COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -Turns out, the Bobcat had it in for the Buckeye all along.
Brandon Hanning, aka Ohio University’s Rufus Bobcat, said his “whole plan” was to tackle Ohio State’s Brutus when he tried out for the mascot’s job at OU last year.
And that’s what he did Saturday, wrestling unsuspecting Brutus to the ground before 105,075 screaming college football fans Saturday at Ohio Stadium. Ohio State got even in the end, trampling the home team, 43-7.
The tussle led to an apology from Ohio University and the 19-year-old Hanning is banned from further affiliation with the school’s athletics department. Actually, he’s not even a student there anymore; he now attends nearby Hocking College.
The Post of Athens was the first to report Hanning’s intentions.
Bobcats coach Frank Solich summed up it nicely, telling The Post: “Obviously we needed to tackle the guy with the ball, not the mascot.”
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AP College Football Writer Rusty Miller contributed to this report.
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