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University of Miami mascot Sebastian the Ibis makes the signature "The U" hand gesture, December 2007. This is an incomplete list of U.S. college mascots' names, consisting of named incarnations of live, costumed, or inflatable mascots. For school nicknames, see List of college team nicknames in the United States.
Oski the Bear (Oski) is the official mascot of the University of California, Berkeley ("Cal"), representing the California Golden Bears. Named after the Oski Yell, [1] he made his debut at a freshman rally in the Greek Theatre on September 25, 1941. [2] [3] Prior to his debut, live bears were used as Cal mascots. [4]
Touchdown, or the Big Red Bear, is the unofficial mascot of Cornell University. The first mascot was an American black bear introduced in 1915 by the Cornell University Athletic Association. Three more live bears over the course of approximately two decades also made appearances at Cornell until the live bear was replaced by costumed students ...
Press and student outbursts at the complications of live bear mascots led the university to try a more conventional approach, and in the 1970s, the Grizzlies were backed by a variety of traditional company-sponsored costumed mascots. These included the Hamm's Beer Bear, Domino's Pizza's Noid, and at one point, Ronald McDonald. The local ...
The university's mascot, "Klawz" The bear became UNCO's mascot in 1923. Before the school adopted the bear, athletes used the nickname "the Teachers." [19] The bear was said to be inspired by a bear on top of an Alaskan totem pole donated by an
In 1915, a live bear named Touchdown first appeared at football games to represent Cornell. The current version, which appears at many of Cornell's sporting events, is a brown bear costume, which replaced the live bear in 1939, that is worn by an undergraduate student; it is referred to as the "Big Red Bear" or by its nickname, "Touchdown ...
Joe Bruin, an anthropomorphic male brown bear, is the official mascot of the University of California, Los Angeles’ athletic teams along with Josephine "Josie" Bruin, a female brown bear, who is his regular partner at UCLA sporting events and other university activities.
The university originally settled on the Bruin, but later changed it to a bear after the head of a bear was placed at an archway above the student union in 1904. [19] In 1905 The Bears introduced Helen, the university's first live bear mascot, at a game against Dartmouth . [ 18 ]