Kansas State mascot Willie the Wildcat does 394 push-ups in 71-3 win

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If your college football team scored more than 70 points this weekend, you were probably feeling pretty good. Everyone loves watching the scoreboard light up when it is your team doing the scoring.

Kansas State had that kind of night, and its mascot paid a price with 394 push-ups during the 71-3 victory. The Kansas State mascot could barely move by the end of the Big 12 team's offensive explosion on Saturday night. Willie was forced to complete an absurd number of push-ups, matching the scoreboard after every Kansas State scoring drive. The count grew with each score and reached 394 by the final whistle.

The game came on college football's first full Saturday and produced the kind of offensive show that makes fans feel great and mascots feel sore. Kansas State ran up 71 points. The Colonels got absolutely smoked, and the only person more upset than their defense about that offensive performance was probably dear old Willie. Each Kansas State scoring drive meant another set of push-ups for Willie, and the required number kept growing because he had to match the current score.

Seventy-one points is a lot on its own. Doing 394 push-ups in one night is downright mental unless you are prime Arnold Schwarzenegger; someone else did the math while Willie did the work. Willie's form became a topic for online critics as the workload piled up.

The defense of his form came with a challenge: I'd like to see you keyboard warriors bang out 400 push-ups and still be able to even raise your arms above your head, let alone drop and give me seven more. The message was simple: mascots deserve some grace after a night like that. Willie might be the only mascot in America joining the players in the cold tub Sunday morning.

That is an unusual sight, but it made sense after he spent the whole game dropping to the turf to celebrate Kansas State scores. Kansas State's scoring pace meant there was no break in the celebration routine. Every time the Wildcats added points, the scoreboard total rose and Willie had to match it with more push-ups. By the final whistle, the cumulative number that started with the first score had climbed to 394.

Tougher tests are coming in conference play. For now, Willie survived one of the wilder mascot workouts of the season and earned the right to rest those arms.

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