Go Demons!

[kybearfuzz]

I was listening to the radio on the way into work today and overheard this fun little tidbit of news, where a man wants to change the mascot of his son's school because of religious beliefs. The school mascot is the demon, so he didn't want to hear his innocent youth screaming "Go Demons!" at a football game. He plans to move his kid to a school with a mascot that is more family friendly (perhaps the South Park Cows), but plans to petition to have the school mascot changed anyway.

I've heard this story before, only with a different setting. My elementary school was East Ward Elementary and we were the "Green Waves." One of my favorite shirts as a kid, worn to tatters, was my green shirt with a white iron-on transfer of a giant wave. I'm not sure what was the mascot's origin, but I really enjoyed it for some reason. Green and white worked well for me. Eventually everything went red or maroon as the Redhound became my mascot in junior high and high school.

My cousins, on the other hand, went to Felts Elementary in the county whose mascot was the Blue Devils. Can you see where this is going? I remember vividly my mom having a disdain for the mascot because she felt it glorified Satan. The logo was that of a devil's head (in blue) with horns and a pointed Van Dyke beard. It looked cool on a sweatshirt.

I never remember associating the mascot with devil worship, Satan, or anything unsavory except the fact that they were a rival team. The irony is that my mom herself was a former Felts Elementary girl and I wonder what the mascot was in her day if not the same.

I think the dad in the quoted news story needs to grow up. Or maybe he's grown up a bit too much.

Anybody else have a cool mascot they remember well?

Comments

LAKE WOEBEGON WHIPPETS!!!!

[badgerpdx.livejournal.com]

I remember a gal from art camp had a baseball jersey with

LAKE WOEBEGON WHIPPETS on it.

If anyone wants to make my year, find me one of those in a men's large or larger...

That is the Hope Diamond of COOL in my book

[boobooirl.livejournal.com]

Isn't it obvious that you were turned gay because your cousins worshipped Satan?

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I've always suspected as much. My brother once told me that he thought I was going to marry the first girl I slept with. Can you imagine how many kids I would have now if my cousins hadn't succeeded? Wow... :D

School Mascots.

[pink-halen.livejournal.com]

Demons have gotten there bad reputations from the Christians. They were originally just sort of go betweens for the Gods and the humans.

It is interesting that the biggest school to have the Green Wave as it's mascot is Tulane University.

My College had a unique Mascot. I went to Washburn University of Topeka which is the home of the "Fighting Ichabods." The character was a man in top hat and tailcoat. We gained that symbol because Deacon Ichabod Washburn gave the school money.

[dewittar.livejournal.com]

We were the Stuttgart Ricebirds. Our colors were maroon and white. A ricebird is a prairie bird, specifically a red winged blackbird. Our birds were always maroon.

Why a ricebird? Because our county grew 1/3 of all North America's rice. And we were located on the Grand Prairie of Arkansas.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

My high school's colors were red (or marooon) and white and we were the Corbin Redhounds. Never was sure why...

[rootbeer1.livejournal.com]

We were the Oakland Patriots, and we had a fife and drum troupe (all girls, oddly) dressed up as Minutemen.

[archanglrobriel.livejournal.com]

We were the Trojans, so every game we got pelted with condoms. Milk filled condoms.

[furrytxcub.livejournal.com]

We were the Rivercrest Rebels. Our fight song was Dixie, and EVERYONE waved Confederate flags.

[texwriterbear.livejournal.com]

In high school, we were the Welsh Greyhounds, and I was a Ragin' Cajun in college!!!

[designerotter.livejournal.com]

In high school we were The Tornados - actually purple tornados (!). But in college I became a Bruin... interesting how the significance has changed for me in recent years ;0)

[stereobare.livejournal.com]

elementry was Brigadoon Breys (or Brays, eh, whatever....), never understood it.

jr. high was the Lakota Falcons (ok, we have those flying around here).

sr. high was, Decatur Golden Gators. gators? golden? what were they thinking????

damn, 40+ years of looking back. thanks Mark

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

You went though some creative teams there!

[sunbeam-bears.livejournal.com]

I went to Salem High School in Salem MA., so you know where this is going. All the sports teams are the Salem Witches. The police cars, and police badges have a witch on a broomstick on them. So does the local newspaper. Even the high school yearbook is called Witch.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Now I think that is cool, but I'm surprised the elementary schools don't have variations of witches, like magicians, sorcerers, and wizards, and left the "witch" mascot for the high school.

[anziulewicz.livejournal.com]

Overheard at my local Target store one October:

"OUR family doesn't celebrate Halloween. We think it's the Devil's holiday."

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Those poor kids.... Can you imagine what it must be like for them to see kids dressing up and getting candy and them not participating? Some people are just stupid.

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

I'd like to hit the dad upside the head who wants to change the mascot. It's a selfish act, politicizing something that doesn't need to be.

Go Northshore Mustangs!
Gig Em, Aggies!

HUGS!

[bearfuz.livejournal.com]

When my sisters were in high school, it was the Lancaster Lancers, red-and-white; when our regional high school was built, the junior high hung on to the Lancers mascot and at the high school we were the Spartans, navy blue and white.

I kept the same colors in college with the BYU Cougars.