Woody's All Time Favorite Least Favorite Mascot
From Pulp Fiction to The Football Pool Blog...the worst mascot that I have ever heard of to date is the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slug!!!
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Boy, that one is ugly, but I've always been partial to it because it's so bad. I found the origin story on the Web:
"UCSC's mascot is the banana slug. In 1981, when the university began participating in NCAA intercollegiate sports, the then-chancellor and some student athletes declared the mascot to be the "sea lions". Most students disliked the new mascot and offered an alternative mascot, the banana slug. In 1986, students voted via referendum to declare the banana slug the official mascot of UCSC—a vote the chancellor refused to honor, arguing that only athletes should choose the mascot. When a poll of athletes showed that they, too, wanted to be "slugs," the chancellor relented. A sea lion statue can still be seen in front of the Thimann Hall lecture building."
It's still ugly, and it would get crushed by every other mascot, even the Buckeye.
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