Richmond's New Mascot?

It’s not as much of a mine field as the University of Mississippi mascot controversy, but the University of Richmond is giving a makeover to its Spider mascot, and the fellow you see in the photo here is one of the choices. That would be “Angry Spider,” which is vying against two other concepts; let’s call them “Aloof Spider” and “Deranged Bug”, as the new mascot face of the university. The particular contention here is that the old mascot, while technically a spider, had only four legs. The new, will be anatomically correct, as it will have eight. Hurray...


The "spider" as it is known, really just looks more like Dirk Nowitzki wearing a speedo...