Heard it in a bar » basketball http://www.hearditinabar.com The site where friends talk about the relevant topics of the day Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:01:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 The new poster animal for PETA…or maybe Hooters http://www.hearditinabar.com/2009/01/30/the-new-poster-animal-for-petaor-maybe-hooters/ http://www.hearditinabar.com/2009/01/30/the-new-poster-animal-for-petaor-maybe-hooters/#comments Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:45:57 +0000 kansasview http://www.hearditinabar.com/?p=1829 This is classic mascot antics.   During a basketball game between Rice and Tulsa, Sammy The Owl, mascot for Rice University, gets warned to back off the baseline and in response – leans in and gives the ref a head butt.    

He promptly gets ejected from the game – more like off the court.   I know for a fact that where I went to school, half the time the mascot (or the human underneath) was sauced and having a blast groping cheerleaders and screwing with people.

There must be some false sense of anonymity when one dawns the furry costume and head- but this owl got a little too lippy (beaky) and physical.   So, the San Diego chicken can rip a ref’s pants off and throw a bucket of confetti – and Sammy gets ejected for this?

The chicken’s act is all staged?  (WTF?)  It is?…but this is so much better. 

 On the video, at the 12 second mark you can start to see Sammy lean into the referee before the camera switches, but at 1:42 you can see the replay.  Indeed, a good story to start the weekend.

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