Since SportsCenter recently aired a commercial with a pair of bird mascots walking into a glass wall, I thought I’d look for SportsCenter commercials with dog mascots in them. Enjoy and happy Friday!
Archive for January, 2013
Rhett on SportsCenter
Posted in News, tagged Boston University, Terriers on January 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »
University of Albany Great Danes
Posted in profiled schools, tagged Great Danes, University of Albany on January 7, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I am kicking this blog back off with a look at the University of Albany Great Danes. I’ve had it in my mind to write about this school for some time now–they are only three hours from Boston, they are (soon to be were) in the same conference as my alma mater, and I have a couple of friends who live in Albany. Oh, and I also had a UAlbany t-shirt at one point in time, and my shirt ownership was a requirement of getting your school featured.
Damien and Lil’ D
UAlbany didn’t always call the Great Dane its mascot. Prior to 1965, the school’s mascot was Pedwin the Penguin, the mascot of the New York State College for Teachers. In that year, the student body chose the Great Dane, nicknamed Damien, to represent the school. According to UAlbany’s website, the Great Dane was selected “for its qualities of strength, courage, stamina and speed.” A statue of the Great Dane was sculpted in 1999 and placed in the lobby of the University’s main sports complex. In 2003, Damien was joined by Lil’ D to form a one-two costumed mascot punch, with Damien the fierce-looking mascot and Lil’ D the more friend-looking one.
The school competes in the America East conference and the Northeast conference and has 19 sports teams within the athletics department. According to Wikipedia, UAlbany is also the only school whose mascot is the Great Dane.
Dogs Go 2-6
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Arkansas State, Red Wolves on January 7, 2013| Leave a Comment »
And that’s a wrap. With the Arkansas State Red Wolves’ victory over Kent State in the Godaddy.com Bowl, dog mascots went 2-6 in this year’s bowl season. Let’s hope for better luck in the NCAA Final Four tournaments!
College Football Bowl Games 2012-2013
Posted in News, tagged Arkansas State, Bulldogs, Fresno State, Huskies, Mississippi State, NC State, Northern Illinois, Red Wolves, University of Georgia, University of Nevada, University of Washington, Wolfpack on January 2, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Wow, it’s been three years since my last post. With all the bowl games going on, there’s no better time to put some life back into this blog. The first school with a canine mascot to play a bowl game was the University of Nevada Wolfpack who played Arizona in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl. They looked like they were going to get the win until the Wildcats scored two touchdowns in the final minute.
After them came the Washington Huskies who fared no better in the MAACO Bowl against Boise State. The losing streak continued with the Fresno State Bulldogs dropping the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl to SMU and the NC State Wolfpack losing to Vanderbilt in the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl. The Mississippi State Bulldogs were just as inept losing the Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl to Northwestern.
The streak was finally broken when the Georgia Bulldogs defeated Nebraska in the Capital One Bowl, though the dogs were back in the losing column when the Northern Illinois Huskies lost to Florida State in the Discover Orange Bowl.
There’s still hope for a second win as the Arkansas State Red Wolves face Kent State in the Godaddy.com bowl on Sunday. Even if they win though it’ll still be a down year for the dogs.
Canine Mascots 