Well, it's still better than the "Paladins"...

Sometimes in the NCAA Tournament you come across a school or mascot that you've never heard of. And it's the strange ones that you kinda take a shine to (the Manhattan Purple Aces, anyone?)...that is, until they get blown out by a 1 or 2 seed. But today I'll be taking a look at some of the more, uncommon, mascots from colleges around the country. Keep in mind, these are actual college mascots; and all of these and more can be found here.

Opposing fans must love when they play these teams:
Anchormen
Blue Hose
Jimmies
Loggers
Minutemen
Minutewomen
Missionaries
Mounties
Muskies
Nads
Rainbows
Shockers
Sugar Bears
Super Bees

If I weren't an Eagle, I'd be proud to be:
Anteaters
Archers
Dirtbags
Green Terror
Hardrockers
Highlanders
Keelhaulers
Lasers
Marauders
Mastodons
Mean Green
Norse
Polar Bears
Ragin' Cajuns
Savages
Thunderwolves
Zips

Ummm, what?:
Bantams
Cobbers
Ephs
Eutectic
Geoducks
Gorloks
Moundbuilders
Nor'Easters
Penmen
Pomeroys
Sagehens
Skylights
Stormy Petrels
Zias

Still kinda cool, but in a weird way, you know?:
Banana Slugs
Bridges
Claim Jumpers
Cotton Blossoms
Humpback Whales
Ichabods
Ramblers
Trolls
Vandals

I guess they just really liked the movie:
Little Giants --- Wabash College (Crawfordsville, Indiana)
The Rock --- Slippery Rock University (Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania)
Wonder Boys --- Arkansas Tech University (Russellville, Arkansas) (men's team)


You know, I could have put my own comments and observations in there and had a grand ol' time. But really, it's gonna be a lot funnier if you guys do it. "Jimmies" and "Nads"? Those are gimmies.

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