Mascots Playing Kids In Football Is 'Stuff That Nightmares Are Made Of'

"I had no idea gophers could get so big."

These poor young football players.

Perhaps all they wanted was a little competition from friendly-looking mascots and they got, well, this. And with some aggressive Australian commentary from Ozzy Man Reviews to boot.

“This is the stuff that nightmares are made out of,” Ozzy Man says.

The costumed folks do seem to get a little overzealous, don’t they?

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