More from Paisley on why our mascot is named Ignatius:

"See, in "Confederacy of Dunces", Ignatius is morbidly obese (from eating too many Lucky Dogs--there's probably a website about those, too.  I still haven't had one.).  So, naming a skeleton after him strikes me as funny."

Here's a link I found about Lucky Dogs, Paisley. And now you've made me hungry again.