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Nice story. Sad.
Two live mascot stories:
Most of you have seen Ralphie on TV, the full grown buffalo who runs the field in front of the Colorado football team at pre-game and halftime.
A few years ago, I was directing a CU football game and the announcers made the comment that Ralphie wouldn't run that day because of a virus. I made a smart a$$ comment in their headphones that the wimpy buffalo wouldn't play hurt.
Sometime during the following week, Ralphie died,
The present Ralphie is either number 4 or 5.
A few years later I was actually attending (as opposed to televising) an Air Force/Navy game. At halftime, the Air Force prairie falcon mascots perform. The narrator for the show closed off by saying, "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Cadet Captain (somebody) thanking you for watching the only performing mascot in the NCAA -- the US Air Force Academy Falcon."
(soto voce on the PA) "Now, let's see the goat fly."
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