Who does Pete really belong too.

[valleyboy]

Who does Pete really belong too.




Pistol Pete is the mascot for the New Mexico State Aggies, the athletic teams of New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA. Pistol Pete is portrayed by a NMSU student dressed in traditional cowboy attire, including a cowboy hat, a vest, and chaps, and armed with twirling pistols.[1] NMSU licenses Pistol Pete from Oklahoma State University for $10/year as part of a settlement of a copyright infringement lawsuit.[2] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistol...ate_University)

So New Mexico State stole their mascot from Oklahoma State.

Be also does Pete really belong to Texas because of Texas Pete Hot sauce. No Pete does not because Texas Pete Hot Sauce is from North Carolina.


ValleyBoy is very confused when it comes to New Mexico States Mascot.

It Pete from New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, or North Carolina.

GATA

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[CrimsonPhantom]

He's based on Frank Eaton: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Eaton

Despite OSU licensing the name pistol pete in the 80's. It doesn't really belong to anyone. He represents the old west.

[GSUsTALON]

I thought your mascot was Pistol Pet Maravich with a cowboy hat.

[valleyboy]

One thing now that should be troubling to the Aggie faithful and that is that Pistol Pete is now pistol less and now carries a lasso instead of a pistol. So why did his name not change to Lasso Pete.

GATA

[CrimsonPhantom]

Oct 15, 2018 10:45:11 GMT -7 valleyboy said:

One thing now that should be troubling to the Aggie faithful and that is that Pistol Pete is now pistol less and now carries a lasso instead of a pistol. So why did his name not change to Lasso Pete.

GATA

He has his pistols.

Back in 05-06 they were taken away in an attempt to make him more PC. All it did was piss the Majority of students, fans and alumni off.

Wikipedia sums it up:

Lasso Larry Debacle
Pistol Pete was disarmed in 2005 as part of a controversial plan to rebrand the university on the national stage.[3] Pete's pistol was replaced with a lasso, and his name was briefly officially abbreviated to simply "Pete." The costumed mascot seen at games also lost his six shooters and holster belt in favor of a lasso.[4] The disarming of Pete led to a massive uproar among students, alumni and outsiders demanding the return of Pete's guns. Popular T-shirts worn around campus featured the old Pistol Pete logo modified to show an oversized gun in his hand, with the slogan “Who Brings a Lasso to a Gunfight?” The decision was even criticized by Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly during his "Most Ridiculous Item of the Day" segment.[5] The most popular nickname given to the widely unpopular new mascot was "Lasso Larry."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistol_Pete_(New_Mexico_State_University)

[eagle58]

I was going to say PP looks like Tom Selleck in the old Marlboro commercials/ads, but Tom Selleck didn't do those ads.

What's the chance any of the Aggie faithful are going to want to play some smack, Valley? You think they have any fight left in them after the dreadful start of their season? For one, I had hoped they would have been extended as members of the Sun Belt, as I really enjoyed my visit there in 2014. They have a great stadium and a beautiful location, just need to step up recruiting a bit. We could've swapped Liberty for Idaho and kept things at 12...the trip to Las Cruces wasn't that much further than going to San Marcos. Of course, they'd been a better conference add had we been able to snag their MBB team, too.

[pojoaqueposse]

We applied for full membership into the SB.  So you would have gotten our basketball team as well.

[valleyboy]

Good game Aggie best of luck with the rest of your season.