W&M Mascot Survey - Opinion

So those that have been reading the blog for at least the last few months may have seen a blog post I did about William and Mary's marketing department. First with a review about their logo/mascot troubles. Then, I talked about their search for a new mascot. Well, they've finally released the five finalists to their search. I couldn't resist posting about this, because...well...I try to report information concerning JMU and things related to JMU. So because William & Mary is in our conference and most of us know someone who went there, this just can't be overlooked when they're choosing a new mascot. Plus it's just entertaining. This is purely an opinion piece...not really much factual reporting in any of it (but be clear these are the actual options for their mascot)...put it's too entertaining to pass up...

So after an intense search and opening it up for people to send in their ideas about a new mascot, they've named their five top ideas. So, without further ado:

1) Griffin
Maybe the best choice, but really? A griffin? What does that have to do with anything? A Griffin is a mythical creature, kind of like a loud crowd at W&M...who knows... And maybe I'm mistaken, but didn't the NCAA take away their feathers...what's with all the birds? Are they really that bitter? They're clearly trying to get back to the point where they can put feathers on their logo again. Maybe be a little more subtle next time W&M...


2) King and Queen

I thought we went over this with the homecoming t-shirt. You can't have two mascots. Not to mention, having a king and queen is dumb. Are they gonna be called 'the Kings and Queens'? 'The Kings'? 'The Queens'? I guess this is the closest to actually connecting to William and Mary, but it's stupid. And illogical. You can't have two mascots like this. Why not just call them the William and Mary William and Mary's?


3) Phoenix

I hope they never play Elon; that'd just be confusing. I don't think it's wise to use this when a school so close has the same thing, but I guess there are several wildcats around. At least Elon has a reason in the past century for being the Phoenix. Nothing could be raising from the ashes except maybe their reputation after this list of choices. And still trying to get those feathers back with lots of bird options I see.


4) Pug

Hahahahahahahahaahaha. Please. For the love. Be the pugs. That would make my life. Instantly. That picture is so freaking classic I wanna frame it and hang it up in my house. I can't say anything else about this without crying from laughing so hard.


5) Wren

It's not intimidating. It's not cool. It's not popular. I can't wait to hear the announcers for that game "And here come the flying Wrens!!!!" Apparently Wren is just the name of one of their main halls and chapel and had some recent controversy. Still, yawn. File this under the instantly forgettable category. Neeeeext.


Oh wait, there aren't anymore. Waste Management marketing is so full of fail it's incredible. No dump trucks? That would at least be semi-intimidating. You could even have Dane Cook come and introduce it as being BAMF. But then again he hasn't been funny for 5 years (for those that thought he was funny to start with). I almost feel sorry for Waste Management that the PC bug bit them and no matter what they go with it's gonna be so terrible.

Stop the presses (or pixels...whatever)! Apparently this is just a change of MASCOT, not their name. So they will remain the William and Mary Tribe, but are just getting rid of Oscar. So what do any of these have to do with the Tribe? Absolutely nothing. This is just even more confusing to me now. Why would you change your mascot to something COMPLETELY different and not change the name? Having a bird or a dog as a mascot and then being called the tribe is baffling. And didn't the King and Queen kill the Tribe? This just keeps getting better. Keep it coming W&M.