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The mascot code and other takeaways from college football's wonderful return

Even a stuffed duck has to live by a code

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Andy Pregler
Sep 04, 2025
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I’m going to show you something I still have nightmares about.

I was a mascot at Syracuse University, and the benefit to wearing a giant orange around your entire upper body is that it becomes very hard for it to fall off your body. However, it did almost happen a handful of times, and induced massive panic each occurrence.

Now, as a head wearing mascot,…

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