krazie45;489352 wrote:No video yet (though I'm sure there will be one within the week) but here's a picture of the beginning of it:



It was definitely one of the crazier things to happen to me as Brutus haha.

krazie45;489352 wrote:No video yet (though I'm sure there will be one within the week) but here's a picture of the beginning of it:



It was definitely one of the crazier things to happen to me as Brutus haha.

Manhattan Buckeye;489479 wrote:"It wasn't planned and he almost got thrown out of the game. "

In a way it is pretty funny, but in another way why wasn't he thrown out of the game? That's practically assault and battery.

karen lotz;489487 wrote:He wasn't thrown out because it was two mascots.

Manhattan Buckeye;489501 wrote:WTF does that have to do anything? Does that mean mascots have carte blanche to tackle each other? Its one thing if the attack was "staged", i.e. the contact was invited. The photo is pretty funny, but the dumbass could have knocked over the cheerleader or hurt someone else.

believer;489381 wrote:I have to admit, as a Bobcat alum but a big Buckeye fan I had to laugh at this at first, but now - on behalf of all Ohio alum - please accept our sincerest apologies for this outrageous act of unsportsmanlike conduct. Here's the call, "Unsportsmanlike conduct...Bobcat mascot....15 yards from the spot of the foul....FIRST DOWN!" LOL

krazie45;489352 wrote:No video yet (though I'm sure there will be one within the week) but here's a picture of the beginning of it:



It was definitely one of the crazier things to happen to me as Brutus haha.

krazie45;489349 wrote:I figured someone would mention this, and yes it was me that was Brutus during this. I'm only going to comment on this once so here's the story.

Basically myself and another cheerleader were running the flag like any other game leading the team out onto the field. All of a sudden I see the bobcat running at me. Obviously at first I was very confused and then realized that he was going to try and tackle me. As he went to tackle me, I lowered my shoulder and sent him to the ground and his head popped off (the pinnacle of mascot embarrassment). I then figured that was over with so I started to walk towards the endzone and was firing up the crowd. All of a sudden I feel someone jump on my back....it was the bobcat. He starts legit punching me so I jump and fall back on my back so that I land on him. He keeps punching so I throw him off of me and walk away.

It wasn't planned and he almost got thrown out of the game. A lot of people asked why I didn't wail on him and my response is not only did I not want that to be my last game (Big 10 has VERY strict rules in regards to mascot fights) but I didn't want the bobcat and OU to make headlines off of Brutus' name and fame. After the first two OSU touchdowns I decided to exact my revenge with a little more class by waving the flag directly in his face and repeatedly pointing to the scoreboard.....and that's all I have to say about that.

krazie45;490561 wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=577hN8tQM6g#

Ok, Ohio State has the nation's No. 2-ranked team. We can understand how some people may want to poke a hole in the Ohio State mystique.

But to take cheap shots at the beloved OSU mascot, Brutus Buckeye? Well, that's just hitting below the belt. (And believe us when we tell you, Rufus Bobcat can hit below the belt.)

How do we know that? Well, we have the video to prove it.

We aren't sure if this was planned, but as Ohio State made its usual chereographed entrance on Saturday an intruder ran across the Ohio Stadium turf and accosted Brutus Buckeye.

That intruder was Rufus Bobcat. As you will see on the video captured from field level by Bret Hoovler below, the OSU band played "Fight The Team" to usher the cheerleaders and the football team onto the field before Saturday's game against Ohio (which the Buckeyes won 43-7, by the way).

Well, as you will note, the Ohio mascot charged full bore onto the field during the OSU team's triumphant entrance to the stadium and pretty much attacked Brutus Buckeye. He knocked over the huge OSU flag and even loses his head in the process.

Some might say this was a premeditated attack designed to throw Brutus and the Buckeyes off their game. Too bad it did not work.

Heck, all's fair in love and war, right?

But this kind of unprovoked assault is the kind of thing that could get a school uninvited from the party. (After all, Ohio State paid their little brother from the MAC a tidy $850,000 to fill this open date on the schedule.)

We won't get too deep on you, though. Judge for yourself. Here is the pregame video as the band welcomes the OSU team and cheerleaders onto the field and Rufus Bobcat makes his presence known and felt. (Especially note the moment at about 50 seconds into this video when Rufus gets frisky and punches the beloved Brutus in the ... er, towel. That's right before Rufus was escorted from the field ... finally ... by security.)

Here is the video. Judge for yourself. After this ridiculous display, should Ohio ever grace the doorstep of Ohio Stadium ever again?