We’re back at it again with another collegiate football season, meaning with back at it with some new mascots. First up this season is Reggie Redbird, the mascot for Wisconsin’s first opponent, Illinois State.
Origins
Originally, Illinois State was known as the Teachers. While that is an essential career, which sadly is underpaid and not respected the way it should be… it does not exactly work as a collegiate mascot.
Although it would provide some good headline possibilities…
‘Homework too much for the Buckeyes, Teachers win’
‘Teachers hold Gophers back’
‘Hawkeyes get detention’
‘See me after class, Teachers rout Cornhuskers’
‘An apple a day keeps Teachers in the win column over the Hoosiers’
Illinois State athletic director, Clifford E.