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List of unusual U.S. college mascots

This is an incomplete list of unusual U.S. college mascots:

Team Nicknames

• Alabama Crimson Tide
• Appalachian State Mountaineers
• Arizona State Sun Devils
• Arkansas Razorbacks
• Akron Zips
• Campbell Camels
• Charlotte 49ers
• Chattanooga Mocs
• Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
• Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens
• Evergreen State Geoducks
• Franklin and Marshall Diplomats
• Georgetown Hoyas
• Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
• Idaho Vandals
• Indiana Hoosiers
• IPFW Mastodons
• Jacksonville State Gamecocks
• Kansas Jayhawks
• Long Beach State 49ers
• Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters (women only; men's teams are called Bulldogs)
• Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns
• Loyola Ramblers
• Marshall Thundering Herd
• Maryland Terrapins
• Miami Hurricanes
• Michigan Wolverines
• Minnesota Golden Gophers
• Montana Grizzlies
• Nebraska Cornhuskers
• Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves (which are extinct)
• New Mexico Tech Pygmies
• North Carolina Tar Heels
• North Texas Mean Green (men only; women's teams are called Lady Eagles)
• Notre Dame Fighting Irish
• Oberlin Yeomen
• Ohio State Buckeyes
• Ohio Wesleyan Battlin' Bishops
• Oklahoma Sooners
• Penn Fighting Quakers
• Penn State Nittany Lions
• Purdue Boilermakers
• Richmond Spiders
• Saint Louis Billikens
• Scottsdale Community College Artichokes
• SIU Salukis
• South Carolina Gamecocks
• Stanford Cardinal (singular)
• Syracuse Orange
• TCU Horned Frogs
• Tennessee Volunteers
• Tulane Green Wave
• UAB Blazers
• UC Irvine Anteaters
• UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs
• UNLV Runnin' Rebels (men's basketball only; all other teams are simply Rebels or Lady Rebels)
• Vanderbilt Commodores
• Virginia Cavaliers
• Virginia Tech Hokies
• Wake Forest Demon Deacons
• Washburn Ichabods (men only; women's teams are called Lady Blues)
• West Virginia Mountaineers
• Wichita State Shockers
• Wofford Terriers
• Wisconsin Badgers

Mascot Incarnations

• "Bevo," a live Texas longhorn steer, the official mascot of the University of Texas at Austin
• "Big Al the elephant," the costumed mascot of the Alabama Crimson Tide.
• "Big Red," the blob-like costumed mascot of the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
• "Cam the Ram," a live male bighorn sheep, the official mascot of the Colorado State Rams.
• "Cy," the costumed cardinal that serves as the mascot of the Iowa State Cyclones
• "Gompeii," the bronzed head of a now deceased goat, the mascot of WPI
• "Handsome Dan," a live bulldog, the official mascot of the Yale Bulldogs and the first mascot adopted by a university in the US
• "Jack," a live English bulldog is the official mascot of Georgetown
• "Lou Wolf," a live wolf, the official mascot of the Loyola Ramblers; got a major facelift in 2001
• "Mike the Tiger," a live Bengal Tiger, the official mascot of the LSU Tigers
• "Ralphie," a live American bison, the official mascot of the Colorado Buffaloes
• "Rameses," a live ram that serves as the de facto mascot for the North Carolina Tar Heels
• "Reveille," a live collie that serves as the de facto mascot for the Texas A&M Aggies
• "Sebastian the Ibis," the costumed mascot of the Miami Hurricanes
• "Smokey," a live bluetick coonhound, the official mascot for the Tennessee Volunteers
• "The Hawk," a costumed student who serves as mascot of the Saint Joseph's Hawks; the mascot flaps its "wings" without interruption (even for halftime) throughout SJU basketball games
• "The Tree," a dancing tree of indeterminate species, official mascot of The Stanford Band, unofficial mascot of Stanford University
• "Uga," a live bulldog, the official mascot of the Georgia Bulldogs