The Texas A&M Oyster

The Texas A&M basketball players, some fans, some students and some non-student alumni discover that Rice has left their mascot behind. They find exactly what they need: an effigy of a six foot tall owl with a canvas skin stretched over it. It's filled with sawdust and excelsior which is a stuffing material. Sounds flammable. Right? Isn't that a great word excelsior? It is. Stan Lee's favorite word was also on the motto of New York state.