florida state football chief osceola renegade.

Chief Osceola and Renegade make up one of college football’s grandest traditions. Osceola, a student rider donning war paint and wearing Native American regalia, rides Renegade, a spotted Appaloosa horse, across the field before every Florida State home game. Osceola carries a flaming spear and thrusts it into the ground minutes before kickoff. It’s a tradition that started in 1978 with the approval of the Seminole Tribe of Florida and has become a must-see spectacle for college football fans. The iconic scene has played out flawlessly hundreds of times over nearly five decades.