▁tried ▁out ▁to ▁be ▁mas cot ," ▁H anning ▁explained , ▁" I ▁tried ▁out ▁about ▁a ▁year ▁ago , ▁and ▁the ▁whole ▁reason ▁I ▁tried ▁out ▁was ▁so ▁I ▁could ▁come ▁up ▁here ▁to ▁Ohio ▁State ▁and ▁tack le ▁Br ut us ." ▁▁ ▁While ▁many ▁thought ▁this ▁was ▁R uf us ' ▁first ▁off ense ▁against ▁rival ▁school ' s ▁mas c ots , ▁H anning ▁stated ▁" Before ▁this , ▁I ▁actually ▁got ▁in ▁a ▁fight ▁with ▁the ▁Buff alo ▁mas cot . ▁He ' s ▁a ▁b ull . ▁I ▁started ▁it . ▁I ▁was ▁thinking ▁I ▁should ▁go ▁ahead ▁and ▁try ▁out ▁tack ling ▁another ▁mas cot . ▁I ▁brought ▁a ▁red ▁square ▁c ape ▁thing , ▁like ▁in ▁a ▁b ull f ight . ▁He ▁was ▁just ▁playing ▁around , ▁acting ▁like ▁he ▁was ▁charg ing ▁me . ▁I ▁tack led ▁him ▁and ▁put ▁him ▁on ▁the ▁ground . ▁It ▁was ▁pretty ▁fun ny . ▁No ▁one ▁got ▁ups et ▁because ▁it ▁wasn ' t ▁Ohio ▁State ." ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁game ▁The ▁Columb us ▁Dis patch ▁published ▁a ▁cart oon ▁of ▁a ▁scra wn y ▁Br ut us ▁mas cot ▁lif ting ▁weights ▁next ▁to ▁a ▁picture ▁of ▁their ▁next ▁oppon ent ' s ▁mas cot ▁in ▁reference ▁to ▁being ▁taken ▁by ▁surprise ▁by ▁R uf us ▁the ▁game ▁before . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁https :// web . archive . org / web / 2 0 1 3 0 1 1 9 0