The look didn't change much — a lion-like head atop a Cowardly-Lion-like body ... thoroughly popular mascot named Roary, a jungle king in a jersey, energetic on the sidelines and at ease ...

And I remember my dad being the mascot and my grandpa ... making the giant lion head a family legacy. Starting in 2011, Bubbles retired and the Lions were given a new king of the jungle, Roary.