Before writing the blog, I wanted to find out the origins of Cav-Man, so I did some minimal browsing and found that the original mascot for UVA was a sweet little dog back in the 1920s! This website has a lot of great information, but Beta (the original dog) was said to have gone to classes, even been left behind at an away football game in GEORGIA and found his way back home to Virginia! What a sweetheart; there’s a cute picture of his successor Seal on this website: http://www.thesabre.com/traditions/#seal.
I’ve never been partial to human mascots… but I am fervently partial to CavMan. First of all, we have a live one that rushes out on Sabre the horse at the football games amidst fireworks and fire and screaming crowds as he brandishes a real sword… the poor man even got thrown from the horse in 2009! But CavMan is truly resilient, and for the past four years anyway has consistently and impressively the same fellow. Then there’s the animated “suit” CavMan. As a frequent front-row resident at Scott Stadium, I’ve had the privilege of pulling him over the retaining wall, hoisting him up as he passes over the heads of the student section towards the top of the stands, and even starting his cheers when he holds up the NOISIE trash can. Yeah, you might say we’ve shared the five fingered connection several times.
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