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[QUOTE="mountaincuse, post: 28404, member: 627"]
Not all that funny...

Not sure if anyone saw this either - from DJ Gallo on ESPN Page 2 (not saying this is much funnier though):

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[SIZE=4][B]Mascot Fact of the Week[/B][/SIZE]

With Syracuse moving to the ACC, perhaps the Orange's new conference mates would like to learn about Otto the Orange, also commonly referred to as: "What is that stupid thing? Their mascot? Seriously?" and "The lamest mascot in all the land."

The school's first mascot was a goat. Vita the Goat. Then it went with [URL='http://mascotology.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/syracuse_tb.gif'][COLOR=#225fb2]The Saltine Warrior[/COLOR][/URL] -- an Indian chief -- until 1978, when the school decided that a stereotype as a mascot might not be the way to go. Then came a gladiator covered in orange armor who was "[URL='http://archives.syr.edu/history/mascots.html'][COLOR=#225fb2]soon both laughed and booed off the field[/COLOR][/URL]," according to the school's website.
What followed was a series of proposals, ideas and temporary replacements for a new mascot, including:

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[*]Egnaro the Troll
[*]a Superman-like figure
[*]a man in an orange tuxedo
[*]Dome Ranger, a sort of arena cowboy
[*]Dome Eddie, a large bug
[*]Beast from the East, a green monster 
Eventually Syracuse went with an orange with legs: Otto. But first it was known as Clyde the Orange, then Woody the Orange before the name Otto stuck.
ACC, I share all of this with you because as dumb as Otto the Orange might seem, you can see that it's actually one of the better ideas that Syracuse conceived.
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