Least Intimidating Logos/Mascots

[kkkkandp]

I wish these guys had a mascot!

[CollectingAmericasPastime]

Gotta go with the University of Akron Zips - my favorite school. "Zips" stems from "Zippers", which was a rubber overshoe made by the BF Goodrich Company in the 1920s/30s. A campus-wide vote then made the mascot Zippy, a female kangaroo.

In the mid-2000s, a marketing campaign began to make everything about the logo/nickname/mascot more intimidating. "Fear The Roo" was the obvious choice. But in the end, we still have a female marsupial for a mascot, and are named after a freaking overshoe - not a regular shoe, but an overshoe.

[bocca001]

Originally Posted by kkkkandp

I wish these guys had a mascot!

San Jose had the Prune Pickers in the early 1900s. It would be funny if you could move up from the Prune Pickers to the Prune Packers. Like A to AA.

[kkkkandp]

Originally Posted by bocca001

San Jose had the Prune Pickers in the early 1900s. It would be funny if you could move up from the Prune Pickers to the Prune Packers. Like A to AA.

Extending that concept, if there was a baseball senior league, one team could then be the Prune Eaters. If they got on a winning streak, the local beat writers could say the team won "regularly."

[jerrys]

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[AustinMike]

I've seen a few high schools mentioned. I graduated from Gwinn HS in Michigan. The Modeltowners. Very intimidating.

On a professional level, down the road from Austin, the San Antonio Missions reside. Their mascot is the Puffy Taco.

[sycks22]

Nothing freightens me more than some Grasshoppers