Re: The Bearcat

[Jeff Tompkins]

Or Oscar!

-----Original Message-----
From: address@hidden
[mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of Dave Malaska
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 11:56 AM
To: UC Basketball Forum
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] The Bearcat

Simply amazed that someone by now hasn't suggested it be named "Bob." 

-----Original Message-----
From: address@hidden
[mailto:address@hidden Behalf Of Stephen Wuebker
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 11:57 AM
To: UC Basketball Forum
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] The Bearcat


The bearcat's name is "Bearcat".  At least that's what everyone calls
it.  "Hey, Bearcat!"

steve

Doug Phillips wrote:
> Something I've always wondered is why the mascot
> doesn't have a name...like Brutus (Buckeye), Freddy
> (Falcon - BGSU) or UGA (Bulldog - Georgia).  I've
> always thought a naming campaign would be something of
> interest to the university.  Instead of saying, 'look,
> there's the bearcat', kids and fans can say, 'look,
> there's -fill in name here-'.  
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
>
> --- jon breiner <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > "Alice" used to come to UC games, but either she got
> > too freaked by the 
> > crowds or got old and sick.  But for some reason the
> > zoo stopped bringing 
> > her.
> >
> > By the way, somebody tell Andy LaCombe!  He has been
> > calling for this kind 
> > of forum for years!
> >
> > Jon
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Bryan Sherman" <address@hidden>
> > To: "Bearcat Forum" <address@hidden>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 9:31 AM
> > Subject: [UC Basketball] The Bearcat
> >
> >
> > > I like the article linked to from bearcatnews
> > regarding the open forums on
> > > the Bearcat image (score a few points for the
> > admin):
> > > http://ucbearcats.cstv.com/genrel/060706aab.html
> > >
> > > They want to try to reconcile the two Bearcat
> > images... the mascot and the
> > > logo.
> > >
> > > While our team wasn't named for it, how many folks
> > know there is an actual
> > > animal that is called the Bearcat? It's from
> > Southeast Asia and is also
> > > called the Binturang. Didn't the Cincinnati Zoo
> > used to have one (and do
> > > they still have one)?
> > >
> > > Here are some pictures I sound, the first one is a
> > really nice shot:
> http://graphics.stanford.edu/~merrie/San%20Diego/photos/photo_17.html
> http://tripura.nic.in/sepahijala/gallery/gallery1.jpg
> > > Looks like the logo is more like the "real"
> > Bearcat than the mascot is.
> > > Bryan
>
>
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