Higher Ed Mascots College Mascots from the Plant Kingdom 12/08/202512/08/2025 Ohio State Buckeyes Indiana State Sycamores Oakland City Might Oaks Goshen College Maple Leafs Chaminade Silverswords Delta State Fighting Okras Copper Mountain College Fighting Cacti Scottsdale Community College Fighting Artichokes
Higher Ed Mascots College Mascots that Make a Merry Christmas 12/07/2025 College Mascots that Make a Merry Christmas Western Kentucky Big Red Dartmouth Big Green Denison Big Red U. of North Texas Mean Green Cornell Big Red Stanford Cardinal / Tree…
Higher Ed Mascots College Mascots that Live Underwater 07/22/202507/23/2025 Jacksonville University Dolphins (FL) LeMoyne College Dolphins (Syracuse, NY) Hawai'i Pacific University Sharks (Honolulu) NOVA Southeastern University Sharks (Davie, FL) Long Island University Sharks (Brooklyn, NY) California State Monterey Bay…
Higher Ed Mascots College Mascots that Are Politicians 07/20/202507/20/2025 Brandeis U. Judges (Waltham, MA) Davis & Elkins College Senators (Elkins, WV) Delta State U. Statesmen & Lady Statesmen (Cleveland, MS) Austin Peay State U. Governors & Lady Govs (Clarksville,…
Higher Ed Mascots College Mascot Battles – Who Wins the 2024 College Football Playoffs (FBS) 12/20/202412/21/2024 Answers informed by ChatGPT, decided by me. I tried to select the toughest, meanest, image of the mascot I could find. No. 7 Notre Dame vs. No. 10 Indiana ChatGPT…
Higher Ed Mascots College Mascots – The Only Live Wild Animal Mascots Living on Campus 11/24/202411/24/2024 Louisiana State’s Mike the Tiger VII Baylor’s Judy Indy & Belle Auburn’s War Eagle VIII Air Force’s Nova For the record, U. of Colorado’s Raphie VI (buffalo) lives on…
Higher Ed Mascots College Mascots – Planes, Trains, & Automobiles (& Boats) 11/24/202411/24/2024 As far as I can find, there are only 4 universities in the nation with mascots that are named after modes of transportation. There are many examples of mascots named…
Higher Ed Mascots College Mascots without an “S” at the End – O’ Canada Edition 11/22/202411/22/2024 After the popularity of my original post, College Mascots without an “s” at the End- Division I FBS, I expanded my search to Colleges Mascots in Division I FCS and…
Higher Ed Mascots The Only College Mascot Named a Number 11/09/202411/09/2024 U. of North Carolina Charlotte 49ers In 1946 the Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina opened to educate returning World War II veterans. It was struggling to survive…
Higher Ed Mascots College Mascots without an “S” at the End – FCS and DII 09/15/202411/22/2024 Go here for a list of the College Mascots without an “s” at the End- Division I FBS Go here for a list of the College Mascots without an “S”…
Higher Ed Mascots Mascots that are Blue and Orange 09/09/202409/14/2024 Blue Ridge Mountains When I spent 9 years in Charlottesville, Virginia earning 3 degrees, I fell in love with the color combination of blue and orange. It didn't hurt that…
Higher Ed Mascots The Only 13 universities with “and” (or &) in Their Name (Division 1) 07/10/202408/28/2024 For the record, A&M in university names typically means Agriculture and Mechanic (sometimes Mechanic Arts). Interestingly, of the 10 (out of 13) universities that don't have "and" hidden in their…
Higher Ed Mascots Mascots that are Aggies 07/03/202407/04/2024 At its root, an Aggie is someone from the farm. In this case, an Aggie is college student at an agricultural college. In 1862, the United States passed the Morrill…
Higher Ed Mascots College Mascots that are Mythical Creatures 01/09/202401/09/2024 Webster Gorlocks - the paws of a cheetah, the horns of a buffalo, and the face of a Saint Bernard dog Pacific Boxers – a mythical Chinese creature that is…
Higher Ed Mascots College Mascots that are Pure Evil 01/06/202401/07/2024 What do these 6 universities have in common? Arizona State University Sun Devils Mississippi Valley State University Delta Devils and Devilettes McDaniel College Green Terror Northwestern State University Demons and…
Higher Ed Mascots College Mascots without an “S” at the End- Division I FBS 12/29/202311/22/2024 If you are looking for the list of DI FCS and DII colleges without a "s" on the end of their mascot, try here. If you are seeking the list…
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