{"id":18775,"date":"2020-08-18T17:06:30","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T00:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000013824"},"modified":"2020-08-18T17:35:51","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T00:35:51","slug":"video-talking-elbee-cal-state-long-beachs-vexing-admittedly-buff-new-mascot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/video-talking-elbee-cal-state-long-beachs-vexing-admittedly-buff-new-mascot","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Talking Elbee, Cal State Long Beach&#8217;s vexing, admittedly buff new mascot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LIVE CHAT: What happened with Cal State University Long Beach&#039;s new mascot?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O6MSA8-_pj8?list=PLmyeRr4fPAS2lzaabDTATfS59IucPr2Rs\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So, as we write this, it&#8217;s been a little more than 24 hours since Elbee came into our life and we are having a hard time focusing.<\/p>\n<p>So. Many. Questions.<\/p>\n<p>The new Cal State Long Beach mascot, one of three (that we know of), was introduced to the world via a video on Monday. You&#8217;ll see that video, pretty much on a loop, and hear some people who&#8217;ve written about Elbee and are now wondering about life choices.<\/p>\n<p>The562.org&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/csulb-unveils-new-shark-mascot-to-less-than-universal-acclaim\">Mike Guardabascio and JJ Fiddler<\/a> and Hi-lo editor <a href=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/cal-state-long-beach-unveils-mascot-elbee-questions-ensue\">Steve Lowery<\/a> talk about what&#8217;s going on in the video, has Long Beach State&#8217;s mascot saga become so tortured as to qualify as a ring of hell and what&#8217;s going on at a school that seems to get so much right but, when it comes to mascots, well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>All that and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-AJH5aySRn4\">Jabber Jaw<\/a> in this encore presentation of a Tuesday Live Chat. (If you&#8217;d rather avoid the ads, come in at the 1:38 mark.)<\/p>\n<p>Have a look and listen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So. Many. 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