FULMER CUP POINTS: BOISE GOES FOR TWO AGAIN

by Orson on Jan 30, 2007 7:54 AM EST

It's Boise for two--Fulmer Cup points, that is, in the form of 2 DUI points for 19 year old Boise State Bronco Tristan Patin. Patin, a reserve defensive back, suffered from the bane of many a drunk driver: being stuck in a town with more than a few one way streets after a night of imbibing what was no doubt Idaho's finest muscatelle wine. (HT: The Wiz.)

The car was traveling south on 5th, which is a one-way northbound street, according to police. Patin's blood alcohol level was measured at 0.165 and 0.158 during a field test, according to police reports.

0.165 is good and drunk, for those of you not fond of using the in-bar breathalyzer to track your relative position on BAC Everest, which means that even if an athlete like Patin had given himself a modicum of sobering up before climbing in the car, he was likely good and hammered at one point in the evening. For someone living in Boise in January, we'd call this sober--a position the police don't seem inclined to agree with, unfortunately.

Thus 2007 begins the same way 2006 ended for Boise: a two point score, a sure sign of their growing football influence and power, earning them a tie with West Virginia for the Fulmer Cup lead. They're so good at two-pointers using misdirection, both those involving one-way streets or fantastic body language play fakes:

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he finally realized:

“oh shit, I live in Boise fucking Idaho”

by Bill on Jan 30, 2007 8:30 AM EST reply actions

Don’t diss the Boise, Bill.

It’s got elite skiing, fishing, some great bars, a nice little music scene… nothing to scoff at.

by Peter Bean on Jan 30, 2007 9:18 AM EST reply actions

PB – That would be "1337 5|

by tOSU_radar on Jan 30, 2007 9:26 AM EST reply actions

Technically, Boise didn’t finish 2006 with a two-pointer….they’re just damn consistent in Jan 2007.

by Geaux Irish on Jan 30, 2007 9:32 AM EST reply actions

Wait… was this the guy that propsed right after the game?

Hell, I’d be drinking too.

by CouchBurnin'Girl on Jan 30, 2007 9:34 AM EST reply actions

*proposed. Caffeine hasn’t kicked in yet.

by CouchBurnin'Girl on Jan 30, 2007 9:34 AM EST reply actions

Nope. That would be Ian Johnson, starting RB, not a reserve DB.
I live on the other side of the state… the side away from Boise and civilization. if your BAC is under .2, you aren’t drinking enough. at 8 in the morning.

by psuedosilent observer on Jan 30, 2007 9:35 AM EST reply actions

Since Florida has the Gator Slam with the football and basketball trophies — ranked number one in women’s (team) gymnastics as well — maybe there should be some impetus on Jeremy Foley’s part to make a clean sweep: athletics and Fulmer Cup.

How crazy would that make Phil?

by Kenny on Jan 30, 2007 9:50 AM EST reply actions

Lemsday!!!

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2747745

by RaginCajunRebel on Jan 30, 2007 10:01 AM EST reply actions

Hell, 0.16 is the legal limit here in Germany…for bicycles. If you’re so drunk you wouldn’t be allowed to ride a bike in Deutschland, well, you’re mighty drunk.

by irishdevil on Jan 30, 2007 10:10 AM EST reply actions

“. . . . a night of imbibing what was no doubt Idaho’s finest muscatelle wine.”

“Would you like to sniff the bottlecap?”

by DevilGrad on Jan 30, 2007 10:12 AM EST reply actions

Well, that Isolde has been known to drive people to drink…

by ACC_Expat on Jan 30, 2007 10:22 AM EST reply actions

I thought they used sled dogs up there this time of year.

When he was suppose to hand off the keys to his designated driver, it turned out to be a beautiful play action. Plus he’s a DB weighing 180-200 pounds max. He probably hit that level on his third wine spritzer.

by Cool Hand Mike on Jan 30, 2007 10:48 AM EST reply actions

- CBGirl: Should there not be a MAN law that states that there will be no Worlds colliding between the cheerleader world and the gridiron warrior world, especially during games—-on the field proposals?

Have not football players sufferred enough during the game to end it in a manner like that?

Where were the teammates to stop the young man from giving away half of his assets for the rest of his life, not to mention bj’s up the ying yang?

Why is another marriage proposal going to be the “star commercial” during the next superbowl?

Is this just a female and men in tights thing?

I demand satisfaction!

by The Great American on Jan 30, 2007 11:10 AM EST reply actions

I’m sorry, but did someone just mention that their school was tops in the nation in women’s team gymnastics? Isn’t there a man-law statute this violates?

by spartymike on Jan 30, 2007 11:10 AM EST reply actions

Thanks for the clarification, TGA.

by spartymike on Jan 30, 2007 11:12 AM EST reply actions

Re: Lemsday, spot the top-notch quality control on the WWL as of 11.20 EST:

Mississippi was 3-8 in Orgeron’s first season and 4-8 last year, ending the season with a 20-17 defeat of rival Mississippi State. After landing a strong recruiting class in his first season, Oregon currently has the 32nd ranked recruiting class of 2007, according to ESPN’s Scouts, Inc.

Just because the spell-checker says it’s correct, doesn’t make it so. Who said on the prior post that you don’t get much value out of interns?

by DC Trojan on Jan 30, 2007 11:24 AM EST reply actions

Are coaches elegible for FC points?
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2736759

by RedDevilEA on Jan 30, 2007 11:36 AM EST reply actions

I don’t know about coaches but how about former Oklahoma QBs in general?

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=ncf&id=2747875

by Cool Hand Mike on Jan 30, 2007 11:48 AM EST reply actions

Hey! Don’t diss women’s gymnastics. Much like the pom pom, it’s very popular here in SEC country.

by Dawg 05 on Jan 30, 2007 12:25 PM EST reply actions

Dammit, my #3 leet comment blew up. Looks like I passed out at the keyboard.

by tOSU_radar on Jan 30, 2007 1:27 PM EST reply actions

Breaking news…Gators now currently ranked #1 in football, men’s basketball, women’s gymnastics, and…MEN’S GOLF! That’s right…ream em and weep Stanford!

by zzgator on Jan 30, 2007 2:02 PM EST reply actions

ZZ,

You guys can keep your real sports. In Alabama, we dominate the drinking “sports”.

http://www.collegiatebass.org./rankings.pdf

by Cool Hand Mike on Jan 30, 2007 4:33 PM EST reply actions

Good Lemsday reference yet again. That should be blogdom’s word of the year.

BTW, it’s Orgeron-speak for “Let ’em stay”, or our favorite day of the week.

by J.J. on Jan 30, 2007 5:23 PM EST reply actions

Well, at least he wasn’t passed out from the dosage of GHB like the former QB Dim-wit, er……ummm, Dinwiddie.

UPDATE: From ESPN.com -

Boise State quarterback pleads guilty to driving under the influence

BOISE, Idaho — Boise State University quarterback Ryan Dinwiddie agreed to speak at schools about the peril of the rave party drug GHB after pleading guilty to driving under the influence.

Dinwiddie also was sentenced to one year of unsupervised probation by Ada County Magistrate Judge Christopher Bieter for the misdemeanor charge.

The junior from Elk Grove, Calif., was suspended for the final game of the 2001 football season and faces no further punishment from the team, coach Dan Hawkins said Wednesday night.

Dinwiddie, who originally pleaded innocent when charged with driving under the influence of a drug in December, was sentenced Wednesday after changing his plea.

Boise city prosecutors say Dinwiddie was under the influence of GHB, a popular drug on college campuses and at rave parties, when he was found Nov. 21 near a Boise intersection, sitting unconscious behind the wheel of an idling car.

by B.ID on Jan 30, 2007 8:53 PM EST reply actions

Looks like the gators are on the board in the fulmer cup…LB john Demps off the team, for something with the law, he was spotted at a gainsville court room the other day, and now is kicked off team.

by tellingitlikeitis on Jan 31, 2007 9:52 AM EST reply actions