Super Bowl: Cobb man is Colts' NFL mascot

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Super Bowl: Cobb man is Colts' NFL mascot

Super Bowl XLIV: Trey Mock of Marietta, Ga., is Indianapolis Colts' NFL mascot "Blue," Feb. 2010.

The man who will lead the Indianapolis Colts onto the field for Super Bowl XLIV isn't Peyton Manning or coach Jim Caldwell but Marietta's own Trey Mock. Known to the NFL as Blue, the Colts' mascot, Mock will sprint out in his 40-pound acrylic horse suit waving a team flag. - Larry Hartstein, AJC

Ali Mock, 25, has heard all the lines about cheerleaders dating players. "I tell people all the time they have strict rules against player and cheerleader fraternization," she said. "I always tell everybody I couldn't get a player so I got the next best thing. Trey hates it when I say that, but I think it's funny." With the Colts on the road in December 2006, Blue and 12 cheerleaders visited military bases in Japan and Hawaii. Trey and Ali fell in love on that trip. - Larry Hartstein, AJC

He's a fulltime Colts marketing employee. Blue made 350 appearances last year, mainly at schools and hospitals. - Larry Hartstein, AJC

A diver and track athlete at Cobb's Walton High School, Mock (as Aubie, center) never considered becoming a mascot until he attended Auburn's freshman orientation and saw Aubie, the Tigers' mascot, perform. Mock's friends immediately told the natural jokester and dancer he should go for it. He and two others helped Aubie win the 2003 national championship for mascots -- yes, there is one. It was the fifth of Aubie's sixth titles. - Larry Hartstein, AJC

Mock did an internship with the Falcons, then got hired by the Buffalo Bills. But he was back at home, thinking about getting a regular job with his marketing degree, when the Colts invited him to apply. He beat out 57 other mascots. Mock has missed one preseason game in his four-year tenure, after his appendix ruptured. - Larry Hartstein, AJC

It's a cool gig being Blue -- he travels the world and meets lots of people (here, Blue visits a children's hospital) -- but it comes with misconceptions. "A lot of people hear you're the mascot and they're like, 'What else do you do?'" Mock said. During one pep rally, he rappelled off a bank building in full fur. - Larry Hartstein, AJC

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The man who will lead the Indianapolis Colts onto the field for Super Bowl XLIV isn't Peyton Manning or coach Jim Caldwell but Marietta's own Trey Mock. Known to the NFL as Blue, the Colts' mascot, Mock will sprint out in his 40-pound acrylic horse suit waving a team flag. - Larry Hartstein, AJC

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