College football rivalries are notably intense. Sometimes they get so intense that you might even see a mascot fight break out!
The Arizona Wildcats and Arizona State Sun Devils met on Friday in Tucson. This was their 86th meeting all-time dating back to 1931. Unless noted otherwise, it might have been the first with a mascot fight!
Arizona’s Wilbur and Arizona State’s Sparky decided fisticuffs were the way to go on Friday afternoon in the desert.
This might be the craziest sequence I’ve ever recorded.
Gio Sanders TD puts the Sun Devils back on top. ASU leads 21-17 with 7:08.
Who won the fight? #sparky or #wilbur? @DevilsDigest pic.twitter.com/ZffW3UyC5p
— Nick Borgia (@Nick_Borgia) November 25, 2022
Recently there have been very funny mascot moments. This one has to rank near the top. Although, in terms of fights, the time Rufus of the Ohio Bobcats bombarded Brutus the Buckeye in Columbus is up high on the chart as well.
Based on the reactions around them, it was clearly contrived. And I wouldn’t expect any reprimands here. So really, this was just a very hilarious moment. That, funny enough, preceded an ASU touchdown by Gio Sanders.
Given the defensive efforts of the teams today — the score was in the high 30s — Sparky and Wilbur might have had the best defensive efforts of the day in Tucson!
The college football world reacted with great hilarity to the mascot fight. Some had their thoughts on who won the scuffle between the mascots as well.
10-8 Sparky https://t.co/GRmo4oatHw
— Kellan Olson (@KellanOlson) November 25, 2022
The Cincinnati Bearcats fan in the background is the best part of this video 😂 https://t.co/pVezT2MBID pic.twitter.com/D2AvZU54oI
— Justin Spears (@JustinESports) November 25, 2022
The fact that the Sun Devil is throwing hands just makes this even better. https://t.co/vFPsLBqWdS
— Harold R. Kuntz (@HaroldRKuntz3) November 25, 2022
10-9 Sparky here https://t.co/Xkq8B55eww
— David Ubben (@davidubben) November 25, 2022
We gonna have 2 more #Pac12 mascots join the Stanford Tree with suspensions? https://t.co/KkH9FLpeg2
— Brandon Marcello (@bmarcello) November 25, 2022
We really all watched nothing happen in a soccer game for 90 minutes earlier today and then college football does this. https://t.co/vLjo6DWsiR
— Matt Scalici (@MattScalici) November 25, 2022
best rivalry West of the Mississippi 😂🔱 https://t.co/i2chDV4Npn
— Lina Washington (@LWashingtonTV) November 25, 2022
Mascot fights are the best https://t.co/w3ZQKpVUdq
— Daren Stoltzfus WESH (@DarenStoltzfus) November 25, 2022
Mascots throwing hands! MASCOTS THROWING HANDS! @edsbs https://t.co/EsLfJxiR1M
— Mitch Carr (@mitchcarrtv) November 25, 2022
Rock ‘em, Sock ‘em Mascots! https://t.co/oT3asLztvu
— Tyler Drake (@Tdrake4sports) November 25, 2022
