mascots

The moves follows a mandate from the state education department in an effort “to end the use of Native American mascots as soon as practical."

A number of schools in Central New York will be changing their team names and mascots after Native American references were banned across the state.

Experts at ESPN recently voted on which college football team in each Power 5 conference they believed to have the best mascot. The beloved 'Otto the Orange' from Syracuse University made the list.

It's surprisingly rough being a mascot these days. Sure, they're the awesome side entertainment at sporting events, but that puts a heck of a lot of pressure on them. Think about it-- mascots are constantly forced to cartwheel on ledges, do backflips in front of thousands of people and just be downright stupid. It can be awful, especially when things go wrong. Cue: mascot fails.

Spirit the eagle, Auburn University’s mascot, took its traditional aerial tour around the bleachers of Jordan-Hare Stadium before the kickoff of Auburn’s football game against Mississippi State on Saturday. He was looking quite majestic in flight as the crowd of 85,000 cheered until … smack — Spirit crashed right into a glass-enclosed luxury box.