The work is not easy, either. Students are generally dressed in the mascot outfits for 5-15 hours per week. While being in character body temperatures can climb dangerously high, so the Falcons are required to take a water break about every 30 minutes.
The Freddy and Frieda perform at many different campus events including sports, freshman orientations and O-Reg. They attend all football games, all home men’s and women’s basketball games, all volleyball games and all home hockey games. The Falcons also occasionally put in appearances at non-campus functions, one of their favorites being weddings.
BGSU is one of the few university’s to support both a male and female mascot. One of the benefits to this, according to Kim Novak, the mascots advisor, is that "it shows that men and women enjoy sports". In 2006 the Falcons attended the NCA Cheer camp in Nashville, Tennessee, at Vanderbilt, and Freddie and Frieda were both named, “Best Collegiate Mascot.”
The costumes the Falcons wear have changed over the years. The most recent versions were introduced in 2001, at the BGSU vs. Miami University basketball game. The head is now made of fiberglass with paint and material that resemble feathers, altogether it weighs nearly 15 lbs. Bowling Green jersey shirts and basketball shorts complete the outfit.
The “life” of a given mascot lasts the duration of the school year. The mascots are both “beheaded” during the spring semester at one of the last hockey and basketball games of the season.
