I just realized: I have no idea where the name "Panthers" came from

[Nick_81]

This is false.  Here is proof.  Asian leopards are also known as black panthers.  Here is one fighting a bengal and the bengal is all like "fug this poo I'm outta here"

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROFL...  The little guy was ripping his undersides to shreds every time he jumped on him.  Hard to get a hold of, for a quick kill.  Not worth the damage taken to finish it.

[teeray]

ROFL...  The little guy was ripping his undersides to shreds every time he jumped on him.  Hard to get a hold of, for a quick kill.  Not worth the damage taken to finish it.

Also should be noted that after the initial failed attack the bengal was like " see ya" and the Panther was like "no no.  You don't get off that easy" and fugging charged him like a boss

[Batman]

I believe I read somewhere years ago that the big cats...panthers are a group of many cats...used to live freely in the carolinas over 100 years ago but died out or moved south towards Florida. The carolinas have a long history with the panthers. They died out and migrated...until Jerry Richardson brought them back.

There are still big cats in the mountains in NC/SC, you just never see them because they are always hiding. They don't like being seen, ever. My friend caught a "Panther" on a trail camera last fall in Burke Co. It was most likely a puma, but it was fuging massive & completely jet black. Thing was prowling around & looked mean as fug.

[PhillyB]

haha i came to reference this movie.

a couple of years ago i was in guatemala doing some backpacking with a buddy. we were trekking up some ancient mayan ruins in the jungle and kept hearing these belching, throaty sounds drifting up from the jungle canopy. we spent an hour trying to figure out what it was... our instinct was panthers, but we wondered if it was maybe shitty trucks or some kind of machinery approaching the ruins or doing excavations, or something. it was loud and long end repetitive.

when we quit traipsing on the ruins we ended up at the edge of the jungle where a handful of local guatemalans were pointing up into the trees at a bunch of monkeys. then we heard the noise again and the guatemalans freaked out and backed off. our stupid honkey asses sneaked into the jungle with a rock and a fuging stick while i poked my camera through the leaves trying to get a shot of a real live panther.

about twenty yards into the jungle everything got quiet as poo. monkeys stopped making noises, birds stopped tweeting. we freaked out instinctively for a second, and then the next second we heard a growl to our left, like maybe ten feet away through a dense cluster of shrubbery. it was low and guttural, like an old truck engine running at half idle, the most dangerous thing i've ever heard and the most primal fear/awe i've ever experienced. i swear to god it was like being the australian dude in jurassic park who got blindsided by the raptor. we sneaked backwards ever-so-slowly while sweating rivers and shitting our pants and finally made our escape.

the point of this story is that panthers are clever girls and they will fug up your guatemalan trek in a damn second, and they are easily the most badass mascot. i'll fug up a jet or a bill or a redneck steeler or whatever, but panthers make me poo my pants.

[SCP]

Carolina bank brokers. All players wear sweater vest as there uniforms. 

They'd match half the fans

[Moorgan]

said like a person who has never had to fear for his life. 

said like a person who has never had to fear for his life. 

Ha! I've feared for my life plenty of times...granted never from a big cat. The point is history has shown that men with guns beat all animals. Individual instances sure, any given Sunday, but in the end men with guns win. The Titan is akin to a god and would potentially beat every mascot. Things like jets, while inanimate, certainly couldn't be defeated by animals but one could argue they couldn't win either.

As for groups of men with swords, Bucs, Raiders and Vikings (you could loosely argue 49ers but meh) have also shown historic dominance over animals. It's not like we didn't start our dominion over the animal world once guns were invented.

In the end, I think the Panther is a fine mascot but maybe low end of top tier among the animal mascots...which are already lower tier mascots.

I see us as 14-14-3.

[PhillyB]

 

Ha! I've feared for my life plenty of times...granted never from a big cat. The point is history has shown that men with guns beat all animals. Individual instances sure, any given Sunday, but in the end men with guns win. The Titan is akin to a god and would potentially beat every mascot. Things like jets, while inanimate, certainly couldn't be defeated by animals but one could argue they couldn't win either.

As for groups of men with swords, Bucs, Raiders and Vikings (you could loosely argue 49ers but meh) have also shown historic dominance over animals. It's not like we didn't start our dominion over the animal world once guns were invented.

In the end, I think the Panther is a fine mascot but maybe low end of top tier among the animal mascots...which are already lower tier mascots.

I see us as 14-14-3.

[SCP]

No way. Every mascot with a gun or multiple humans would win. Plus every mythical or mechanical mascot a la Titans and Jets. Animals as mascots don't stand a chance against humans or better creatures. And a larger animal like a bear, tiger or lion would win for sure too.

Hell no. While the stupid Patriot and Bucanneer guys are loading their musket the Panther would maul them. The Panther would use stealth to jump out of a tree and maul the Washington based domesticated Indian.

[PhillyB]

put a panther inside the cockpit of a passenger jet or even a fighter jet and watch what happens

[SCP]

The Carolina Mighty Chamber of Commerce would be my name for the team since we seem to welcome every other fan base into our house and allow them to run the joint while there.

[PhillyB]

we could ride the "essence" team names and go with the carolina migration 

[Moorgan]

put a panther inside the cockpit of a passenger jet or even a fighter jet and watch what happens

Not much. I counted that as a draw. But if the cockpit was locked the Panther would die of dehydration. The jet would likely be unusable without repairs though...and a thorough cleaning. :)

[TN05]

 

put a panther inside the cockpit of a passenger jet or even a fighter jet and watch what happens

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! I HAVE HAD IT WITH THESE MOTHERF*CKING PANTHERS ON THIS MOTHERF*CKING PLANE!

[Arroz con Panther]

I still crap my pants every time I hear the roar in the stadium.  No other mascot does that to me.