Mascot Battle Bracket

The Cowboys will ride guns through the entire bracket. Trojans, Tigers, Vandals — nothing will survive. Then they'll meet the Hurricanes.

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The husky has now beaten a Paladin, a grizzly bear, a Spartan phalanx, and a literal devil from hell. With tail wags. And head tilts. And heart. So much heart. Who’s a good boy? WHO’S A GOOD BOY?? #mascotbracket

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The husky survived a holy warrior, a grizzly bear, and a Spartan army. Heart, plot armor, or divine intervention — we don’t know. But the devil doesn’t do miracles. The devil ends them. Blue Devils will damn the Huskies. #mascotbracket

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The husky has survived everything. A Paladin. A bear. A phalanx. Three rounds of “the good boy will lose” and three rounds of being wrong. But this is a devil. From hell. Heart doesn’t beat hell. …right? Blue Devils will end the streak. #mascotbracket

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We forgot to post this one. Our bad. But come on. A wolverine fights grizzly bears for fun. Smokey tracked a tornado and that was legendary. But tracking and fighting are two different things. You already knew. #mascotbracket

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A bobcat should beat a factory worker. A lion should've beaten a factory worker. A hurricane should've beaten a factory worker. We don't make the rules anymore. The wrench does. Boilermakers will advance. We've accepted this. #mascotbracket

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BUSTED. The razorback charged Arizona. Arizona scored 109. The tusks didn't matter. The Longhorns charged Purdue. The enchanted wrench won by 2. We are now 0-for-3 against a factory worker with a wrench. We have stopped questioning the wrench. #mascotbracket

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Illinois is part kingfisher. Iowa is a hawk. Hawks eat kingfishers. That’s not trash talk. That’s the food chain. The sword won’t help when your bird half is already on the menu. Hawkeyes will devour the Illini. #mascotbracket

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Houston’s cougar got out-pounced by a half-bird, half-warrior that still doesn’t know what it is. Iowa’s hawk dropped a gator and a farmer back to back. A 3-lb hawk is in the Elite 8. We didn’t see this coming. Nobody did. #mascotbracket

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Iowa State's cyclone is a tornado. Tennessee's Smokey is a Coonhound — bred to track, hunt, and never quit. The coonhound can find anything. But you can't track a tornado. It doesn't leave a scent. It leaves wreckage. Cyclones will scatter Smokey. #mascotbracket

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The Cyclones scattered a tiger and a bobcat. Correct — you can't scratch a funnel cloud. Smokey the Coonhound treed a RedHawk then outran a Cavalier on horseback. A coonhound beat a warhorse? We had Virginia. We were wrong. Smokey is no joke. #mascotbracket

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UConn's husky has survived divine magic and an 800-lb bear. It should not be here. Michigan State's Spartans have shields, spears, and 2,500 years of discipline. Heart got the husky this far. It won't get past a phalanx. Spartans will leash the Huskies. #mascotbracket

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The husky survived a Paladin. The husky survived a grizzly bear. The good boy will not stop. We are 0-for-2 against this sled dog. It might be immortal. The Spartans silenced the cardinal swarm. THIS. IS. SPARTA. held up. #mascotbracket

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Michigan's wolverine is 40 lbs of blind fury. Alabama's Crimson Tide is an unstoppable wall of ocean. The wolverine has claws. The tide doesn't have a body to claw. You can't rage at water. Crimson Tide will drown the Wolverines. #mascotbracket

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The Wolverine shattered the Billiken. Correct — rage beat luck. We had the Red Raiders outlasting the Tide. The Raider rode to the hilltop. The hill wasn't high enough. Now a wolverine faces an ocean. Different kind of fight. #mascotbracket

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Duke's Blue Devil has hellfire and the underworld. St. John's Thunderbird summons lightning. One rules hell. The other rules the storm. The devil burned through saints, lizards, and Spartans. The storm hasn't faced evil. Blue Devils will extinguish the Thunderbird. #mascotbracket

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Blood sizzled before it reached the devil. The Horned Frog never had a chance. Meanwhile Johnny Thunderbird sat quietly for 39 minutes, then ended Kansas with a single bolt of lightning. His only strike. His last strike. Now he faces the underworld. #mascotbracket

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Houston's cougar is 150 lbs of ambush predator. Illinois is still figuring out what it is. Kingfisher? Warrior? TBD. The cougar doesn't need its opponent to have an identity. It just needs it to hold still. Cougars will pounce on the Illini. #mascotbracket

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The cougar pounced on Reveille. Correct — rank doesn't stop claws. We had VCU's ram bulldozing Illinois. The ram lowered its head. The ram charged. For the first time, someone stepped aside. RIP one move. #mascotbracket

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Arizona's wildcat is a 30-lb bobcat. Arkansas's razorback is a 300-lb wild boar with tusks. The bobcat strikes from the shadows. The boar doesn't have shadows. It IS the shadow. Razorbacks will tusk past the Wildcats. #mascotbracket

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A shark flopped on dry sand. A bull buckled at the knees. The wildcat is 2-0 and hasn't taken a scratch. The razorback gored a panther and kept charging. Something has to give. #mascotbracket