10. Baylor's first live bear mascot, Ted, was donated to the school by local businessman Herbert E....

10. Baylor's first live bear mascot, Ted, was donated to the school by local businessman Herbert E. Mayr in 1917. Mayr won the bear in a poker game from the 107th Engineers battalion. Our question is, how far in the hole did these engineers have to be to bet a bear? And more importantly, what made Mayr agree to this? What kind of people have readily accessible bears? Was the bear present? We want answers!

-- From arguably the strongest Ten Things of the year so far from The Missourian.

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It must be stated

The sleeper has awoken. . .awakened. . .he woke up.

by SleepyFloyd7 on Nov 6, 2009 10:22 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Colbert FTW

and the Mustache of Truculence (formerly Canada4Mizzou)

by Wan Ihite on Nov 6, 2009 10:24 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

7. Starting Baylor quarterback Nick Florence ranked second in his graduating class of 467 at South Garland High School and scored more than 1,200 on his first attempt at the SAT. Those smarts (along with Robert Griffin’s torn ACL) are probably part of the reason that the freshman has gotten his shot with the Bears this season. But back in the spring, that playing time seemed a little more elusive. Florence started the season as the team’s third string quarterback, and on our first trip to Baylor’s Web site, Florence’s picture was mysteriously missing from his page. Poor guy.

His pic doesn’t look much like an evil genius though. Maybe he’s a morally ambiguous genius. or a congenial subgenius or something.

and the Mustache of Truculence (formerly Canada4Mizzou)

by Wan Ihite on Nov 6, 2009 10:24 AM CST reply actions 0 recs