This thread kicks off with the definitive article of Q's origin from a few years back : "Nip and Tuck: The curious case of San Jose Earthquakes mascot Q" (Center Line Soccer - Sunday, 1/31/16) Q -- before and after | Center Line Soccer GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! -G
My wife and I used to have a theory that Q was actually one of the players who was not playing or on the bench that game day. I told her it was Khari Stephenson because for several games I never said Q and him appear at the time.
LOL. Khari's too tall. And he and Q are good friends. I once had dinner with them both at the Cheesecake Factory.
Q's pregame meal used to be a burger with egg on top sold only at the concession stand by the VIP entrance. But they discontinued that as a menu item this season, so not sure what his new routine is. I know he loves Cheesecake Factory, though. But who doesn't?
Haha. Thanks for debunking the myth. I actually use a picture of Q in shirt and tie with the "Pringles" style Quakes logo on the left chest, kind of like an employee photo, in Google profile. I don't remember where I found it long time ago. Someone once asked me if that was a blue Elmo. Also on my office desk, there is a photo of Q, my wife and myself with the empty Avaya stadium and all the blue seats taken by a professional photographer last year on the field after a game on devotion day. We love that picture much better than the new ones taken this year on the goal line with the LOBINA as background.
I discussed Q with a rep once, and got the strong impression that Q was different people at different games -- inferring that various FO staffers did their time inside the fur. He would not name names though!
I know for a fact that Q's preferred pre-game meal back at Buck Shaw was a Yoshinoya beef bowl from the place on El Camino in Santa Clara (since closed). I know a lot about Q, but the omerta prevents me from talking...
🌮 Just a little throwback to a @TacomaniaInc moment with @TjAmarante. 🌮@SJEarthquakes #NoHardFeelings #Quakes74 pic.twitter.com/nSF8vSpEPj— Q Mascot (@QMascot) July 13, 2019 GO SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES!!! -G
Interesting - not even on the first page of Google. Had to google Cozmo Galaxy". He looks sort of like a developmentally disabled Marvin the Martian...