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Title: TDMMC March Madness - CULTURE - Ralphie's Run vs. Waving the Wheat Post by: Phishfan on April 01, 2014, 11:22:19 am Ralphie the Buffalo is the name of the live mascot of the University of Colorado Buffaloes. The team of "Ralphie Handlers," who are varsity student-athletes, run Ralphie around Folsom Field, the University of Colorado's football field, in a horse shoe pattern before each half of each home game. It takes five Ralphie Handlers to run her around the field
Sports fans have been doing "the wave" at stadiums across the country for years, but KU has its own version. At crucial moments — for example, when the football team scores or a basketball opponent fouls out — Jayhawks in the stadium lift their arms over their heads and slowly wave them back and forth. From a distance, this looks like a field of Kansas wheat swaying in a prairie breeze. Title: Re: TDMMC March Madness - CULTURE - Ralphie's Run vs. Waving the Wheat Post by: Sunstroke on April 01, 2014, 11:25:25 am I've got to go with Ralphie on this one. I've seen that a number of times, and it always fires me up. I've never actually seen the Wheat Waving. |