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Goldy Gopher Runs Hard Against Youth Football Competition

11/23/2009 4:00 PM ET By Ryan Wilson

    • Ryan Wilson
    • Ryan Wilson is FanHouse's Back Porch Editor
Hell hath no fury like Goldy Gopher on the football field. The University of Minnesota mascot was criticized last month for mocking Penn State's Jerome Hayes during a pregame prayer. (The school later apologized on his behalf, God's wrath averted.)

Goldy was back in action this weekend, making a special guest appearance with other mascots, to take on a group of kids in an impromptu tackle football game. It was billed as the halftime entertainment for the Seahawks-Vikings get-together. Which it was. At least for Goldy.

Ridiculousness after the jump.



Goldy, referred to by the announcer as "the Minnesota gopher ... who's dressed as a bear" (?), ran wild on a bunch of unsuspecting 10-year-olds. What started out as a friendly game morphed into the mascot stiff-arming his way to the goal line.

Impressive. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Goldy is a witch, or that he celebrated Uga's passing. Upside for the religious zealots: he's definitely burning in hell, so there's that.

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