Friday, October 02, 2015

Haiku Friday: College Mascots



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 Artichoke
Stanford-- 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...

11 comments:

  1. At a tender age,
    met real bear drinking DP.
    Lasting impression.

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  2. Trump210:04 AM

    Oh, Goldy Gopher!
    When I was 8 I met you
    You waved your tail.

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  3. Anonymous10:40 AM

    At six, I made one
    He had a spoon and a name:
    "Johnny Dangerous"

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  4. The St. Peter Saints,
    Our mascot was an angel,
    Very menacing.

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  5. CraigA12:24 PM

    Daughter made us proud
    Mortimer THE Gopher loud
    Goucher mascot she

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  6. She was the Gopher?!?
    I am so impressed; but...
    Are there some photos?

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  7. "Daddy, does any college
    have panda mascots?"
    Parenting is hard.

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  8. CraigA5:20 PM

    Yes, the Gopher she!
    Proud more than you can ever know
    Gopher parents we

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  9. Silver Fish6:41 PM

    Fortier all boys high
    Tarpon mascots stuffed and hung
    State champs forty-eight.

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  10. In Sherman, Texas,
    Austin College kangaroos.
    Slogan was "Get Roo'd!"

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  11. I think I shall not
    Ever see mascots better
    Than the Stanford Tree

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