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To show power and dominance, a lot of colleges use real animals as mascots to fire up the crowd at football games.
Bowling Green State University in Ohio is no exception, only their warrior guide is more Fancy Feast than terrible beast.
Pudge, Bowling Green’s 3-year-old Persian cat, attends every home game. His mere presence is like catnip for their dogged fans. Bowling Green’s football players say Pudge has become a phenomenon.
“There’s thousands of people there just to see a cat,” one player told CBS News. More
I’m not a football fan, but I most definitely AM a cat fan! I love this story, it made me grin and makes me happy. Thanks, @Dr. Tar!
p.s. The Bowling Green folks got it right with their cat.
UC Santa Cruz got it wrong with their banana slug.
Sport is America’s #1 religion. And football stadiums are its biggest churches.
Remember: The First Commandment of football is, “Football players make football plays.” The Second Commandment is, “Only ‘true Freshmen’ make true plays.”
Are YOU ready to make a play?
Larry the cat, chief mouser at #10 Downing St, turned 18 earlier this year.
https://tellyspotting.kera.org/2025/01/15/larry-10s-chief-mouser-to-the-cabinet-office-turns-18/
My brother went to BGSU.
For Accounting.
And their football team usually reflects that.
…like now…
https://www.foxsports.com/college-football/bowling-green-falcons-team-standings
I love cats! They taste just like chicken!
@Uncle Al
UC Santa Cruz appears to be the Lesbian capital of the universe.
A long yellow slug seems somehow appropriate. What isn’t is using the title Santa Cruz (Sainted Cross, I believe) for its nefarious and ungodly campus. And what sports does UCSC even have, besides Women’s (No Holds Barred) Wrestling and Dyke Slug Racing? Ugh! Disgusting Shit.
pathetic faggogtry. ball sports are gay.