Talk:Eight Mascots that Need to Die/@comment-12.5.1.207-20060731190816

Actually, Virginia Tech&quot;s mascot now is not a turkey, but something the school calls a "Hokie bird" (don&quot;t ask me why). I was at Blacksburg in January for the Maryland-Virginia Tech women&quot;s basketball game, and the Hokie bird noticed my Maryland jacket and walked to my seat. I said, "I liked you better when you were the gobbler (Tech&quot;s old nickname)," and it gave me a jovial hug. Still think the nickname is stupid, though. The ACC should have forced Tech to change its nickname back to Gobblers as a condition of membership.

Screech is no Phanatic, and worse, two other Washington sports teams already have eagle mascots (the Capitals and United). Personally, I would have made a panda the mascot and named it Nat (can&quot;t do it now, though, since the Mystics have changed their mascot to a panda named Pax). The next best thing: release Screech and promote the Potomac Nationals&quot; mascot, Uncle Slam (a big blue thing in a red and white striped outfit) to the big club. (Hey, this franchise sold Youppi! to the Canadiens when it left Montreal.)