[4][5][6][7][8] That October, university president Glenn Terrell decided to discontinue the live mascot tradition.

Governor Roland H. Hartley presented the university with the first live cougar mascot during the 1927 football Homecoming game, and thus Butch's character was born.

He can be seen roaming the sidelines at home American football and basketball games leading spirit chants and tossing shirts into the stands.

[13] Butch cannot only be seen at athletic events but also at other functions related to the university and its constituent groups.

He is a source of pride for members of the Cougar family and a means of promoting the university.