RedBlacks just unveiled their new mascot.  I predict every child in Ottawa will never sleep again after meeting this thing:

 

 

  They're also taking ideas to name him.  Yeah right.  Like they took ideas to name the team...

Apparently Biceps McFlannel was an option.

 

... wow

Wouldn't the correct spelling of his name be BIGJOEMUFFERAW

 

 

Which is exactly how I sound after a dozen or so Whiskeys

@CFL_News: .@OSEG_Corporate announces #RedBlacks mascot's official name will be "Big Joe" in English & "Grand Jos" in French. #CFL via @REDBLACKS

@CFL_News: So why are @RedBlacks dropping the "Mufferaw" from the mascot's title already? #CFL #RedBlacks #Thatwasquick

@CFL_News: #RedBlacks change name of mascot: Big Joe Mufferaw now "Big Joe" in Eng., "Grand Jos" in French. Fan complaints cited. via @HolderGord #CFL

Yknow...I'm only 34 but when I come here I may as well be 84.

Stompin' Tom is timeless. Age is no excuse for not knowing about him. My son is 7 and one of his favourite songs is Margo's Cargo.

@CFL_News: .@OSEG_Corporate announces #RedBlacks mascot's official name will be "Big Joe" in English & "Grand Jos" in French. #CFL via @REDBLACKS

@CFL_News: So why are @RedBlacks dropping the "Mufferaw" from the mascot's title already? #CFL #RedBlacks #Thatwasquick

@CFL_News: #RedBlacks change name of mascot: Big Joe Mufferaw now "Big Joe" in Eng., "Grand Jos" in French. Fan complaints cited. via @HolderGord #CFL

 

"The Ottawa RedBlacks have modified the name of their mascot from "Big Joe Mufferaw" to simply "Big Joe," after receiving criticism from the region's Francophone community." - CBC News

 

Well, there's only one more way to shorten that name now.

Sigh...kow-towing to the French yet again...

Sigh...kow-towing to the French yet again...

 

Except in the Capital Region, the French are a sizable community. 15% have French as a first language, and over 35% are bilingual.

Why they wouldn't come up with a French version of the name to begin with is the real question. But also, why did coming up with a French version mean shortening the English one? Everything this team does makes you scratch your head. Are they trying to emulate the Bombers circa 2012-13?

The name was far too long for a mascot anyways. Big Joe or Grand Jos will work way better for them.

Mufferaw was probably offensive to both females and people who eat cooked food.. both demographics promised a riot

I wish training camp opened today. Far too long off season.

Wasnt he a Francophone folk hero?  Why was that offensive to Francophones?

 

I assumed it was because he'd surely be called Big Muff.

Wasnt he a Francophone folk hero?  Why was that offensive to Francophones?

 

 

...Because everything is offensive to them...

Wasnt he a Francophone folk hero?  Why was that offensive to Francophones?

 

According to the link posted by comedygeek, French Canadians use his actually surname of Montferrand - Mufferaw was originally a spelling used by people who couldn't spell the name properly. Or maybe they had a problem with a real folk hero being used as a mascot. 

 

Wasnt he a Francophone folk hero?  Why was that offensive to Francophones?

 

According to the link posted by comedygeek, French Canadians use his actually surname of Montferrand - Mufferaw was originally a spelling used by people who couldn't spell the name properly. Or maybe they had a problem with a real folk hero being used as a mascot. 

 

or maybe french people are just permanently pissed off about everything. 

OK I submit an actual attempt.

 

Axe Dubois

Or Le Grans Muff?!.. 

so he's a poor man's Paul Bunyan?

so he's a poor man's Paul Bunyan?

No. Joe was a real person - Bunyan was part of an advertising campaign.

I thought Buzz'z last name was Muff-something or other?