There is a market in Marrakesh, Morocco crazier than the one in iGosia. Trust me on this one. The snake handlers push it right to the top. I once tried to get a picture of the dancing cobras and their trainers. Instead, I ended up with a snake wrapped around my neck, and a local “friend” telling me to kiss the snake. He said it would bring me good luck. And then he added, “Enshallah,” which basically means, “if the Lord wills it.” That kind of negates the whole snake kissing brings good luck promise, though.

The greatest thing about that story was trying not to laugh with a snake around my neck while watching Kent Jones doing a  Barry Sanders impersonation as he was forcefully telling another snake guy, “You get that SNAKE away from me, DUDE! I mean it! Get that SNAKE away from me!”

That memory makes this whole St. Patrick’s day tradition of wearing green for good luck quite a bit more appealing. But what about the iGosians? It is widely known that you don’t have to be Irish to enjoy celebrating St. Patrick’s day. And iGosians are no different.

iGosians don’t necessarily hope for luck from a certain color, but they do love their mascots. And when you stop and think about it, a lot of the iGosian mascots can be associated with luck.

Of course the luckiest mascots are the ones that become the iGosian favorites. 2014 marked the 10th year of iGosian mascots. In case you missed it, we recognized this milestone with our very own Top 10 Mascot rankings. Check it out.

For other ways that mascots are associated with luck, you don’t have to look far. The Armadillo was the first iGosian mascot, which is lucky enough in itself. However, on top of that distinction, the armadillo is also known as the official small mammal of the State of Texas. Luck overflows with that one.

The clear lucky bird of iGo mascots would be the penguin. That was mainly because the other iGosian bird mascot – the owl – is considered a bad omen (aka bad luck) in most of the Middle East. Even so, the penguin had luck of its own. Just about everything in Tokyo had a penguin on it in 2006, including the train cards. March of the Penguins hit the screens in late 2005, as did Madagascar, with those crazy penguins. It was a penguin world in those days, and iGosians were just heading to the ends of it.

The Moose proved lucky enough in 2010 after defeating the above-mentioned owl in a final staff vote. In fact, that was the year that we began voting on mascots as a staff and having staff members give persuasive speeches on behalf of the final two contestants in order to swing the vote.

But no mascot has proven luckier yet than the Goat. Rated #1 in our Mascot Rankings and proudly displayed on an all green shirt, there is no doubt that wearing a 2007 iGo Team Goat Shirt on March 17 will bring you at least a double dose of good luck…if the Lord wills it, of course.

So what about 2015? Any ideas? Any suggestions? Let us know. Our ears are alert and listening.