Forget trojans , lions , or bulldogs . Nothing ’s more daunting than a mascot capable of throw you food toxic condition .
1. FIGHTING OKRA
Delta State University ’s official team name is the “ Statesmen , ” but when students agnise that a politico did n’t call down awe in opponents , they chosevegetable meanus , “ a large , burred , bipedal veg with an inherently defective temperament . ”
2. FIGHTING PICKLE
When the University of North Carolina School of the Arts postulate a name for its 1972 intramural football game team , they honored pickle . The school still lacks an athletic program . Or as Chancellor John Mauceri say in 2012 , “ The fighting pickles are peerless and remain undefeated . ”
3. KERNEL COBB
Before calling themselves the “ Cobbers , ” students at Concordia College could n’t decide on a name , trying “ The Lutherans , ” “ Vikings , ” and even the “ Lutefiskers . ” But when an defend school jokingly called the rural students “ corncobs , ” Concordia took possession of the insult .
4. PURPLE COW
Named for founder Colonel Ephraim Williams , the gymnastic squads at Williams College are call the “ Ephs . ” Since nobody knew what an Eph was , educatee voted in 1907 on a mascot , prefer the Purple Cow . ( The school ’s march band is squall the Moocho Macho Moocow Military Marching Band . )
5. WUSHOCK
When football player at Wichita State University need a name for their 1904 squad , they chose “ Wheatshockers ” because players pass the summertime working the flying field . The strong-arm mascot is a “ braggart , bad , musclebound sheaf of straw . ”
6. ARTIE THE ARTICHOKE
In the early 1970s , Scottsdale Community College administrators were accused of bribing jock to look the school using scholarship money mean to serve Native American bookman . Outaged students protest by vote to change the schoolhouse ’s mascot to something ludicrous .
7. OAKIE THE ACORN
To nobody ’s surprisal , the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry ’s first acrobatic program was in intercollegiate … timbersports ( like logarithm film editing ! ) . They ’re called the Mighty Oaks .
