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Distraction of the Day: The Nittany Lion Gets Painted By Bigfoot

It can be kind of difficult to pay attention to the commercials during Penn State games. Between taking that much-needed bathroom break and dully humming the Family Clothesline jingle, it often becomes quite the arduous task to consume ads when the white and blue are playing.

Well, in case you missed all of the new commercials unveiled during college football’s opening weekend, we caught what may have been the best one. Not only was it quite possibly the funniest commercial of the weekend, it also included our very own Nittany Lion. Yes, Jack Link’s Beef Jerky included the Nittany Lion in an ad, one that also included…Bigfoot.

In the video below, Bigfoot is painting a portrait of the Nittany Lion and Iowa’s mascot Herky the Hawkeye in a dorm room, but it’s obvious which mascot is better at holding a pose. Here’s your distraction of the day:

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Ted Hozza

Ted is a senior majoring in Community, the Environment, and Development, or as his friends here at Onward State like to call it, Architecture. You can probably find him at the Phyrst late at night with other Onward Staters if he's not somewhere else editing articles. You can follow him on Twitter @TedHozza or email him at [email protected].

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