Thursday that said the school will no longer be banned from hosting postseason events if it drops the mascot and related American Indian imagery. The NCAA's sanctions thus far have prevented Illinois from hosting postseason events in two low-profile sports.

Entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070216/ap_on_sp_co_ne/ncaa_chief_illiniwek_3

 

[ohiobuckeye]

Chief Illiniwek and he mite be going bye bye if the Indians get there way

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Chief Illiniwek and he mite be going bye bye if the Indians get there way

Maybe if you didn't try to make a post every two minutes in every possible thread, you'd be able to post in something resembling proper English...

 

[BUCKYLE]

Chief Illiniwek and he mite be going bye bye if the Indians get there way

The post directly above yours deals with that exact topic.

 

[ohiobuckeye]

URBANA, Ill. - The University of Illinois will retire its 81-year-old American Indian mascot, Chief Illiniwek, following the last men's home basketball game of the season on Wednesday.
The NCAA in 2005 deemed the buckskin-clad Illiniwek an offensive use of American Indian imagery and barred the university from hosting postseason events.
American Indian groups and others complained for years that the mascot, used since 1926, is demeaning. Supporters of the mascot say it honors the contributions of American Indians to Illinois.
School officials said they received a letter from the NCAA on Thursday that said the school will no longer be banned from hosting postseason events if it drops the mascot and related American Indian imagery. The NCAA's sanctions thus far have prevented Illinois from hosting postseason events in two low-profile sports.

Entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070216/ap_on_sp_co_ne/ncaa_chief_illiniwek_3

so deos this mean that the NCAA will go after the Utah Utes and FSU for using Indian mascots too, but somehow the Noles still get to use Chief Osceola.

 

[JoJaBuckeye]

I am going with the Nittany Lion

Same here. I was tempted to lie and say the chief just to piss off the PC crowd, but that's another discussion I guess.

 

[BB73]

so deos this mean that the NCAA will go after the Utah Utes and FSU for using Indian mascots too, but somehow the Noles still get to use Chief Osceola.

There's a thread in the college football forum that discusses this. It's on the front page of that forum.