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Why Your Mascot Sucks: Brigham Young University Cougars

With Wisconsin’s sweep of Weber State, they will next face off with another school from Utah on Saturday night, Brigham Young. The Cougars, themselves, dispatched UCLA in three sets to keep dancing.

As you can see, BYU is mascoted by Cosmo, who has some pretty slick moves, but can it do a headstand with little to no effort?

I don’t think so...

Origins

In 1923 the cougar was named BYU’s mascot when Eugene L. Roberts, a coach and faculty member, made the suggestion.