{"id":2872,"date":"2026-03-03T19:42:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T19:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/?p=2872"},"modified":"2026-03-17T22:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:00:10","slug":"the-underdog-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/the-underdog-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Underdog Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These mascots may not always be in the national spotlight, but they have passionate fanbases and memorable identities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Wolfpack (NC State)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Saluki (Southern Illinois)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Billiken (Saint Louis University)<\/strong> \u2014 One of the most unusual mascots in the country.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Friar (Providence)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Highlander (UC Riverside)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Anteater (UC Irvine)<\/strong> \u2014 Inspired by a comic strip.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Banana Slug (UC Santa Cruz)<\/strong> \u2014 A quirky, beloved symbol of counterculture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Kangaroo (UMKC)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Mastodon (Purdue Fort Wayne)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Norse (Northern Kentucky)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Bearcat (Cincinnati)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Huskie (Northern Illinois)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Golden Eagle (Marquette)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Paladin (Furman)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Dolphin (Jacksonville University)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Privateer (New Orleans)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Spider (Richmond)<\/strong> \u2014 The only spider mascot in Division I.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Hatters (Stetson)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Peacocks (Saint Peter\u2019s)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Explorers (La Salle)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These mascots may not always be in the national spotlight, but they have passionate fanbases and memorable identities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[321],"tags":[727,726,110,725,322,111],"class_list":["post-2872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-mascots","tag-baseball","tag-basketball","tag-college","tag-football","tag-mascot","tag-school"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2875,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2872\/revisions\/2875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collegeinformationpackets.com\/degreeinformation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}