Who is cosmo the cougar

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Retro Scene: Playbill Cafe. Discount Tickets for Upcoming Shows. About Cosmo. Eugene L. Roberts, a coach and faculty member, suggested the cougar because it is native to Utah and it exemplified the traits that he hoped athletes competing for Brigham Young University would have.

These traits included strength, agility, grace, quickness, and beauty. In , two cougar cubs Cleo and Tarbo were brought to campus to serve as mascots. Sandgren in - "Rise and shout, the Cougars are out. The school has not owned cougars since then, although live cougars were sometimes brought to campus for special occasions.

Live cougars were later replaced by Cosmo the Cougar. Gallego to wear it and become the first Cosmo. The name Cosmo derives from the word "cosmopolitan" and was chosen because BYU had recently been selected as a Cosmopolitan school. Cosmo became immediately popular, and since Gallego, many people have worn the suit to become Cosmo.

Gallego —54 , Clive Moon , and Ray Pope — To fit in the Cosmo suit, she wore padding and slipped her own shoes inside the ones attached to the suit.