With seven seconds left in a basketball game between New Mexico State and Utah State a timeout was taken, which gave the mascots some time to get to know each other.

 

New Mexico State’s mascot is ‘Pistol Pete,’ a handgun-holding outlaw, while Utah State’s mascot is a blue bull, although both teams are called the Aggies.

 

Utah State’s bull made his way over to Pistol Pete and proceeded to rip his big, fake moustache off. Clearly offended, Pistol Pete jumped on the bull’s back and tried to take him to the floor. When that proved unsuccessful, Pete attempted to choke the bull.

 

With both of his valiant attempts failed, Pistol Pete withdrew and made the lonely walk back to his side of the court, defeated and moustache-less.

 

Apparently this feud was not a result of pure team spirit gone too far, it was the result of a man in the stands saying that he would give the Utah State mascot 100 dollars to rip Pistol Pete’s moustache off.

 

The man in the stands admitted to doing this, but did not think that it would escalate into something bigger.

 

Mascot fights are not anything new, but they are always interesting. When else could you see a duck take on a cougar, or a jaguar duke it out with an eagle?

 

Some people even find the fights more entertaining than the game that is being played, and although this may be true, the petty disputes between men and women dressed as animals and characters should never take away from the men and women who are playing the sport.

-Olivia Glynn

 

Olivia can be reached at oglynn@ut.edu