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Students who covertly embody college mascots reveal identities at graduation 97%
5/21/2026, 4:45:37 PM
BS Summary: This video contains 11 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Availability Heuristic, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 64.2% saturation with 131 hits. Analysis detected 542 faulty-reasoning hits from 204 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 92.8% and a BS Rank of 97% (940 of 28,112 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 96.70% of the video peer group.
It's a viral trend taking over the internet about a secret they've held for years.
You never know who's truly in the suit.
At colleges and universities across the country the students who secretly embodied the school mascot revealing their true identities just before graduation.
Highly produced hype videos introducing the people behind the fuzzy faces.
We are the Hokie Bird.
Guess who?
From the Ohio State mascot Brutus Buckeye and Kansas' Baby Jay to Otto the Orange at Syracuse University and Sebastian the Ibis at the University of Miami.
The students behind the iconic characters bringing school spirit to new heights.
It's always going to be in the top five coolest things I've ever done.
And at the University of South Carolina Best mascot! just listen to the class of 2026's reaction.
Students like Braden Hensley donned the yellow feet for the final time at commencement stopping by for a quick moment with mom and dad before leading thousands of grads in one final spirit-filled celebration.
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