damn, never seen these, pretty cool..Pitt's version:
Most of these types of mascot logos were all illustrated by Arthur Evans for Angelus-Pacific and Collegiate Manufacturing Co. in the 50s and 60s.
CMC produced felt pennants and banners like this:
Licensing wasn't done like it was today. Companies just made whatever designs they wanted for their merchandise. Some schools adopted these mascot versions.
writeforcalifornia.com
I say, “Whatever you are, own it”. They are certainly owning who they are, and I’m laughing. I’m not sure if it’s “with” or “at”, but I am laughing.How did Cal Twitter enter the zeitgeist of college football culture?
A combination of memes, wit, and trollery have powered the online fans of the California Golden Bears into the middle of the discourse.
“Cal has essentially been isolated in the Pac-12 for most of the Internet era. And Cal has often been an afterthought, as they stumble to early conference losses, and are then immediately forgotten.
This year? Cal is in the ACC, a conference that people east of the Mississippi generally pay attention toward. They landed one of the most impressive early wins of the year at Auburn. They will have three of their first four games broadcast to a national audience.
The Bears typify the very strange landscape of 2025 college football, and that has led to all sorts of new and interesting connections we previously didn’t have.
The Bay Area has been a bit of a punching bag in some outlets of the political spectrum. It’s not hard to project that a lot of the vitriol directed toward Cal and Stanford in realignment discussions was because of the region they originated from, and the general political leanings of those who went there.
Instead of running away from the stereotypes, Cal Twitter has run headfirst into them and embraced them wholeheartedly, with a playful and lighthearted spirit.
With Cal sitting on the precipice of being left behind in college football, “tweet through it” has become the way of the game. If the Bears are going to be playing an existential game of risk year after year, go down tweeting!”
How did Cal Twitter enter the zeitgeist of college football culture?
A combination of memes, wit, and trollery have powered the online fans of the California Golden Bears into the middle of the discourse.
“Cal has essentially been isolated in the Pac-12 for most of the Internet era. And Cal has often been an afterthought, as they stumble to early conference losses, and are then immediately forgotten.
This year? Cal is in the ACC, a conference that people east of the Mississippi generally pay attention toward. They landed one of the most impressive early wins of the year at Auburn. They will have three of their first four games broadcast to a national audience.
The Bears typify the very strange landscape of 2025 college football, and that has led to all sorts of new and interesting connections we previously didn’t have.
The Bay Area has been a bit of a punching bag in some outlets of the political spectrum. It’s not hard to project that a lot of the vitriol directed toward Cal and Stanford in realignment discussions was because of the region they originated from, and the general political leanings of those who went there.
Instead of running away from the stereotypes, Cal Twitter has run headfirst into them and embraced them wholeheartedly, with a playful and lighthearted spirit.
With Cal sitting on the precipice of being left behind in college football, “tweet through it” has become the way of the game. If the Bears are going to be playing an existential game of risk year after year, go down tweeting!”
following the university's policies and stances within the political climate over the last few decades, we arent too far from being Berkeley-east.. or at least striving to be
they are mocking themselves, the woke agenda, i find it funny. even they know it's over the top and they mock it. again, typical over the top leftist stuff to annoy and get a reaction.
It’s not political
But, they lost. One could stretch to say their effort that they went to Florida for died. That would only have been funny if they won.
I thought that was funny, too. Soufie’s reason that it was “extra funny” backfired. I think it’s funny they do it every week.
Well when they were here at the Civic Arena for the NCAA tourney in 2003, their Bear mascot was hilarious. He would just strut around and then flip off random people. It was friggin hilarious.
Yeah but it brings politics into sports for sure. The example you cited is political. I think they are clever for sure but I prefer the separation between sports and politics.
Nope I don't mind opinions. Was just mentioning my preference for keeping sports and politics separate...Similar to getting rid of the Locker Room on Pantherlair.
GT and BC were more physical up front than fsu. I watch a decent amount of Cal vs fsu and I didn’t see that same kind of advantage up front.
The girl in the dress trying to dance and cry at the same time is both funny and sad.
You want that #Karengorithm
