What exactly is a "Nittany" Lion?

[blakjeezis]

For those not a fan of college athletics, the Penn State University's mascot is the Nittany Lion. It doesn't really even look like a lion though, it looks like a panther or a cougar or something. Can someone enlighten me as to what the whole Nittany thing is all about?

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[A.J.]

Nittany Lion Legend

Penn State's athletic symbol, chosen by the student body in 1906, is the mountain lion which once roamed central Pennsylvania. H.D. "Joe" Mason, a member of the Class of 1907, conducted a one-man campaign to choose a school mascot after seeing the Princeton tiger on a trip with the Penn State baseball team to that New Jersey campus. A student publication sponsored the campaign to $elect a mascot and Penn State is believed to be the first college to adopt the lion as a mascot.

Since Penn State is located in the Nittany Valley at the foot of Mount Nittany, the lion was designated as a Nittany Lion. In regional folklore, Nittany (or Nita-Nee) was a valorous Indian princess in whose honor the Great Spirit caused Mount Nittany to be formed. A later namesake, daughter of chief O-Ko-Cho, who lived near the mouth of Penn's Creek, fell in love with Malachi Boyer, a trader. The tearful maiden and her lost lover became legend and her name was given to the stately mountain.

Nittany Lion Legend (http://www.gopsusports.com/Traditions/NittanyLionBody.cfm)

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[Def Dave in SC]

What exactly is a "Nittany" Lion?

Its a really drunk backwoods lion from Buttfuck, Pennsylvania

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