Not really sure what to say about this one. St. John's introduced it's new mascot, the Red Storm Thunderbird, over the weekend during the women's soccer games and it's...well...strange. The athletics department's press release cites the "yet to be named avian character" was the winner of a vote by students and fans. Now students get a chance to name the mascot via e-mail, with voting ending tomorrow.
A couple of questions. 1) Did St. John's really need a mascot, and 2) THIS was the best they could do? It looks like the love child of The Flash and the Iowa Hawkeye had the same prom experience as Carrie White (obscure reference, but if you get it, you know it's true).
The Red Storm are one of those teams that really don't need a mascot. The school has a pretty good history in sports and a mascot is just a marketing ploy that could be called "tacky" at best. Don't believe me? Fine, maybe Steely McBeam can tell you how pointless mascots are.
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