Summit League Mascot Madness

Fri Jul 01, 2016 12:38 pm

So, I missed posting this week's matchup. Looks like it was IPFW's Don the Mastadon vs ORU's Eli the Eagle.

Somewhat surprisingly (to me, anyway), Don won that round. Judging by how they're progressing through the bracket, I'd guess that next week will be Omaha's Durango the Bull vs USD's Charlie the Coyote, then Rocky vs SDSU's Jack the Jackrabbit the next week. Winner of our matchup will take on Don...if we get past SDSU, I like our odds.

http://www.thesummitleague.org/sports/a ... cotMadness

wiu712 · Fri Jul 01, 2016 1:00 pm

ST_Lawson wrote:So, I missed posting this week's matchup. Looks like it was IPFW's Don the Mastadon vs ORU's Eli the Eagle. Somewhat surprisingly (to me, anyway), Don won that round.

The difference might be the enrollment factor:
IPFW: 12,719
Oral Roberts: 3,481

Fri Jul 01, 2016 2:56 pm

wiu712 wrote:
ST_Lawson wrote:So, I missed posting this week's matchup. Looks like it was IPFW's Don the Mastadon vs ORU's Eli the Eagle. Somewhat surprisingly (to me, anyway), Don won that round.
The difference might be the enrollment factor:
IPFW: 12,719
Oral Roberts: 3,481

True, I guess I just think of ORU as more of an involved student fanbase, since they generally are up at the top of basketball attendance. IPFW, I think of more as a "commuter" campus, and would have more casual fans or students who aren't as interested in sports and stuff.

Wed Jul 06, 2016 8:38 am

This week's matchup is Omaha's Durango vs USD's Charlie. At this point, looks like Charlie is winning. This means that our matchup against SDSU's Jack should start Tuesday morning next week. So, keep an eye out for that.

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Mon Jul 11, 2016 10:35 am

Our first round matchup should start tomorrow...I'll post as soon as I see it's live. You should be able to vote through facebook and twitter.

http://www.thesummitleague.org/sports/a ... cotMadness

rocki · Mon Jul 11, 2016 1:22 pm

Apparently several in the Summit League think "Rocky" is the worst mascot of the bunch. Let's make them sure that his fans don't think so!!!!

Tue Jul 12, 2016 2:02 pm

Time to vote: http://www.thesummitleague.org/sports/a ... cotMadness

If you use Instagram, just comment "Rocky" here:
Facebook, same deal -

And twitter right here:
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Thu Jul 14, 2016 8:13 am

Well, it was a tough matchup for the first round. Rocky was eliminated in the Mascot Madness tournament.
Apparently we won in the commenting on instagram and facebook, but the vast majority of votes were on twitter (1,392 total votes) and Jack won 59% of the votes there.

So, it'll be NDSU's Thundar the Bison vs USD's Charlie the Coyote on one side, and SDSU's Jack the Jackrabbit vs Fort Wayne's Don the Mastadon on the other.