(03-13-2018 07:17 PM)TrueBlueDrew Wrote:  

(03-13-2018 11:13 AM)RamblinRedWolf Wrote:  The University unveiled the red wolf head logo 10 years ago today and without a doubt I feel has been not only one of the biggest, but best changes the university ever made

For giggles, here are some of the other names that at one point in time during the mascot change process had been tossed around...

Gorillas, Fighting Farmers, Woodpeckers, Mosquitos, Diamonds, Hellbenders, Express, Engines, Mallards, Dragons, Scarlet Fever, Scarlet A's, Tornados, Ridge Runners, Ridge Raiders, Rice Birds, Aggies, Dragons, Crop Dusters and of course (Black/Scarlet/Red) Wolves

(I'm sure there are WAY more I'm forgetting)

Glad y’all aren’t the Woodpeckers or the Crop Dusters, but you’re telling me you passed up the chance to be The Hellbenders???

I have always wondered what the mascot would have looked like had we chose hellbenders Because an actual hellbender is perhaps the most lame looking lizard there ever was.

Woodpeckers would have been amazing just for every "Lets go Peckers" chant that happened after that. The true story is that our mascot change came at a time when it had been thought that a previously thought extinct breed of woodpecker had been spotted in Arkansas. For a while, our fans were all over the idea of naming ourselves after the creature. Honestly though, I'm fairly confident that the bird was never spotted. Still no proof to this day.

What's interesting with the Red Wolves mascot is that the logo was student designed.