Any compilation of bizarre college mascots always includes the beloved Sammy the Slug, official representative of the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs. But why choose the banana slug to represent your team? According to Slugweb, it represents “many of the strongest elements of the campus: contemplation, flexibility, non-aggressiveness and, perhaps above all, an iconoclastic challenge toward the status quo.”
Twitchy doesn’t often cover cricket, but there’s a lot of excitement today at the Indian Premier League, which is welcoming the newest member of the family: the Rising Pune Supergiants.
@IPL Seriously?
— Yash Shah (@yashshah_9) January 18, 2016
Rising Pune Supergiants – welcome to the family #VIVOIPL pic.twitter.com/tZqipos17O
— IndianPremierLeague (@IPL) January 18, 2016
@IPL @lionsdenkxip @DelhiDaredevils @KKRiders @mipaltan even I could have come up with a better name lol.
— Cyril Carolus (@CarolusCyril) January 18, 2016
What, is there something wrong with the name?
@IPL @lionsdenkxip @DelhiDaredevils @KKRiders @mipaltan @RCBTweets @SunRisers @ShuklaRajiv What a crap name. Super Giants. LOL!!!
— Anup (@anup_jeppu) January 18, 2016
@IPL @lionsdenkxip @DelhiDaredevils @KKRiders @mipaltan @RCBTweets @SunRisers @ShuklaRajiv Is this a joke or a name for a sports team?
— Sameer (@SameerN7) January 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/shlshd/status/689198208090787842
@IPL @lionsdenkxip @DelhiDaredevils @KKRiders @mipaltan @RCBTweets @SunRisers @ShuklaRajiv I hope the Jersey colour scheme isn't pink n gold
— Swapnil Adhav (@bugsonmyvisor) January 18, 2016
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@IPL Wow what a name!! Rising Pune Supergiants? Who else is in the team, Hulk and King Kong??
— EldhoGeorgeKallingal (@eldho_kallingal) January 18, 2016
@IPL Oh dear! What a horrible name for a team! Cringe worthy.
— Vishal ?⚽? (@vishalgunner) January 18, 2016
@IPL @lionsdenkxip @DelhiDaredevils @KKRiders @mipaltan @RCBTweets @SunRisers @ShuklaRajiv this is a stupid and lame name.
— josh jhon bob (@joshjhonbob) January 18, 2016
@IPL @lionsdenkxip @DelhiDaredevils @KKRiders @mipaltan @RCBTweets @SunRisers @ShuklaRajiv Someone needs a graphic designer
— toontoon (@toonarmyforever) January 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/TheAFCLad/status/689043849868541952
@IPL Was this logo made on MS paint or Microsoft powerpoint?
— Nitish Phanse (@nitish24p) January 18, 2016
@IPL @PuneSGiantsIPL Looks like the snitch from Harry Potter! 😀
— Rohan (@R0EME0) January 18, 2016
@IPL @barrackwhite @IndiaCricketGuy
Holy mother of crap. The Rising Super Pune Giants!!— Nick Piggott (@officialnickpig) January 18, 2016
@IPL @DelhiDaredevils @KKRiders @mipaltan @ShuklaRajiv
Can you give us only one reason to keep this name ?
This is pure official Stupidity.— Vote & RT (@Polls_Indian) January 18, 2016
@IPL @lionsdenkxip @DelhiDaredevils @KKRiders @mipaltan @RCBTweets @SunRisers @ShuklaRajiv Who was the genius that came up with this name?!
— Mayur Shardul (@shardul_md) January 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/EhmoZ7/status/689047516898197504
@IPL dafuq kinda name is this? get outta here !!!
— stardust (@stardust293) January 18, 2016
@IPL @lionsdenkxip @DelhiDaredevils @KKRiders @mipaltan super name
— Augustine (@steveastin81) January 18, 2016
Someone remembered his manners.
@IPL Welcome Pune
— Rajkumar Kale (@rajkumarkale2) January 18, 2016
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