Will Fighting Irish Win Mascot Tourney?

In case you are unaware, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish are officially out of the Mascot Tournament at CBS Sportsline.com. The Fighting Irish lost to the Wyoming Cowboys in the Humans Division’s second round after defeating the George Washington Colonials in the first. Had the Irish been able to overcome the Cowboys, they would have faced my personal favorite mascot of all time, the Demon Deacon of Wake Forest.

For me, this kind of mascot challenge comes every year when I make my NCAA Tournament brackets. Usually the winners are so random that you might as well pick by team color or cuteness of mascot. Many have wondered, which school really has the best mascot, and this site is the first hat I have known of that seeks to decide this once and for all. Everything is debatable: the seeds, the winners, the reasons. Personally, I agree with the way the Fighting Irish went out. They would probably beat a Colonial because the adjective “Fighting” makes you think that the Irish would be way more aggressive than a guy concerned with spreading the British Empire through expansion and resource exploitation.

Cowboys have guns, so no matter how mad the Irish guy looks, he probably won’t win in a fight with Wyatt Earp… no matter how drunk the Irishman is assumed to be. For most of the people who buy Notre Dame Fighting Irish tickets at StubHub.com this is just a waste of time, a fantasy for other college sports fans who want to see their team win once in a while.

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