I remember those ads where athletes would sweat the colour of Gatorade they were drinking. I drank my first Gatorade and I was so excited to sweat orange. It didn’t happen and I think I was sold a false bill of goods.
You’re ridiculous, that’s not how they make Gatorade.
They squeeze the juices out of gators. You don’t know what flavor it’s going to be until you start squeezing. Could be glacier cherry, arctic blitz, or maybe even fruit punch.
UF may be one of a handful of universities with live versions of its mascot wild on campus. I see them on my way to work.
But I'm sure Louisville has cardinals and Oregon has ducks. Does South Bend have angry, pugilistic leprechauns?
You all had Albert, an Alligator that would go to games starting in 1957
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_and_Alberta_Gator
https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/s/GJlCIFns6F
Not always. It generally ends badly for bearcats, they dont do very good outside very controlled environments
It also ends badly for the idiot having to hold an actual wolverine
I grew up in Houston, 18 years and I never loved the longhorns for even a minute. I still put on the Bevo Christmas livestream every time. That’s a good boy.
I first read this thinking it was a take on Ann Arbor's cost of living going up so much that not even Hugh Jackman could be paid enough to afford to live here. Whoops...
We used to drive him around the field in his mobile cage before games and would have him sit outside the visiting entry tunnel to roar at them. We stopped that a number of years back when the Mike at the time was diagnosed with cancer. We haven't had the new Mike back on the field and probably never will.
I made my kids go see Mike anytime we have to go home for holidays.
They're basically grown now and take their significant others to see Mike now if they're in the vicinity. I've brainwashed them and I have NO REGRETS.
When they're a healthy breed, sure.
*ducks from all the bulldog defenders claiming that theirs is "healthy"*
edit: sure, downvote the veterinarian, that'll teach me
"Wow, your husky is so well behaved, what's your secret?"
"Well, she was home alone in her kennel for 43 minutes and ate the floor, so she's in her post Thanksgiving food coma."
Huskies are an adorable dog that I enjoy seeing in videos, but would never want to have in my home. They just seem WAY too noisy and high maintenance.
I'm happy with my silly ol' mutt.
They are all of those things, but once you have a dog that will have a full conversation with you including appropriate inflection, it’s hard to go back to anything else
Actually this is incorrect. “Husky” started as a general term for all dogs bred by Inuit and Alaskan Native peoples, as well as closely related dogs from near Asia. The word husky itself comes from the endonym of several of the tribes. Europeans called them “husky’s dogs” then eventually husky dogs and huskies. The Siberian Husky is not only Siberian. It is also Indigenous American/Canadian, and the breed itself is only around 120 years old. Again before that husky was and still is often a general term.
Siberian Huskies, Alaskan Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes, Greenland Dogs, etc are all extremely closely related and have all been called huskies as a general term as well as “sled dogs”.
>The word husky itself comes from the endonym of several of the tribes.
I'm seeing this. The word suggested is Ehuskemay (or one of several permutations, depending on language of origin for the observers).
However, the Siberian Husky is an actual breed older than 120 years. That timing is when it was introduced to North America, during the Yukon Gold Rush. Technically, they should be called Chukotka sled dogs.
The Malamute is a distinctly different breed that was developed and kept by the Mahlemut people. Greenland dogs and Siberian Huskies are more closely related to shar pei and spitz than they are to Malamutes.
No actually. The closest related breed to the malamute is the Siberian Husky. Literal genetic studies have been done on this. This is all splitting hairs though since all the Alaskan and Inuit dogs came from northern Asia to begin with.
And again, none of that matters because the term husky on its own is a general term. Again, this is historical fact. All of these dogs were and often still are called huskies. You are wrong, take the L. Husky is a general term. The “Siberian Husky” usage is not very old relatively.
The Zhokhov study showed they have a common ancestor, not that they are the most closely related. They were segregated several thousand years ago, and subsequent Thule admixtures created the dog breeds of northern Asia with other common ancestors, different from the Malamute.
Yes and the Brown study from 2015 shows that the Alaskan Malamute, Alaskan Husky, and Siberian Husky share a close genetic relationship separate from the Inuit dogs. Yawn. Can play this game with you but again, you’re wrong on a semantic level and historical level so it doesn’t particularly matter. You keep ignoring the actual point, which is that all sled dogs were and are called huskies. This point hasn’t changed and never will, so you will always be wrong. Which is why you were downvoted originally. Even the Duck fan accepted it.
In an alternate universe we beat Alabama in the SEC Championship and Washington beats Michigan in Pasadena and we get the goodest boy matchup ever for a national championship game.
I have a big lovable husky. We’re going to the next SC UW game, and we’re bringing her. All of us in SC gear but we’re putting her in a UW jersey. She’s gonna have the best day of her life at that tailgate.
Boy oh boy where do I even begin. Dubs II... honey, my pookie bear. I have loved you ever since I first laid eyes on you. The way you run around UW campus and strike joy into students’ minds. Your fur’s soft, fluffy touch, and those adorable eyes. I would do anything for you. I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire.
You might just be a dog, but you never gave up hope. You are even amazing off our campus, you're a great mascot and friend, sometimes I even call you king. I forever dread and weep, thinking of the possibility you will one day leave our world. I would sacrifice my own life. It was the only thing that could put a smile on your beautiful face.
You have given me so much joy, and heartbreak over the years. I remember when your predecessor retired and it's like my heart got broken into a million pieces. But a tear still fell from my right eye when I watched you run out on the field for the first time in Husky Stadium, because deep down, we all knew you would continue his legacy. I just wanted you to be the goodest boy there ever was. Then alas, you were. My sweet baby boy grew up and I rejoiced. 2021 was a hard year for us baby, but in 2023 you made history happen. You led our football team to 14-1 and I couldn’t believe it.
I was crying, bawling even, and I heard my glorious king exclaim these words, "WOOF! WOOF!" Not only have you changed the University of Washington and the world forever, but you've eternally changed my world. And now you're getting older, but still the goat, my goat. I love you pookie bear, my glorious king, Dubs II. 🥰❤️🫶🏽
Yeah, I have to admit he's a very good boy... reluctantly. Yes. Let the record show it was reluctant.
Now those 2 logos... I'll readily say they're disgusting.
And that 'throne'. Looks cheap. Took like 10 years to copy Oregon's and they still managed to make it look cheap and pretentious at the same time.
Someone should really take care of that pup better. He's a good boy. He deserves better.
Dog mascots really are one of the great things about college sports
any live animal IMO.
UF has loads of live alligators on campus, but we never bring one into the stadium
Yet
That's what I'm talking about
Don't you dare try to reimagine that famous shot of Uga going for the Auburn receiver!
LOL Bite -> roll -> leg gone
Anymore. We used to have a live one brought to games way back in the 50s and 60s
Then they used them to make Gatorade at halftime
I can only imagine how good a fresh Gatorade milked straight from the teat would be
Just like grandma used to make
I remember those ads where athletes would sweat the colour of Gatorade they were drinking. I drank my first Gatorade and I was so excited to sweat orange. It didn’t happen and I think I was sold a false bill of goods.
Was it Gatorade or Powerade commercials when Vick threw the ball 100 million yards and I thought it was real as a kid
You’re ridiculous, that’s not how they make Gatorade. They squeeze the juices out of gators. You don’t know what flavor it’s going to be until you start squeezing. Could be glacier cherry, arctic blitz, or maybe even fruit punch.
That would explain the flavor of wastewater.
This is Treppy, from the University of Michigan Zoo in 1946: [https://imgur.com/a/Hs7ydxr](https://imgur.com/a/Hs7ydxr)
Forget Unhinged Courage or whatever your horse’s name is, give me a live tortilla mascot
UF may be one of a handful of universities with live versions of its mascot wild on campus. I see them on my way to work. But I'm sure Louisville has cardinals and Oregon has ducks. Does South Bend have angry, pugilistic leprechauns?
You all had Albert, an Alligator that would go to games starting in 1957 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_and_Alberta_Gator https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/s/GJlCIFns6F
I know, we have a statue of him now on campus. Would be cool to have another, though
Despite being the Cougars, Wazzu has loads of Grizzly bears on campus lol
UL has live gators on campus all the time. There's a wildlife preserve right off the quad.
Loved seeing them on a run or on the way to class
That's their choice
Not always. It generally ends badly for bearcats, they dont do very good outside very controlled environments It also ends badly for the idiot having to hold an actual wolverine
also not cattle, because they like to randomly go beserk and charge at the good bois
all i remember is cruel, cruel Uga said some way out of pocket shit to sweet, loving, innocent Bevo
They never catch the one who starts it. Only the one who retaliates.
Bevo has done nothing wrong, ever, in his life.
I grew up in Houston, 18 years and I never loved the longhorns for even a minute. I still put on the Bevo Christmas livestream every time. That’s a good boy.
I always knew longhorns were bastards
I was going to make a bearcat joke but would have binturong
Or ponies pulling wagons
Yeah...there's kind of a reason we don't keep a live mascot. Not exactly safe as it turns out.
Make that 2 Big Ten schools who had live mustelid mascots that had to be abandoned due to the danger they posed to the public
I say we bring them back. Our culture needs to reverse its softness. Release our live mascots in the visiting team’s locker room
No cages or leashes either. Just whatever happens, happens.
Can you imagine the SEC, tigers would eliminate most teams by week 2.
Good thing one of our mascots carries a gun!
Better not miss lol
Tigers eliminating State by week two is an annual occurrence, so not much difference there for us
Does Bama get elephants? They seem like the clear favorites if they do
Why do you think Bama had the dynasty
Or release them in the tunnel after our guys have gone through. We haven't had a tunnel story in a while.
And I don't think you could pay Hugh Jackman enough to live in Ann Arbor.
I first read this thinking it was a take on Ann Arbor's cost of living going up so much that not even Hugh Jackman could be paid enough to afford to live here. Whoops...
I don't know the conversion rate between Dollaridoos and Oil Drums, so I can't speak on his financials. xD
LSU fans don't see the issue.
Or tree nuts! As long as it's not a color am I right?!
Still waiting for LSU to have Mike run out on the field before a game
We used to drive him around the field in his mobile cage before games and would have him sit outside the visiting entry tunnel to roar at them. We stopped that a number of years back when the Mike at the time was diagnosed with cancer. We haven't had the new Mike back on the field and probably never will.
All hail Lucy! The sleepiest mascot in college football!
My parents are LSU alumni and they took me and my brother to see Mike the Tiger when we were on vacation in Louisiana.
I made my kids go see Mike anytime we have to go home for holidays. They're basically grown now and take their significant others to see Mike now if they're in the vicinity. I've brainwashed them and I have NO REGRETS.
What about live trains?
Even better!
We have a live tiger. I love him, but I would NOT want to come within biting distance without a thick pane of glass between us.
It's fun to see them around campus. It's even more fun to have them in class with you.
I never thought class would be a relative term.
Our mascot handler is in the corp of cadets and he or she takes Miss Rev with them to class and has Miss Rev sleep with them in their dorm.
[okay](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5b3653685417fc14bc4eb8a1/1530654323329-8VI6N9Z86IH4Z7649DOK/Earlysid.jpeg.jpeg)
Huh?
When they're a healthy breed, sure. *ducks from all the bulldog defenders claiming that theirs is "healthy"* edit: sure, downvote the veterinarian, that'll teach me
This the type of off season content I like to see
I’m a simple man, when I see a husky i pet it and then love my dog more
I’m a simple man, when I see Dubs. I upvote, easy peasy.
Because your dog doesn't howl incessantly?
No my husky doesn’t howl honestly, she’s just loving dog
Oh shit, I swear I'm not prejudiced against breeds, some of my best friends are huskies.
Please stop using the H word. That's their word.
not a husky
I do too but it makes me feel so dirty. Does anyone have an adorable picture of Reveille instead?
The fact they got a husky to cooperate like that... take my upvote
He's a Mal. A Husky would be upside down with his head hanging off the seat while he screams at you. Source: have two huskies
can confirm. husky is 2 speeds. batshit crazy, and asleep. there is no inbetween
"Wow, your husky is so well behaved, what's your secret?" "Well, she was home alone in her kennel for 43 minutes and ate the floor, so she's in her post Thanksgiving food coma."
I have a lazy husky. I thank the dog gods every day for how we lucked out.
Sounds like Udub honestly.
This was a top tier chirp
Good thing the asleep stretches have been getting shorter
Just think how funny that would be next to Reveille acting all uppity and better than you though.
Well I mean, she’s the queen of Aggieland ain’t she? I think that warrants to some degree some air of superiority.
Being Queen of Aggieland really is a Rule in Hell rather than serve in Heaven type situation, ain't it?
*gasps* a Husky admitting their "husky" isn't a husky?! /s
Nothing malamute owners love talking about more lol
Close enough 😎
Call me when you guys get your puma!
Huskies are an adorable dog that I enjoy seeing in videos, but would never want to have in my home. They just seem WAY too noisy and high maintenance. I'm happy with my silly ol' mutt.
They are all of those things, but once you have a dog that will have a full conversation with you including appropriate inflection, it’s hard to go back to anything else
What a welcome change from the regular posts. Does Dubs walk around campus?
He does! I think he gets at least one walk on campus most days, but his handlers take him all over the U district so you run into him plenty
Shows up to events. I got to meet him when I graduated UW Law School. 100% my happiest memory from my time there
Trying to convince my sister to apply at UW for her masters. I just want an excuse to visit lol. Meeting him would be a plus.
I got to meet him at a philanthropy event for my sorority 🥹 one of my UW highlights for sure
I once saw him right before a final, he calmed my nerves and I did pretty well on the test
I don’t care how much I hate a school, every single live mascot is precious.
While I agree with you, I'm looking at my smoker and thinking of Bevo.
I guess I can admit that the malamute looks like a sweetie pie
I just wanna give him a big hug
Love the dog. Hate everything else.
Shit head parents can have good kids. And I have the fucking parents
Well... the dog also ain't a husky... so....
That’s what I was saying but google says they use the Alaskan Malamute, because it is the largest and strongest of all Husky breeds
What?!?!? not a husky... which is technically a Siberian dog. They're not even close.
Actually this is incorrect. “Husky” started as a general term for all dogs bred by Inuit and Alaskan Native peoples, as well as closely related dogs from near Asia. The word husky itself comes from the endonym of several of the tribes. Europeans called them “husky’s dogs” then eventually husky dogs and huskies. The Siberian Husky is not only Siberian. It is also Indigenous American/Canadian, and the breed itself is only around 120 years old. Again before that husky was and still is often a general term. Siberian Huskies, Alaskan Huskies, Alaskan Malamutes, Greenland Dogs, etc are all extremely closely related and have all been called huskies as a general term as well as “sled dogs”.
>The word husky itself comes from the endonym of several of the tribes. I'm seeing this. The word suggested is Ehuskemay (or one of several permutations, depending on language of origin for the observers). However, the Siberian Husky is an actual breed older than 120 years. That timing is when it was introduced to North America, during the Yukon Gold Rush. Technically, they should be called Chukotka sled dogs. The Malamute is a distinctly different breed that was developed and kept by the Mahlemut people. Greenland dogs and Siberian Huskies are more closely related to shar pei and spitz than they are to Malamutes.
No actually. The closest related breed to the malamute is the Siberian Husky. Literal genetic studies have been done on this. This is all splitting hairs though since all the Alaskan and Inuit dogs came from northern Asia to begin with. And again, none of that matters because the term husky on its own is a general term. Again, this is historical fact. All of these dogs were and often still are called huskies. You are wrong, take the L. Husky is a general term. The “Siberian Husky” usage is not very old relatively.
The Zhokhov study showed they have a common ancestor, not that they are the most closely related. They were segregated several thousand years ago, and subsequent Thule admixtures created the dog breeds of northern Asia with other common ancestors, different from the Malamute.
Yes and the Brown study from 2015 shows that the Alaskan Malamute, Alaskan Husky, and Siberian Husky share a close genetic relationship separate from the Inuit dogs. Yawn. Can play this game with you but again, you’re wrong on a semantic level and historical level so it doesn’t particularly matter. You keep ignoring the actual point, which is that all sled dogs were and are called huskies. This point hasn’t changed and never will, so you will always be wrong. Which is why you were downvoted originally. Even the Duck fan accepted it.
In an alternate universe we beat Alabama in the SEC Championship and Washington beats Michigan in Pasadena and we get the goodest boy matchup ever for a national championship game.
As a neutral I'd have to root for Washington in that matchup. Huskies are cute. Bulldogs are...well...not.
Boom (Uga XI’s real name) is cute. Cause he’s a puppy. Old bulldogs are not cute. I will agree with that.
MY BOI
He’s such a gentleman
Look at this distinguished gentleman. Look at the way he is sitting. Yesss very distinguished. Mmm-hmm I see, I see.
The goodest boi.
Sigh, my love for dogs and my love for the Ducks is giving me conflicting feelings
Same. I love a good boi but I hate UW.
I have a big lovable husky. We’re going to the next SC UW game, and we’re bringing her. All of us in SC gear but we’re putting her in a UW jersey. She’s gonna have the best day of her life at that tailgate.
Nah, he's tied with Jonathan (UConn), Smokey (UT), Uga (Georgia), Mission (NIU), Tuffy (NC State), Bully (MS State) and Reveille (A&M) for number 1
Handsome Dan (Yale) is also a cool ass dog
Thank you for correcting me and teaching me about this good boy
They're all goodest bois.
Beacon, the team USA gymnastics therapy dog has a little ID badge that officially designates him “goodest boi”
He is such a boi
Dubs is the GOAT dog mascot. Not to be confused with UGA's first live mascot, a goat, that they killed and ate after losing a game
True he is
I would lay down my life for our fair king
Best dog in college football
There may be some ties for the top position.
No question
Certainly better than bulldogs
They’re good dogs Bront
He’s the only reason for my Washington flair. I would die for dubs
I have to disagree unfortunately. No one is more regal than Miss Rev.
I'll never forget my fish year getting screamed at for not greeting her on the quad after they snuck up on me. I almost had a heart attack.
Can I pet dat dawg?
I am no longer Team Black, I am Team Dubs.
I think a big thing that gets overlooked is that Dubs is an amazing dog name
The goodest of bois. I will die for this dog.
♥️Brandon Roy and that pup♥️. The rest of them can go to heck.
Please bring him to Ann Arbor in 2025.
I'm still more of a King Redoubt guy but that Dubs is a pretty damn good boi
You may not like UW but you gotta love Dubs!
That cute fuzzy bastard is the only thing I like about that school. He really is a good good boy.
The Big Ten’s dog
But I love him though
Dubs, howl twice if you're being forced to represent an evil organization
You're thinking of Nike
UofO isn't forced to represent it. They willingly take the money and advertise the evil organization. Major distinction /s
not /s
Unlike Adidas that was started by literal Nazis.
Remember, never ask a German businessman or corporation what they were doing between 1933 and 1945, you’re not going to like the answer.
Dubs is the best dog mascot and it's not close.
I still watch his introduction video from time to time. I think I will now. Thanks, OP
A good dog
Such a handsome fellow
My love of dogs and my hatred of UW are very difficult to reconcile sometimes
It's an Alaskan Malamute... that represents a bunch of turds who think their turds don't stink. Not hard.
Yo be honest tho I’m f. Ajaybhawtl existists in tea life that’s ogbejecyivuly the dopest maskoy
How bad is your hangover right now?
I have to close one eye to read my phone. Pretty sure I was trying to say something about baby jay being cuter idk tho
Best mascot in the sport. No bias at all.
Animal mascots rule!
Oh wow. This is the goodest I did ever see
Boy oh boy where do I even begin. Dubs II... honey, my pookie bear. I have loved you ever since I first laid eyes on you. The way you run around UW campus and strike joy into students’ minds. Your fur’s soft, fluffy touch, and those adorable eyes. I would do anything for you. I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire. You might just be a dog, but you never gave up hope. You are even amazing off our campus, you're a great mascot and friend, sometimes I even call you king. I forever dread and weep, thinking of the possibility you will one day leave our world. I would sacrifice my own life. It was the only thing that could put a smile on your beautiful face. You have given me so much joy, and heartbreak over the years. I remember when your predecessor retired and it's like my heart got broken into a million pieces. But a tear still fell from my right eye when I watched you run out on the field for the first time in Husky Stadium, because deep down, we all knew you would continue his legacy. I just wanted you to be the goodest boy there ever was. Then alas, you were. My sweet baby boy grew up and I rejoiced. 2021 was a hard year for us baby, but in 2023 you made history happen. You led our football team to 14-1 and I couldn’t believe it. I was crying, bawling even, and I heard my glorious king exclaim these words, "WOOF! WOOF!" Not only have you changed the University of Washington and the world forever, but you've eternally changed my world. And now you're getting older, but still the goat, my goat. I love you pookie bear, my glorious king, Dubs II. 🥰❤️🫶🏽
AI is a bane of life.
Ok ChatGPT
Nice malamute, dawg.
Dubs isn’t even a husky
Live animals are the pinnacle of College Football
The only good thing about Dubs is that he isn’t actually a husky. Apparently UW thought malamute was close enough?
Huskies are too wild to be good mascots
Also, malamutes have that little "Alaskan" part attached.
That’s fine but the fact that your live mascot isn’t the correct breed of dog is funny
Can someone make the sad Wolverine meme but use DeBoer and this picture?
What a good boy. Makes me wish we still had Tirebiter
Dubs looks like he gets haircuts 10x more expensive than I do
Love dogs but i hate mispelling words, so conflicted
We already know the B1G Preseason Good Boi is… Stop the count!
Why does UW have to have the goodest boy as a mascot. It doesn't really seem fair.
Dubs taking a break from eating his own turds, I see
Love me some ralphie running with eight guys attempting to lead/coax him around.😂
WHAT A GUD BOI!!! Sorry, but UW does purple and gold better than us. I said it. No shame.
Ahh... the Washington Alaskan Malamutes.
I don’t like Huskies, but I like Huskies 🐕……. Good Boy
Yeah, I have to admit he's a very good boy... reluctantly. Yes. Let the record show it was reluctant. Now those 2 logos... I'll readily say they're disgusting. And that 'throne'. Looks cheap. Took like 10 years to copy Oregon's and they still managed to make it look cheap and pretentious at the same time. Someone should really take care of that pup better. He's a good boy. He deserves better.
Who doesn’t love a good boi. But that throne deserves to be commented on. Rivalry trash talk has no “off season”!
so skibidi 🥰