Sept. 27, 2010
NORFOLK, Va. - Polls closed at 9 a.m. Monday morning ending the first month the Capital One Bowl Mascot Challenge. Big Blue is undefeated at 4-0, coming off a victory over Ohio State's "Brutus" by a margin of 17,876 votes.
Big Blue remains at the top of the leader board with 422,142 overall votes. Big Blue is also only one of three mascots that remain undefeated after the first month of voting.
This week Big Blue takes on the University of Maryland's "Testudo". "Testudo" is 0-4 in the competition and goes into Week 5 after a loss to "Goldy" from the University of Minnesota.
Texting is limited to 250 votes per hour. Once you reach the maximum, you will receive a notice message and will be unable to vote for the next 12 hours. Standard messaging costs apply.
The Capital One National Mascot of the Year is determined through fan voting. Each week throughout the college football season fans visit capitalonebowl.com to vote for their favorite All-American Mascot. Voting consists of 12 weekly head-to-furry-head match ups between the All-Americans, with fans being able to vote daily at capitalonebowl.com for their favorite mascots. The mascots with the best win/loss records face off in online playoffs starting November 22, and the winner will be pronounced Capital One National Mascot of the Year on January 1, 2011 during the Capital One Bowl.
You can help Big Blue by voting at www.capitalonebowl.com or by texting "Big Blue" to 69866 from your mobile device.