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"The 10 Most Bizarre Mascots in College Sports" - Fan Buzz

By Shannon Ratliff
July 12, 2018 11:49 am

https://fanbuzz.com/college-football/10-ridiculous-college-mascots/

"ere are plenty of reasons to pick the right college, but choosing a school because of its mascot probably isn’t one of them. Mascots are just part of the mixed bag you get when you pick the school of your dreams, especially if that school is the Rhode Island School of Design (looking at you, Scrotie). While most universities use an intimidating animal or figurehead from their history, the real fun happens when some universities go off the rails with their college mascot suggestions.

Of course there are reasons why these mascots were chosen, but we don’t necessarily care about the reasoning. We’re here to break down the 10 most ridiculous college mascots. What do we mean when we say ridiculous? You’ll see…

10. Otto the Orange from Syracuse University
9. The Fighting Okra from Delta State University
8. Demon Deacon from Wake Forest University
7. Big Red the Hilltopper from Western Kentucky
6. SuperFrog, the Horned Frog from Texas Christian University
5. Sebastian the Ibis from the University of Miami
4. Brutus Buckeye from Ohio State University
3. Lil’ Red from the Nebraska Cornhuskers

2. WuShock from Wichita State University
A bundle of wheat is no longer just a bundle of wheat when WuShock hits the scene in Kansas. I couldn’t even believe this was a real thing until I actually saw it in the flesh, but the Shockers are real serious about this thing. Ever since 1948, WuShock has represented Wichita State and in 1998, for his 50th anniversary, he got an even more bizarre costume redesign and starting going by Wu in casual conversation. The real kicker here is Wu’s mouth, which is permanently opened in a smirking, yelling face? Is that how’d you describe it? Just looks a big ol’ corn cob with legs to me. That’s probably the point.

1. The Tree from Stanford University..."

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"MASCOT MAYHEM Worst mascots ever..." - The Sun (A United Kingdom Company)

By Tom Roddy
Posted: 5th August 2018, 2:29 pm

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/6945910/worst-mascots-ever-west-brom/

"IN the 1800s, when mascots were first introduced to sport, they were real life animals designed to strike fear into the opposition....It is a weird and, very occasionally, wonderful world when it comes to mascots. Here, SunSport takes a look at the strangest examples from around the sporting globe, from the Scottish Premier League to the NBA in Louisiana....

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Stanford Tree - Stanford University

King Baby - New Orleans Pelicans

Superfrog - TCU Horned Frogs

Kingsley - Patrick Thistle

WuShock - Wichita State Shockers
Aptly nicknamed the Shockers, Wichita State men's basketball team did a good job when it came to their mascot. What WuShock is nobody truly knows. Possibly the long lost evil cousin of the Bananas in Pyjamas, who took a wrong turning when coming down the stairs. His bashed up head and mop of hair must be rather disturbing for visitors to the Scottrade Center.

Suri - Copa America

Saluki - Southern Illinois..."

[California Shocker]

Why are people in the UK think of the Scottrade Center when talking about WSU WuShock?

[WstateU]

"MASCOT MAYHEM Worst mascots ever..." - The Sun (A United Kingdom Company)

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/6945910/worst-mascots-ever-west-brom/

WuShock - Wichita State Shockers
Aptly nicknamed the Shockers, Wichita State men's basketball team did a good job when it came to their mascot. What WuShock is nobody truly knows. Possibly the long lost evil cousin of the Bananas in Pyjamas, who took a wrong turning when coming down the stairs. His bashed up head and mop of hair must be rather disturbing for visitors to the Scottrade Center,

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[WuShock Reaper]

"From Fighting Artichokes to Man-Sized Kegs, Nothing Tops These Mascot Traditions" - FanBuzz

John Duffley
August 20, 2018, 6:33 pm

https://fanbuzz.com/national/mascot-traditions/

"...Some mascot traditions are more exceptional than others, but these are the elite of the bunch.

7. The Long History of Mountaineers (West Virginia)
6. Sebastian the Ibis is Cooler Than You (Miami)
5. Tim the Beaver: Because Nerds Rule (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

4. Wilber Elsea Designs WuShock (Wichita State)
It was junior Wilber Elsea who won Kappa Pi’s 1948 competition to design the mascot for the unofficially dubbed Wichita State Wheatshockers — the name later became Shockers, but WuShock stuck right from the start. Since then, the “big, bad, muscle-bound bundle of wheat” has patrolled Wichita State University sidelines and imposed the gritty, hard nose culture of Kansas. WuShock has seen the Shockers basketball team become a national power in the Missouri Valley Conference and American Athletic Conference over the last decade under Gregg Marshall. Football’s don’t fly at WuShock’s school anymore, but he’s still the single most unique mascot in the country.

3. Don’t Mess With the Fighting Artichokes (Scottsdale Community College)
2. Handsome Dan is Such a Good Boy (Yale)
1. Keggy the Keg is Every Undergrad’s Best Friend (Dartmouth)"

[Kung Wu]

WuShock - Wichita State Shockers
Aptly nicknamed the Shockers, Wichita State men's basketball team did a good job when it came to their mascot. What WuShock is nobody truly knows. Possibly the long lost evil cousin of the Bananas in Pyjamas, who took a wrong turning when coming down the stairs. His bashed up head and mop of hair must be rather disturbing for visitors to the Scottrade Center.

Source: British tabloids. All you need to know. Those Brits have serious penis envy, and they are tremendously jealous of Wu's well hung nose.

[WstateU]

Source: British tabloids. All you need to know. Those Brits have serious penis envy, and they are tremendously jealous of Wu's well hung nose.

Well, I'm jealous too!

[WuShock Reaper]

"The Top 10 College Basketball Mascot Battles We’d Like to See" - Sports Illustrated

By EMILY CARON
September 17, 2018

https://www.si.com/college-basketbal...-who-would-win

"Mascots can be one of the most fun, cute, or even scary things related to the college game day experience, but what would happen if we asked them to face off the way we do the teams they cheer for? We imagined 10 hypothetical mascot fights and how they might go...

10. VILLANOVA VS. KENTUCKY WILDCATS
9. AKRON'S ‘ZIPPY’ VS. UC SANTA CRUZ’S BANANA SLUG 'SAMMY'
8. THE VIRGINIA CAVALIER VS. XAVIER’S MUSKETEER
7. YOUNGSTOWN STATE’S PETE AND PENNY PENGUIN VS. THE STANFORD TREE
6. ST. JOSEPH’S HAWK VS. MICHIGAN STATE’S SPARTY THE SPARTAN
5. ARIZONA STATE’S ‘SPARKY’ THE SUN DEVIL VS. THE DUKE BLUE DEVIL
4. SOUTH DAKOTA STATE’S JACK THE JACKRABBIT VS. OHIO STATE’S BRUTUS THE BUCKEYE
3. PROVIDENCE’S FRIAR DOM VS. IONA GAELS’ KILLIAN
2. WESTERN KENTUCKY’S BIG RED VS. SYRACUSE’S OTTO THE ORANGE
1.THE WICHITA STATE SHOCKER VS. LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE’S RAGIN’ CAJUN ‘CAYENNE’
Picture: a terrifying piece of wheat taking on a wildly frightening pepper. We might have food-faced nightmares for days, but witnessing this historic faceoff would be worth it. If ability to intimidate counts for battle points, these two might be tied. The Shockers' super scary mascot, ‘WuShock,’ is as unsettling as it sounds, and the Cayenne is just downright disturbing. Honestly, we’re so impressed with Louisiana-Lafayette’s ability to turn a vegetable into a hotheaded horror that we might just bet on him to win. Then again, Wichita State turned a piece of wheat into a mean-looking-monster-Shocker, so maybe we should reconsider."

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The 15 Worst College Mascots of All Time - QLP Blog
June 18th, 2020

https://www.qualitylogoproducts.com/...llege-mascots/

"College is a time of personal growth, new friendships, and of course, epic parties. The best way to represent all that excitement is with a fun mascot! These costumed creatures fire up the crowd at football games, walk around campus during orientation days, and bring an unbridled level of pride to any school.

Of course, for every Notre Dame Leprechaun and Florida Gator, there are a few bad college mascots on the list.

Here are 15 of the worst college mascots of all time:

1. The Stanford Tree – Stanford University
2. Wushock, the Wheat Stalk – Wichita State
Sorry Dorothy, it looks like we are in Kansas this time around. You can tell by the giant stalk of wheat hyping up the crowd at Wichita State. WuShock, or Wu for short, is inspired by shocking, aka harvesting wheat – a popular pastime in Kansas. It doesn’t sound like much fun, but WuShock was cool enough to be the target of one of Jimmy Fallon’s jokes on “The Tonight Show” so there you go.

3. Sammy the Slug – UC Santa Cruz
4. Fighting Okra – Delta State University
5. Fighting Pickle – University of North Carolina School of the Arts
6. Speedy the Geoduck – Evergreen State College
7. Keggy the Keg – Dartmouth College
8. Kernel Cobb – Concordia College
9. Artie the Artichoke – Scottsdale Community College
10. Big Red – Western Kentucky University
11. Battling Bishop – Ohio Wesleyan
12. Blue Blob – Xavier University
13. Weezy the Boil Weevil – The University of Arkansas at Monticello
14. Mortamer McPestle – St. Louis College of Pharmacy
15. Temoc, the Comet – University of Texas at Dallas

[Aargh]

The 15 Worst College Mascots of All Time - QLP Blog
June 18th, 2020

https://www.qualitylogoproducts.com/...llege-mascots/

"College is a time of personal growth, new friendships, and of course, epic parties. The best way to represent all that excitement is with a fun mascot! These costumed creatures fire up the crowd at football games, walk around campus during orientation days, and bring an unbridled level of pride to any school.

Of course, for every Notre Dame Leprechaun and Florida Gator, there are a few bad college mascots on the list.

Here are 15 of the worst college mascots of all time:

1. The Stanford Tree – Stanford University
2. Wushock, the Wheat Stalk – Wichita State
Sorry Dorothy, it looks like we are in Kansas this time around. You can tell by the giant stalk of wheat hyping up the crowd at Wichita State. WuShock, or Wu for short, is inspired by shocking, aka harvesting wheat – a popular pastime in Kansas. It doesn’t sound like much fun, but WuShock was cool enough to be the target of one of Jimmy Fallon’s jokes on “The Tonight Show” so there you go.

3. Sammy the Slug – UC Santa Cruz
4. Fighting Okra – Delta State University
5. Fighting Pickle – University of North Carolina School of the Arts
6. Speedy the Geoduck – Evergreen State College
7. Keggy the Keg – Dartmouth College
8. Kernel Cobb – Concordia College
9. Artie the Artichoke – Scottsdale Community College
10. Big Red – Western Kentucky University
11. Battling Bishop – Ohio Wesleyan
12. Blue Blob – Xavier University
13. Weezy the Boil Weevil – The University of Arkansas at Monticello
14. Mortamer McPestle – St. Louis College of Pharmacy
15. Temoc, the Comet – University of Texas at Dallas

Interesting. WuShock makes the list of best and worst mascots of all time. Keeps WuShock (and WSU) in the eyes of the 12 people who read those reviews.

[Atxshoxfan]

I'd rather be original than a tiger, bear,cardinal, etc.. But could have had a three headed creature lion, tiger and bear....oh my

[WuShock Reaper]

Apparently, Duke Has One Sexy Devil On Its Hands - SB Nation

https://www.dukebasketballreport.com/2021/8/25/22637336/duke-blue-devil-sexiest-college-mascots-osceola-renegade-florida-state-virginia-cavalier-acc

By JD King
Aug 25, 2021, 7:00am EDT

Well, obviously it’s our favorite, but who knew?

"...Not surprisingly, Purdue Pete was ranked the creepiest mascot although it could have easily been WuShock from Wichita State. This guy has been giving cornfed kids nightmares for decades...."

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