彩民宝典

In 1934, 鈥淏uffaloes鈥� was the winning entry in the Silver & Gold鈥檚 student newspaper contest to choose a team nickname. Weeks later, a group of students rented a live buffalo calf for $25 and brought it to the sidelines of a football game.

CU鈥檚 official mascot didn鈥檛 debut until 1966, when John Lowery donated a 6-month-old calf to the university. Lowery鈥檚 son, Bill Lowery (Bus ex鈥�69), and other students trained Ralphie I and ran her across Folsom Field that October.

Now there are 15 handlers 鈥�including advertising student Hunter Rief鈥攚ho care for Ralphie V and run with her at home football games.