IN A FLASH: Which Came First - Flash or the Egg?

Today is Flash the Mascot's 38th birthday!

Flash the Mascot running with the �鶹ӰԺ State Flag at a football game.

To answer the question "Which came first?" – It was the egg. Flash hatched from an egg, mid-field at halftime on Oct. 12, 1985, during the Homecoming football game at Dix Stadium. The fiberglass egg had been created by students in the �鶹ӰԺ Technology Education Club, who put in more than 300 hours to construct a giant egg out of fiberglass and resin

Students in 1985 creating the egg that Flash, the university's new mascot, would hatch of out at Homecoming.

The egg was moved into Dix Stadium after riding down East Main Street on a float, with cheerleaders sittting on top of it during the Homecoming parade.

Cheerleaders riding atop the egg that Flash the mascot would later hatch out of at Homecoming 1985

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POSTED: Thursday, October 12, 2023 10:30 AM

Updated: Thursday, October 12, 2023 10:33 AM

WRITTEN BY:

Phil B. Soencksen

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