re: Who remembers when they dropped Mike(mascot) out of the ceiling.

My dad used to do this. He saw this thread being shared on Facebook and sent the link to me because he thought I might post. See quotes below for his comments:

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It is very cool to read these comments.  It’s funny how the truth is somewhere in the middle of all of that.

 

Facts are: a State Trooper did it for a couple of years, I believe 81&82, I did it from 83-93.  In 94 and 95 or 96, the ROTC group did it until the kid burned his hand real bad.  That was the last time it was done as a rappel.  I believe, from the later comments in the article, they lowered someone in a slow descent.  One time, we lowered a manikin in a Kentucky basketball uniform about half way.  The crowd was booing so loud… until we cut the rope.  The manikin hit the floor and broke apart.  Then, Mark Jeffers, the real mascot at that time (and the best and most controversial, in my opinion (blind ref skit was his idea)), came across the court with a big dust mop and swept the pieces off of the court.  The crowd went wild!  The comment about upside down, really fast (almost a free fall) and flipping at the last minute is true.  I did that a few times.

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Before any detectives say anything about MSG's post earlier, yes, he's my cousin.