Badger, our beloved mascot ... to the administration’s prayers put his hat into the ring: Rusty Raccoon. The raccoon has spent years running away from drunk college students who mistook him for an off ...

Today’s cardinal-and-white-clad Bucky — full name Buckingham U. Badger — has come a long way from the first Badgers mascot, a live badger who made occasional appearances at football games.