Big Time Rocky

[Paisa el Toro]

Sucks to be a Western Kentucky fan in this, what the heck is that thing!? Looks kinda like the monster from the ol' Bugs Bunny cartoon, just needs some white tennis shoes. I know they're the Hilltoppers, and I guess it's still more original than the "hey I'm a Power Ranger" next to him!

 

Gotta love Rocky, looks great!

 

The Hilltopper looks like a Red Grimace of McDonalds fame. How that mascot is always in the running, I'll never know.

[KB]

Better known than Rocky?...

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Red_(Western_Kentucky_University)

 

Big Red is the name given to Western Kentucky University's mascot, a red, furry blob created by WKU student Ralph Carey in 1979. Big Red is meant to symbolize the spirit of WKU students and alumni as well as the sports teams' nickname, the "Hilltoppers," (with Big Red's head shaped like a hill) a name chosen because the school's campus sits atop a hill standing 232 feet (71 m) above the Barren River flowing through WKU's home city of Bowling Green.^[1]Big Red was an immediate hit, winning the "Key to the Spirit" award at the Universal Cheerleading Association competition in 1980, 1981 and 1983. He reached the Universal Cheerleading Association's Final Four and was awarded 2nd runner-up to collegiate Mascot of the Year in 1990. In 1996 he reached the Final Four of ESPN's "Battle of the Mascots." He was also featured prominently in the promotion for ESPN's 25,000th episode of SportsCenter.^[2]

Big Red has been selected eight times to compete in the Capital One Mascot Challenge in the competition's ten year history, reaching the semifinals of the 2006 Capital One Mascot Challenge.^[3]

Big Red is the inaugural member of the Capital One Mascot Challenge Hall of Fame.

[Dogma]

Better known than Rocky?...

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Red_(Western_Kentucky_University)

 

Big Red is the name given to Western Kentucky University's mascot, a red, furry blob created by WKU student Ralph Carey in 1979. Big Red is meant to symbolize the spirit of WKU students and alumni as well as the sports teams' nickname, the "Hilltoppers," (with Big Red's head shaped like a hill) a name chosen because the school's campus sits atop a hill standing 232 feet (71 m) above the Barren River flowing through WKU's home city of Bowling Green.^[1]Big Red was an immediate hit, winning the "Key to the Spirit" award at the Universal Cheerleading Association competition in 1980, 1981 and 1983. He reached the Universal Cheerleading Association's Final Four and was awarded 2nd runner-up to collegiate Mascot of the Year in 1990. In 1996 he reached the Final Four of ESPN's "Battle of the Mascots." He was also featured prominently in the promotion for ESPN's 25,000th episode of SportsCenter.^[2]

Big Red has been selected eight times to compete in the Capital One Mascot Challenge in the competition's ten year history, reaching the semifinals of the 2006 Capital One Mascot Challenge.^[3]

Big Red is the inaugural member of the Capital One Mascot Challenge Hall of Fame.

 

The ESPN commercials are pretty funny:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4c0hoTFAMA

 

 

Old one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ToVAlkwqJg

[Brad]

We often elevate the least deserving or apparent.

Look at all the plain jane turned prom queen or hero in movies.

[MikeG]

[Brad]

Big Red is on the right? Looks kind of scrawny.

[Brad]

Rocky has his own card, does the Sesame Street reject?

 

 

Rocky the Bull Card on ebay

[MikeG]

Big Red is on the right? Looks kind of scrawny.

that was the 1999 season playing them at WKU

 

before they added the WKU letters to mascot

[Brad]

 

Big Red is on the right? Looks kind of scrawny.

that was the 1999 season playing them at WKU

 

before they added the WKU letters to mascot

 

Thanks.  The WKU letters would have helped. 

[GaUSFBull]

Vote early and vote often!  Voting begins today, we are matched up against Sparty ... we have a 67% to 33% lead right now ... vote, Bulls, vote!  

 

 

Game 2 should be good - they've got Rocky and Sparty side-by-side on the main page!

 

http://www.capitalonebowl.com/