If your going to tackle a giant walking nut, make sure you actually tackle it.  Brandon should have trained harder.

Agreed, the more times i see it, the better it gets.  For a college prank, it's priceless.  Especially after reading the best article about it yet.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/po...

"A true American success story, this kid."

i'm pretty sure rufus is considered a part of the cheer squad, which means the cheer coach should be on top of the situation. can you honestly say that if you had someone working in your office and you were in charge you wouldn't know whether they actually worked there.

don't tell me you wouldn't have your feet held to the fire. how can we have someone who has not true affiliation with the university be representing the bobcats in one of the more visable jobs.

a total screw-up in my opinion of the highest (or lowest) level.

heads should roll.

AVATAR!

Played it before our managers meeting today. Received high fives and a standing "o" from the Texas and Texas A&M folks. Let's bring him back for a chicken hawk attack

Please..... There's no way any heads should roll based on the ridiculous decisions of a 19 year old kid.  Especially one who has apparently been lying for a year or more about his motives... I don't see how there's any way that anyone could have seen this coming...

Thank you, Bobcat!  I want to buy that mascot a 12 pack of Great Lakes.  

His facebook page is making circles here in New England. My friends are now impressed that I don't wear cargo shorts and sleeveless shirts.

I'd say he'd pass up the Great Lakes. He looks like more of an Old Milwaukee kind of guy.

I have no problem with it.  Remember a member of the Crazy Cats taking a flag and jousting with the Miami basketball team.

As far as publicity, the average sports fan tuning into ESPN, etc. is only going to remember the bucknut getting tackled by the Ohio mascot, they will not register if he is a student or not (he should be).

You pretty much nailed it 82.  Just like players eligibility is checked, so too should the cheer squad and especially it's most visible and recognizeable member.  That said, I was watching the pregame to MNF is a restaurant in High Point, NC, tonight and the whole place was cracking up and pointing to the screen.  Coincidentally I had on an OU shirt so needless to say, there was much discussion.  And like someone posted earlier, the emails starting coming in this afternoon like they did after the Georgetown game.  My guess is that non-OU folks will remember this event for a much longer time than they will the basketball game.

love that their players just kneel there

I've stayed out of this conversation so far, other than a couple smart ass comments, since that's what I do best, but allow me to make a serious observation regarding what is being said here and elsewhere on the Internets: we have touched a nerve. If it really was enough for osu to beat us on the field, the reply to everything would just be "43-7."

But here they are not talking about the game, but about our mascot and our band, and how we didn't actually get the best of them in those areas, you see, because, well, hey, they're osu and that means they're awesome. I mean, just inherently, in everything they do. Pure, unadulterated sweetness. Because they're osu. So they're totally awesome. At everything. I mean, totally. Awesome. Everything. osu.

This just screams insecurity to me.

Guys from osu, be happy with what you are. That dude in the giant cat outfit? He dropped out of OU last year. Truth be told, he probably never had any business being in OUr school. Yes, I know Brutus was embarrassed for a solid 30 seconds. But everytime this guy applies for a job, for the rest of his life, they're going to do a Google search, and it's going to pop up that he embarrassed himself by doing what he did. However it was that he managed to keep the mascot job, he doesn't have it any more. The matter has been handled. Time to move on. Also, you are not Brutus. Don't take what happened so personally.

And your band is good at what it is. Disciplined, yes. Regimented, yes. Impressive, yes. Be proud of that. Now, is it entertaining like the 110? Absolutely not. That's OK, though. You don't have to be entertaining like the 110. Just be proud that you guys march in straight lines and play your sheet music precisely. We got the funk, and we like that. You guys have a guy in a big white hat that can bend over backwards really far and twirl a baton. That's cool too, if you're into that sort of thing. We're not, but you guys are. So rock on.

Thanks for stopping by. Next time, bring a case of beer, and there will probably be much less hostility.  Also, let Brutus know that if he's got sore ribs or a bruised ego, I'll buy him a Labbatt at Cat's Eye if it will make him feel better. And if it doesn't, well, then there's no hope for him anyway.

Well, judging by the Michigan and other Big 10 boards, this guy has a lifetime supply of free beer--Bells, Old Mill, Stroh's, or Pabst or whatever-- waiting for him in places like Madison and Ann Arbor. That's if that ol Hocking College thing doesn't work out.