Jon Greene writes:
 
>Goldy Gopher?  So much for the days of fierce, fighting mascots....Goldy
>Gopher sounds like a Disney character.  "This week substituting for Alvin
>and the Chipmunks............"  I guess if your team is good enough you
>can get away with a friendlier image.
 
Jon, are you implying that we don't have fierce, fighting rodents here in
Minnesota?  Well, OK, we don't.  Your last sentence has it about right.
 
-- Erik (who can't believe that he's really writing about mascots, but
   what the heck, it's a Friday afternoon in the off-season) Biever