The Worst College Mascots of All-Time

A lot of schools can't help it that they have crappy teams, but a crappy mascot you can help. You picked it. In honor of those with the worst choices, here are the worst college mascots, ranked from bad to hilarious. Some of these are truly shocking.

5. Georgia Tech and Buzz the bumblebee...I mean, the yellow jacket. 
But lets face it, a bumblebee by any other name would still just as easy to swat. And as far as costume goes, the poor man is wearing tights and an oversized yellow head.

4. University of California- Santa Cruz's Slug.
Not all schools have the sense to pick a fierce animal as their mascot and that's fine. Some people get to be an ibis or a gopher, or even the aforementioned bumblebee, which at least can sting you. A slug is barely an animal. It's the object of disgust. It's like phlegm with tentacles.

3. Xavier's blue blob
I know, I thought this was a joke, too. The only reason this didn't go straight to the top is because technically their mascot is the Musketeer, and frankly that one isn't so bad. The blue blob is just a secondary mascot but that doesn't make it any less appalling. A blue blob is what you call goop on your sofa the day after a party, not your mascot.

2. Stanford Cardinal
If you've ever dropped acid in December, this is what you probably saw. A big smiling Christmas tree with legs and a top hat. Why is their mascot a tree, you ask? The reason is that the Stanford Cardinal isn't referring to the bird, but to the color. Since you can't have a color as a mascot, they parade this atrocity around at sporting events.

Oh wait, Western Kentucky University begs to differ. Cue Big Red, another amorphous blob that someone is trying to pass off as a mascot. At least this one has a face...but I'm pretty sure that makes it worse.

1. Ohio State Buckeye. 
You might be thinking that some of the more blobby contenders might have made a better number one and you're probably right. But Ohio State should get to be number one at least once, right? I'm pretty sure even some Ohio State students don't even know what it is. I suspect it might be slang for testicle.