 While Temoc's original name was "Blaze" and was created on the same day that 4/20 is observed, Aryanpur claims that any marijuana references were merely coincidental.However, it is more likely that the UTD administration only recorded their mascot's adoption month (not the day) & did not plan Temoc's birthday events consistently in advance, resulting in various April days being used for the first 21 years.Students, faculty, staff, and alumni began discussion of eliminating the Temoc character (while keeping the "Comets" as the student body nickname) in the 2007-2008 academic year.