Cultural Awareness: Weber State

Every week here at the Wide World of Idaho State, I will attempt to being some cultural awareness to the BigSky. We are all different in our own beautiful ways, and thus I will shed some light on the various rituals and goings-on for the different cultures here in the BigSky Conference. Please keep an open mind and respect those whose cultural differences are different than yours. Looking down on say, Montana's annual "Everyone Sucks In The BigSky But Us" Sheep Orgy is fine, so long as you keep them to yourselves (or amongst your own fanbases).

And now, without further ado, I present to you...

Nunga nunga zeeber zung...sacrifice the furry one

Yes, what you see is real. Waldo Wildcat (at least, this year's) is being crowd surfed by Weberians up towards what the natives call the Mountain of Fire. Each year, around the time Weber State plays Idaho State in basketball (it used to be football, but given Wezzu's recent run of pillaging, it has been moved to basketball where we have a chance at making it a rivalry...but enough digression), Waldo dons sacred ceremonial robes and is given one last night to indulge in earthly pleasures and at the next home game is lifted by the Weber State faithful up and up and up...until he disappears completely from the Dee Center and is carried away by the fire spirits to the Mountain of Fire. He is then tossed in and his noble sacrifice is complete. This intriguing happening is to ensure the Weberians victory over the Bengalians. Even though this ritual has been scrutinized and criticized by the NCAA (apparently violating early scholarship release regulations), it has been continued to the delight of generations past, present and future Weberians.