Butler Blue II (often referred to as simply Blue II or Blue) is a male English Bulldog who serves as the official live mascot of Butler University. He is known by the tagline "Butler's Mascot, America's Dog." He rose to national prominence when the Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team made unexpected runs to the 2010 and 2011 Final Fours. Blue II is currently scheduled to retire on March 9, 2013.
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Famous quotes containing the words butler and/or blue:
“They walked the roads
Mimicking what they heard, as children mimic;
They understood that wisdom comes of beggary.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“Buz, quoth the blue fly,
Hum, quoth the bee,
Buz and hum they cry,
And so do we:
In his ear, in his nose, thus, do you see?
He ate the dormouse, else it was he.”
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637)