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Mascot Monday: Oski

I’m kind of surprised I haven’t done a Pac 12 powerhouse like California yet, but hey here we go.  This week I’m counting down Phil Steele’s Pre-Season Top 50 for 2001 and it’s number 48, the California Golden Bears.  For some reason I’ve been avoiding Oski because he shows up in the weird mascot lists and he doesn’t look that weird to me.  At any rate, I have him in my sights and will learn many things, including how a mascot chugs a beer. Oh boy, I’m already regretting that I waited this long.

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Mascot Monday: T-Roy

Phil Steele’s 2011 College Football Preview is hot off the presses and it’s that time of the year to go over mascots in Phil’s Top 40 (or 52 in this case) that have yet to be covered.  The list is fairly thin this year but there are a few surprises left.  This week is no slouch.  I’m going to check out yet another Trojan but this time it’s T-Roy from Troy.  With Troy being in Alabama, their football and their tradition is a big deal and T-Roy exemplifies that.  There’s a strange wrinkle to this story, however.  The tradition of stealing mascots live on as T-Roy is currently missing!

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