Burninating the Southeastern Conference

Last week, I photographed a Dexter High School hockey game.  As I was waiting for the game to begin, I noticed Dexter’s logo on the arena wall.  Dexter’s mascot is the Dreadnought, so, logically, their logo is a cartoony ship.

Both my father and I noticed two curiosities in the logo: first, it seems to be sinking; second, the placement of the arms is odd.  (I likened it to a person having one arm in its normal location and the other on his hip.)

Later, others viewed that photo of the Dexter logo, and one person made an observation I couldn’t believe I’d missed.

Over on the fun Homestar Runner site, there is a popular feature called Strongbad Emails.  One of the emails features Trogdor, a dragon drawn by Strongbad, and one of the site’s most popular characters.

Upon viewing the Dexter logo, that observant person noted that the muscular arms on Trogdor look very much like those on the Dexter logo.

In light of that similarity, I think it’s time Dexter changed its mascot.  Make some noise for the Dexter Burninators!

Bonus curiosity:
The logo features the proper historical spelling — Dreadnoughts — but as demonstrated by the local newspaper, Dexter’s sports teams are now called the Dreadnaughts.