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Re: SB Logo
By: Chairman of the Board Date: March 24, 2024, 8:31 am
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vote in round 3:
HTML https://www.suny.edu/mascotmadness/
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Re: SB Logo
By: Chairman of the Board Date: March 28, 2024, 1:46 pm
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Mascot Madness: Stony Brook University pulls Wolfie from contest
over voting irregularities
HTML https://www.newsday.com/long-island/education/stony-brook-wolfie-mascot-madness-onemr19m
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University officials had to pull the furry gray seawolf from a
statewide Mascot March Madness competition this week after
realizing fans were stuffing the ballot box in favor of Wolfie
in the competition that's similar to the NCAA single-elimination
basketball tournament held at this time of year. Mascot Madness
is broken down into five rounds and is ongoing.
“We’ve determined that one or more students cast an excessive
number of votes in violation of Mascot Madness rules. We brought
these concerns to SUNY's attention and offered to withdraw
Wolfie from the competition,” read a post on Stony Brook's
Instagram that college officials shared Wednesday.
“Your support and love for Wolfie have not gone unnoticed, and
we appreciate your dedication to fair play and sportsmanship.
Thank you for being part of our community and upholding the
values of integrity and fairness,” read a statement from the
university.
Mascots from throughout the SUNY system are featured in the
competition, from Victor the Viking of Hudson Valley Community
College to Walter the Wildcat of SUNY Polytechnic. Wolfie, who
often wears a red Seawolves hat, made it past the second round
against the Wildcat with more than 60% of the vote.
The rules say voters can cast one vote every 12 hours. In order
for a vote to count, fans had to verify their choice via an
active email or the captcha in the vote block.
SBU officials could not immediately say how the excessive votes
were detected. One supporter voted for Wolfie “568 times,”
according to the fan's Instagram post.
Wolfie had previously claimed the title in 2022 and 2023. Wolfie
ran a vigorous campaign for this year’s title as well, saying in
an online profile that the book “The Art of War” influenced the
tactics to help win Mascot Madness for the third time in a row.
“After that, you might as well crown me the supreme ruler of
SUNY Mascots,” the mascot wrote.
At least one local mascot remains in the competition and has
made it to the Final Four. Farmingdale State College’s Ram-bo,
the mascot there since 1912, is facing Blaze the Bronco of SUNY
Delhi in the semifinals that end Friday. The finals run April
2-4.
Ram-bo, in an online profile, said that winning the competition
would mean a celebration at the college's "annual Fountain Fest
with my fellow Rams!"
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Re: SB Logo
By: ecasadoSBU Date: March 28, 2024, 2:22 pm
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Just saw on FB they pulled Wolfie. After all the effort voting
for him.
Geez. They don't even let us win a Mascot competition. goddamnn
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Re: SB Logo
By: Accelerator Date: March 28, 2024, 2:51 pm
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Everything about this is pretty fishy to me. I think SUNY was
just sick of us winning every single year so they artificially
made a story just to get a new champion.
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Re: SB Logo
By: ecasadoSBU Date: March 28, 2024, 4:17 pm
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[quote author=Accelerator link=topic=432.msg43475#msg43475
date=1711655484]
Everything about this is pretty fishy to me. I think SUNY was
just sick of us winning every single year so they artificially
made a story just to get a new champion.
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I think it was Stony Brook that made the request though.
:(
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Re: SB Logo
By: Chairman of the Board Date: April 1, 2024, 5:48 pm
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if you like satire...
HTML https://sbpress.com/2024/04/wolfie-parts-ways-with-stony-brook-after-mascot-madness-controversy/
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Re: SB Logo
By: Chairman of the Board Date: May 6, 2025, 7:43 am
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More than a Mascot
How a Wolf Evolved into a Beloved Member of the SBU Family
HTML https://mag.stonybrook.edu/more-than-a-mascot/
[quote]During the late 1950s, athletic teams were known as the
Soundsmen, as the campus was located in Oyster Bay, New York.
From 1963 through 1966, following the move to Stony Brook, the
teams competed as the Warriors. Then in 1966 — perhaps to
connect with the local area’s history of the Revolutionary War —
the teams were known as the Patriots/Lady Patriots. That
identity remained for nearly 30 years.
In 1994 Stony Brook was preparing to move its athletics teams to
the Division I level and the campus sought to create an exciting
and strong team name to reflect the change. The university ran a
contest and the name “Seawolves” was chosen from more than 200
possibilities by a 32-person committee of students, alumni,
faculty and administrators. Seawolves are based on a real
animal: a subspecies of grey wolf found in the Pacific
Northwest, with a reputation for courage and intelligence.
“Wolfie’s job is one of the toughest to do on campus. People
don’t realize how physically demanding it is. Wolfie’s fur gets
very hot and adds about 40 degrees to the outside temperature,
so in the summer, it feels like he’s in a sauna. Plus, he’s
constantly jumping, dancing, and interacting with the crowd. Yet
Wolfie never looks tired, no matter how hot or tired he is.”
Lebedinski said she quickly saw the potential in Wolfie, who she
felt wasn’t being fully utilized as he only made appearances at
athletics games. “I thought, ‘This is a no-brainer.’ People
didn’t even realize we were a Division I program, so I made it
my mission to bring Wolfie to life beyond just game days,” she
said.
She worked to develop a structured mascot program with clear
scheduling and a distinct identity. “At first, Wolfie could just
dance any way he wanted, but then we established specific
mannerisms for consistency,” she said.
Lebedinski also focused on growing Wolfie’s presence in the
local and national community, marching in the annual Memorial
Day Parade in Setauket, the Santa Parade in Port Jefferson and
the New York City Columbus Day Parade alongside the Spirit of
Stony Brook Marching Band.
In 2011, Wolfie was invited by ESPN to participate in a national
ESPN College GameDay commercial, and he even made a special
appearance on “Extreme Home Makeover” when the show visited
Setauket.
Lebedinski recalled her attempt to get Wolfie on national
television. “One summer, we decided to try to get on the “Today”
show. Wolfie and I went into Manhattan at 3 am hoping to get on
air. The first attempt was a bust. Security said, ‘We only allow
costumed characters on Halloween,’ but we didn’t give up. We
stuck around, and Al Roker eventually acknowledged us live on
air.”
“It was an incredibly exciting time,” said Murray. “The Stony
Brook Marching Band was founded in 2006 with a small group of
students that quickly grew to over 120 and the synergy between
the band, dance team, cheerleaders, Wolfie and Athletics really
grew in huge proportions in that short period of time. It was a
perfect storm of athletic success, a renewed emphasis on campus
life, and those two piggybacked off each other. As teams played
better, more folks had pride. As more folks had pride, more came
to the games, and the teams played better with more fans.”
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