Our Mascots Strong and Free
07. Jan, 2010 
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Those precious few moments between timeouts and halftimes belong to mascots. That is their time to shine and no matter the score of the game they have to keep the fans energetic and in the game. For those of you that have attended any NBA games in Toronto would know that the Raptor is always amongst the best in the league when it comes to entertainment. Whether it’s high flying acrobatics, play taunting or flirting with the co-eds, mascots are an important part in athletics.
While Canadian universities don’t have near the level of randomness for mascots that our neighbours to the south have (see North Carolina’s School of the Arts Fighting Pickle or Evergreen State’s Geoduck), there are still some fairly odd mascots this side of the border.
Per
haps some of the more random Canadian University/College mascots include:
- McFogg the Dog from Simon Fraser University. This Scottish terrier supposedly took the reins from the school’s former mascot Joe the Gorilla.
- Trent’s “Excali-Bear” a clever little play on the fact they’re called the Excaliburs. Might’ve made more sense to go with something a little more medieval like Windsor’s “The Lancer” or RMC’s “The Knight”.
- “Monty” the Mountie is the new mascot for Mount Allison Mounties. A lot of questions still are unanswered at this school. Rumours swirl that a mountie is a duck, which in that case would make sense as Sackville does have the Marshlands. Don’t see why they couldn’t just call themselves the Mounties and have an RCMP officer at every game arresting other mascots.
- Laval Rouge et Or is a football powerhouse. Their mascot however, is some sort of bird that has no dominance over any other mascots from the bird kingdom. Especially with the name Victor, this bird must get picked on a lot.
Have you seen this Sasquatch?
- A Sasquatch has been roaming the grounds of Fraser Valley’s campus. The students and faculty have grown to love him and are now holding a competition to name the school’s newest mascot.
- Eggy the Ram. This one is so much random as Ryerson teams are called the Rams. What’s random is the name, Eggy? Be sure not to mock him though as he’ll be sure to make an example out of you. The great thing about Eggy is that he is by far the most knowledgeable of the mascots because he can actually type and has his own Facebook and Twitter accounts.
- Knock knock. Who’s there? Boo. Boo Who? Don’t cry Golden Gaels you’re mascot is the winner. Boo Hoo the bear is perhaps the most random mascot. Maybe someone could explain why Queen’s has a bear named Boo Hoo for a mascot. A lackadaisical bear that Winnie the Pooh could smack around doesn’t exactly strike fear into opponents.
Canadians schools are still warming to the idea of mascots and pep rallies. And while some schools seem lost in a sea of random choices for their mascots others take the easy road, naming their school after an animal with hooves or claws. Mascots are important to athletics and I would like to take the time to salute all of Canada’s mascots (at least the ones that have some online proof they exist). Here’s to you:
GUBA and Patches from Alberta, Bailey the Brandon Bobcat, Rex the Dino, Luxie the Pronghorn, Billy the Bison, Reggie the Regina cougar, Saskatchewan’s Howler, Wes-Lee Coyote, Boomer the Badger, Western the Mustang, Gee Gee the Horse, Rodney Raven, Gryph from Guelph, Wolfie, Voyageur, GoldenHawk, Mac, Toronto’s True Blue, The Hunter, King Warrior, The Lancer, Marty the Martlet, York Lion, Concordia’s Buzz, Dalhousie Tiger, Tommie, St. Mary’s Husky, The Cape Breton Highlander and Sammy the Sea Hawk.
