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Spike the Bulldog is the mascot for the Gonzaga University Bulldogs, also known officially as the Zags. History. In Gonzaga's early football history, the teams were called the "Blue and Whites" or "The Fighting Irish". After a football game in 1921, a reporter wrote that Gonzaga fought tenaciously like bulldogs.
- Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier - Wikipedia
Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier are animated...
- Spike the Bulldog - Wikipedia
Spike the Bulldog may refer to: Spike the Bulldog (mascot),...
- Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier - Wikipedia
- The First Spike
- Carrying The Torch
- Secret Identity
- Paying It Forward
With encouragement from cheerleader Tim Rausch, Lee Mauney of Hatchie Bottom, Mississippi, headed to tryouts. He recalls the cheer coach Christy Lane asking him if he’d played sports in high school (he had, basketball and baseball) and if he would be available for every home game (he assured her he was all in). But it may have been his accent that ...
By the 1990s, Gonzaga sunset the mail order Spike costume, making way for a suit more like what we’re used to seeing today. While the newer costumes certainly have a more modern look and feel, Claire Silva and Dan Futrell, who both served as Spike in the 2000s, shared Mauney’s sentiments about the challenges of performing while wearing the bulldog’...
Gonzaga mascots are asked to keep their identities private as much as possible. For students who play Spike, part of the fun is engaging with classmates and fans who know them by day, but who have no idea they’re behind the mask. At the end of the year, the Gonzaga Bulletin publishes an article revealing all the graduating Spikes. “I took a bunch o...
Throughout the decades – and all the big games and fun antics – Spike’s job has pretty much stayed the same: to bring a smile to the faces of Zag Nation and beyond, especially the youngsters. Silva, too, recalled the interactions with children as one of the highlights of her time as Spike. “A friend of mine asked me if I could make a guest appearan...
12 giu 2018 · Lee Mauney, a student from Hatchie Bottom, Mississippi, introduced the Gonzaga crowd to the first costumed bulldog mascot in 1985. He held the role from 1985-88. Spike has become synonymous with Gonzaga Athletics.
12 giu 2018 · Today Spike has become a recognized figure with Gonzaga basketball cheering at every home men's and women's basketball game. In 2000 Spike became a national figure when he was among a group of mascots that appeared in Nike's 'Welcome To Bracketville' commercials for the NCAA Tournament.
Spike the Bulldog is the mascot for the Gonzaga University Bulldogs, also known officially as the Zags.
