New Year's Day College Football Mascots and Bowl Games

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  1. 3. This fierce and tenacious mammal resembles a small bear but is actually the largest member of the weasel family AND Michigan’s mascot.
  2. 5. Teams have competed in this fruity bowl game since 1935.
  3. 7. This sweet bowl game has been played in New Orleans every year since 1935 except for 2006 when the city was still recovering from Hurricane Katrina.
  4. 8. Washington’s mascot can also be found running between Anchorage and Nome starting the first Saturday in March.
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  1. 1. This Pasadena-based bowl game is known as the “Grandaddy of Them All”
  2. 2. Alabama's team nickname shares this color with a certain team from Pullman.
  3. 4. This Texas mascot’s living representative has a new baby sister whose name celebrates their chance to play in the Sugar Bowl.
  4. 6. This Oregon mascot is based on a Disney character.