BOWLING GREEN, Ohio (AP) — Retired NFL star and current coach Eddie George has some competition when it comes to being the most popular figure on Bowling Green’s football team.

Pudge The Cat has become a social media sensation since receiver Finn Hogan put a video on TikTok that showed the feline inside the locker room at the Sebo Athletic Center. Since then, the big orange cat has racked up the shares and likes across multiple platforms and gotten shoutouts on the likes of “Good Morning America.”

Pudge made his sideline debut Thursday night, complete with a cameo on ESPN, as the Falcons defeated Lafayette 26-7.

The 3-year-old exotic shorthair Persian belongs to long snapper George Carlson, who brought Pudge to the complex to lift the spirits of his Falcons teammates during an off

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