The kid behind the hilarious attack on Ohio State’s mascot? Not only did he try out to be Ohio’s mascot for that specific purpose, he doesn’t even go to Ohio:
Brutus Buckeye Assailant Planned Attack
↵Brandon Hanning, the person in the Rufus costume, said he was not upset with the aftermath.
“It was the whole reason I tried out (to be Rufus) last year,” he said. “I knew we were going back to OSU this year, and I wanted to tackle Brutus.”
Hanning, 19, is a student at Hocking College. He enrolled at OU last year but dropped out, he said. He added that he still hadn’t been informed of his firing, but didn’t care.
↵We are neither Ohio State fans nor Buckeye antagonists by trade. We don’t have a horse in this race. But we’re inclined to call Brandon Hanning a folk hero.
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