Thursday, July 03, 2014

Evolution of a Mascot [Subtitle: FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GET THE THING SOME PANTS]

I found this infographic in the latest issue of the William and Mary Alumni Magazine. Thought folks might be interested to see the mascot progression from bad ass ballboy to pantsless eunuch mythical creature...

Thoughts:
- I would have no problem with a return to the Oliver Twist-esque ballboy, though I could do without the drab Cleveland Browns color scheme.
- We seriously had a dog mascot named "Dammit"? Like, this was a thing?
- Wampo was Gumby's horse buddy, no?
- Cal the alligator/bottle opener makes almost as little sense for W&M as a pantsless griffin, so good to know the school has backed asinine mascot choices for over a century.
- Wampo II: Electric Horsealoo
- We know make it to the Dan Snyder-sponsored portion of our program. I would think the headdress might slow down a running back, but what do I know. Also, the school should demand royalties from cult classic The Warriors as they obviously stole the name and baseball bat concept from our mascot. Come out to play, indeed.
- Oh, hey, Wami. [No one share this infographic with Mike Wise, please.]
- Amazingly, Col. Ebirt is not the worst mascot in this picture.
- And of course, the coup de grĂ¢ce, our current mascot, a legendary Greek creature with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion; the head and wings of an eagle; and an eagle's talons as its front feet. AND NO PANTS. Makes total sense.


16 comments:

rob said...

robin thicke doesn't seem creepy at all

T.J. said...

maybe he should be our mascot

TR said...

Pour one out for Louis Zamperini. Unbroken is a must read for anybody who wants to understand what a WWII POW endured. His 97 years on the planet were an amazing tale.

Clarence said...

Teej, why does the griffin need pants? You wouldn't expect to see pants on either an eagle or a lion. And they don't make the mascots anatomically correct. Unforunately. That would be outstanding.

T.J. said...

I demand Dockers on this thing.

zman said...

Is the mascot a female griffin?

rob said...

the teej has made this graphic his twitter avatar, which makes me very happy

T.J. said...

I believe even the Thundercats wore slacks on their off days.

zman said...

Goofy wears pants and drives a car. Pluto's a dog.

Clarence said...

Dammit the Dog is fantastic. best dog name since Navin R Johnson named his pooch.

Clarence said...

In Rob's house that dog would get very confused.

Marls said...

In Leesburg, "dagnabbit" is the exclamation of choice.

zman said...

Dammit was Bill Cosby's brother. Along with Jesus Christ.

rootsminer said...

Just poured 4 minis of woodford reserve in a nalgene with a ginger ale. Right there next to the ticket counter. Wouldn't have been time to stop. I'll never pay airport prices again! Or fly sober.

rob said...

craig sager's kid seems like a good egg

Mark said...

Did Zman drop a Stand By Me reference earlier? I think he did.

My kid isn't real big on pants lately.