Hanging with Little George

I read the other day on GWhoops.com that Little George was sent by the spirit program to a meeting with incoming university president Steven Knapp. At the meeting he presented Knapp with a GW jersey with his name on it. And the other day I actually met the mascot at a party.

The mascot, whose identity I won't reveal, said the jersey presentation was part of a larger meeting in Baltimore and that Knapp seemed to like the present. I hope this bodes well for the basketball program and I hope that Knapp supports the program as much as Stephen Joel Trachtenberg did. Since Knapp is from Johns Hopkins, which is a good academic school with a good lacrosse team, I'd bet that he continues to support the team and athletics in general.

I also asked the mascot about the rumors that the Hippo was going to be discontinued, since I didn't see the Hippo at any men's games this year and SJT, the progenitor of the Hippo, was leaving. Lil George said the Hippo went to women's games because a lot of kids go to those and the Hippo appeals mainly to kids. I thought that was interesting.