You won't see the Eagles during this year's Super Bowl, but you may see their lucky charm on screen: Lincoln the bald eagle.

Mason Reber grew up watching Penn State football with his family in Beaver Stadium, and believed the Nittany Lion mascot was the best part of those games. “I thought he was a superhero,” Reber said.

As evidenced by the sideline brawls and sign-stealing scandals of games past, emotions run high on college football gamedays. Sometimes so high that even the teams’ mascots feel compelled to get in on ...