Butler Bulldogs mascot vomits on court at Big East tourney

[Tugg Speedman]

Butler Bulldogs mascot vomits on court at Big East tourney

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Butler Blue III, the Butler Bulldogs' beloved, live canine mascot, apparently got so excited at the Big East Tournament on Thursday that he unfortunately vomited on the court.

As the Bulldogs men's basketball team were preparing to tip-off against the Xavier Musketeers in the Big East Tourney quarterfinals at Madison Square Garden, poor Blue III lost his lunch on the hardwood, which spawned a bunch of social media activity about the mascot's ability to "puke and rally" from none other than the dog ... okay, Blue III's owner and trainer Michael Kaltenmark.

Blue III later in a tweet thanked Gatorade for the cleanup towels, the Madison Square Garden for "rolling w/ it and the Big East conference for "something to get so e_cited about."

According to Kaltenmark, the ill-timed upchuck primarily was caused "sheer excitement." The owner and trainer added that Blue III "was pulling (on his leash) too hard."

Unfortunately, despite Blue III's ability to "puke and rally," the Butler basketball team was unable to use his stick-to-it-iveness as motivation, losing to Xavier 67-61 in overtime.

After the disappointing loss, Blue III let everyone on social media know that he was feeling much better.

"Back at the hotel and doing just fine," read the tweet from the mascot's official Twitter account. "I make no apologies for going to hard tonight. That's who I am. Full day in NYC tomorrow."

Indeed.

[brewcity77]

Heard about this on the radio yesterday. Hilarious stuff. I have to say, I've enjoyed the addition of Butler to the conference. Excellent fit for the league. All three newcomers really have been.

[4everwarriors]

Gotta figure there was too vodka in that Puppy Chow, hey?