Friday's P.M. Hot Clicks: Katherine Henderson; Top 25 CFB Mascots

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25 Best Mascots in College Football

The 25 Best Mascots in College Football

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#25: Minnesota's Goldy Gopher — When your mascot resembles your now-retired coach, Jerry Kill (inset), you're going to make the list.

#24: Florida's Albert and Alberta Gator — Dawwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. They're so cute.

#23: South Carolina's Cocky — A mascot named Cocky that does photo shoots and generally horses around. *Swoon.*

#22: Alabama's Big Al — Just look at that trunk. Look at it.

#21: TCU's Super Frog — The horned frog is not a made-up super villain from an early 1990s Mighty Morphin Power Rangers episode. But the horned frog may very well be evil (not confirmed).

#20: Nebraska's Lil' Red — No. No no no no no.

#19: Louisiana-Lafayette's Cayenne — Yes. Yes yes yes yes yes.

#18: Delta State's Fighting Okra — An actual school that actual people attend to earn actual degrees uses a cartoonish Okra for a mascot. It also plays tricks on people in commercials. Fear the Okra.

#17: Wake Forest's The Demon Deacon — Arguably the coolest thing about Wake Forest, the Demon Deacon is a mascot that has a bow tie hanging from his chin and rides around on a custom-built chopper.

#16: Georgia Tech's Ramblin' Wreck — Speaking of Fords, Henry Ford probably digs the Ramblin' Wreck.

#15: Oklahoma's Sooner Schooner — Acclaimed Western director John Ford probably watches this every week from heaven. After all, it's a covered wagon riding around on a football field.

#14: Tennessee's Smokey — Smokey is a rebel. And Smokey doesn't take guff from anyone. He even gave College GameDay a piece of his mind.

#13: Michigan State's Sparty — A relic from a time when people decided to make humans look like weird Play-Doh men (also: see Boilermaker Special), Sparty is always active and in surprisingly good spirits, no matter how many "Sparty No" moments pop up.

#12: Miami's Sebastian the Ibis — Just like Puddles at Oregon, only with national championships and way more sanctions.

#11: Stanford's The Tree — Scary, weird and distinctly Palo Alto.

#10: West Virginia's The Mountaineer — Angry, excitable and sunburnt. The Mountaineer sums up WVU perfectly.

#9: Western Kentucky's Big Red — Big Red has gone Hollywood and gets featured in a bunch of ESPN commercials.

#8: Syracuse's Otto the Orange — A distant cousin to the delightful Obie the Orange (the Orange Bowl mascot), Otto is meaner than he looks — and always causing more trouble than he should be.

#7: Auburn's War Eagle — As Bill Connelly puts it in his book Study Hall, "In Auburn, Alabama, a town of 53,000, up to 87,000 people show up to watch an eagle fly around a stadium. A retired eagle still hangs out on campus. (The team's nickname is the Tigers, by the way.)" This is one of the coolest things in sports.

#6: Colorado's Ralphie — College students near a real-life buffalo. What could go wrong? (Are we sensing a trend?)

#5: Oregon's Puddles — The most Disney mascot out there, and Puddles is pretty extreme. One time he even lost his head skydiving, so there's that.

#4: Texas's Bevo — College students near a real-life steer. What could go wrong?

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#3: LSU's Mike the Tiger — College students near a real-life tiger. What could go wrong?

#2: Georgia's Uga — The Fast & Furious of mascots, Uga will never end because Uga will always be a hit.

#1: Florida State's Chief Osceola — This is as good as it gets: A dude decked out in full gear, riding a horse at full speed and throwing a flaming spear into the ground. If it were at all possible, I'd rank this mascot even higher than No. 1. — Honrable mentions: Reveille (Texas A&M), Bucky Badger (Wisconsin), Brutus (Ohio State), Falcon (Air Force), The Leprechaun (Notre Dame), The Traveler (USC), Tusk (Arkansas), The Hokie Bird (Virginia Tech), The Masked Rider (Texas Tech), The Zip (Akron).

It's Friday afternoon of Memorial Day Weekend. No one should have to think right now. With that in mind, I present the 25 best mascots in college football.

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Atlanta is a bit too high. Otherwise agree with their choices.

P.M. Lovely Lady of the Day

Model Katherine Henderson seems like a good choice to start the long weekend. She is today's LLOD (click for full-size gallery).

Hot Clicks Giveaway

It's been 30 years since Patrick Ewing won the Rookie Of The Year award and our friends at Sprayground decided to pay tribute with a limited-edition backpack. Constructed with real basketball fabric and a gold "33" emblem, this backpack features custom embroidered wing side panels and feels just like a basketball. There are only 333 being made ... and you can have one of them! I have three to give away and I'll send to the 50th, 100th and 150th person to email me (andy_gray@simail.com) the name of the former running back who's opening the first pot-friendly gym. The answer was in A.M. Clicks. Please make the subject line "Spraygroud."

FYI: I'll be giving away three of these amazing @Sprayground Patrick Ewing backpacks in PM Clicks. Be out soon. pic.twitter.com/F4EBFyggw8
— Andy Gray (@AndyGray35) May 27, 2016

Yabba-Dabba-Doo

If anyone in the Key West area owns a Flintstones car, please move it ASAP.

NYC Post-It War Concludes

This is easily the best post-it mic drop I've ever seen.

Walt Frazier, Traveler

"TRAVELER" pic.twitter.com/keoUdzGtlJ
— Joseph Flynn (@chinajoeflynn.bsky.social) (@ChinaJoeFlynn) May 27, 2016

Max Scherzer's Secret Weapon

Got a book from a big Nats fan.. I now realize in order to hit a home run I have to swing VERRRRY hard! #TurnNBurn pic.twitter.com/xkW6Rut1PB
— Max Scherzer (@Max_Scherzer) May 27, 2016

Odds & Ends

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Memorial Day BBQ Lessons with Eddie Johnson

The former NFL player and co-host of Kids BBQ Championship in the Food Network showed Tiffany how to make delicious Mojo pork chops and grilled kale salad.

My New Favorite Baseball Fan

When Friday evening hits, the only solution is the Ric Flair strut

(via @MLB) pic.twitter.com/4jYhc6cPvT
— Off The Ball Breakfast (@OffTheBallAM) May 27, 2016

Bat Flip of the Day

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Published May 27, 2016

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