Mascot Proves More Exciting Than UC Game, Gets Benched

Cincinnati's Bearcat mascot was cited for disorderly conduct after a snowball-throwing incident in the stands during a game against Pittsburgh.

It's probably this one...
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In what Brother Phil regarded as "Snowmageddon 2010," and Pitt's Dion Lewis scored the second of his three touchdowns in the first half, students threw snowballs at his person and were told to stop.

A UC spokesman says the mascot was told to stop throwing snowballs in the stands ((above)) and pushed a security guard ((not shown)), knocking both of them, apparently, to the ground.

The mascot was detained and cited ((below)). He was not identified. A backup mascot took his place at halftime.

What the folks at UC don't tell you was that had to have been the most offense shown by a Bearcat all day in the Pitt blowout...

Here's the arrest, the police actually took the guys head clean off...

TWTW: Pitt Feeling Butch, Beats UNC In Charlotte

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Pitt's Dion Lewis rushed for 159 yards and a TD to bump Tony Dorsett in the Panthers record books for freshman yardage and Dan Hutchins kicked a 33-yard field goal with 52 seconds left, giving 17th-ranked Pitt a 19-17 victory over North Carolina in the Car Care Bowl.

Winning 10 games for the first time since the Marino era in 1981, Pitt finishes their year at 10-3.

"It's back," Lewis said of Pitt football. "We're not satisfied with just 10 wins. We want to get more next year."

Lewis was only recruited by three schools coming out of high school- Miami of Ohio, Tulane, and Pitt. Head Coach Dave Wannstedt, as legend has it, watched four plays of Lewis on TV and offered Lewis a full ride on the spot.

Nice going for the rest of Division One...

Here's a boatload of postgame comments from Butch Davis, thanks to our friends at WRAL-TV and wralsportsfan.com