Lots of criticism in this thread, few proposals for any alternative, naturally formed, football-history-related traditions.
Ole Miss yells "hotty toddy" at games. At Oregon, a duck rides into the stadium on a motorcycle. We are not the first program to do something stupid at games.
I get the point that it's silly, but until the nay-sayers have anything else that would even come close to what the war flamingo represents, I'm bringing mine to games. And if you don't like it, don't bring one, but kill it just because it's corny? that's not what cfb is about.