The 21 most nightmare fueling mascots in college athletics
By Ian Pierno
4. University of Dayton
I’ll always have disdain for the University of Dayton because it felt the need to honor the Wright Brother with its mascot. The Wright Brothers have already been claimed by North Carolina. I know because it says “First in Flight” on my North Carolina license plate.
State banter aside, the Wright Brothers never would’ve flown the first airplane if they looked like this fella, named “Rudy.” There’s no doubt that on the way to Kill Devil Hills they would’ve been taken down in some rural town, and burned at the stake by witch hunters.
Rudy can’t even look into your eyes. Is there anything behind those tinted goggles? Is it just empty? Two tunnels to his hollow skull?
And those teeth. Why is he always grinning like that? If your mascot isn’t a vicious feline, there’s absolutely no purpose for that. If my Starbucks barista looked like that while making my coffee, I’d be out of there immediately.
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