SMU spirit members walk the school mascot, Peruna, around the edge of the field during the pregame of an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, in Dallas, Texas.

Fordham averages 73.6 points per game, 1.1 fewer than the 74.7 Rhode Island gives up. The teams meet for the third time this season. Rhode Island won 86-67 in the last matchup on March 8.

SMU spirit members walk the school mascot, Peruna, around the edge of the field during the pregame of an NCAA college football game on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, in Dallas, Texas.

Yes, as legend has it, one of Peruna's predecessors allegedly kicked the Fordham Ram mascot -- a live ram -- so hard that it killed it.