don't mess with the mountaineer

in college, a friend of a friend did mascot duty. the rumor was that there was an intense audition process in order to play the part of otto the orange during football and basketball games at good old syracuse (YAY!). 'otto' was a big fluffy orange that did lots of silly tricks during commercial breaks and after touchdowns. sometimes, otto even got put into random stunts with the cheerleaders. the big orange also did this thing that was sometimes referred to as the 'otto bounce.' it involved tucking the knees into the bottom of the ginormous orange costume so it basically looked like otto was an orange with just feet and no legs. then, otto would bounce. HIGHlarious, but you probably had to be there. and of course, lets not forget the obligatory 'fight' that otto was supposed to have with the opposing team's mascot at some point during the event. this ranged from angry finger pointing, to mock boxing and everything in between. sooo anyway, this friend was pulling mascot duty as otto at west virginia during a football game and was preparing to get involved in THE FIGHT. apparently, the west virginia mountaineer was pissed that he had to dress up like davy crockett and was TOTALLY jealous of otto's bangin' ball of fluff because the mountaineer body-slammed said friend of a friend, and broke his leg. don't mess with the mountaineer, or your femur may end up broken.