Visiting Team Mascots

Tonight's picture montage is in honor of all the visiting team mascots that we've managed to get our pictures with the last few years. This isn't the easiest task for a variety of reasons but if your favorite team isn't a local team, it's a chance to track them down without travelling clear across the country. A few rules:

1. This usually only applies for college sports and often only those college programs with the budgets to send their cheer squad to away games. Don't show up at an Arizona Diamondbacks game expecting to see the Philly Phanatic just because his team is in town - not gonna happen.

2. Stadium choice is important. Those stadiums with high walls around the field are great for keeping the view obstruction down for rows A-F but are terrible for trying to get a pic with the opposing mascot.

3. Keep in mind that people are trying to watch the game so try to use stoppages in play to your advantage. As soon as the usher asks you to leave, you're pretty much done so try to not give them a reason to do so.

4. Learn their names. Not the school nickname but the actual mascot's name. You'd be surprised how much farther "Yo, Deac" gets you than "hey, Wake Forest guy."

Sparty (Michigan State) taken at Penn State

Deac (Wake Forest) taken at University of Maryland

Harry (University of Washington) taken at Syracuse