Jay-Bird Watching

[thefish7]

Regarding the mascot... I was confused as to how the dog was a "rambler." I looked it up and the dog apparently has to do with Loyola's coat of arms or something. Then I realized, let alone a dog, what the heck is a rambler? I didn't manage to find any info, anyone know?

[Dubl R 1]

He was apparently at Loyola... Could hear him on the broadcast for most of the game. A W E S O M E

Superfan was very audible in the radio broadcast. He was really on his game in the first half, and almost single-handedly kept BU in the game.

No, he really was awesome during the game tonight and is a great supporter for BU basketball.

[Dubl R 1]

I believe a rambler is/are the two guys who were doing promos for Lakeshore Public TV during timeouts on the Loyola broadcast. My goodness, those guys Rambled on and on incessantly about nothing.

[Da Coach]

It is confusing, but here is what I found. It is not a dog, but a wolf. In fact it has a name, Lou Wolf--
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyola_University_Chicago (scroll about half way down to Sports)

It was inspired by the Basque coat of arms of St. Ignatius of Loyola, for whom the school is named. The coat of arms depicts 2 wolves over a kettle.

Their phone number for the Loyola Ticket Office is 773-508-WOLF

Here is someone else questioning why a wolf?--

http://media.www.loyolaphoenix.com/media/storage/paper673/news/2005/03/23/Discourse/When-Did.A.Rambler.Become.A.Wolf-900658.shtml

A bigger question is what is a Rambler? Please don't tell me it was a car, I am old enough to remember that!

[Dubl R 1]

The ramblers was a nickname originally given to describe the football team in the 1920's. The school hasn't had football since about 1930.

[Dubl R 1]

The original mascot was a Gypsy Rambler, but many people thought it a racist figure, so Loyola changed to Lou Wolf.

[RedSeaRamblin07]

Screw the ncaa...can we just make Jay aka Peoria's Loudest Fan (he calls himself that) our official mascot?