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Big 12, College, Football, Mascots, Oklahoma

Mascot Monday: Sooner Schooner (with Boomer and Sooner)

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boomer schooner

Summer’s about here and it’s under 3 months before the kickoff of the 2009 football season so we’re gonna hit the mascots hard into the big time and the Oklahoma Sooner’s Sooner Schooner.  Sure there are two horses named Boomer and Sooner, but the rickety ole wagon still carries the tradition that we see while we hear the same song over and over again.   Last year the Sooners were 2nd in the nation as they were booted by the Florida Gators in the BCS National Championship Game.  This year, they hope to do better (and they have a good shot, too) and they’ll be riding the Sooner Schooner the whole way.

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Big 12, College, Football, Mascots, Nebraska

Mascot Monday: Herbie Husker and Lil Red

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Herbie Husker and Lil Red

The whole family’s here this week as we dive deep into the rich lineage of the Nebraska Cornhusker’s mascots. From the various large headed and skinny legged characters to the current duo, we can see that in the state where college football is a professional and state wide spectacle, the spirit that drives the spectacle shows up in the form of some tacky looking mascots.  There is some redemption involved toward the end of this ride, but we still ask, “Do they allow art in Nebraska?”   Let’s take a long hard look at Herbie Husker and Lil Red.

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