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!
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Rhett on SportsCenter
Posted in News, tagged Boston University, Terriers on January 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »
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.
Bowl Game Results
Posted in News, tagged Fresno State, Northern Illinois, University of Connecticut, University of Georgia, University of Nevada on January 7, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Schools with dog mascots finished 2-3 in college football bowl games this year. Winners included the University of Georgia, who defeated Texas A&M 44-20, and the Univesity of Connecticut, 20-7 winners of the University of South Carolina. Fresno State, the University of Nevada, and Northen Illinois all came out on the losing end.
Be on the lookout next week for my next profiled school (hint: it’s in New York and I’ve already announced it on Twitter, albeit a few weeks ago).
College Football Bowl Games
Posted in News, tagged Bulldogs, Fresno State, Huskies, Northern Illinois, University of Connecticut, University of Georgia, University of Nevada, Wolfpack on December 23, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Before we get too deep into the college football bowl season, I want to make sure I recognize all the schools with dog mascots that made it this year. Last Saturday, the Fresno State Bulldogs played in the New Mexico Bowl and while they fought hard, they lost to Wyoming after two overtimes. The canines don’t have long to wait, however, as the University of Nevada Wolf Pack is playing in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl tomorrow against Southern Methodist. Then it’s a few days off until the University of Georgia Bulldogs take on Texas A&M in the AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl.
The dogs are then off until January 2, when the Northern Illinois Huskies play South Florida in the International Bowl. Later on that day the UConn Huskies round out the canine mascots bowl slate when they play in the Papajohns.com Bowl against South Carolina.
Stay tuned to caninemascots.com for updates on how all the dogs do in their respective bowl games.
R.I.P. Uga VII
Posted in News, tagged Bulldogs, University of Georgia on November 20, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Even though I haven’t profiled the University of Georgia yet, I feel compelled to share the somber news that Uga VII passed away yesterday. He took over last summer for Uga VI. Click here to see the AP story posted on Boston.com.
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