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ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com - 1/29/2009

Rice's Mascot, Sammy the Owl, Ejected for Headbutting Referee

— ncaabasketball.fanhouse.com — by Will Brinson Rice University's own mascot, Sammy the Owl, got ejected (who even knew that was... possible?) from the school's game against Tulane last night after apparently arguing a call and refusing to move off the baseline to allow for the ... (more) Rice's Mascot, Sammy the Owl, Ejected for Headbutting ...

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FanIQ.com - 1/30/2009

Rice Mascot Sammy The Owl Gets Ejected For Headbutting The Referee, Rice And Tulane Coaches Fight

— FanIQ.com — Sammy the Owl, the Rice mascot, got ejected during Wednesday's game against Tulane for headbutting an official.... Fast forward to the 1:40 mark to see the headbutt. Apparently Sammy took issue with the officiating, because he protested enough ... (more) Rice Mascot Sammy The Owl Gets Ejected For Headbutting ...

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Tulane Mascot, Sammy The Owl, was ejected, Video

— neswsports.com — Tulane Mascot, Sammy The Owl, was ejected, Video . The fact that Sammy The Owl was ejected... from the Rice game really makes me laugh. You are a thirty year-old father to a son who is five years old. As a father you are torn because you are a big fan ... (more) Tulane Mascot, Sammy The Owl, was ejected, Video

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Rice's Mascot, Sammy the Owl, Ejected for Headbutting Referee
FanHouse — by Will Brinson Filed under: Conference USA, NCAA Basketball Fans, NCAA Basketball Media Watch, NCAA Basketball VideoRice University's own mascot, Sammy the Owl, got ejected (who even knew that was possible?) from the school's game against Tulane last night after apparently arguing a call and refusing to move off the baseline to allow for the inbounds pass. But it turns out there was more: Wait until CBS replays the last bucket (about 1:40 in) and watch as Sammy headbutts referee Curtis Shaw. Rice's Mascot, Sammy the Owl, Ejected for ...

Rice Mascot will not Tolerate Incompetence
Not Qualified To Comment — Rice and Tulane played last night (you mean you didn't know that?) and after the Rice mascot disagreed with a call, he decided to protest. First, you see the mascot arguing with the official and refusing to move from the baseline. The good part comes about 1:35 into the video where you can see the Owl go a little Zidane on the official. This would be much cooler if the Texas mascot did it.

Rice's owl mascot ejected -- yes, ejected -- by referee
The Dagger — There are weird mascot antics, and then there's this. During Rice's game vs. Tulane Wednesday night, Rice mascot Sammy the Owl was camped out on the baseline. Apparently, referee Curtis Shaw asked him to move, and, to paraphrase the Joker, Sammy didn't like that. Not ... one ... bit. So Sammy did what any self-respecting mascot would do. (No, he didn't grab a t-shirt cannon and go to town.) He used his giant foam head to bump the referee. You can view it about the 1:40 mark. It almost looks like a head butt, except the head doesn't move quite fast enough -- it just sort of rubs up against Shaw. A prompt ejection soon ...

Sammy the Owl Keeps It Real
Bootlegger Sports- Sports Humor Blog —   Conference USA basketball news is usually restricted to the sleazy/thuggish happenings involving the Memphis Tigers, but today Rice is getting in on the action.  The Rice mascot, not Uncle Ben, got run during the team’s game against Tulane.  As the above video shows, Sammy the Owl wasn’t vacating his prime spot on the baseline, and might have hooted at the ref a little too much, also he may have head-butted the ref, so he got tossed.  Also, can we start testing that owl for stimulants?  His biceps are bigger than his wings. My favorite part is the announcers who devote so much ...

That's One Way To Get Ejected
AwfulAnnouncing — What is it with mascots these days? When they're not getting DUIs, they're getting ejected from College Basketball games. Last night's Tulane-Rice game featured such an occurrence and you won't believe why the Rice Owl got send to the showers. He head-butted a referee. Seriously. ...

Referee ejects owl from college basketball game
Sports stories from Newsday — CBS College Sports suggested I check out this video of Sammy the Owl being ejected from Wednesday's Tulane-Rice game. Not sure whether PETA will get involved.

Sammy the Owl Ejected - Rice Mascot
Dejuiced! Sports News with No Boundaries — Recently, we saw a few college basketball fans gone crazy. Now college basketball mascots are up to the same tricks. Sammy the Owl, the mascot for Rice, was ejected from a game. You can watch the video of the Owl mascot getting ejected at the end of this entry. It appears as if Sammy the Owl and one of the refs got into a little bit of a confrontation. Apparently, the ref that the Owl mascot was too far out on his branch and needed to back up. The Owl disagreed, flapped his wings and then got ejected. After getting ejected, the Rice mascot put his hand in the ref’s face. Or was it the Owl’s wing? Either way, he had to watch the rest ...

Rice Mascot Sammy The Owl Gets Ejected For Headbutting The Referee, Rice And Tulane Coaches Fight
FanIQ Blog — Sammy the Owl, the Rice mascot, got ejected during Wednesday's game against Tulane for headbutting an official. Fast forward to the 1:40 mark to see the headbutt. Apparently Sammy took issue with the officiating, because he protested enough to get tossed by referee Curtis Shaw. This is the first time I've seen a mascot ejected from a college hoops game. Then again, it's also the first time I've seen a mascot headbutt a referee. Anyone have any idea what that was all about? Better yet, after the game, Rice coach Ben Braun took offense to the way Tulane coach Dave Dickerson was going through the ...

A Buzzer Is Beaten, Coaches Fight, and Sammy, The Headbutting Owl Gets Ejected [College Basketball]
Deadspin — There was one more interesting game that we missed in our college basketball wrap-up. Tulane-Rice, which sounds like a not very thrilling matchup but was arguably the most entertaining of the bunch. We start off at the end, where Tulane's Kevin Sims finished off a hard-fought game by going coast-to-coast for a game-winning layup as time expired. Exciting! Green Wave coach Dave Dickerson was obviously quite pleased with that result and took a moment to high-five a few of his players before the post-game handshake, something that Rice's coaching staff apparently took offense to. Check out Dickerson's ...

That referee doesn't like Owls does he...
Outside the Boxscore — Well, it's already a new year and well, this might take the cake as the most interesting story of the year. Last night, a college basketball game between the Rice Owls and the Tulane Green Wave turned into the Sammy the Owl show. The only problem was that the referee wasn't laughing, Sammy gave him a playful ...

Sammy the Owl Channels Jonathan Xavier
Rush The Court — We’re wondering if Sammy was likewise on probation when he decided to confront head-butt the ref last night? What’s in the water down there in Houston these days?  (h/t Houston Press via Deadspin)        ...

Rice’s Mascot Gets Ejected by Quick Draw Curtis Shaw
Larry Brown Sports — ... he probably has a serious case of mascot envy. Honestly, how much rhino balls would it suck to be an owl when the other mascots in your conference are ferocious beasts like Tigers, Mustangs, and Cougars? He must have had a lot of pent up frustration he let out with the headbutt on Shaw. And credit to Carter Blackburn for absolutely nailing the call! By the way, who knew that Ben Braun was coaching Rice these days?!? Thanks to FanHouse via Ballhype for the vid ...

Rice Mascot Gets Ejected
The March to Madness — A total collapse by Rice in Wednesday night's game against Tulane. Mascot Sammy the Owl gets ejected and Rice blows a 19-point lead, fails to score a basket in the final 10 minutes and loses to the Green Wave, 61-59.

Curtis Shaw ejects Sammy the Owl
Card Chronicle — I've never had a mascot's back more in my life. Consider your Friday officially irrelevanced (word).

My Apologies, Pittsburgh
Bob's Blog - Live from Lewisville — Sorry, Steelers fans: But I am picking you to win the Super Bowl on Sunday. The good news is that I am 2-0 picking Steelers games in these playoffs. The bad news is that I am 2-6 picking the other games, including picking against the Cardinals when they played the Panthers and the Eagles. Too much defense. Too much running game. Too much time proving that they can take down top receivers in this league. I am not saying they can shut down Larry Fitzgerald, but Randy Moss and Terrell Owens were held below 50 yards each this season when Dick Lebeau wanted to lock it down. I really think the Cardinals are still a 9-7 team, ...

That’s a Hoot
College Hoops Journal — A little levity to get your weekend started. This is from the Tulane-Rice game Wednesday night. After the referee makes a call that goes against Rice, the school mascot starts miming his case. OK, so there’s a little headbutt thrown in, too. Was the Owl in the wrong? You be the judge. Tulane ultimately won the game … by two points. (H/T, Awful Announcing)

Flipping the bird at Rice
The Sports Culture — Sammy the Owl was ejected from a Rice men’s basketball game the other night, begging the question: Why the fuck would you name an owl Sammy? Sammy is a name for a puppy, maybe a cat. It’s the name for a cute little kid with a missing tooth. But for an owl? How about Oliver? Oscar? Orval? Octagon? ...

Rice Owl doesn’t give hoot, gets boot
gobsmackr — Sammy the Owl, the mascot at Rice is given the boot after an incident with the referee during the Conference USA game against Tulane.

Tulane Mascot, Sammy The Owl, was ejected, Video
NESW Sports, Sports Videos — Tulane Mascot, Sammy The Owl, was ejected, Video. The fact that Sammy The Owl was ejected from the Rice game really makes me laugh. You are a thirty year-old father to a son who is five years old. As a father you are torn because you are a big fan of Rice basketball but you want to do stuff with your son. Sammy The Owl is supposed to be that link for the thirty year-old father. Sammy is probably the one person that five year-olds are paying attention to at Rice games. This is unheard of. Can they throw Mickey Mouse out of Disneyland? Watching this footage a couple of times, I didn’t see Sammy make any vulgar ...

Battered and Bloodied: The Year in College Basketball Videos
Collegehoops.net — This college basketball season has been an interesting one to say the least. Like any other year we have seen teams rise and fall. We have seen great individual performances, nail biting games, and buzzer beaters…but this year has also been entertaining for other reasons. There have been ejections, cheap shots, and even a face stomp. Here’s a collection of videos on the “controversial” events that have occurred already this season…   Taxicab Confession   Ole Miss coach Andy Kennedy was arrested on December 18 for punching a Cincinnati cab driver and shouting racial slurs at ...

Site update
Ballin' is a Habit — With the NBA Draft in our wake, the coaching carousel finally slowing down, and 2009's incoming freshman class finally set (we think), now is as good a time as any to try and work out some of the kinks of BIAH. So while we will still be having our Morning Dump each and every weekday, don't expect as much original content for the next week or so. But I would like to make a call for help. As we did last off-season, BIAH is going to do a most memorable moments from the college basketball season countdown against this off-season. Anyone with a moment they think belongs in the top 50, please shoot us an email at ContactBIAH@gmail.com. It could be something as ...