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There are several alternate stories about the beginnings of the unique Hutto mascot.

According to one, the big Swedish and German boys of Hutto were playing their smaller foes in football, and the visiting coach exclaimed “ We can ’ t beat those boys, they ’ re big as hippos !” Another story, also based on gridiron lore, is that the Hutto football team in the early twenties had no real jerseys and used feed sacks as their uniforms.

The opposing coach allegedly said that the football team looked like a bunch of hippos in their makeshift outfits.