I will never forget the Ebola towel....

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I ain't no monkey... I'm an ape.

Mike Dirocco broke the story earlier today, and Curtis just confirmed on 1010XL that he's retiring as Jaxson DeVille after 19 years.  He said he's tired of downing large doses of Advil to deal with the pain of being a 40 year old guy in a cat suit.  Apparently he has several local opportunities on TV. 

 

His antics are legendary.  Someone is going to have some huge shoes to fill. 

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Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

Well that sux.

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Have you seen my baseball?

What happened?

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Dang, that sucks

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Why Jaxson, why?

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He's saying they won't replace the mascot, so someone else will be putting that suit on.  I'm not sure how you top what he's done over the past 19 years.

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Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

Apparently there will be an official press release coming from the team some time later today.

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Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

http://www.generationjaguar.net/jaguars-...le-retires

 

Jaxson has announced his retirement, what say you??

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<a class="bbc_url" href='http://www.generationjaguar.net/jaguars-news/jaxson-de-ville-retires'>http://www.generationjaguar.net/jaguars-news/jaxson-de-ville-retires</a>

 

Jaxson has announced his retirement, what say you??

Whoever replaces him will have big shoes to fill. LOL It does seem odd that he will not have a final farewell year. The CAT smells something fishy.

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Apparently there will be an official press release coming from the team some time later today.

 

There was quite a bit of Twitter chatter that this was happening. Apparently, the Jaxson Twitter account has been silent for several weeks and Curtis created his own personal Twitter account.

 

My guess is people today will say he is irreplaceable. But by the time the season starts, people will forget a different guy is in the suit.

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I'd rather they come up with an entirely new mascot.

 

I can't imagine a replacement/scrub Jaxson.

 

To me, there is/was only one.

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"You do your own thing in your own time. You should be proud."

Wow. This is a sad day as a Jags fan. We have been blessed with arguably the greatest sports mascot of the past 2 decades. Like the other poster said, whoever replaces him will have some mighty large shoes to fill. I wonder what's next for Curtis? Maybe he'll pursue a professional golfing career?

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"Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry, he's a mile away and barefoot."

Mike Dirocco broke the story earlier today, and Curtis just confirmed on 1010XL that he's retiring as Jaxson DeVille after 19 years.  He said he's tired of downing large doses of Advil to deal with the pain of being a 40 year old guy in a cat suit.  Apparently he has several local opportunities on TV. 

 

His antics are legendary.  Someone is going to have some huge shoes to fill. 

 

My guess was radio or tv.  The guy is pretty comfortable out of his costume so he will do well.

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All seems very sudden, no?

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

I wonder if they'll even bother trying to replace him. Man, this off-season sure has been an emotional roller coaster.

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My guess was radio or tv.  The guy is pretty comfortable out of his costume so he will do well.

 

Give him his own radio show. It cannot be worse than that monstrosity with Joe Cowart and Hacker.

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Wow man. He was the best part of our team, as sad as that sounds. Now we aren't the best at anything. Jaxson was the best mascot in sports, he was always voted as the #1 mascot in sports. Like someone above said, just come up with a whole different mascot.

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-Pre-Med student

-Future Physician, hoping to specialize in Emergency Medicine or Hematology

-Jags fan since May 24, 1996

 

All seems very sudden, no?

Yes. I wonder if upper management had a say in his decision...

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"Before you criticize a man, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry, he's a mile away and barefoot."

Greatest mascot in a long time. Best one in the NFL easily.

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