FULMER CUP: “HO”-TRE DAME
The full–and we mean really, really full–Fulmer Cup report comes later today. But we must pre-empt and give you this amuse bouche from the blotter in South Bend, Indiana, where there actually are prostitutes.
Derrell Hand, 20, a University of Notre Dame defensive end/nose tackle, was arrested and jailed Thursday afternoon for allegedly propositioning a prostitute.
Hand, who was suspended indefinitely from the team Friday, was released from the St. Joseph County Jail on $250 bond Thursday.

Go pimp one for the gipper, nurse. He’s fading.
Hand was picked up as part of a sting operation by the South Bend police department. His defense should be that he merely speaks like that to not only every woman he meets, but every man, as well, as part of an undiagnosed Tourette’s tic.
Judge: How do you plead, defendant?
Hand: Ho, you know how we do. Payin’ to play, want it today, cash on the way whaddya say?
Judge: One more outburst like that and you’ll be found in contempt of court, Mr. Hand.
Hand: Whateva, trick, fat dick that’s sick gotta spit one quick before I flip. How much?
We’d call it Irvin syndrome if we hadn’t cried like a pussy watching the Playmaker get inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and ask his wife and kids for forgiveness for being a less than perfect father. (Sniff.) Hand should just go ahead, transfer to BYU, get a DWC in Provo, and therefore unify the “inadvisable crime to commit at religious college” title belts.












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The folks at NDNation have their underwear tied up in knots wanting this kid to be punished, banished, or otherwise sanctioned. Just like the hypocritical purists they can be.
I’m a 3rd generation ND grad, and my son and nephew made 4 generations.
But sometimes I just don’t understand the need to beat something like this to death. After all, no one died, no one got hurt, no one was abused or harmed in any way. So…big deal. It isn’t like he beat the crap out of his girlfriend or started a barroom brawl.
Comment by gwzimm — August 8, 2007 @ 12:00 pm
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#74 — You got townie action? Gross. That’s even worse than fat-girl action. Actually, it probably was fat-girl action. Fat-girl townie action. Excuse me while I hurl.
Comment by Charles — August 7, 2007 @ 5:36 am
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Domers, don’t sweat it. Speaking as a non-Catholic Domer, this isn’t about Catholic hate, it’s about Dome-hate. No one makes little boy/priest jokes about Boston College or Georgetown; ignore it, and move on.
The REAL story here is that a varsity football player couldn’t even get a piece of townie action. Hell, I was a ROTC dork under the Dome and I got my fair share.
Comment by Nate (ltdomer98) — August 6, 2007 @ 6:56 pm
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If it’s any consolation for Hand, non-athletes aren’t on campus yet so he didn’t even have an opportunity to check with the homely coeds. #8 As an Irish fan and Charlie Weis lover, that’s hilarious.
Comment by Sean — August 6, 2007 @ 5:16 pm
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Have the Hand-job jokes made the rounds yet??
Comment by DumpDorrell — August 6, 2007 @ 5:01 pm
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Stephen Colbert = the real enemy
Comment by jebushchrist — August 6, 2007 @ 4:08 pm
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Anyway, I have no beef with Catholics in general. How could I dislike them when they have such great comedians (Stephen Colbert).
Comment by Jeff from LA — August 6, 2007 @ 4:05 pm
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One of my good friend’s dad was a partner at one of the national firms in charge of the civil suit against one of the New England dioceses. He told me that when the firm was trying to decide whether to take up the case, quite a few Catholic leaders and political leaders who were Catholic told him that if his firm took up the case, their law firm would “never work in Boston again.” He thought that it was just a few over the top individuals until he kept getting the same message over and over again.
So, let’s be clear, the main problem with the sicko priests was the handling of some of the Catholic leaders when they found out about it, i.e. shipping the priests around and trying to intimidate the victims.
Comment by Jeff from LA — August 6, 2007 @ 4:00 pm
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#53 - It’s called homonym humor. I use it at every opportunity. For me, emptying myself is a soul cleansing of sorts. You should try it.
Comment by jebushchrist — August 6, 2007 @ 2:12 pm
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#64
The first time I used it I thought I was being clever. I’ve mostly recovered from the subsequent puncture wounds, but I figure I may as well wear my scar proud and continue to lower the bar.
Comment by Allahver Fist — August 6, 2007 @ 2:07 pm
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#62
i can’t believe someone is throwing statistics like this around trying to seemingly justify priest pdeophelia or in the very least be unapologetic for it?!
Reading Comprehension is not really a strong suit of yours, is it?
The stats were used against PeterJayhawk’s blanket statement ( @ #14) that all Catholics (at least those at ND) are obviously ok with pedophilia.
“Of course, this would have been a less egregious offense at Notre Dame had the propositionee been a young boy.
NDTom quoted the stats not in defense of pedophiles, or even of how the Church has (mis)handled them, but merely to point out that this is not just a Catholic problem, but a problem with our culture as a whole.
People continuing to make this lame-ass joke whenever Catholics are mentioned isn’t funny. It’s just tired.
Comment by Francis — August 6, 2007 @ 1:40 pm
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I’m Chris Hanson, with Dateline NBC.
Comment by PSUrob — August 6, 2007 @ 1:35 pm
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Allhaver, what is with the Baconator/frosty obsession? Remind me not to accept an invitation to go to Wendy’s with you, lol
Comment by Beatuofa — August 6, 2007 @ 1:30 pm
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#36
Statistically speaking, the rate of pedophilia in priests is more or less in line with the rest of the population, somewhere around 1-2%.
First of all, what an unbelievable retarded statistic. “somewhere between 1-2%”
O RRY?! LOLZZ!11!!1!
secondly, 100% of the male population isn’t placed in a position - by a higher being no less - to mold the lives of others’ children
i can’t believe someone is throwing statistics like this around trying to seemingly justify priest pdeophelia or in the very least be unapologetic for it?!
Comment by omfdg — August 6, 2007 @ 1:17 pm
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Mario wasn’t so super after all.
Comment by Denalocantfly — August 6, 2007 @ 1:16 pm
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Charlie Weis was propositioning seven buckets of popcorn chicken and unavailable to comment
From there, he went to DQ for a quadruplesnickersblizzard, and then the bariatric surgeon and a lawsuit-to-go.
Comment by Palouse — August 6, 2007 @ 12:38 pm
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The guys who do this are sick, manipulative bastards and there isn’t a punishment harsh enough for what they do.
…so we just shuffle them on to another parish.
Comment by PW — August 6, 2007 @ 12:32 pm
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I know the statistics because I volunteer with a parish youth group. In addition to all the background checks and fingerprinting everyone is required to take a course that covers child abuse, how to notice signs and it went into great detail about myths and facts about sexual abuse. The guys who do this are sick, manipulative bastards and there isn’t a punishment harsh enough for what they do. The thing is they’re everywhere, they put themselves in positions where they’ll have lots of contact with kids, and they build up trust with the kids and their families before they start abusing.
I’m all for a good laugh, but I can’t find child abuse funny and I don’t want an inaccurate stereotype about it to be perpetuated
Comment by NDTom — August 6, 2007 @ 12:16 pm
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#37: Fair enough. I’m just giving credit where it’s due.
(No, I was not the one who posted it originally. I’m not nearly that clever.)
Comment by AIrish — August 6, 2007 @ 11:39 am
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CheeburgerChuck375: Do you like cheezburgerz?
NDteen13: yeah, like who dozn’t
CheeburgerChuck375: I can bring u a Baconator. It’s big, but u can take it slo. I promise u’ll like it.
NDteen13: ok, soundz like phun.
CheeburgerChuck375: Gr8. I promise a Frosty 2.
Comment by Allahver Fist — August 6, 2007 @ 11:37 am
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Allow me to be the voice of perspective here. You’re dealing with the comments section of a (largely) humor-based sports blog. Of course someone’s gonna be an asshole and bring up the priest thing with ND. It’s like being on a Tech blog comment section on the AJC’s website and expecting some Georgia fan to not come in and spout off about “fukkin nerds, 6 in a row, 51-7, WOOF WOOF WOOF” or expecting Orson to not comment about Phil Fulmer being fat (which he is).
Comment by Chris — August 6, 2007 @ 11:35 am
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Is the rate of pedophiles in the priesthood actually the same as the general population? I know I’ve seen an analysis that suggested the gay population in the preisthood was significantly higher than the population at large. It just makes too good of a place to hide for someone who faces condemnation from the community at large.
And I’m not equating pedophillia and homosexuality, those are separate things.
Comment by oc phil — August 6, 2007 @ 11:30 am
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#19 - Impressive.
How do you misuse the word “soul” and then use “raison d’être” in the same sentence?
Comment by Larry David — August 6, 2007 @ 11:20 am
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True, but implying that Catholics are hunky-dory with pedophilia, as the original post did, is.
I think we can agree that 98% of us are against pedophilia and the other 2% need to keep their mouths shut and their zippers up.
That said, I went to a Catholic HS in the 80s in CA, and despite trying, they weren’t completely successful in getting the priests to keep their hands to themselves. As a rule it was the younger ones that one had to watch out for; the older Irish-American priests were far too busy getting sozzled and smoking for that kind of malarkey.
Comment by DC Trojan — August 6, 2007 @ 11:19 am
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I’m glad I don’t have a reason to have pedophile statistics at my fingertips.
Comment by jebushchrist — August 6, 2007 @ 11:10 am