The story behind a decal of NC State's mascot eating UNC's mascot

Posted Dec 19, 2022
It bears repeating: The sticker you are looking at is NC State’s beloved Mr. Wuf feasting on the carcass of a dead Rameses. Look, I know that college mascots are pretty much the Platonic ideal of anthropomorphism. That said, I’m really weirded out by a wolf in a sweater feasting upon the bones of a ram in a North Carolina sailor hat. It’s...a lot. (North Carolina Rabbit Hole)

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