.....according to a poll by Quality Logo Products.
Willie is #1....
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Some of the ASU Scum Devils fans (can you tell I live in Tucson?) are all bummed out because Sparky was named the 8th most offensive mascot.
Some are calling for a boycott of Quality Logo Products (an IL company by the way). On the other hand, students have launched a petition to dump Sparky - some great old photos of Sparky are in the link.
Some are calling for a boycott of Quality Logo Products (an IL company by the way). On the other hand, students have launched a petition to dump Sparky - some great old photos of Sparky are in the link.
Sparky is The Devil! The students have a petition to change the mascot to Sun Angels. If you check the AZcentral link you will see some pretty creepy iterations of Sparky.
Funny story. When Pope John Paul was on his US Tour he had a stop a Sun Devil Stadium for an open-air Mass. At that time I was in charge of my station's remote satellite uplink vehicle.
Of course our news dept. wanted to do a remote newscast at the event. So off to Tempe from Tucson we went. We had a lot to set up. 2 cameras in the press box for the news "Talent" - 1 camera at field level for the shots of the congregants - & 1 endzone camera for shots of The Pope conducting Mass.
While we are setting up, an ASU crew was painting the grass covering up all of the Sparky depictions as well as his trident pitchforks. They also had these giant tarps to hang over all of the other Satanic depictions in the stadium.
As an aside, I also got roughed up by The Secret Service. I am sitting in the truck by myself - timing the cameras. They have to be in synch so the picture doesn't roll when you switch between them.
So I am sitting in there, tweaking the cameras when the door flies open and this guy with sunglasses yells at me "Get the hell out of the truck!" To which I reply "Who the hell are you?" He says nothing more but grabs me under my armpits and drags me out of the truck.
Turns out it was The Secret Service & they had a bomb dog that wanted to sniff inside the truck. I asked them why they didn't just identify themselves instead of yelling at me.
"Don't ask questions" True story.
Funny story. When Pope John Paul was on his US Tour he had a stop a Sun Devil Stadium for an open-air Mass. At that time I was in charge of my station's remote satellite uplink vehicle.
Of course our news dept. wanted to do a remote newscast at the event. So off to Tempe from Tucson we went. We had a lot to set up. 2 cameras in the press box for the news "Talent" - 1 camera at field level for the shots of the congregants - & 1 endzone camera for shots of The Pope conducting Mass.
While we are setting up, an ASU crew was painting the grass covering up all of the Sparky depictions as well as his trident pitchforks. They also had these giant tarps to hang over all of the other Satanic depictions in the stadium.
As an aside, I also got roughed up by The Secret Service. I am sitting in the truck by myself - timing the cameras. They have to be in synch so the picture doesn't roll when you switch between them.
So I am sitting in there, tweaking the cameras when the door flies open and this guy with sunglasses yells at me "Get the hell out of the truck!" To which I reply "Who the hell are you?" He says nothing more but grabs me under my armpits and drags me out of the truck.
Turns out it was The Secret Service & they had a bomb dog that wanted to sniff inside the truck. I asked them why they didn't just identify themselves instead of yelling at me.
"Don't ask questions" True story.
A tip: always have good pie on hand for any event where you may encounter Secret Service. They’re away from home a ton when on protective assignments, and they seem to have a serious weakness for good pie to help keep them happy .
Bucky Badger and Brutus Buckeye should be on the lists somewhere (love them or hate them). They’re too high profile and distinct for indifference and they seem to get the right sassy/obnoxious student to don the costumes year in and year out. Sparty is pretty good too.
I sense indifference to most other B1G mascots. Too boring to get my attention…
I gotta admit. I'm pretty impressed; best and sexiest. The way they described how the poll was administered seemed pretty serious for such a light hearted subject. I have to wonder if someone setting up the poll was an NU fan though.