I can't stop watching this and hearing "with BIG teeth!"
Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide!
I can't stop watching this and hearing "with BIG teeth!"
Since she only has the interim title, perhaps she is open to taking more risks. If this plays out well for her, that could mean more opportunities. If it doesn't, well, she was interim only anyway, right?
My two cents, and what it has been for years, is that the Chief is gone. He isn't coming back. It won't be too long before students at U of I will have been born after his final game.
Other than grasping onto the past and living the glory of the "good ol' days", I can't fathom why we'd fight a new mascot. Get a bird, or a turtle, or fox, I don't care. Make it so kids going to games have something to have fun with and give a high five. Have someone for drunk college students to get their pictures with.
This is all just entertainment, right? Why are we the only fan base that feels like we can't have a little fun with our mascot?
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Keggy the Keg
Aww, come on. Who wouldn't want this guy running around on the sidelines?
I have to say, im kinda pumped this guy is still floating around... But 6years of graphic design experience later, it also makes me cringe.
WEITHER ITS A MILITARY FIGURE OR OTHERWISE, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD NOT LOSE OUR ILLINI TRADEMARK(WITHOUT CHIEF). LETS FIND A REBRANDING THAT USES ILLINI IN ANOTHER NON-NATIVE AMERICAN WAY. AFTER ALL WE WILL ALWAYS BE ILLINI JUST AS HOOSIERS ARE..... WHATEVER HOOSIERS ARE. UNLESS WE WANT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE STATE. I VOTE CHANGING THE NAME OF THE STATE AND ASSIGNING THE STATE A MASCOT!
The Caps Lock key is right under Tab and right above left Shift.:thumb:
good job everyone - let's figure out how to get this message of fighting capitain america knock off with the illini shield to Barb
in what universe is a knock off Captain America with an Illini shield cool? Seems like his only superpower would be getting booed everywhere he goes..
Why are you whispering?
I'm quite ambivalent about this whole issue. The only thing I don't want to see come of it is losing the name Fighting Illini.
Lincoln's been mentioned a lot, if they did something similar to the Washington Nationals Abe Lincoln from the President's Race that'd be fine with me.
If you can't get stoked seeing a caricature of this brave man who was shot in the back of the head shooting t-shirts into the crowd, you might as well not get out of bed. What a great way to honor our fallen leader! Won't it be a hoot when Herbie the Husker tackles him? R.I.P. Abraham Lincoln!For reference
How is Lincoln that exciting? He was the president, did a lot of great things sure. But for a sporting event? If we are looking for a mascot to rev up the crowd, throw a couple shirts, and go to parties. Is this really the solution. Granted im pessimistic of idea to begin with. But the idea of little kids running up to 8ft foam orange and blue Abraham Lincoln doesnt seem like the solution. Just seems weird.