Lent Day Fifteen

Lent Day Fifteen

Wednesday, March 19, 2014 – Got your NCAA Division I Women’s basketball bracket completed? If you really want to do the math, Sheldon, go ahead. For the rest of you, I somehow came up with 65 five teams, rather than 64, and that is close enough for government work. That means if you try to count it, it will not add up. The school mascots represented in the women’s bracket are more complex than those in the men’s. Using the same categories of Birds, Cats, Mammals, Humanoids, Other and “What in the hell is a …,” we find eight birds, seven cats, fourteen mammals, nine Other, five “What in…” and twenty-two humanoids mascots. There are two weather patterns – Cyclones and a Red Storm. There is a Blue Demon and a Blue Devil, and a Sun Devil. I categorized the Iowa Hawkeyes as Birds. I do not think it means the mascot is Hawkeye Pierce. The mammal category is populated by dogs with three bulldogs, a huskie and a Great Dane. I was undecided whether to place the Boilermakers in the humanoid category or the Other, as the drink. I went with the humanoid. And this category held the largest number of mascots. Included, are The Irish, the Colonials, the Commodores (not Lionel Richie and the singing group), Cowgirls, Raiders, Volunteers and Mountaineers. There are Spartans and Trojans and Quakers and Raiders. Some Pirates, an Indian and a Matador. In the “What in the hell…” category, there are the Shockers and Flyers, and the color Orange. I hope the MOCs are short for moccasin, because I know people who cannot say moccasin and it would difficult for them to cheer for that team. If you are happy with the mascot titled Vandals, who am I to apply a tag, but Idaho, you might want to think of something a bit less antiquated.
Try Raiders. I wasn’t sure what a Hilltopper is and I am too lazy to look it up. But Good Luck to all the teams. Gig ‘Em Aggies and Sic ‘Em Bears. That would be the Baylor Bears and not the Golden Bears. And please Lord; do not let the Oregon State Beavers play the South Carolina Gamecocks. There are too many jokes waiting to happen.