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Hopefully, the origin of Mississippi State's mascot was not a
straight-up dognapping! As the story goes, a parade followed a
1905 football win over rival Mississippi, and students carried a
bulldog puppy around during the victory parade.
A rally before a football game in 1926 also included a bulldog,
though it was 1935 in which the school possessed a dog for
purposes of being a mascot. Then football coach Sass noted:
“The boys sent me here to get a bulldog as a mascot, and they
issued a warning that they wouldn’t play against Alabama’s
Crimson Tide next Saturday in Tuscaloosa if 1 came back
without one."
The dog's name was Ptolemy, and, for the first time in 20 years,
Mississippi beat Alabama that week. After Ptolemy passed
away, his brother Bully was adopted as the school's mascot. The
name "Bully" has been passed down since then.
It seems that during this time mascots had their run of
campuses. In a similar circumstance that ended the life of the
first UConn husky, Bully was hit by a bus while wandering on
campus. In a spectacular display, Bully was laid to rest in a glass
top casket under the players' bench at the football field. The
university band played while the student body watched, and
the touching ceremony was captured for LIFE magazine.
Hopefully, the origin of Mississippi State's mascot was not a
straight-up dognapping! As the story goes, a parade followed a
1905 football win over rival Mississippi, and students carried a
bulldog puppy around during the victory parade.
A rally before a football game in 1926 also included a bulldog,
though it was 1935 in which the school possessed a dog for
purposes of being a mascot. Then football coach Sass noted:
“The boys sent me here to get a bulldog as a mascot, and they
issued a warning that they wouldn’t play against Alabama’s
Crimson Tide next Saturday in Tuscaloosa if 1 came back
without one."
The dog's name was Ptolemy, and, for the first time in 20 years,
Mississippi beat Alabama that week. After Ptolemy passed
away, his brother Bully was adopted as the school's mascot. The
name "Bully" has been passed down since then.
It seems that during this time mascots had their run of
campuses. In a similar circumstance that ended the life of the
first UConn husky, Bully was hit by a bus while wandering on
campus. In a spectacular display, Bully was laid to rest in a glass
top casket under the players' bench at the football field. The
university band played while the student body watched, and
the touching ceremony was captured for LIFE magazine.
