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Penn State mascot may miss bowl after arrest

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The Penn State senior who plays the Nittany Lion mascot was arrested on a DUI charge and his status for the Rose Bowl is in doubt, police and school officials said. James Sheep was pulled over on campus around 3:15 a.m. on Nov. 22, hours before Penn State's 49-18 win over Michigan State, University Police Capt. Bill Moerschbacher said Monday. The officer who made the stop saw that the vehicle was overloaded, with passengers piled onto each other and blocking the driver's view.

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December 2, 2008  06:42 AM ET

LOL!

December 2, 2008  06:46 AM ET

Was he still in the outfit when driving?

December 2, 2008  08:23 AM ET
QUOTE(#2):

Was he still in the outfit when driving?

Rumor has it he was only wearing the head and nothing else

December 2, 2008  08:36 AM ET

When reached for comment JoePa said... there is a kid in that suit? i thought it was real

December 2, 2008  10:50 AM ET

That's worth a chuckle...

December 2, 2008  11:39 AM ET
QUOTE(#3):

Rumor has it he was only wearing the head and nothing else

That's effin awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

December 2, 2008  12:02 PM ET

Time for a new suit, anyway. That one doesn't look very well made. Oh, I see, like you said....so he could drive in it.

December 2, 2008  12:50 PM ET

I didn't realize the "nittany" part meant drunk. Why don't they just say the Penn State Drunk Lions?

December 2, 2008  12:51 PM ET
QUOTE(#4):

When reached for comment JoePa said... there is a kid in that suit? i thought it was real

Then he shat in his depends?

December 2, 2008  02:18 PM ET

I haven't seen the Nittant Lion depth chart.... Is there one?

Also-----> when does a Sheep act like a Lion? When it is from Penn State!!

OK, I already got my Rose Bowl Package. Regrettable, but I had to laugh when I read about the Lion. Kids do some crazy things in college, believe me I know!

December 2, 2008  03:54 PM ET

This is hilarious!! I take it mascot wanted to be like half of the PSU Players and get arrested.

December 2, 2008  08:57 PM ET

It was cold out that day, he needed a little antifreeze

December 2, 2008  09:45 PM ET
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I didn't realize the "nittany" part meant drunk. Why don't they just say the Penn State Drunk Lions?

Yea, and I didn't know "gators" meant jailbirds. Why don't they call them Florida Prison **** after their record 12 arrests in 2007.

December 2, 2008  09:45 PM ET

Prison Bia tches

December 3, 2008  12:23 AM ET
QUOTE(#4):

When reached for comment JoePa said... there is a kid in that suit? i thought it was real

Awesome. Made me spit my drink laughing!

December 3, 2008  12:49 AM ET

Seriously, they can't just find some other kid to put the suit on? I mean I can't believe they have such a raggedy mascot, can't they knit a more updated suit, since they ARE the Knitting Lions, right?

December 3, 2008  09:20 AM ET
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Seriously, they can't just find some other kid to put the suit on? I mean I can't believe they have such a raggedy mascot, can't they knit a more updated suit, since they ARE the Knitting Lions, right?

The depth chart, where's the depth chart? You think just anybody can lead the Stadium -> "WE ARE...... " cheer?

And as for the Lion, he's great, much better than an SC (silly Californian) mascott who deficates all over the playing field!

Time to clean up the PAC 10 misconceptions in the Rose Bowl..... PSU 48 SC 10

December 3, 2008  11:25 AM ET
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Yea, and I didn't know "gators" meant jailbirds. Why don't they call them Florida Prison **** after their record 12 arrests in 2007.

You should have picked a different team well digger. I doubt any team could compete against the 2008 Penn State Drunk Lions for arrests.

December 3, 2008  10:05 PM ET
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You should have picked a different team well digger. I doubt any team could compete against the 2008 Penn State Drunk Lions for arrests.

Well check it out. It's really easy, even for a gator fan. If PSU has more than 12 arrests in 2008 they are the new "Thug Champion". If not, your boys still hold the crown.

 
December 4, 2008  04:00 AM ET
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And as for the Lion, he's great, much better than an SC (silly Californian) mascott who deficates all over the playing field! Time to clean up the PAC 10 misconceptions in the Rose Bowl..... PSU 48 SC 10

Well our mascot is a real animal so he has an excuse for sh*tting himself. And a Big-10 team beats USC in only dreams.

Pete Carroll is 5-0 vs. The Big-10. And none of those games were even close.

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