Monday, March 10, 2008

Sun Belted: Those Big Head Monstahs Part II



Time for round two, readers. And these two mascots are doozies...

BIG HEAD MONSTAH #4: LIGHTNING

Lightning is the mascot for the Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders. I don't know what those two silver things on the side of its back are. Wings maybe? They look more like two badly dislocated shoulder blades or two awkwardly placed sacks of fat. Yuck.
In all seriousness, this mascot looks like the steroid-abusing love child of a My Little Pony figure and a Smurf. And what's with the shirt? What is he, Captain Marvel?

BIG HEAD MONSTAH #5: RED

A short preface
: I was told that apparently Arkansas State is in the middle of a transition period in which they are removing all Native American-affiliated mascots, slogans, and songs from its repertoire. So to eliminate their offensive Native American mascot they came up with Red, a mascot to represent the "spirit" of ASU.
That being said, could someone please tell me just what in the hell this is? I mean seriously. Is it some sort of carrot-man? An overcooked gas station hot dog? A fire ant with Reeboks?
And what's with the shirt? Does he do stunt double work for Liberace or something?
And what's with the shoes, get away from the Chuck Taylors, spend some change, and buy some of them new Jordans, ya dork.


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