Welcome back to another Mascot Monday and the first official day of summer! Now that the expansion feeding frenzy is behind us, it’s time to start looking toward actual football. Guess what? College football returns in a little over two months! We are breaking the mascot post pattern and will reel off mascots we haven’t covered that are listed in Phil Steele’s Top 40 preseason rankings. Running down the list, we see our first one in the University of Central Florida. The #36 preseason ranked UCF Knights employ the auspiciously looking mascot by the name of Knightro. No, not the American Gladiators reject, but a giant knight.
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It’s another Mascot Monday, but more importantly it’s another Memorial Day here at the KCCGD. Last year we took a look at Army’s mascots, but this year it’s the Navy’s turn. So why is a goat, Bill to be specific, the mascot for the Midshipmen? We’ll find that out as well as look at Bill throughout the years. As an added bonus, we’ll get to Bill fire off weapons and blow up stuff in between. All fun aside, let’s remember the men and women who perished in combat while we take a journey through Bill the Goat’s decorated achievements, both live and plush style.
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