Goldy Gopher clobbers young football player in highlight-reel run
MINNEAPOLIS -- University of Minnesota mascot Goldy Gopher, usually so huggable, turned out to be anything but soft when a youth football player got in his way during a halftime exhibition at the Minnesota Vikings' game this weekend.
Goldy plowed through the helmet-wearing young defender during the game that pitted mascots against youth players Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium. WCCO-TV reports no one was hurt.
Y'all...@GoldytheGopher is a beast. #Savage pic.twitter.com/YbxWEwqhyR
— Hobie Artigue (@HobieFOX9) September 24, 2017
New Gophers coach P.J. Fleck sounded the Gjallarhorn before kickoff of the Vikings game against Tampa Bay, and several Gopher football players attended.
Goldy linked to a video of the play on his Twitter feed. The buck-toothed maroon-and-gold mascot urged Fleck to put him in Minnesota's lineup, saying "I think I still have some eligibility left!!!"
Put me in @Coach_Fleck ! I think I still have some eligibility left!!! #RTBpic.twitter.com/spHepIv2zt
— Goldy Gopher (@GoldytheGopher) September 24, 2017
