SMU spirit members walk the school mascot, Peruna, around the edge of the field during the pregame of an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, in Dallas, Texas.

So, when he had a chance to lead a professional football franchise, he named it the Rams after Fordham's mascot. When the team moved to Los Angeles in 1946, nobody changed the name.

SMU spirit members walk the school mascot, Peruna, around the edge of the field during the pregame of an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, in Dallas, Texas.

Yes, as legend has it, one of Peruna's predecessors allegedly kicked the Fordham Ram mascot -- a live ram -- so hard that it killed it.