Jun 18th 2008 4:02PM by Stephanie Stradley (author feed)
Filed under: Bills, Jaguars, Texans, NFL Fans, Oakland

Over at CBS Sportsline, they are engaged in one of those silly off season NFL contests to drive more page hits their way. Fans are to vote for the “Most Fierce NFL Mascot.”

Billy Buffalo recently beat the Texans Toro but will be facing a bye in the next round because of voting irregularities in the matchup between Raider Fans and Jaxson De Ville:
“This is not because [Billy Buffalo] scared off the competition, but because Jaxson De Ville and the Raiders fans were involved in conduct detrimental to the integrity of the Mascot Competition.
So, Billy will be allowed to spend this week signing autographs, playing with kids and eating Buffalo wings. He’ll face off against either Poe [Ravens] or T.D [Dolphins].”

I guess in the Roger Goodell era of getting tough on bad conduct, integrity is crucial, even in stupid mascot competitions. Apparently, both teams’ fans used various macros and whatnot to do automatic voting for their mascots. Do you find it surprising that Raider and Jaguar fans would cheat at this? Or is this not really cheating but rather just the proper enthusiasm that good fanbases show?

Personally, I think you can take judicial notice that Raider Fans are much scarier than a big goofy Jaguar who resembles Chester Cheetah. (See YouTube above). Though admittedly, Cheetos-stained fingers are quite the menace and should be avoided at all costs.