This Is Dayton's Mascot

by Dr. Charley West on Mar 16, 2009 2:45 PM EDT in Mountaineer Basketball

Usually, a calvalcade of witticisms would stream from my conciousness after seeing a picture like this, but I'm simply drawing a blank. I want to make fun of this guy -- I really do -- but he's just so stupid, I can't properly do it.

I mean, our mascot carries a loaded gun. Dayton's wears a jumpsuit with a belt. Not quite as intimidating.

Please, help me out here: make fun of this man.

[photo via daytonflyersfans.com]

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Is he wearing a cape?

Why does a pilot need a cape? This makes me think that Dayton’s mascot is a special-ed student who thinks he can fly and not a pilot/flyer.

by 5th Year Senior on Mar 16, 2009 3:28 PM EDT reply actions

his face....

looks like he is trying to squeeze out a big turd.

by cabincreekzeke on Mar 16, 2009 4:06 PM EDT reply actions

That is Rudy Flyer.

Dayton is the birthplace of aviation, or so we were told when I was a student at UD back in the day. The Wright brothers built their Flyer in Dayton, but flew it in North Carolina. Dayton is also the home of the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB.

Anyway, I just thought I should pop in to clear up your questions. Don’t underestimate Rudy!

www.rockchalktalk.com for pretty good KU baseball coverage

by James Quinn on Mar 16, 2009 4:47 PM EDT reply actions

Be careful with the Bison. Y’all had a little trouble with them a couple years back.

by 5th Year Senior on Mar 16, 2009 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah, this irony has been noted here in Kansas

These Bison seem a bit tamer than the last batch.

www.rockchalktalk.com for pretty good KU baseball coverage

by James Quinn on Mar 16, 2009 9:22 PM EDT up reply actions

I agree...

and we will see you in the round of 32.

by 5th Year Senior on Mar 16, 2009 11:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Ouch!, That's funny!, I don't care who yar!

by RIDGERUNNER on Mar 16, 2009 6:32 PM EDT reply actions

I'll say he's a Rudy Flyer alright!

This year’s Rudy Flyer felt like the addition of the even bigger codpiece under his flight suit evened things out with his super giant foam head. It would be the only time that he would have reason to use the words super, giant, foam, and head in the same sentence ever again.

by Buzzardbilly on Mar 17, 2009 12:07 AM EDT reply actions

Question 2?

Does he purposefully use the belt to hold his fake snake in a left-leaning erect position?

by Buzzardbilly on Mar 17, 2009 12:09 AM EDT reply actions

Honestly, last one...it's just such a funny mascot

Obviously his head isn’t the only giant foam part of his uniform; otherwise, he’d need a bigger belt to hold that faux-rection in place.

by Buzzardbilly on Mar 17, 2009 12:17 AM EDT reply actions

Wow

Looks like Popeye if he tried to be a Super Hero.

by Blank x2 on Mar 17, 2009 1:03 AM EDT reply actions

I dunno, that leather pilot cap keeps making me think of some kind of S&M crap. He looks like he should have been on the “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” movie….he reminds of Cock Knocker in that movie for some odd reason, played by Mark Hamil.

by Lipsander on Mar 17, 2009 8:45 AM EDT reply actions