Mascots duke it out

By Jim Buzinski | March 13, 2008, 6:00 am PDT

Video of a fight between mascots, Jawz the Jaguar from Indiana-Purdue Indianapolis and Eli the Eagle from Oral Roberts during the Summit Conference men’s basketball championship. The student wearing Eli’s costume was stripped of his duties by the school.

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