Mascot(!) Panic Thread
This picture is from the cheer team's recent competition in Florida....
If you want to see the thing, click the link, and select Intermediate Coed from the competition selector above the video and then scroll through the list and look for Michigan. Or just type Michigan into the search bar and select "all competitions" and find the one that has this set up.
Viewer discretion is as advised.
Commense PANIC!!!!!
Meanwhile somewhere, you will see this:
If you watch the video, it seems that it is the resurrection of Willy the Wolverine.
I bought one of these from the MDen. I named him Lloyd. I set him by my bedroom window to ward off evil spirits. He is the guardian of my bedroom.
*Guardian of my virginity.
/s, couldn't resist the perfect setup
That one made me burst out laughing.
Well played sir, +1 to you.
CMR aint no sir.
I wouldn't have a problem with this, as long as it wasn't the camel's nose.
To make my own mascot constume and show up this year just to watch ya'll freak out on game day.
I will read your obituary with a somber silence.
Big Red
A is for Artichoke
D is for Demon Deacon
I is for Ichabod
D is for Dinosaur with Lightning Bolt Pajamas
E is for Eutetic (for more information, go to the source)
A is for Anteater
S is for Shocker
(clue for DB and his Marketing 101 students: Mascots are _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, and I didn't even mention Rhode Island School of Design...)
Right, because no school has ever had a good looking mascot. Nice straw man yo.
April 15th, 2012 at 10:13 PM ^
the cheerleaders got second place at that competition. Way to represent Michigan.
I found out about the mascot about a week ago but was trying to figure out the best way to tell the MGoBlog community. We can over react to situations like this.
only appearance at the Big House. The jet pack guy swoops in, grabs the mascot, and deposits it from a great height over East Lansing (the only place in Michigan where Mascots belong).
Just a thought, but would people be pposed to those? Is it just the wolverine costume that people hate?
I would love that, especially put it in a cage by the opponents lockerroom.
But the PETA assholes would be on Michigan faster than Bobby Petrino was on his mistress.
that wouldbe pretty cool. But why wouldn't PETA like it? Other schools have live mascots, e.g. LSU...
Because those insane people think it would be like harassing the animal and other ridiculous things like that. See at LSU, they don't give a shit. About anyone's opinion. Their coach eats grass for God sake.
They also have another one of it in a #17 football jersey.
They actually have a mascot division at the NCA competitions.
Were we required to have some kind of a mascot in order to compete in that competition? If so, it may not necessarily be a sign of the apocalypse.
Nope.
I'm not sure why everyone's surprised, he said he would do this.
In other news, Joe Mathis saw the mascot and said it is now his favorite mascot, more to change tomorrow.
Omit
If it looks like a tough, mean thing I'll be for it. I don't wany any smiling, goofy looking thing. I also don't want one that looks like it's constipated (sparty).
If they must, GIVE ME MEAN DAMNIT.
I was at the Victors Classic as an alumni cheerleader. The current cheer members there for the spring game said the mascot is limited to the competition only (thankfully) FWIW. In NCA competition, teams are awarded points for having a mascot, thus they had to have one. No doubt it could be a slippery slope but I (want to?) believe it is not slated for general use at this time.
Michigan switched from UCA to NCA (different competitions, same company) because UCA is in early January and we are usually in a bowl game (first world problems!). They are considering switching back due to conflicts with final exams (NCA is in April).
In my haste to help cease panic I only skimmed the board posts and apologize if this has been covered. ps FWIW the current cheer members also strongly disliked the mascot.
A former cheerleader that reads MGoBlog. Marry me?
Yep I'm a lurker, but addicted. Pretty sure I bored my fellow alumni team members with trivial knowledge of the recruits and embarrassed myself welcoming them to Michigan as they walked by on the sidelines. Thanks a lot, MGoBlog. And I don't think my crush on Shane Morris is age-appropriate. Then again, most of you guys have one too, so I guess it's ok.
Have you even had your back rubbed by a cloven hoof?
So let me get this straight, I'm being defended from a camelid by a bovine? Thanks just the same, Y.A.
maybe she digs ungulates?
Sorry to disappoint, MW. /s ...now if the team wears those crop tops in the Big House I'll start my own panic thread. I don't expect much support on that point around here, but I don't think those things are classy at all.
April 17th, 2012 at 12:36 AM ^
I understand this is a panic thread....but for those who wish to be comforted, no need to worry just yet. Using a mascot in the cheer portion of the cheerleaders' competition gives them bonus points.
See http://nca.varsity.com/college_nationals.aspx
Click on the "score sheets" link
Then look at page 3 of the score sheets
You'll notice it says "BONUS" and gives the team points for 'Effective Mascot Incorporation'
Therefore I don't believe it's a Dave Brandon master plan to introduce a mascot but instead a way for the cheerleaders to do better in their competition. And I also believe the cheerleaders have been using a mascot in their competitions for multiple years and we have yet to see it during a game of any sort. Soooo no need to push the giant red panic button just yet
You sir, are truly a visionary. You joined this blog over a year and a half ago, waited silently in the shadows, knowing full well that in a moment of crisis, you would be there to avert disaster. I must say, I will sleep better at night knowing that we have a guardian watching over us, ready to launch his desperately needed wisdom at the appropriate time. Until the next crisis is upon us, I bid you farewell.
Well you sir are very welcome. However FWIW not everyone who reads this blog is a "sir"....no need to be jumping to conclusions. Until the next disaster, I bid you farewell.