TULSA, Okla. — The University of Tulsa plans to announce a new mascot at their first home football game this fall. In the meantime, an eight year old from New York is offering up a suggestion.

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Joel Motskin lives in Scarsdale, New York but heard about the retirement of Captain Cane. TU President Brad Carson tweeted out the death of Captain Cain back in April 2022.

Joel says he chose Nax as the new mascot “because he is one of the extinct state animals of Oklahoma.” The University sent him a box of TU swag as a thank you for the suggestion.

TU says the team name Golden Hurricane came in 1922. Supposedly, Head Coach Howard Acher made a remark in practice about “roaring through opponents,” and at that point it was seriously considered to name the team “Golden Tornadoes”. However, it was learned that Georgia Tech already had chosen that tag in 1917. From the tornado, Acher evolved meteorologically to the hurricane.

The mascot Hurc represented the school in the ‘70s before later evolving into Huffy and then eventually Captain Cane.

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