Nittany Lion the worst mascot in College Football? Those bastards.....

by Lovethosefreakinnittanylions on Oct 12, 2008 4:22 PM EDT

This was found on the U. of Michigan Maize n Brew website. Someone should have told them that you shouldn't F _ _ k with the Lion. Oh, now its on..........

Penn State University
Traditional Mascot: The Nittany Lion

Worst Mascot Ever

State fans: I took a lot of heat for this when it first went up, I'm mocking the physical costume here. I'm aware of Mt. Nittan, history, etc. The mascot in its current form blows. No one will ever convince me that this is a mascot you can be proud of. Is it a bear, a cat, a rabid monkey? Who knows. The Penn State mascot is the stupidest looking mascot in the Big Ten, and possibly all of college sports. I have nothing against Penn State, their team, their students, but their team mascot, to borrow from Nathan, absolutely sucks. On top of that, being a lion would imply having teeth. Including last year, Penn State has posted just two winning seasons in their last six years. Much like Michigan's steady decline to the rest of the pack, several recent losing seasons make it safe to say no one fears Penn State the way they used to. While the magic isn't entirely back, Penn State showed some fangs rallying to last year's 12-1 record. So long as Paterno has a fresh set of human brains to consume before sunrise every day this will be a competitive team. Still, the luster has faded to the point where a lion just doesn't fit the bill anymore.

PSU was a tough team to re-mascot because all the Grandpa Simpson and zombie joke have already been used. You can compare PSU to United Airlines, Cadillac, and Cigarettes pretty easily as all are American icons of a bygone era that will never go away, but certainly aren't as cool as they used to be. What do you call a program steeped in tradition but a gradually fading image and prognosis? I'll tell you what you call it:

Modern Team Mascot: Buford T. Justice

Madder than hell. Older than dirt. Living in a world that passed him by. Once the King, now forced to chase punks in their fancy horseless carriages or the rest of the Big Ten. Ever since joining the Big Ten, it seems like PSU's always chasing the Bandit or everyone else to the top of the Conference. Invariably, when they finally catch the Bandit something goes wrong and he, or their season, gets away. It doesn't matter, he'll stay west bound and down and tail grabbin your ass as long as there's a pulse beating under his badge.

Well. That's it. Administration officials, you are welcome to adopt any of these suggestions as your new mascot. If you've got some better mascots, I'd love to hear them.

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We most certainly did not go 12-1 last year so I am guessing they are drudging this back up for some reason. Leave our lion alone and pick on that ridiculous onion-headed thing in Columbus.

If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.

by TheMightyErik on Oct 12, 2008 4:41 PM EDT reply actions

Uh, does scUM even have a mascot?

I know it’s the wolverine, but do they even have someone who dresses up – or a real wolverine?

How do you bust on someone’s mascot when you don’t even have one?

I bleed Blue and White.

by Horse N Buggy on Oct 12, 2008 4:41 PM EDT reply actions

Or what about the Hoosiers?

From wikipedia:

Hoosier is the official demonym for a resident of the U.S. State of Indiana.

So they are the Indiana University residents of Indiana? That’s just dumb.

I bleed Blue and White.

by Horse N Buggy on Oct 12, 2008 4:47 PM EDT reply actions

Maize and Brew.......

you summmmm bitch.

Eric Watters Atlanta, Ga.

by ech2os on Oct 12, 2008 5:00 PM EDT reply actions

In full disclosure...

It is from last year, but smack talk like that is timeless.

Ann Arbor is a WHORE!

by Lovethosefreakinnittanylions on Oct 12, 2008 5:12 PM EDT reply actions

Anyone think that we’ll break 100 against Michigan this year?

I think we might.

by Tailgate Shogun on Oct 12, 2008 5:45 PM EDT reply actions

How can he say that

When in our very conference we have…

by ReadingRambler on Oct 12, 2008 8:42 PM EDT reply actions

My God is that thing ghastly

That thing would keep my four year old up at night in fear it would jump out of her closet.

If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.

by TheMightyErik on Oct 13, 2008 5:16 AM EDT up reply actions

Did anyone see the OSU / Purdue game Saturday?

They were showing these statues of that Bucknut, damn near 30 of them in all different poses / cosutmes (i.e. one was an astronaut I think) and people were getting pictures with their little kids by them….creepy, creepy stuff.

by Screen Name 20 on Oct 13, 2008 7:41 AM EDT up reply actions

and now it starts

I need an emergency supply of Xanax for this week.

I hate these sons of bitches worse than any team in any sport in any country in the world. I like the Iranian soccer team more. I’d rather root for the North Korean gymnastics squad. I even hate Michael Phelps now just for rolling with them.

I hate the university of michigan.

"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."

by showtime on Oct 13, 2008 7:32 AM EDT reply actions

HELLO!!! Purdue's mascot!?

Purdue’s mascot is the most physically disturbing mascot in the history of our planet. Not sure how to post a picture on here (I’m still kinda new at this thing) but please check this out and try not to scream/cry/crap yourself: http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l256/gswyers/Purduepete.jpg

by jimbo2psu on Oct 13, 2008 11:12 AM EDT reply actions

Big Ten Tailgate on BTN

before the Purdue/PSU game they had a segment where Purdue Pete was chasing people around a farm and a corn maze and just generally freaking people out.

"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."

by showtime on Oct 13, 2008 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Purdue Pete wasn’t acting. He was truly chasing them. Mofo is a straight up crazy serial killer pervert.

by Tailgate Shogun on Oct 13, 2008 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions

yummy?

I don’t like the OSU mascot – I mean how fearful is that? Every year my church’s youth group sells “buckeyes”- chocolate with peanut butter filling things.
So we’re playing against a bunch of candies? oooo- scary!
Eat ’em up! Chomp chomp! (The head of the mascot even looks like one!)

(And yes, jimbo, the Purdue one is creepy! Very disturbing!)

by wonderlin on Oct 13, 2008 12:23 PM EDT reply actions

Well technically

Purdue Pete isn’t their mascot (or maybe it is, but they have multiple mascots?). It is their stupid train, so they can claim “biggest mascott in the world”

Michigan’s mascot: a whore
OSU’s mascot: a nut
Iowa’s mascot: a pretty cool looking hawk
MSU’s mascot: Sparty is pretty cool as well…though I’m not the biggest fan of “cartoonish” mascots (like with Rutgers, I prefer their actual scarlett knight in armor on horseback opposed to the cartoonish freak)
Illinois: did they ever get a replacement for chief Illiniwek? I thought he was decent, though not very PC. I used give him props for actually going to a reservation to learn the war-dance, but then I learned that he went to a Sioux reservation to learn their dance and wear their costume
Wiconsin: Bucky the badger is about average when it comes to mascots
Minnesota: same goes for the gopher
Northwestern: ditto for Willy (though I like him the least of the cartoonish animals)
Indiana: Hoosier daddy?

Then we come to the Nittany Lion. I think these lyrics sum it up the best:
Every college has a legend, passed on from year to year,
To which they pledge allegiance, and always cherish dear.
But of all the honored idols, there’s but one that stands the test,
It’s the stately Nittany Lion, the symbol of our best.

by The JuggerNitt on Oct 13, 2008 1:22 PM EDT reply actions

The problem...........

is the Nittany Lion costume looks like the hand me down from 1940 that most schools give to the guy assigned to the wrestling matches. No debating it from that standpoint.

Eric Watters Atlanta, Ga.

by ech2os on Oct 13, 2008 9:04 PM EDT reply actions