THE SCOURGE OF MASCOT VIOLENCE, CONT'D

just caught this on the news. I know it’s NFL, but still…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOofejdChSg

The Dukes mascot later made lurid, inappropriate, comments towards the Wife of Bath.

Impressively enough, he did it in Middle English.

And to think some mascots just sit a cage, grow old and fat, get put in a children’s petting zoo, and die.

Nobody comes in the Chanticleer’s house, talks mess about Pertelote and expects to come away with dignity intact.

Apparently, at Coastal Carolina, bodyslamming an opponent qualifies as “letting it go.” That place must be like fucking Thunderdome.

Were that stadium equipped with an elevator, Lamar Thomas would’ve come down there and gotten in that thing.

It’s so adorable when they get all riled up like that, like kittens sliding down a rainbow into a pot of puppies.

Inquiring Minds Want to Know Dept:

What kind of kid, smart enough to get into college, decides one day to be the mascot and put on a ton of equipment and prance around all day in the heat for their stinkin’ team.

Corso does the headgear thing, but he is to be excused, because senility is running its due course.

But, these other kids, I have no idea why they do it, and someone please mercifully put an end to the Notre Dame Leperchaun mascot.

Why is the Fighting Irish mascot not a surly, drunken Irishman? I’ve never understood that, and by gum, I never will.

Terry Tate would be proud.

Chauncey brought the pain train on his ass.

i know the guy who is “rowdy” for the dallas cowboys, and let me tell you…this is a MISERABLE fucking job. how do you think it feels in that costume for a noon game, in september, in the least ventilated stadium i’ve ever been to.

holy shit its hot in here

How do you post that clip and not mention that a COP breaks up the mascot fight?!?!?! That’s fantastic. I could watch mascots fight all day.

I’m disappointed that Capitol One Mascot Challenge isn’t an actual television show. You’re telling me you wouldn’t watch an hour a week of mascot fighting or going through obstacle courses? Of course you would!

8 – Having lots of family that went to ND, being the mascot is a really big deal. I’m pretty convinced the dude gets mad play off of it. Think about it. All mascots get lots of airtime. But the ND mascot gets the most AND it’s his actual face. So he emerges on the Celebrity Scale.

For example, i’m a reporter who has done some tv & radio interviews. I’m about a 0.5 on the scale. He’s like a 1. Trust me, even 0.5 gets you laid.

#12: I’d have that shit on TiVo before the announcement was over. The Oregon/Houston fight was an instant classic, and this is hi-larious as well.

Ole Duke never had a shot.

1. - when GT came up to Uconn back before you had your fancy new stadium, The Husky tried to start shit with Buzz but he taught him the meaning of the word respect.

Gerry, I hope your buddy gets paid lots of bank for the mascot gig, cause Rowdy’s a chumpspank.

Edsall, I’d like to see a fight between all the SEC mascots and Mike the Tiger…the real one. You could put that on PPV and make millions!!!

Did anyone else hear the Duke hollering “Don’t tase me bro!!!!”

#16

i don’t think he gets shit from what he does on gameday, but that dude literally has like 20 “appearances” a month and i think he banks pretty well off of that.

I was at the JMU-CCU game, and the whole situation was quite amusing. The best part was in the second half, when the Duke Dog returned to the stadium – to the raoring delight of the crowd – and proceeded directly to the CCU bench to give them both middle fingers. It was a surreal experience which begs a host of questions….

Maybe JMU lost the mascot death match, but they won the game handily.

scoreboard beeyotch!

Yeah, but in a month or so, will you remember who won the James Madision-Coastal Carolina game or who’s mascot got bitch slapped in front of his own fans?

#21

JMU might have won the game, but the outcome of the mascot fight is more meaningful for 99% of us.

Duke got so pumped up about winning their first game in 22 attempts that they thought that their newfound toughness would extend outside of the field. Once again, those (not so) lovable losers were wrong.

Scratch that entire post, and maybe I should actually read the blog entry and find out that this entry was not Duke university related at all.

I am such an idiot.

21

The fact that you had to tell us that JMU won the game should show you that we don’t give a shit about that.

1. wow, where to begin………..

Duke is a sucky Division one football, but awesome Division one basketball school.

Nickname: Blue Devils

Their mascot is also a ………………Blue Devil

JMU is a 1-AA school

Nickname: Dukes

Their mascot is a dog. That’s the mascot in the fight.

Sorry #24, didn’t see the retraction before I posted.

southern conference football.

I could watch mascot beat downs all day. It’s way better than UFC.

I don’t know if I want to live in an America where mascots can’t beat each other up real good without being separated and escorted off the field.

Damned coppers.

"It’s just sad that the Duke Dog reacted in such a way," said Sumner, a senior from Martinsburg, W.Va. "It really made people think about Duke Dog’s character."

That’s awesome.

A real dog would have just peed on the f’n bird.

#29

I don’t believe either of these teams are in the Southern Conference.

Sigh. I’m confident I’m the only person who ever posts here who went to JMU (not that I’m ever here anymore, stupid billables), so I feel like I should weigh in, though I don’t have terribly much (interesting) to say.

1. His name is Duke Dog, not Duke.
2. If you’ll forgive the pun, he totally got boned out of the mascot challenge title in 2004.
3. At my graduation they let the guy who had worn the costume for most of our four years wear the “paws” with his cap and gown, which looked cooler than it sounds.
4. I feel like this might develop into a bit of a rivalry, as CCU was the team that ended JMU’s winning streak the years after they won the 1-AA title.

Anyway, CCU has no class, JMU has a great band and lots of cute girls, plus we won the game bla bla bla. Still kinda embarassing.

Now we wait to see what occurs when Oski meets the Oregon Duck.

ND Leprechaun Research Dept:

1. Edsal….Check this out, from my googling:

The original ND mascot was an Irish Terrier. The first was given to Rockne in 1930.

In 1965 the Leprechaun became the mascot. According to ND folklore, the Leprechaun brandishes a shillelagh and aggressively leads cheers and interacts with the crowd, supposedly bringing magical powers and good luck to the Notre Dame team.

Amazingly, in 1999, ND chose its first African American to serve as the mascot. He was chosen after an intense one-day tryout process that included an interview before a panel, a motivational speech, and a mock pep rally.

I say, bring back the Dog!

34- Me thinks its safe to say the ND mascot gets laid more than you. Maybe I should take off my nephews “Hulk Hands” when I type though. Are those cool too?

@yak:

1. I admitted it didn’t sound that cool. I assure you it was.
2. What are you doing with your life?

I haven’t seen a rooster fight like that since Foghorn Leghorn dropped an anvil on the barnyard dawg.

I never thought my alma mater (CCU) would end up on this site!