Fan Cited for Punching Goldy Gopher (U of Mn's Mascot)

KSTP-TV (ABC Affiliate in Minneapolis/St Paul) ^ | 3/09/11

[MplsSteve]

I hardly know where to start. I'll let all of you handle it.

Comments or opinions - anyone?

[edpc]

Goldy left and talked to his supervisor and a police officer.

Sorry....that's funny. All I can picture is an idiotic mascot character pantomiming and making critter chatter-like noises.

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[RegulatorCountry]

Fans in the stands are not props for some mascot’s schtick. Sounds as if the man made his displeasure known but the mascot was still there doing his thing to him several minutes later. Goldy Gopher was being a bit of an @ss.

[Abigail Adams]

Goldie shouldn’t touch people. For one thing, tousling hair isn’t nice since some people might be wearing hairpieces.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Are there bounties for gophers or rats? Might not be a smart move if you run into a bounty hunter!

[CrazyIvan]

In before the “Carl the greenskeeper” photo.

[luvie]

Ruh-roh...I know at least one U of MN graduate who isn’t going to take this very well!

I was once chastized because I teased him about his mascot being a rodent. :)

(sorry, Minnesoooootans...I have learned respect now. ;) )

[grey_whiskers]

Goldy is as metrosexual as you can get.

Click on the hypertext link for a great article.

Cheers!

Full Disclosure: Yep, I went there.

[grey_whiskers]

I was once chastized because I teased him about his mascot being a rodent. :)

Yeah, "Minnesota nice" on hyperdrive.

That's "thirteen-striped ground squirrel" to YOU, sir!

Cheers!

[ApplegateRanch]

If you don't want punched, don't keep harassing a fan by laying hands on them.

Then, again, I don't like strangers coming up behind me, tapping me and ruffling my hair. I consider it battery, and am liable to respond accordingly...especially if they keep it up,, after being ignored for “a couple of minutes”.

Wearing a weird costume is not a license to be an a-hole, though a lot of a-holes like to wear weird costumes.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

are his teeth okay? (chuckle)

[SAJ]

No need to hit the dippy mascot, though. Just come prepared, and stuff 3-day-old lutefisk into any convenient opening in his (I **assume** HIS) costume.

A punch in the nose hurts for a little while; 3-day-old lutefisk hurts for QUITE a while...and the memory of the experience will last for a lifetime.

[Immerito]

Goldy Gopher should keep his hands to himself.

[Colonel_Flagg]

And there was a reason for that, as you know.

Good morning :)

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

What KSTP wouldn’t tell you.......

“A St. Thomas professor and devoted University of Minnesota booster regrets taking out his frustration on the mascot. He’s been banned for a year.”

http://www.startribune.com/local/117667083.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUCDEaLDyE7DyaU

[luvie]

Indeed, I do know...will probably never forget. LOL! I have
learned great respect for ro...er...gophers. ~~ducking~~ (typo..TYPO!!)

Good morning to you, as well, Sir! :D

[luvie]

Guess Goldy is tougher than the Professor thought! LOL!

[Constitution Day]

A witness says during the meet, the Gophers mascot tapped 60-year-old Douglas Dokken on the shoulder and ruffled his hair. At first, Dokken ignored Goldy's antics, but the witness says within a couple of minutes Dokken turned and punched Goldy in the face.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Good for the old guy. Goldy is nothing more than vermin fronting for the bankrupt academics that feed on Minnesotan’s blood.