Picture Pages - Mascot Tackling Angles

Awesome sequence and narrative.  This will never get old.  Thanks.

Hahaha this is amazing. Love it.

I really enjoy OSU FD (Fat Dork), the second picture with Brutus looking surprised as hell that Rufus is running straight at him, and finally how all of the players act like nothing is going on in the endzone.

But, still waaaay to much red on this page. My eyes hurt.

Pure brilliance.  Standing ovation.

I think OU's DC get's an RPS +1 for getting Rufus into the backfield so easily.  But poor technique turned an RPS +1 into a TD and 15 yard penalty.

That's BCS-level playcalling but MAC-level execution, I fear.

i love how the osu players are praying while the mascot gets punched.

1.  Why is OSU's line set up perpendicular to the LOS before the snap?  Granted, you've already noted the illegal procedure but what was Sweater Vest thinking in the design of this play.

2.  Though Rufus could/should have been flagged for the late hit in the end zone (not to mention the personal foul and likely ejection for the punch), you've got to admire his passion to play right to the whistle.  Note that he has Brutus wrapped up even during the punch to the head.

Cheerleaders hate it when you call them Wide Receivers and Tight Ends.

but the fact that EVERYONE ignored the OU mascot is hilarious, as if it were all part of a schtick.  It's not until the 7th picture where the female cheerleader glances over that anyone seems to notice what's going on.  In the 9th, there is that dude dancing and leading cheers, kind of looking at the action out of the corner of his eye, but doesn't actually do anything other than smirk.  Classic.

I read this post again and just had to expressly commend you on the brilliance of it all.  Two thumbs up for this, especially on this Friday morning.  A must read!

until I see the UFR.

to start my Friday!

GO BLUE!

BEAT BG!

This post needs it.  Awesome.

I'm a law school graduate, married, have a 2 year old, and have another child on the way.  I've never been happier than I am in this moment, basking in the glow of the awesome that is beeming off of this diary.

I checked out your friends website.  It was full of very nice, quality pictures.  But it did not have the picture at the end of your post.  The one where Rufus is caving Brutus's face with a vicious right hook. 

I really would like a high rez picture of that for my Michigan folder.

The New Classics.  This post is brilliant is so many ways and I thank you for sharing.

Also, I think I love the fact that mascots expressions can never change, so Brutus is unable to express the pure horror of a man about to be tackled out of nowhere.  Bravo.  Bravo.

Well played Meeechigan Dan, well played indeed.

I'm still a bit confused why the OSU OL decided to wear Salvation Army uniforms. 

Despite poor technique, Rufus probably makes the first tackle if his arms were stronger.  An offseason under Barwis and Rufus not only makes the tackle at the 20 but the collateral damage also  takes out the FD.

BUMP THIS!!!!

Ed: Thank You

I wish I had four hands, cause I'd give this diary four thumbs up.

THIS. MOAR THIS. Also, bump-it.

Can't tell if the OSU O-line is set up in a 200-wide, 200 TE package, or in the unorthodox squggle formation they learned from Michigan in the '30s.

...But good grief that was poor blocking. Can you -1 an entire OL on a touchdown?

I am still in awe of the demented brilliance of the OU mascot's long-standing plan and the personal discipline that it took to get to such a gloriously juvenile moment. 

Can't get enough of the video/pics! This is exactly why you shouldn't have a mascot roaming the sidelines if the mascot is a part of the plant kingdom. It would be great if someone would organize a Brutus beat-down for every game of the season.

This one has nothing to do with tackling angles, but your friend caught some great pics... too bad it could not have made the analysis

And THIS, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, is why PAD LEVEL matters!

QED MFR.

Congrats on your first front page Meeechigan Dan.  I hope you have some more McBean diaries for us at the end of the year.

I think you crashed your friend's site.

For some reason I can't see 70% of the pics in this post.  :(