what is vanderbilt's mascot?
Mr. Commodore
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 Mascots – The " Ramblin ' Wreck " and the yellow jacket " Buzz " are the mascots of Georgia Tech football . The " Ramblin ' Wreck " is a 1930 Ford Model A Sports Coupe , and it has led the football team on to Grant Field every game since September 30 , 1961 . " Buzz " began pacing the sidelines of Grant Field as a mischievous anthropomorphized yellow jacket during the 1970s . " Buzz " was ranked the number three top mascot in all of college football by " America 's Best " and the " Top Ten " Web site . 

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 Buzz is one of the two official mascots of the Georgia Institute of Technology . Buzz is usually represented as a stylized yellowjacket with yellow @-@ and @-@ black fur , white wings , a yellow head , and antennae . He is almost never drawn with six legs , but rather with arms , legs , hands ( in white gloves ) and feet ( in black Converse high tops ) , like a human . Invented in 1972 and reinvented in 1979 , Buzz reflects the tradition of referring to Georgia Tech students as " Yellow Jackets . " Buzz is also one of Georgia Tech 's emblems and trademarks , one that they defended in a 1998 legal conflict with the Salt Lake Buzz . 

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 The mascots ' designers created elaborate descriptions of Lyo and Merly , which are summarised below : 

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 Sparty appears in several other incarnations . In printed literature , the university uses a copyrighted cartoon Spartan , usually drawn with a grimace and several days worth of whiskers , lending the nickname of " Gruff " Sparty . Finally , Sparty appears as a foam rubber mascot with an oversized head . The mascot costume , worn by an anonymous student , appears at most university sporting , alumni , and fundraising events ; he is often portrayed in MSU notices and materials . 

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 Dogs have been associated with the school 's sports teams on an unofficial basis since the late nineteenth century . Early dog mascots may have included a mutt called Hoya around 1900 , a Borzoi named Richmond Jack in 1906 , a bulldog named Hoya in 1907 , and a Boston Bull Terrier in 1911 . At that time , most mascots were primarily associated with the school 's football team , and were cared for by students or individual sports teams , rather than the administration . 
