They escaped and the verse "rise and shout the cougars are out" was born

Nov 7, 2024
2:28:51pm

Still Blue Contributor

History of Cosmo: The coolest cat in town

Three male BYU students play with Cleo and Tarbo. BYU initially had two real cougars as mascots. (L. Tom Perry Special Collections)

https://universe.byu.edu/2015/12/07/history-of-cosmo-the-coolest-cat-in-town1/

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Time

BYU needs to get their act together:

byubyu

2:10pm

We used to. Cosmo used to roam the sidelines on a leash.

DirtyWater

2:11pm

RE: BYU needs to get their act together:

CougarTwins

2:11pm

Costumed Cosmo >>>>> live tiger

Disco Lemonade

2:11pm

Bring back Cleo and Tarbo!

Mostlyaccurate

2:14pm

MIKE IS BACK

NGB

2:16pm

BYU used to have to live cougars. Cleo and Tarbo.

Black Diamond Bay

2:18pm

I wanted BYU to buy the UCCU Stadium branch and build a cougar exhibit

NGB

2:20pm

Its one of the best things to do in BR

LSUcougar92

2:30pm

Rise and shout ....

StarMan

2:24pm

Put the tiger in the injury tent. That would make players think twice about

osbooks

2:25pm

They escaped and the verse "rise and shout the cougars are out" was born

Still Blue

2:28pm

I thought this was a joke, but then I read the article; Still Blue speaks true.

eyes4byu

5:24pm

Yes, and on game day feed it the mascot/animal of whatever team we are playing.

westsidecoug

2:29pm

My son is going to go crazy

LSUcougar92

2:30pm

I have been asked to avoid sharing details of the plans that are currently being discussed but I presume this is already

Zach Morris

2:32pm

RE: I have been asked to avoid sharing details of the plans that are currently

m0resn0w

2:43pm

RE: I have been asked to avoid sharing details of the plans that are currently being discussed but I presume this is

Spiff

3:53pm

There's a part of me really hoping that this goes horribly horribly wrong.

macdizzle

2:37pm

2040: Live cougar skydives off airplane on College Gameday.

realisticCoug42

2:54pm

Tons of live cougars in the stands

DataMouth

3:07pm

Is that a fat joke?! Mods !

Pangare

3:43pm

I assure you many cougars are quite fit

Still Blue

4:25pm

RE: Tons of live cougars in the stands

Emmett Fitz-Hume

5:36pm

There used to be a live caged cougar that would be courtside for basketball

Soy Celeste

4:22pm

I'm sure that's great for the tiger's well-being

Burton162

4:39pm

True story . . . when I was at BYU in the early 90s, there was a taxidermied

BlueDiver

4:45pm

Can Tigger dance?

Les IsMore

5:25pm

RE: Can Tigger dance?

Samurai Jack

5:46pm

Give that tiger a whistle. He's already wearing stripes.

Les IsMore

5:26pm

But those cheerleaders are too cute to eat

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