As many of you know, I am a huge fan of college mascots. I very much prize the photo above, showing my one chance to meet one of my major heroes.
Let's haiku about them this week! Here, I will go first:
Goldy the Gopher
You make a bad game better!
(There are lots of those).
Now it is your turn! As a helpful aid, I have provided a list of mascots below.
Alameda College-- Cool E. Cougar ("The E. is for Education!")
American University-- Clawed Z. Eagle
Amherst College-- Lord Jeff
Baylor-- Some Bears (I think they are named Judge Judy and Judge Morton)
Colorado School of Mines-- Marvin the Miner
Columbia-- Roar-ee the Lion
Dartmouth-- Keggy the Keg
Georgia-- Hairy Dawg
Goucher-- Mortimer the Gopher
Harvard-- Chilly Willy the Penguin
Idaho-- Joe Vandal
Iowa-- Herky Hawk
Maine-- Bananas T. Bear
Michigan State-- Sparty the Spartan
US Naval Academy-- Bill the Goat
Northwestern-- Wildcat Willy
Ohio State-- Brutus the Buckeye
Oklahoma-- Norman Oklahoma
Purdue-- Boilermaker Big-Head Guy
Rhode Island School of Design-- Scrotie
RPI-- Puckman
Santa Cruz-- Sammy the Slug
Scottsdale Comm. College-- Artie the Fighting ArtichokeStanford-- The Tree
Syracuse-- Otto the Orange
Texas-- Bevo the Languid Cow
Tufts-- Jumbo the Elephant
Vanderbilt-- Mr. C
Virginia Tech-- Hokie Bird
Whittier College-- Johnny Poet
William and Mary-- Col. Ebirt
Williams College-- Purple Cow
Wisconsin-- Bucky the Badger
Xavier-- The Blue Blob
Yale-- Handsome Dan
Now it is your turn! Just make it fun, and use a syllable count of 5/7/5...



At a tender age,
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Lasting impression.
Oh, Goldy Gopher!
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You waved your tail.
At six, I made one
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"Johnny Dangerous"
The St. Peter Saints,
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Very menacing.
Daughter made us proud
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Goucher mascot she
She was the Gopher?!?
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Are there some photos?
"Daddy, does any college
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Parenting is hard.
Yes, the Gopher she!
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Gopher parents we
Fortier all boys high
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State champs forty-eight.
In Sherman, Texas,
ReplyDeleteAustin College kangaroos.
Slogan was "Get Roo'd!"
I think I shall not
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Than the Stanford Tree