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December 05, 2010
Mascot Charged with Disorderly Conduct During Game: During Saturday's game against Pittsburgh, Cincinnati's Bearcat mascot refused an order to stop throwing snowballs and pushed a security guard before being arrested and cited for disorderly conduct. Fortunately, a backup mascot was ready to replace M. Robert "Bobby" Garfield III.
posted by MW12 at 07:53 PM on December 05, 2010
So, in American football you have separate mascots for offence and defence?
posted by owlhouse at 08:34 PM on December 05, 2010
Confessing my ignorance, I sort of thought we were the only country that's dufus enough to have mascots. Mascots are only cool when they biff or fight.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 08:40 PM on December 05, 2010
Not the only country - my niece supplements her income in the UK by doubling as a mascot for a League One team.
Which shall remain nameless, but as far as I know, she hasn't yet been in a fight.
posted by owlhouse at 09:15 PM on December 05, 2010
He must have thought that he was going to Cleveland University.
In related news, Ohio is a hotbed of criminal mascots.
posted by Bonkers at 09:32 PM on December 05, 2010
Other countries more than make up for any dufus deficit when they get awarded the Olympics and have to come up with their own official mascot for the Games.
posted by beaverboard at 01:08 AM on December 06, 2010
So good, there's now a statue of him outside the Olympic Stadium.
posted by owlhouse at 04:01 AM on December 06, 2010
You can tell your team has depth when you can get the backup mascot on the field so quickly.
posted by Debo270 at 09:13 AM on December 06, 2010
Call me sick, but I love mascot violence.