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<blockquote data-quote="SuperMetroid" data-source="post: 1956227" data-attributes="member: 227330"><p>Once again, this is the main point of all this. It's not a sinister plot to get rid of the name Fighting Illini. It's literally just trying to bring a little bit more fun to the gameday atmosphere (something that a certain subset of our fanbase seems chronically opposed to for god-knows-what-reason) and making connections with our future fans.</p><p></p><p>For example...except for when I've taken them to games, my kids have watched about 10 minutes of sports in their entire lives. They just aren't interested. But they know who Southpaw is, Ketchup and Mustard, Willie the Wildcat, Benny the Bull, Tommy Hawk, they even know Brutus because my wife and in-laws are OSU alums/fans. Again, I literally cannot force them to watch a game of any kind.</p><p></p><p>During the Wisconsin game there was a shot of Bucky Badger in the crowd and two kids in Illini gear were getting their picture taken with him. Wouldn't it be better if it was our own mascot?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuperMetroid, post: 1956227, member: 227330"] Once again, this is the main point of all this. It's not a sinister plot to get rid of the name Fighting Illini. It's literally just trying to bring a little bit more fun to the gameday atmosphere (something that a certain subset of our fanbase seems chronically opposed to for god-knows-what-reason) and making connections with our future fans. For example...except for when I've taken them to games, my kids have watched about 10 minutes of sports in their entire lives. They just aren't interested. But they know who Southpaw is, Ketchup and Mustard, Willie the Wildcat, Benny the Bull, Tommy Hawk, they even know Brutus because my wife and in-laws are OSU alums/fans. Again, I literally cannot force them to watch a game of any kind. During the Wisconsin game there was a shot of Bucky Badger in the crowd and two kids in Illini gear were getting their picture taken with him. Wouldn't it be better if it was our own mascot? [/QUOTE]
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