Originally, the Red Flash had a friar creature as their mascot without a name, which debuted in the 1983-84 school year. The mascot was created by Otto Bruno of Creative Critters in Warminster, ...

“The university appreciates this ... State’s trademarks,” the statement said. Penn State, founded in 1855, adopted the Nittany Lion as its mascot in 1904 and has been using various images ...