If the rationale behind this week's SFR poll--asking, "What New Mexico icons should throw down with their rivals?--escapes you, you probably missed a big, big story.
No, not
.
Not
either.
It's this:
New Mexico State University's mascot “Pistol Pete” got into a brawl with Utah State's “Big Blue” at a basketball game last week. (Pete pounded and choked the ox, but Utah won 71-70, alas.
ESPN has a video and the Associated Press coverage
. A blow-by-blow:
It takes a big man to take on an ox. Especially Paul Bunyan's ox.