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Brutus Buckeye's snow art gets a Michigan cleanup

BellProductions' college football edit turns a grounds crew member's cleanup into a mascot's moment of mock heartbreak.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 3,658,466 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (259,449).

They Erased His Masterpiece...💔 #nfl #shortsThey Erased His Masterpiece...💔 #nfl #shorts

Using his foot as a paintbrush, Brutus Buckeye clears snow to draw an "O-H" and cross out Michigan's "M." Ohio State's mascot celebrates toward the crowd. Then a grounds crew member gets down on hands and knees and removes his handiwork.

That is the "masterpiece" at the center of BellProductions' fast-moving Short, which passed roughly 2.2 million views in ten hours, far beyond the clips channel's usual Shorts start. This is edited college football footage, rather than an original BellProductions production.

The joke needs no touchdown or disputed call. Brutus watches from the sideline, turning to a spectator with theatrical disbelief as his snow drawing disappears. The commentary supplies its own escalation: "Grounds crew has to get out there!"

Viewers are talking about the mascot's reaction as much as the drawing. One recalls seeing the moment on live television; another, identifying themselves as a Michigan fan, questions whether the cleanup was even necessary, since play would eventually have erased it anyway. Brutus, at least for the camera, is considerably less philosophical about the loss.

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What viewers say

  • Watched this on live tv and was one of the funniest things Ive ever seen
  • That is one of the funniest and best mascot reactions I’ve ever seen 😂
    @theorangeninjagamesSee it on YouTube
  • I’m a Michigan fan & i think that was funny Brutus did that. It didn’t need to be erased it eventually would have been during the game😊
    @jarodshepard1046See it on YouTube
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  • That mascot was so devastated to see his masterpiece get destroyed. At least he tried.
    @cadebecker2486See it on YouTube

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The facts
Subscribers
146,000 ▲ 8,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
66,177,864
Channel views, pace per day
9,070,737 (on a normal day: 7,791,767)
Video published
October 29, 2026
Video views so far
2,246,494 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day
3,658,466

The numbers

The Short has already drawn far more views than BellProductions usually gets on a Short's first day.

the video's first day
usual first day here
259,449
this video
3,658,466
subscribers
146,000
▲ 8,000 in the last 7 days
total views
941,728,136
views per day
9,070,737
typical day: 7,791,767
the video
views
2,246,494
likes
22,464
comments
148
days online
1
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
POSTERISED
143,000
As of October 30, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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