The Ohio University Bobcat attacked the Ohio State mascot Brutus prior to the start of the game last weekend in Columbus.  The Bobcats could have used the mascot on the field as his school took a 43-7 drubbing.  Actually, his initial tackle was pretty lame and Brutus is anything but a bulky guy.

Here’s a neat trivia question for you.  Of the 119 Division-1 college football teams, name those who do not have nicknames ending in “s”?

1. Tulane Green Wave
2. Navy Midshipmen
3. Alabama Crimson Tide
4. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
5. North Carolina State Wolfpack
6. Nevada-Reno Wolfpack
7. Tulsa Golden Hurricane
8. Stanford Cardinal
9. Syracuse Orange
10. Illinois Fighting Illini
11. Marshall Thundering Herd
12. North Texas Mean Green

And, an honorable mention goes to Auburn War Eagle (aka Tigers).

Thinking of some others that do not play Division 1 college football.  There’s three in the Ivy League alone:  Harvard Crimson; Dartmouth Big Green; Cornell Big Red.  There’s also UMass Minutemen, St. John’s Red Storm, North Dakota State Bison, North Dakota Fighting Sioux, William & Mary Tribe, Hofstra Pride, and the Phoenix of both Elon and Wisconsin-Green Bay.

The Florida Gators are the 2008-09 national champions of college football.  Here’s to the Gator!  Congratulations to the Gators and the Florida cheerleaders.

The Pitt Panthers roams the sidelines whooping it up for the Panthers team.  He once got shot by the Mountaineers’ musket.

Pitt Panther

Not sure why the Spartan volunteered for this?  Maybe it was a bet.

Purdue Pete first ran onto the field for the Boilermakers in 1956, although his origins date back to 1940.  Learn more about the history of Purdue Pete here.