Longtime wrote:I like Peruna, too. A lot. But two questions:
1. Is there any documentation of Peruna killing the Fordham Ram? Newspaper clippings, eyewitness accounts, etc.? Or was this more of an SMU "legend" such as the Lee Iacocca lockerroom speech pledging to name the new sports car the "Mustang"?
2. If Peruna did kill the Fordham Ram, was it really a ram or a goat? I gotta think a ram would have a pretty thick skull, with all the head-butting rams do to establish dominance and impress the females. I know goats can be pretty hard-headed, too. Any chance Peruna merely stunned the alleged ram?
3. Why has the story of the original Peruna getting run over been promoted over the years? Is that really an image we want to promote? We let our own mascot - the original Peruna - get loose and get killed. Doesn't really reflect well on Peruna or us. Seems like something you might want to leave out of a media guide, rather than reprint it year after year.
Good grief, man. You're overthinking this Peruna stuff. Just roll with it.
