BYU’s football team hosted Cincinnati on Friday night. But nothing that the Big 12 rivals did on the field was going to rival what BYU’s mascot, Cosmo the Cougar, did off of it.
During one of the breaks, Cosmo got ready for his display of acrobatics, in this case jumping a pair of ropes while backflipping. But there was an added element to this one — fire.
No, that’s a slang term for really impressive, although it was. Cosmo was literally jumping flaming ropes.
After starting with three normal jumps — or as normal as jump-roping flaming ropes can possibly be — Cosmo the Cougar went into his (or her) backflips. The Cougar nailed 12 backflips before the routine came to its end.
backflips with a normal jumprope wasn’t extreme enough 🤷♂️ pic.twitter.com/S7wxxvdQFc
— Cosmo Cougar (@byu_cosmo) September 30, 2023
This is one of the rare occasions when the routine ended both early and right on time. On the one hand, it would have been fun to see Cosmo keep the backflips going for a while. On the other, that might have ended in a flaming disaster, so it’s probably all for the best.
College football fans loved Cosmo’s awesome athleticism and daredevil ways.
why does byu have to have such a cool mascot https://t.co/MXbTW93Rpm
— Natalie 🏳️⚧️ (@FalcoNat38) September 30, 2023
Cosmo is doing a version of double dutch with flaming jump ropes. https://t.co/b0sPsCs3S0
— 🇸🇲 Sickos Committee 🇸🇲 (@SickosCommittee) September 30, 2023
Cosmo is just built different https://t.co/bjY0E9MAE1
— Penalty Talk (@PenaltyTalk) September 30, 2023
See what you have to do to feel alive without caffeine? https://t.co/vIZWl0ZgbG
— Andy Hutchins (@AndyHutchins) September 30, 2023
At most schools slinging fire around happens after 12 beers https://t.co/BMUZ2L0Bkz
— Pregame Empire (@PregameEmpire) September 30, 2023
Fortunately, the fire extinguishers on hand did not need to be used, at least not in an emergency situation. Had that been necessary, that might have led to some uncomfortable conversations between parents and their children throughout LaVell Edwards Stadium.
[Photo Credit: Cosmo Cougar on Twitter]
