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In news of the fast and the frivolous, here's something that will matter to hardly any of us: Amherst College finally chose its new mascot and it's the Mammoth!

Say what you might about it, there could be some very entertaining headlines involving Amherst's athletic teams, especially in a conference that includes mascots like the Jumbos, the Ephs, the Bantams, the Camels, the Mules, and the Polar Bears, among others.

In other mascot news, Whitman College recently dropped its Fighting Missionaries moniker

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and became the Blues. Not bad, but not Mammothian, either.  And we have Pacific Lutheran, which was either the Knights or the Gladiators, and is now, apparently officially, the Lutes: a name that strikes fear in the hearts of everyone.

Finally, I'll mention the SUNY Canton Kangaroos which is a major leap from the Northmen.

 

"Don't be mean now because remember: Wherever you go, there you are..." Buckaroo Banzai

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Cool.  What no Wooly Mammoth?  Possibly Ray Romano (he played a Mammoth in Ice Age) could be the baseball voice of the new Amherst team.  Give his agent a call!

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In all seriousness, I think Mammoth is interesting, unique, and hip.  It is better than colors (Green, Red, Crimson, Brown) which are traditional and boring in a nearby conference.   My alma mater changed their mascot from an Indian to a Bulldog due to political correctness and pressure about 10 years ago.   I'm still thinking about it, and wondering if the mascot change was truly necessary or the University President was born without a spine.  Time marches on.

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Yeah!  A cheer with the word "wooly" in it could be awesome! Come to think of it, maybe that's what that guy in Bull Durham was actually singing about when Kevin Costner tried to correct him!

Should also add that another Amherst mascot finalist (top 5!) was the Fighting Poets. Uh, really? I can just see a graphic with T. S. Eliot aiming a quill at Allen Ginsberg's head. 

The other three finalists were the Wolves, the Valley Hawks, and the Purple and White (great fodder for headlines, the latter). 

When I challenged my son to guess which of the five won, he said, "anything but Poets, please! Mammoths is the most badass."

And, I have to agree. 

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