Bradley mascot

[Chico]

I respectfully disagree and will call to the witness stand Georgetown University. Georgetown's tradition makes Bradley look like a newbie. Once college athletics became big earlier in the century, Georgetown realized that their team name Hoya was pretty much meaningless for mascot purposes. So they adopted a bulldog as a mascot which you see on just about everything Georgetown ... even though they are still the Hoyas.

Bradley needs to get off the dime and create a mascot be it a Gargoyle (which I like), a clock (which I like), a Cat (also acceptable), or something else. Just do it and do it right.

Only thing is I, for one, don't know what a Hoya is. At least most people know what a Brave is. As for Georgetown's tradition, I respectfully disagree. Bradley was a National power back in the 50's and 60's and even in the 80's. When I was in the Army in the early 60's in DC, I saw Georgetown play George Washington at Ft. Myer, Va gym. They can thank ESPN, along with many others, for making them a National power.

[Future Walk-On]

I just think gargoyles are creepy......and we would look weird.

maybe as long as the phrase "Bradley Gargoyles" was never mentioned and we just had a costume.


but putting Bradley Braves on a shirt with a gargoyle would confuse alot of people

[thefish7]

A mascot does not need to specifically match the nickname and doesn't in several cases. I'm not in support of changing the name to Gargoyles, but I would be supportive of a well-done Gargoyle mascot. I also have no problem with a clock, if done in a certain way. We all have to understand that the university will not give "brave" any sort of native american connotation as they've said that they're done with any such association, because THEY HAVE TO BE. So now we have to figure out how to market the university and sports program somehow... Personally, I could countenance a good name change if it was going to help us move forward. I'm also capable of keeping the name, but we need a better logo, and I'd like to have a mascot.

[MacabreMob]

... So now we have to figure out how to market the university and sports program somehow...

Win.

That's the best "marketing", IMO.

The rest is just fluff bs.

So just win.

[Canton BU fan]

How about a caricature of the head coach?

[sousaman2089]

Why not just hire Bradley Cooper to sit on the sideline?

I have a professor who is retiring at the end of the semester and he has been adamant about having a squirrel as our mascot.

It just seems mascot talk brings out the creativity in people.

[amettrick]

Honestly, I wouldn't even mind seeing a change in team colors.

I realize it's been red and white forever, but there are about 20,000 other schools with the same color scheme, including our biggest rival. I'd like to see green and white instead, since only a handful of schools seem to use green and none in the MVC do.

But I know that'll never happen.

[Beninator]

Personally, I liked the lion mascot idea expressed by someone here a while ago. If we use the gargoyle mascot, could we put a mechanism in the gargoyle mascot's costume in which it could throw up red "water" on the opposing mascot... (similar to the water spout picture here)

[Braved10]

I mentioned the lion awhile ago as I had heard it from a few people. I also think the eagle would be great as well. We all know BRAVE cannot mean native american but use Brave as a verb personified (in the case of the lion) or as a symbol with the eagle (home of the brave, patriotic reference). The students and alumni in general at the sporting events certainly seem to place importance in the last line of the anthem so work with it and get a bald eagle costume. Its still the bradley braves but at least there could be a new logo and character to work with.

[Beninator]

I mentioned the lion awhile ago as I had heard it from a few people. I also think the eagle would be great as well. We all know BRAVE cannot mean native american but use Brave as a verb personified (in the case of the lion) or as a symbol with the eagle (home of the brave, patriotic reference). The students and alumni in general at the sporting events certainly seem to place importance in the last line of the anthem so work with it and get a bald eagle costume. Its still the bradley braves but at least there could be a new logo and character to work with.

+1

[FlyingSpaghettiMonster]

Why not just hire Bradley Cooper to sit on the sideline?

I have a professor who is retiring at the end of the semester and he has been adamant about having a squirrel as our mascot.

It just seems mascot talk brings out the creativity in people.

Is it a sociology professor? I had a professor that was also adamant about having a squirrel. He was literally the worst professor I've ever had and an absolute nutcase. I hope we aren't talking about the same person.

[Samd2]

And....

and the reason no other school has one is because its a goofy idea,
please Bradley Braves, at no time does the image of a Gargoyle come to mind when thinking of a Brave. Eagle maybe, Lion not bad, what we really need is what is on my old memorabilia. I still think it could be done as an Honor and not offend anyone, just not sure how, I would rather go with no mascot then the wrong one.

[FlyingSpaghettiMonster]

and the reason no other school has one is because its a goofy idea

It took a long, long time for a major corporation to think this was a good idea.



It's no goofier than a shocker, billiken, or many other mascots. There is not going to be another Native American logo or mascot, and people need to get over it. That issue is closed regardless of your personal beliefs on the matter.

[Canton BU fan]

Peoria should change the name of the city because it's offensive.


It's amazing how some references to native americans are considered offensive while others are not.

[sousaman2089]

Is it a sociology professor? I had a professor that was also adamant about having a squirrel. He was literally the worst professor I've ever had and an absolute nutcase. I hope we aren't talking about the same person.

Luckily, we are not. He teaches in the political science department. Never had to take a sociology class

I think a red lion would be very cool and actually look cool/unique.