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16 Awesome and Adorable Real Live College Mascots

Showing off school pride is one of the best and most fun parts of the college experience. It’s even better when there is a real live animal down on the football field to join in on the fun. Who could say no to a barking bulldog and who could possibly remain seated with a buffalo out on the field?

Here are 16 of the best real live college mascots that we found!


Blue III – Butler University
(Although Blue III is just a mascot-in-training, we couldn’t resist his adorable face!)


Handsome Dan – Yale University


Joy and Lady – Baylor University


Rameses XVIII – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


Stryker and Ranger III – The United States Military Academy


Bill the Goat – The United States Naval Academy


Zeke III – Michigan State University


Blitz II – Wofford College


Rocky I – University of North Carolina at Asheville


Ralphie the Bufalo – University of Colorado


Tuffy – North Carolina State University


Traveler VII – University of Southern California


Reveille VIII – Texas A&M University


CAM the Ram – Colorado State University


Mike – Louisiana State University


Boomer and Sooner – University of Oklahoma

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Sora Hwang

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Sora Hwang, originally from New Jersey, is a journalism major at Northeastern University. On campus, she is involved in the Student Government Association, Northeastern University Figure Skating Club, Haute Fashion (as an editor) and Her Campus Northeastern (as secretary). In any spare time she can manage, she edits pieces for Pink & Black Magazine as its Life Editor and for Mochi Magazine as its Associate Managing Editor. Over summer 2012, she studied documentary filmmaking in Rome and hopes to expand her knowledge in video editing and production. In addition, she loves playing with her puppies, curling up with hot chocolate, and annoying her friends with her indecisiveness.