Mascot gets cold shoulder for snowballs

Snowballs began to be thrown between the crowd at Nippert Stadium and the UC Bearcat mascot around 1 p.m. Saturday, during UC's 28-10 loss to Pittsburgh.

Mascot M. Robert Garfield III, 22, was cited for disorderly conduct, UC Police Capt. Jeff Corcoran told the Cincinnati Enquirer.

"He was throwing them at the crowd and so of course, people threw back and missed him and hit other people," said Corcoran. "The officer asked him to stop and he took exception to that."

At one point, Garfield shoved the officer and both ended up on the ground, he said.

The athletics department would not say what disciplinary action he will face.

Garfield is a senior at the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning and was a 2009-10 senior class officer.

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