Odessa Jackalopes

30

Jackalopes. Without a doubt, this is one of the best names in all of sport.

Some of you, I realize, may not know what a jackalope actually is. To these people I say, this is what Google was invented for. I'll save you the trouble and give you this link, which should tell you everything you need to know.

Anyway, enough with the remedial education. For some reason, I am more forgiving with the Jackalopes' silly, cartoony logo than I am with most teams. As I mentioned in my writeup on the Grand Rapids Griffins' logo, it's hard to be too critical about accuracy in the rendering of a mythological animal. I can authoritatively say, for example, that this is the only rendering of a jackalope I've ever seen that had hands. I can not authoritatively say that jackalopes don't have hands. For all we know, if we got in a time machine and went 100 years into the future, we might learn that the idea that jackalopes have humanoid hands has become commonplace, meaning that the Odessa team added to the legend.

On the other hand, we might go 100 years into the future and find a barren, post-nuclear wasteland, which would mean that the Odessa team was an omen of doom.

That's the problem with the future. There is so much uncertainty.

That being said, there are plenty of things to gig this logo for. We've got the hockey stick, the excessive use of color (something just about all of the former WPHL teams are guilty of), and, of course, the fact that it's a freakin' cartoon character. That being said, I kind of like the oil rig in the background. Don't ask me why.

One last comment and I'll get to the points: The steroid-enhanced body and curly ears don't bear a lot of resemblance to any Warner Brothers cartoon characters, but damned if he doesn't look a lot like Bugs Bunny in the face. A very pissed-off Bugs Bunny, but Bugs Bunny nonetheless.

Final Score: 30 points.
Penalties: Cartoon, 17 pts; Name-logo, 2 pts; Equip-logo, Colorful, 13 pts; Fade, 6 pts.
Bonuses: Cool-Name, -5 pts; Local, -3 pts.