Talk:List of college mascots in the United States

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This page is actually two different lists, namely college "nickname/mascots", like the Cal-Irvine Anteaters, and specific incarnations of these mascots, like Texas A & M's Reveille.

For example, University of Georgia's mascot is the bulldog, but the incarnation is called "Uga".

I disagree with the statement above. A mascot is the incarnation. "Bulldogs" is a team name, not a mascot. From Webster - mascots a mascot is "a person, animal, or object adopted by a group as a symbolic figure..." So on this page, all of the team names should be removed, and only specific mascots should be mentioned. --Sarnacke 14:35, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

I've resisted putting Bevo (mascot) on this list, because I don't want him getting entangled in such a mess. :) -- Decumanus | Talk 16:44, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Definition?

What exactly is the definition of "unusual" college mascots? I took it to mean ones that aren't incredibly common (such as "Lions" or "Bears"), but I think other people might consider the definition to be "unique to a single team". Is there any consensus on this issue?
Andrew Maiman 02:57, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Gonzaga Bulldogs and Washington Huskies

I added the Washington Huskies but when I added the Gonzaga Bulldogs someone deleted it. I was wondering why the Gonzaga Bulldogs got deleted. --Contrib 17:26, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I think someone should add "Damien" and "Lil D" the Great Danes from University at Albany

Rename?

The rename of this article makes little sense. It is not a logical search term; I would not look for "post-secondary mascots" while watching college sports. Does anybody disagree? Otherwise, I'm putting in motion to revert the rename. —C.Fred (talk) 23:57, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

• Support the revert back to the previous title. The term post-secondary is used almost exclusively by academicians; it's not certainly not something the average person would use in relationship to mascots and sports. AUTiger ʃ ^talk/_work 01:39, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Based on this, I think the move is contested, so I've reverted. —C.Fred (talk) 02:30, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

• Change definition because there are two notable non-live/inflatable/costumed mascots in the Ramblin' Wreck and Boilermaker Special. --Excaliburhorn 01:19, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Huh? FYI, this discussion is almost a year old and was in response to an undiscussed move of the article to the dubious title of List of post-secondary mascots in the United States. AUTiger » talk 02:10, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

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