Sports Nut: Beware Flying Buffaloes

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Sports Nut Beware Flying Buffaloes Forget Kentucky. The Cyclones and Titans are favorites to reach the Final Four of Slate's mascot death match. By Will Oremus Posted Tuesday, Mar 27, 2012, at 09:46 PM ET The Sweet 16 of Slate's mascot death match brought some memorable clashes. The South Florida Bulls overpowered the Vermont Catamounts, winning 66 percent of readers' votes. The West Virginia Mountaineers shot down the Florida State Seminoles, 59 to 41. And in an upset perhaps fueled by a surge of Duke hatred, the Colorado Buffaloes trampled the Blue Devils—an ignominious defeat for an allegedly elite unit that also fell short against the Germans in World War I. Now we're down to the regional finals. In a reversal of how things go in the real NCAA tournament, only high seeds remain. The rules for how these mascot tussles work—the basics: it's five-on-five, to the death, in a basketball gym—are outlined here. Read our takes below, then vote in the survey at the bottom of the page to determine who'll make it to the Final Four. South Region No. 8 Iowa State Cyclones vs. No. 11 Colorado Buffaloes The buffalo's size and power must give pause to even the greatest of beasts. Yet tornadoes are not beasts, and they don't pause. Real-life tornadoes may not have quite the same effect as they do in the movie Twister, which shows a cow whirled around in circles as it moos phlegmatically—but strong ones can certainly lift one-ton objects, and they do sometimes kill livestock en masse. That usually requires a direct hit, which is rare on the open prairie, but would be almost inevitable in ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Want To Know What Google's Up To Next? Look at the 25 Companies It Bought Last Year. How the Political Operative Became the Hero of the Modern Campaign The Greatest Dystopian Campaign Ads of the Last 50 Years	Advertisement
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