Get to Know Conference USA Mascots

Well, we’ve come to the end of the road, and fittingly enough, it’s with the Texas San Antonio Roadrunners, and their lifesized road runner, Rowdy. Rowdy has a much different look now than he did when first seen in 1977. The Roadrunners beat out other names such as “Armadillos,”  and “Stars,” and the original Rowdy was blue with a yellow beak. However, UTSA students and administrators felt he bore too much similarities to that of the Kansas Jayhawk, and change finally came in 2008, as both a new Rowdy and new UTSA logos were revealed on homecoming. Rowdy can be followed at @RowdyUTSA.