DU: Denver Boone won't Return

Because the mascot Denver Boone is so offensive, yeah… Right!

NESN.COM -- Some Americans view Daniel Boone as a legend in this country’s history — a true hero of the American Western Frontier.

Others don’t, including University of Denver officials.

Mascot “Denver Boone,” who served as the UD Pioneers mascot until he was retired in 1998, has been deemed too offensive by administrators to make a comeback, according to FOXNews.com.

A hawk named “Ruckus” replaced Denver Boone until 2007. Since then, the school has been without an official mascot and the school is hoping to fill that void soon.

“Boone was a polarizing figure that did not reflect the growing diversity of the UD community, but rather was an image that many women, persons of color, international students and faculty members found difficult to relate to as defining the pioneering spirit,” Chancellor Robert Coombe said earlier this year.

This one is even better… It’s a cartoon mascot that looks like of like Daniel Boone; I just can’t see anything that’s offensive with this mascot. Of course the P.C. police do.

Fox News – Is a cartoon-like college mascot reminiscent of Daniel Boone -- right down to the legendary coonskin cap -- racist, sexist or otherwise offensive?

Officials at the University of Denver seem to think so. They’ve announced they won’t reinstate “Denver Boone,” who was retired in 1998 as mascot for the UD Pioneers, despite calls to bring him back

This isn’t even the school that I attended, it’s not my Alma Mater, actually, Denver is one of our hated/heated rivals, but this crap makes my blood boil, these pointed headed, handing wringing, P.C. morons piss me off to no end. You just want to tell them to shut the heck up and worry about something that actually matters. Think about this, we have rampart unemployment, no-one can find a job when they leave colege, our country has been at war for 10+ years and these buffoons want to worry about Denver Boone like he’s the reason our country is on the decline.

Is this supposed to be funny Harrison Mooney?

So is this supposed to be funny? Is that really humorous to others? I am just wondering? I wonder if Harrison Moody would think it was funny if one of the Sedin Twins or Alex Burrows was on the receiving end of dirty elbow or hit from behind like Marchand was tonight?

In today’s game where concussions are prevalent as missing teeth, do we really want to make light of dirty hits like this? Puck Daddy used to be a good hockey blog before they hired this clown. [click to view]

It's a tough situation for Volchenkov. It's easy to elbow Marchand in the head, because a) he's so small and b) he really makes you want to. But it goes without saying that you're not allowed to do it, so while applaudable in some circles, it's suspendable in others.

Not funny dude. Having watched Matt Cooke end Marc Savard's career with a dirty elbow, I don't see anything funny about this dirty, bush-league hit what-so-ever.

Yeah!!! Blame the Sioux.

You've got to be kidding me??? I can't believe he would even say this, what a buffoon for even writing it. This is the beat writer that asks DU Head Coach George Gwozdecky what time RIT is playing at the press conference after his team has just beat C.C. in the WCHA Final Five. Surprisingly it was legit eh?

GREEN BAY, Wis. — After defeating Western Michigan 3-2 in double OT Saturday and faced with a relatively short rest period before this afternoon’s regional championship game against top-ranked North Dakota, the Denver Pioneers had trouble sleeping. They awoke twice at the Aloft Green Bay Hotel because of fire alarms, at about 7 and 8:30 a.m., according to DU radio guy Jay Stickney.

Yeah, your first reaction is to blame the over-indulged Sioux fan, and there are lots of them here, but apparently it was legit. Stickney said he checked with the front desk people and they said there were problems in the kitchen. Nobody had to evacuate the hotel, just exit their rooms and hang out in the hallway for short periods.