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College football roundtable: Best mascots
- Updated: June 6, 2016
10:00 AM ET
We continue our national roundtable series with a fun look at which school has the best mascot in each Power 5 conference. This topic is sure to inspire debate among the fan bases, which take great pride in what their program has to offer. Here’s how our panel voted:
ACC: Syracuse
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There are various animal mascots that are fun in the ACC, like Ibises, turkeys and tigers. There is even a real ram and a real horse (plus flaming spear!). But none of them can top Otto the Orange, the most unique mascot of them all. First of all, he is a fruit. How many other fruit mascots can you name in college football? Thought so. Second of all, he is cute and cuddly. Sure, some schools want to have an intimidating mascot as part of their whole schtick. But there is something about an orange wearing a baseball cap, with arms and legs no less, that is just downright a-peelin.’ Orange you glad to have him, Syracuse? — Andrea Adelson
Big Ten: Michigan State
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The current costumed mascot version of Sparty wasn’t introduced to Michigan State fans until 1989. But in just a few short decades, it has become a prominent league staple and routinely ranks atop various lists of best Big Ten mascots. Sparty is 7-feet tall, yet even his rippling muscles and warrior garb can’t mask his cartoon-like …
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