In the first few years following its creation, Big Red won the University Cheerleading Association Key to
the Spirit Award in years 1980, 1981, and 1983. Big Red has made appearances on many well-known
television shows such as, Deal or No Deal, The Ellen Degeneres Show, and Wheel of Fortune. It has been
selected eight times to compete in the Capital One Mascot Challenge out of the 10 years the competition
took place. It was then the first mascot to be inducted to the Capital One Mascot Challenge Hall of Fame
in 2012. That same year, it ranked 10th in the Cheetos top twenty-five Cheesiest College Mascots in the
nation.
Recently, a Twitter poll tournament ran by College Sports on SiriusXM hosted a mascot bracket
challenge that ranked sixty-four of the top mascots in college sports. The mascot would win each poll by
getting more votes than the other in a 24-hour span. At first, WKU’s Big Red was not a part of this
tournament, causing an outrage from WKU fans, so the hosts added Big Red as a 16 seed. Big Red
out-voted every single mascot it was put up against and made it to the championship matchup against
BYU’s Cougar. Big red fell just a few votes shy of winning.
October 16, 2020 at 03:03AM
https://wkusports.com/news/2020/10/15/traditions-thursday-big-red.aspx
Traditions Thursday: Big Red - WKU Athletics
https://news.google.com/search?q=Red&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en
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