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Corey Kempf
Issue date: 11/20/03 Section: Sports
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Welcome to Lakeland College, home of the what? So you think Lakeland has a silly mascot in the monster freshwater fish, the Muskie? I suggest you compare it against some of these other odd college mascots.
The most widely known odd mascot may belong to Purdue University, which boasts the Boilermaker, a locomotive. However, there are plenty more of outrageous college mascots out there.
The University of California-Santa Cruz is surrounded by groves of giant redwood trees that are home to its mascot, the Banana Slug.
Manhattan College in Bronx, New York, is home to the Jaspers, named after the head of resident students who created what is now called the Seventh Inning Stretch in baseball games.
Lincoln Memorial University of Harrogate, Tennessee is named after its founder, Abraham Lincoln, but their mascot, the Railsplitter, is named after a job that Abe held as a young man.
The Gorlok of Webster University in St. Louis is named after the streets that run together at the college, Gore and Lockwood Avenues.
The men's athletic teams at Arkansas Tech University are known as the Wonder Boys ever since the football team pulled a major upset on Arkansas State in 1919. The term was coined by a writer in the Arkansas Gazette who covered the game and complimented the team on winning by calling them "Wonder Boys."
In Olympia, Washington, the Evergreen State University's mascot is named after a clam found in the Puget Sound named the Geoduck.
Amherst, Massachusetts was named after Lord Jeffrey Amherst. The school, Amherst College, was named after the city. In 1906, the creator of the school's fight song mistakenly thought that the college's founder was Lord Jeffrey, which it is not, and from then on, the nickname was the Lord Jeff.
A man by the name of Adam Joshua Smargon compiled a list of every single NCAA and NAIA mascot (there are 518 of them so I will commend him on his use of free time).
The most widely known odd mascot may belong to Purdue University, which boasts the Boilermaker, a locomotive. However, there are plenty more of outrageous college mascots out there.
The University of California-Santa Cruz is surrounded by groves of giant redwood trees that are home to its mascot, the Banana Slug.
Manhattan College in Bronx, New York, is home to the Jaspers, named after the head of resident students who created what is now called the Seventh Inning Stretch in baseball games.
Lincoln Memorial University of Harrogate, Tennessee is named after its founder, Abraham Lincoln, but their mascot, the Railsplitter, is named after a job that Abe held as a young man.
The Gorlok of Webster University in St. Louis is named after the streets that run together at the college, Gore and Lockwood Avenues.
The men's athletic teams at Arkansas Tech University are known as the Wonder Boys ever since the football team pulled a major upset on Arkansas State in 1919. The term was coined by a writer in the Arkansas Gazette who covered the game and complimented the team on winning by calling them "Wonder Boys."
In Olympia, Washington, the Evergreen State University's mascot is named after a clam found in the Puget Sound named the Geoduck.
Amherst, Massachusetts was named after Lord Jeffrey Amherst. The school, Amherst College, was named after the city. In 1906, the creator of the school's fight song mistakenly thought that the college's founder was Lord Jeffrey, which it is not, and from then on, the nickname was the Lord Jeff.
A man by the name of Adam Joshua Smargon compiled a list of every single NCAA and NAIA mascot (there are 518 of them so I will commend him on his use of free time).