UT is probably keeping a close eye on the Twitter account for the university after the snafu yesterday. The official Twitter account for the University of Toledo suggested that if it received 500K retweets they would change the mascot from Rocky The Rocket to cartoon character Shrek.
The Twitterverse, and students at other universities, took the challenge and started the march toward 500K. When it got to a point where the retweets were totalling thousands an hour UT pulled down the tweet.
Check out all the details here. UT JOKES ABOUT CHANGING MASCOT