Wednesday, June 25, 2025
It's the off-season for mascots
Football season is a few months off. Basketball season is in the rear view mirror. It's the off-season for mascots, but that is kind of my favorite time to spot them-- like Goldy Gopher crashing a wedding, pictured above. Or making music videos:
The one Big Ten mascot who genuinely gives me the creeps, though, is the Purdue Boiler-head guy, who apparently spends his summer at the Jersey Shore. I'm ok with the Big Ten expansion, at least in part because now we get more of the wacky antics of Donald Duck knockoff, the Oregon Duck:
Hurry, football season!