i live near Old Dominion University and their sports program call themselves the "monarchs" but there is a lion in their logo? or another example, the University of Alabama are called the "tide" but in their logo there is an elephant?
2007-01-05 05:44:16 · 2 answers · asked by Luis C 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
In the case of ODU, the university was originally founded as a division of WIlliam and Mary -- so the Monarchs involved are British Royalty. The coat of arms for the British royal family has lions on it. And you have to admit that having a kid dressed up as a lion is much better than having him dressed up as a 17th century king.
The link below explains theories of why Alabama has an elephant.
UNLV basketball had a shark mascot for a while when Tarkanian was their coach. It had to do with playing in "Tark's shark tank." UNLV hasn't been good since he left -- so I don't know if the Rebels still have a shark.
I wonder if anyone know why Stanford has a tree as their mascot. The team name is "Cardinal" -- but it stands for the color, not the bird. Yet the tree is green.
There are lots of odd things about mascots. Have you ever wondered why the Minnesota Golden Gopher (Bucky) looks more like a chipmonk than a gopher? It is because the woman who designed him had never seen a gopher.
2007-01-05 06:37:07 · answer #1 · answered by Ranto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
theres also auburn war eagles/tigers and UAB blazers, which have a dragon as their logo. maybe its an alabama thing? interesting that there is 3 from alabama, huh
2007-01-05 13:52:33 · answer #2 · answered by Lane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋