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In the first round of the mascot draft the Pittsburgh Steelers select…

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

…Purdue Pete!

Not a bad selection, but it might be a hard transition from the college mascot game to the pros.  I don’t know if it’s ever been done before.

Tell me if I’m crazy…but is there not a strong resemblance here?

Purdue Pete

 

Steelers Mascot

I hope they don’t think that a five o’clock shadow and a prop change can fool us. I mean, he isn’t Superman here.  We’re not willing to suspend our disbelief and say a pair of glasses has got us snowed. 

He apparently doesn’t have a name yet.  But as soon as he does, I’m sure me and the rest of the mascot community will officially welcome him into the fold.  Now that, of course, includes some heavy hazing and a background check.  This is where we find out if his last name is Pete.  Stay tuned sports fans, Miles is on the case!*

* Of course, this means absolutely nothing. Most likely I will forget all about this, and you’ll never hear about it again.