SALT LAKE CITY — When Cosmo the Cougar’s friends ask him if he’ll be going to the football game, he simply tells them he won’t be able to attend. He’ll then slip away for the next six hours, put on a bodysuit and become BYU’s mascot.
Though the hardest part of being a mascot might appear to be executing masterful stunts in a bulky suit or exciting a crowd of nearly 60,000 people, according to Cosmo, the most difficult aspect is retaining the secret identity of the mascot.
“As soon as I put the suit on, I’m not that person anymore— (I’m) Cosmo.