He was the Top Daug
I‘d like to think that somewhere out in the world, Top Daug is still roaming around being the hypest mascot ever to exist, and perhaps sometimes even the voice of reason to other mascots.
When OU made its decision in 2004 to take him to the pound and replace him with two ugly (and way less exciting) horses, I took it pretty hard.
I even made a comic about it while I was working for the OU Daily.
Regardless, the legacy of Top Daug lives on in my heart, and it probably does in the hearts of many kids who grew up watching 80’s and 90’s OU sports.
(Editor’s Note: NonDoc provides Sundaze as a weekly space for poetry, short prose, visual art and other ideas pitched by creatives in Oklahoma and around the world. All submissions are encouraged, and new creatives are sought. Submit your work for publication by contacting Editorial@NonDoc.com.)
More Sundaze
Sundaze: Sledding toward more remakes and reboots
Sundaze: Comparison memes need ‘nuance and details’
Sundaze: Hillary emails and The Abyss of Vastness
Sundaze poem: The Autumn Solstice
Sundaze comic: ‘Just because it’s on the internet’
Sundaze poem: ‘All the men smile’
Sundaze: Terence Crutcher’s forest & ‘The rot in my yard’
Sundaze: Sign drama & an equation with consequence
Sundaze: ‘Syria is a far-off place’
Sundaze: ‘Time to study’ at the University of Oklahoma
Sundaze: Design conversations on Oklahoma new plate
Sundazed: Medical marijuana and the Drug War
Sundaze: Love is for the birds who need good vibes
Sundaze: Norman tacos are a big damn deal
Sundaze: The U.K., the EU and African ways of love
Sundaze from South Africa: ‘Dear President…’
Sundaze: Seeking truth along the road
American Ninja Distraction and the bears
Political suicide: Slippery slope to the six six feet
Sundaze: Oklahoma halved and a poem from India
100 percent chance of Purple Rain: A poem on Prince
Sundaze: A naked lunch in the political echo chamber
Milady of the Beer: ‘I’m superb at love and war’
To become a man: Buddy Hield meets Kobe Bryant
Sundaze: A future of pizza and/or war
Trumpdaze: An ‘Unstoppable force’
Saving daylight: ‘We do not listen’
‘Our city on the hill embraces the landfill’
Earthquakes and sins: ‘The freedom to breathe’
‘Excuses for slavery prick my hand’
Happy Valentine’s Day: Every comic begins with ‘C’
Flat Earthism: ‘Today will not be normal’
‘Our love died right on the table’
Deflated footballs and a requiem for Beirut
Sundaze: Darth Vader, David Bowie & Emily Dickinson
‘Did you wash your mouth with acid?’
