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[Update: EcoKat has been removed from Kansas State's website.]

Iowa and Iowa State just felt the wrath of the American public after debuting a football trophy with a basket of corn on it.

Well now it’s Kansas State’s turn to be a national punchline.

That’s because the school has decided to debut a new mascot to join Willie the Wildcat (who is already pretty strange himself) named “EcoKat,” a “crusader of conservation and fanatic of fluorescent lightbulbs” that is trying to help the school go green.

Naturally, the costume is made of 90 percent repurposed materials and eco-friendly dyes.

The result?

As you can see below, the mascot looks like a female superhero out of a bad comic book.

[K-State]

5:17 PM on 8/30/2011
  • littlegiant

    worst costume/idea… ever.

  • Poppy

    Somebody watched Kick-a** one too many times. At least she doesn’t say, “Hey you c****!” LOL

  • b

    aaaaaaahhhhh hahahahhahahahaha!!! G**-state reaaally fits now!!

  • Eco-Villian

    Dear Eco-enforcer. Your disguise isn’t very good. I recognize you as the girl who steals extra ketchup packets at the McDonald’s on Blue Street. Those are a waste of plastic. You will soon be outed.

  • bb

    really? this is stupid. A green football team.

  • Keiser

    Is her cape a giant power towel? She must have paid attention to the video during the Ron Prince era…

  • Nice

    I’d be wearing a mask and a wig too if I were her.

  • Tom in Omaha

    The new stupid Chinese, environmentally dangerous lightbulbs are almost as ridiculous as this mascot and might last as long as the Big XII. This will however, keep you out of the Missour Valley Conference.

    • Anonymous

      I’m still laughing my butt off, when A&M go to The SEC it will be the beginning of the final pieces for the Super Four Conferences wih 16 Team, Pacific, Southeastern, Big North and Conference USA. Texas maybe big enough to be another Major Independant like ND but why chance it. Texas will have CUSA, Pacific and Southeastern coming out of it. Because SEC and BIG 10 wont take Baylor but Pacific and CUSA will along with T Tech

      • Anonymous

        Where did you learn English?? When A&M GOES not go.. 16 teams not team.. Independent not Independant.
        And many more. You mean to tell me spell-check doesn’t work where you’re from??
        _Never mind the fact you don’t even make sense. Texas will have 3 conferences coming out of it?? The Big 12 isn’t going anywhere. We added TCU and got.rid of an irrelevant Texas team.

  • J

    Yes. It is stupid. Football itself doesn’t contribute to global warming. Save it for a sport like shooting lead or something.

  • gahusker

    Bill Snyder must be rolling in his grave

  • Rapid City Husker

    Now I have seen it all. Here are some more ideas to save energy at K – State.
    1. Quit playing football…you’ll save some dignity as well.
    2. Shut Bill Snyder’s office door and shades when he takes his 3 hour afternoon nap.
    3. Instead of pylons, put water barrels in the corners of the endzone. The barrels can collect the rain water and give extra ‘hydration’ motivation for the players to score more touchdowns.
    4. Use one solar panel to power the score board when K-State scores its one touchdown per game.
    5. Use compost to fertilize the stadium…oops, sorry the field is already a piece of sh!+.
    6. In the weight room, replace the steel weights with lighter aluminum ones. ;0) and finally:
    7. Make the cheerleaders’ outfits out of fishnets. This will cut down on fabric expense and the games won’t be so hard to watch.

    • Z. Bailes

      Classic hater. K-state is not that bad at football.

    • Husker Pride?????

      Hey Rapid City Husker, sounds like you’ve got more than one of those cobs stuck up your a–!! You better run away and hide……Texas is still looking for you!!!!!!!

    • Willie

      He he! Losing to K-State still smarts, doesn’t it Husker? Go have fun being less than mediocre in the Small Ten.

  • Jesman

    Your porkulus dollars at work.

  • Derek

    At least she is hotter then the K-state cheerleaders…I mean d*** those chicks are ugggbos

  • Brian

    Count me and all my buds in on team Ecokat.

  • Dave

    What addle-brained liberal tree-hugget came up with this idea?

  • http://Yardbarker.com Woodmanor

    Ten years from now the ones pokeing fun at her will be the very ones looking STUPID. I remember some loudmouths who were cracking jokes, making fun of the names of Kareem Abdul Jabar, Mohammid Ali, etc; saying stuff like why can’t they get AMERICAN names. Fast forward to 1995 and beyond names like the one mentioned are common place. I’m a Jayhawks fan through and through! But it wouldn’t surprise me if KU doesn’t come up with something similar in the near future.
    Just look at the lady who’s trying to make the V-Tech football team as a kicker. Remember the first time a female tried out for college football back in the 80s? The howls and cat calls were so loud they could have woke up the dead! Now? Barely a yawn!
    So go on and get it off your chest all you so-conservatives. Twenty or so years from now when your kids take a look at what you were poking fun at they just might roll their eyes and say;”That was so LAME!”

    • Anonymous

      This is LIBERAL POLITICALY CORRECT rumpswabing at it’s worst !

  • Steve

    Almost as bad an idea as the Greendale College Human Bean mascot. LOL

  • Coogs

    As an “addle-brained liberal tree-hugget” (good effort, Dave), I can still say this is an absolutely terrible idea. Who can take her seriously while she’s promoting CFLs? Every die-hard Kansas State fan knows it’s all about LED bulbs these days. Sheesh. Get with the times, EcoKat.

  • John

    I live in KS and I will now call myself a Jayhawks fan and play the KSU hater until this lame garbage disappears forever.

  • Anonymous

    She isn’t a mascot for the sports team, it’s for a challenge between K-state and KU to see who can be more green or whatever. Overall the super hero idea is pretty dumb way to promote the challenge, but the rest of the world must be idiots to think that we would actually use this as a sporting mascot

  • http://yahoosports.com Jason Turner

    The Super hero doesn’t look to happy about this politically correct libertard idea. That may be the most forced smile i’ve ever seen!

  • JMart

    She isn’t an athletics’ mascot. It might be good to do some research prior to posting a a story.

  • http://yahoo Tommentary

    Eco-Kat may be a “fanatic of fluorescent light bulbs” but whoever approved this idea is a dim bulb.

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