[Vision2020] Utah State Mascot Benched (with video)

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of today's (March 16, 2009) Spokesman Review.

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Utah State’s mascot benched

Utah State benched its mascot for Saturday night’s championship game 
between the Aggies and Nevada a day after “Big Blue” the bull and New 
Mexico State’s “Pistol Pete” got physical with each other near the end of 
a semifinal matchup in the Western Athletic Conference basketball tourney 
at Reno, Nev. 

During a timeout with 7 seconds left and NMSU leading Utah State 70-69, 
Big Blue confronted the cowboy mascot and ripped off his fake mustache 
after a man wearing a Nevada shirt at the game offered $100 to the student 
in the costume modeled after Paul Bunyan’s Blue Ox if he would do so.

The cowboy then chased the bull to half court, jumped on his back and 
tried unsuccessfully to pull him to the floor. He then started to try to 
choke his rival before retreating to his end of the court. Moments later, 
Utah State’s Tyler Newbold hit a 15-foot shot with 3.1 seconds remaining 
to defeat NMSU 71-70.

Utah State said in a statement Saturday that the university apologized to 
NMSU officials following the incident. The school said the $100 Big Blue 
accepted for the evil deed will be donated to Kids Kottage, a shelter for 
abused and neglected children in Reno.

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Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6AY3WO2gBE
 
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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
 
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