Goldy's spinning head has nothing on WV's Mountaineer

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Normally I am not a fan of actual human mascots, but this is great. Goldy needs to step up his game:

WVU mascot told to stop firing musket at wildlife after he kills bear with school-issued gun

CHARLESTON, W.Va. The musket toted by West Virginia University's Mountaineer isn't just a prop — it's a bona fide weapon, and mascot Jonathan Kimble demonstrated that when he brought down a black bear with it in the woods.


Now WVU has ordered Kimble to stop using his university-issued weapon on hunting trips after a video of this week's kill was posted online. He says hunting with the gun is a Mountaineer mascot tradition.


The 24-year-old Franklin resident accompanied more than a dozen friends and family on the trip in Pendleton County on Monday. In the video, Kimble is shown firing the musket at the bear in a tree.


"Let's go Mountaineers!" Kimble yells afterward. He also posted a photo of himself with the bear on Twitter.


The WVU mascot wears buckskin and a coonskin cap and fires the musket — loaded with black powder but minus ammunition — at home athletic events and other sponsored activities. Hunting isn't one of them.


"While Jonathan Kimble's actions broke no laws or regulations, the university has discussed this with him, and he agrees that it would be appropriate to forego using the musket in this way in the future," said WVU spokesman John Bolt.


Kimble said Friday that he's been hunting all his life and this was the first black bear he's ever killed. He said all his friends have congratulated him for that.


"Hunting can be a controversial topic," Kimble said. "I apologize to any of those who took offense to the video. It definitely wasn't my intent to offend anybody."


Kimble said he taking the musket on hunting trips has become a tradition with the mascots.


"Other Mountaineers have gone and shot multiple deer with it before. I've taken it with me deer hunting before, also."


Some WVU fans stood behind Kimble on Friday.


"This is a smart young man from West Virginia who did nothing wrong, who was celebrating who he is," said Robert Hickman, who holds two degrees from WVU and lives near Fairmont.


"If you're from West Virginia and you love the outdoors, or if you hunt or don't hunt, or if you fish or don't fish, it is a celebration of this state. As a former WVU graduate, I'm thrilled to death with him. Happy as can be."


The Mountaineer mascot first appeared at athletic events in the 1936-1937 school year. The Mountaineer is selected each year and the mascot's outfit is custom tailored to fit the winner.


Last February, the bearded Kimble was chosen from among 13 applicants.
 

I mean to post this on the off-topic board...but since it is here, if WV can have something this awesome we should be able to come up with something for Goldy other than spinning his head.
 

I mean to post this on the off-topic board...but since it is here, if WV can have something this awesome we should be able to come up with something for Goldy other than spinning his head.

What?! Goldy spinning his head is sweet. Goldy is just about the best part of the football program.
 

That Goldy doesn't try to be an intimidating Gopher makes him stand out. Costumed mascots that are made to look "tough" just look silly.
 

I mean to post this on the off-topic board...but since it is here, if WV can have something this awesome we should be able to come up with something for Goldy other than spinning his head.

fighing-gopher.jpg
 


Did Goldy participate in No-Shave November? If not, maybe someone should photoshop a beard onto him.
 


I guess Maine, U Cal. Berkeley, and UCLA don't want to schedule WVU.:p
 





Bring back mid eighties sinister Goldy with the Grinch smile for rivalry games.
 

I got a kick out of this Gameday commercial this year.

 

I guess Maine, U Cal. Berkeley, and UCLA don't want to schedule WVU.:p

I remember a few years ago the pinkos in Madison howled and the Mountaineer mascot was not allowed to bring his gun on the road trip.
 



he used dogs to chase a bear up a tree and then shot it. a baby bear at that. it's not cool. it's pathetic.
 


I remember a few years ago the pinkos in Madison howled and the Mountaineer mascot was not allowed to bring his gun on the road trip.

Must resist temptation to make joke about dead deer and Badger fans...
 

he used dogs to chase a bear up a tree and then shot it. a baby bear at that. it's not cool. it's pathetic.

It's pretty tough to respect that. How about taking on an adult bear with a knife or even chasing down an adult deer with a knife. Shooting something from yards away where there is no risk to yourself is far from sport.

Hopefully he runs into a Hmong hunter next time he's in the woods.
 

It's pretty tough to respect that. How about taking on an adult bear with a knife or even chasing down an adult deer with a knife. Shooting something from yards away where there is no risk to yourself is far from sport.

Hopefully he runs into a Hmong hunter next time he's in the woods.

Yeah....that's not racist at all
 

It's pretty tough to respect that. How about taking on an adult bear with a knife or even chasing down an adult deer with a knife. Shooting something from yards away where there is no risk to yourself is far from sport.

Hopefully he runs into Brett Bielema next time he's in the woods.

FIFY.
 




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