Could have been a ferret...

Baylor began intercollegiate athletic competition in the 1890s, but the University was without an official mascot until 1914. That's the year President Samuel Palmer Brooks held a vote of the student body to determine how the University's teams would be known nationwide. Despite competition from two dozen rivals including the buffalo, antelope, frog and ferret, Baylor students chose the bear as the University's mascot.Although Baylor adopted "Bears" as its official nickname in 1914, it was not until the 1920s that a real bear mascot came to the University. The first live bear was made available by the troops of the 107th Engineers, a unit of the 32nd Infantry Division stationed at Camp MacArthur in Waco during World War I. The bear, named Ted, made his first appearance at the 1917 Baylor-Texas A&M football game, and when the unit got its orders to move on, the bear was left in the hands of the Baylor athletic department.

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