Friday, March 23, 2007

No BasketBRAWL?

According to a story in today's NYT, the NCAA is erring on the side of caution to avoid any MASCOT wrestling-matches during its March Madness tournament series.

Perhaps they are going too far. Last weekend, the mascot for the Texas Longhorns was reprimanded for patting a ref on the back and "standing up too often."

After a mascot death match on a court in 2003, when Utah's red-tailed hawk beheaded the Oregon Duck.