UConn Mascot Change: Confirmed

[Penfield]

 

[UConn Dan]

I'm hoping we can do better than Clay Aiken - though I'll take anyone repping for us.

 

[Penfield]

I'm hoping we can do better than Clay Aiken - though I'll take anyone repping for us.

Haha. OK here is Rihanna wearing a UConn Hoodie.



I also remember a picture of Justin Timberlake wearing a Rip Hamilton UConn Jersey but I cant find it.

 

[Penfield]

If you could live anywhere else in the U.S., where would it be and why?
MATTHEW LILLARD
"New York City because I spent a lot of time there, and I miss the hustle and bustle. Or Connecticut. 'Cause I want to go back to college, and UCONN is the best school in the world."

 

[Ts5034]

Not for nothing but i wouldnt put too much stock into Rihanna wearing that. I think i figured it out. Not to burst anyones bubble but the only reason she is wearing that shirt is because there is a C on it for her bf Chris brown. If she was dating a guy by the name of Mark, she probably would be loading up on Michigan apparel...hey the longer shes with Chris Brown the better it is for UConn. Not bad.

 

[CL82]

Not for nothing but i wouldnt put too much stock into Rihanna wearing that. I think i figured it out. Not to burst anyones bubble but the only reason she is wearing that shirt is because there is a C on it for her bf Chris brown. If she was dating a guy by the name of Mark, she probably would be loading up on Michigan apparel...hey the longer shes with Chris Brown the better it is for UConn. Not bad.

Then why wasn't she wearing Brown gear?

 

[The Funster]

All I know is that when this new Husky mascot wears a tie, it better be a fracking blue one.

 

[The Viking]

We need to get Matthew Lillard back in a movie wearing UConn gear. Preferably not as Shaggy.

 

[Penfield]

We need to get Matthew Lillard back in a movie wearing UConn gear. Preferably not as Shaggy.

 

[Penfield]

The perfect movie

 

[chiller99]

Not just the mascot but jeez us wth is going on with those fugly cheer/dance squads,,aint there any non heifers left in CT,,,?

 

[Alum86]

I love the basketball uneys with UCONN instead of CONNECTICUT on the front. Way friggin cooler than spelling out our state. UConn is our brand.
Call it luck, but we've won with UCONN in white uney for 3 championships. when we reverted to CONNECTICUT in '06 with Boone/Williams/Chaz et al, we lost to GMU. I am still sick over that. WTF did Denham have the ball for the last shot?
The football uneys do look like Dallas as a poster said. I want our name on the front as it was prior, in large letters. CONNECTICUT, or UCONN, or HUSKIES! Ala Oklahoma.

 

[RioDog]

We can be the fighting C-Lo's? Or -U's?

I've seen the Sandler movie - I forgot about that... but he also wear's every New England U shirt/hat even some Whalers action, so it kind of gets lost. We need more of that though...

How about Bobby Moynihan on SNL repping for UConn -- a recurring character? Anyone know him? Get the word out...

I have this vague recollection of Kirsty Alley wearing a grey UConn sweatshirt on Cheers- wa yback when we were starting to gain some cache in hoops. Anybody remeber this? I can`t find any images online but truthfully I didn`t look that hard...

 

[CTMike]

I have this vague recollection of Kirsty Alley wearing a grey UConn sweatshirt on Cheers- wa yback when we were starting to gain some cache in hoops. Anybody remeber this? I can`t find any images online but truthfully I didn`t look that hard...

Not gonna lie this has led to a few scary search results.

 

[CL82]

Didn't see it but I did find this:

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I have this vague recollection of Kirsty Alley wearing a grey UConn sweatshirt on Cheers- wa yback when we were starting to gain some cache in hoops. Anybody remeber this? I can`t find any images online but truthfully I didn`t look that hard...

I don't remember her in any UConn garb but I do remember one episode where the running joke was that she was a UConn grad (Norm said "Go fighting insurance salesmen!) and somehow got the nickname "Backseat Becky" while at school. Sam spent the entire episode trying to find out the story behind the nickname and at the end she told some bogus story that she paid Carla to make up.

 

[ScottBonz]

I knew pink was going to play a vital role in the rebranding.

@DanAgabiti: #xlcenter in pink tonight for the #UConnwomen game against #Baylor http://post original url/085Zmelq


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[NHUConnfan]

DC apparently is going to report this is official tomorrow according to some of my friends.

 

[auggie22]

I have this vague recollection of Kirsty Alley wearing a grey UConn sweatshirt on Cheers- wa yback when we were starting to gain some cache in hoops. Anybody remeber this? I can`t find any images online but truthfully I didn`t look that hard...

Good memory. It was the episode where Sam was trying to find out about the secret that makes Rebecca's knees go week, I think. Her character was a uconn alumni.

 

[coachcap]

Didn't see it but I did find this:

Memo to Leanne: Please start eating again. Anorexia is a serious health problem. I can't tell if she's ripped, anorexic, imbibing too many illegal substances, or a combination of all of the above from that pic.

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

Good memory. It was the episode where Sam was trying to find out about the secret that makes Rebecca's knees go week, I think. Her character was a uconn alumni.

I believe that was the episode where Norm asked "what is UConn's team name? The Fighting Insurance Salesmen?".

 

[hexlub]

Good memory. It was the episode where Sam was trying to find out about the secret that makes Rebecca's knees go week, I think. Her character was a uconn alumni.

Backseat Becky? I know it was in an the episode where they tried to give Carla her teenage years back and they had a sleepover with Rebecca and Lilith.

 

[freescooter]

Backseat Becky? I know it was in an the episode where they tried to give Carla her teenage years back and they had a sleepover with Rebecca and Lilith.

Right, she was a UConn alumnus and her nickname was Backseat Becky. The Fighting insurance Salesmen line was classic. And she was embarrassed about how she got the nickname...unlike the reasons the gang at the bar assumed, it turned out that there had been a fire drill in her dorm and when she went out she had climed into the back of the fire chief's car and fallen asleep in the back seat...

 

[huskymedic]

http://www.dailycampus.com/news/uconn-to-unveil-meaner-husky-logo-1.3008213#.UT8HChysiSo

 

[upstater]

http://www.dailycampus.com/news/uconn-to-unveil-meaner-husky-logo-1.3008213#.UT8HChysiSo

Ugh.

When I think about the time and effort put into marketing, it makes me retch. All the attributes ascribed to the meaner Husky are fantasies in the minds of people who need a reason to keep their marketing jobs. The friendliness of mascots or the lack thereof has nothing to do with athletics.