Streaker Smackdown

The song by "The Offspring" is a nice touch as well.

and he did the worm after!

What an awesome takedown! And to the people saying the mascot used excessive force, the streaker got up just fine. No blood, no foul! :)

Brian, I bow before your blogging prowess -- research into the Streaker Taken Down by a Bee, damn! Definitely worth it, clearly, because the banning push is completely incredible. Out of Control Mascots: The Scourge of the 21st Century.

omg. sick. that may have been the most awesome thing i've seen all day.

I also posted about this on The Run of Play today. One of the funniest things I found in reading up on the background of the tackle is that afterward, there was a small but passionate call for the mascot to be banned from future matches because the force he used was "excessive and unsafe." Won't someone please think of the children?

Also, if you look closely at the streaker's backside (and really, why wouldn't you?), you can see that he's written "2-0" across his cheeks to commemorate the score of the match. Almost better than the video itself is the thought of him trying to talk a friend into escorting him to the bathroom with a Sharpie. Or, I don't know, somehow writing it on there himself.

The slo-mo just makes the video. Excellent production values.

And...ick.