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VIDEO: Orange Bowl Mascot Tackle Ends With Postgame Hug

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Orange Bowl, Clemson Vs. West Virginia: ‘Eers Gun Down Record Book, 70-33
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The top contender for Best GIF of 2012 honors couldn’t possibly get any better, unless it somehow led to postgame MASCOT HUG.

It did! Watch as West Virginia Mountaineers defensive back Darwin Cook realizes he'd actually bowled over a female at the end of his 99-yard touchdown:

via Tom Fornelli

For more on the 2012 Orange Bowl, visit Clemson blog Shakin’ the Southland and West Virginia blog The Smoking Musket.

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