Duck Suspended!

The Oregon Mascot was suspended for a beat down of the Houston Cougar Mascot.




Even though the University of Oregon's Duck mascot was suspended almost two weeks ago for roughing up Houston's Cougar mascot at the Sept. 1 football game between the schools, it's just now getting some serious online attention.

Youtube videos have more than 100,000 hits, The Associated Press' footage was the lead story on Yahoo.com for awhile and the blogosphere is abuzz.

Last week, the university called the fight "irresponsible" and said that it violates the athletic department's "Code of ConDUCKt."

Nevertheless, comments are still filling up online forums, many of which reflect the humor of the dust-up. It's hard to tell if there was real rage in the scuffle, or if the mascots just got carried away. Apparently, the Cougar ruffled the Duck's feathers after it copied its trademark pushup.

Fans from both teams are chiming in. One Ducks fan writes, "Too bad our defense isn't that fiesty!"

Houston fans are getting their two cents in also. "...it was soo imature for their mascot to do that...so it makes oregon look bad not HOUSTON!!!" writes one fan at larrybrownsports.com.