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http://www.facebook.com/denver.booneIs a cartoon-like college mascot reminiscent of Daniel Boone -- right down to the legendary coonskin cap -- racist, sexist or otherwise offensive?Officials at the University of Denver seem to think so. Theyve announced they wont reinstate Denver Boone, who was retired in 1998 as mascot for the UD Pioneers, despite calls to bring him back.Boone originally had been replaced by a red-tailed hawk named Ruckus but the bird never soared high with the student body and was scrapped in 2007, leaving the school without a mascot. Fast forward and the school decided to put together a committee last spring to determine the new mascot, but Boone was not even considered.Boone was a polarizing figure that did not reflect the growing diversity of the UD community, but rather was an image that many women, persons of color, international students and faculty members found difficult to relate to as defining the pioneering spirit, Chancellor Robert Coombe said in a March letter to the school community.University officials also claim that Boone was not up for consideration because of a consensus by the student body that it wanted an entirely new mascot despite numerous Facebook postings to the contrary.It was really about moving forward, Theresa Mueller, a spokeswoman for the University of Denver, told FoxNews.com. The students wanted a new mascot and didnt want to look towards the past.Mueller added that they intend togi Lokomotiv Moscow's Obinna Nsofor also return.Nigeria, on nine points, need only avoid defeat against seven-pointer Malawi at the U. J. Esuene Stadium on September 7 to reach the 10-team final elimination round of the African qualifying race for next year's showpiece event in Brazil.The friendly against Burkina Faso at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna three days later brings together the two teams who battled for the Africa Cup of Nations trophy in Johannesburg on February 10, with Nigeria winning 1-0.