And then there were Winners or…Why Yes, Girls do Love Football

We’ve waded through the submissions for the Capital One Mascot Challenge Blogger Contest…. we’ve laughed, nodded our heads in understanding, and even raised a few eyebrows at your (whispers) enthusiasm, but are left to conclude only one thing:

Many women, do, in fact, love FOOTBALL.  (told you so) College football specifically.

We’ve selected the winners and will be introducing them all to you in great detail in due time, but thought it would be fun for you to see a few of the highlights of said enthusiasm from the submissions.

**note – not all quotes are from the women selected**

Finally, this may be bordering on TMI, but I spent my wedding night watching the Tigers beat Auburn, wearing my “lingerie”—an LSU t-shirt , tiger ears, and a tail, just like the most awesome college football mascot ever (Thanks for the wardrobe tip Mike—worked like a charm)

As a kid, every sport I played I would name my team The Hurricanes. I took the schools colors seriously, my room and clothes were Orange and Green, and if my mom let me, I would have colored my hair orange and green too.

People can call my name all they want, but I will never answer because my feet are abnormally larger than usual, I am sweating more than any girl should ever admit to sweating and in places no girl should ever admit to sweating, and I am… The Bird.  I am a freshman at the Air Force Academy and I am a girl mascot that plays a boy Bird.

I attended every home football game that first season with vigor and hope (even though we finished with a dismal record, student tickets were free!) I learned the Alma mater and the fight song. I watched my dear football team change conferences, get a logo and uniform make-over, sift through a few coaches and blossom into a bowl contender!

With buckeyes trees in my backyard and football in my soul, this fan will never leave a cry of, “O-H-!”, unanswered. Through Conference Championships and undefeated seasons to National Championship and Bowl Game loses, my love for my team has never faltered.

UTEP is a school that hasn’t received a lot of recognition lately, our time is now. I plan to get this message across to as many people that will let me talk their ears off! I am an extremely outgoing student/fan of UTEP willing to do just about anything to get a vote for Pete! I bet an opponent in my fantasy football league 1000 votes if I won our matchup this week. Guess what! I won! So, I just got 1000 votes for Paydirt Pete for being a savvy sports lover!

Remember – you can vote for your favorite mascots at the Capital One Mascot Challenge every single day!!