The Cutest Live College MascotsAnimals have long been a part of college sports. And it's no surprise that the most enduring – and adorable – of these fan-friendly, fun-loving furballs are dogs

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Jonathan XIII, Connecticut's Siberian husky

Since 1934 – when students voted to change the mascot from Aggies to Huskies – all UConn mascots have been named after Jonathan Trumbull, the governor of the state during the Revolutionary War. In 1970, during the height of another conflict (Vietnam) the UConn student government voted to sell Jonathan because it was believed he represented the establishment. A student petition saved the mascot, however, and decades later Jonathan XIII, a rambunctious, brilliant white, Siberian Husky made his official debut during a UConn men's basketball game in 2008. The fact that Jonathan eats an all-organic diet would probably please those '70s-era protesters. But the fact that he's never seen in public without his official event vest – which features the name of the fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega, that cares for him as well as his official "sponsors" – might not.