HERO FOR OUR TIME: MARQUES ‘GRAND MARQUES’ SLOCUM
We really wouldn’t want to hang out with most football players. As a fan, we’re necessarily put in the tension-filled position of being passionate about a sport whose participants would, on the whole, rather chew their own leg off than hang out with our ilk. (”Hey, wanna come over and watch the DVD of Big Love! It’s the one where Marge finally gets that job she’s been angling for! I’m sooooo happy for her!”)

Sprint/Nextel bitches.
Yet, we think we’ve met the first player we actually would love to hang with on a weekly basis: Michigan’s own Marques “Grand Marques” Slocum. His quiz on his facebook entry is reprinted below, and we don’t mean this in a snickering, elitist, or ironic way at all: Marques sounds fucking awesome. In fact, we’re calling our mom right now to tell her she’s the realest bitch alive. She’ll appreciate it, since she did say “motherfucker” live on the EDSBS radio show.
Sprint/Nextel, bitches. Enjoy.
(Begin edited interview. Questions in italics, answers in bold.)
What is your favorite song of all time?
Just another n***a- state property II
Do you own any pets, and if so what do you have?

Fuck lion say what!
i got a fuck lion now come fuck wit me
Who do you admire most?
My mom CARLA, dat bitch da shit, i love her i think she da realest bitch alive
Do you have any tattoos, and if so what and where?
fuckin real
When do you plan on getting married?
it dont matta cuz i hope my wife know ima be playa 4 life
Get the number or give the number?
i would have 2 say bof
Romance or Kinky Sex?
it dont matta however i can get it
How do you feel?
i feel like killin somebody so dont be dat person… lol….not really dont be dat person
What size shoe do you wear?
a big enouf size 2 boot chu da fuck up outta here
T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular, Cingular/AT&T, or Sprint/Nextel
sprint/nextel bitch! dey got da best phones
Would you rather be hot or cold?
fuckin warm fuck dat hot shit and dat cold shit Id rather it be in da middle
Would you rather lose an arm or a leg?
what da fuck! i needs bof of my muthafuckin body parts
Opera, Musical, Concert, Play, Performance, or Other?
opera- no, musical- no, concert- maybe. play- no, performance- fuuuuuuuuuuuck no, other- no
What is your favorite clothing brand?
state property, im on my philly shit im on my jawn… lol
Most Memorable Past?
shit i couldnt tell u cuz i dont know
If you had to pick one car, which would it be?
96 impala ss
Your favorite Disney Films?
fuck disney
Why did the chicken cross the road?
cuz he was all fiend out
Do you support Paris?
why should i
Where is Waldo?

Waldo: eaten by fuck lion, presumably.
i killed dat punk muthafucka he owed me money
Favorite element?
i would have 2 go with………….. water
What was your last thought?
why da fuck am i doin dis interview
Firefox, Internet Explorer, Netscape, or other?
i dont give a fuck i just want 2 get on
Who are you going to vote for in 2008?
me
Juice and crackers or milk and cookies?
i want sum milk and cookies
Favorite fruit?
watermelon
Which is worse? A bad laugh or a bad cough?
dam mafucka u just fucked up da mood, i guess i aint sayin no more jokes
Are you a cat or a dog person?
im fuckin wit a rock or a pit just so it can cha cat
Would you rather be blind or deaf?
deaf btu dam neither
Define yourself in 3 words…
im da shit
Do you eat cold cereal at night?
what da fuck is cold cereal
What is your favorite TV show?
the wire
Kill the spider or let it out?
man! fuck dat spider
Do you shower every single day?
shit i at least get a bird bath but yea i shower everyday dis summer its 2 hot not 2
Walking past a beggar, spare change or ignore?
shit ima be askin him 4 sum change
Boat or bus?
bus bitch! i cant swim
Where do you want to travel next?
da future

Fuck Bubbles.
What would you do if Michael Jackson asked you out
I be like yea and den ima rob em’, ima steal all his shit and im stealin bubbles and im sellin dat muthafucka
What is your favorite food?
I like 2 licky licky licky licky… lol
Do you read harry potter books?
who da fuck is dat!
If you could have one super human power what would you choose?
come on now i wanna fly i hate walkin dat shit overrated
Have you had a beer in the last week?
shit I downed a forty last night in 2min. and 37sec. yea, beerfest bitch! im ready 4 da boot!
Vitamin Water or Gatorade?
Bof of dem shits is nasty but i fuck wit gatorade
Favorite body part?
my whole fuckin body
Flip flops or sandles?
come on now! what type of question is dat?
What do you do on fridays?
whatever da fuck i feel like doin
Do you like bananas?
do u









1
Holly says:
I don’t know where to begin. Any one of these could be run into the ground for months with glee, but there’s just too much…it’s the internets equivalent of Wonka’s factory….a world of pure imagination…and fuck lions.
They give out Peabodys for this shit, right?
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:27 pm
2
Jim Harbaugh says:
Told you so.
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:31 pm
3
Brewster Crew says:
Banner day here on EDSBS for the Big Ten.
HALE TU DA VIKTURS, MUTHAFUCKA
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:31 pm
4
now_a_hoo says:
If you think half of your readership didn’t just send a friend request, you’re out of your mind. I hope the fact that I’m already “friends” with Zoltan gets me to the front of the line.
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:34 pm
5
Ben Million says:
man, waldo down a storm drain or some shit
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:34 pm
6
CouchBurnin'Girl says:
That was fucking fabulous!
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:36 pm
7
Eirishis says:
Is this the “Michigan man” Mike Hart was referring to? ‘Cause … wow.
[please don't hurt me, Marques]
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:37 pm
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Annon says:
As a Michigan fan and alum, I have no comment on Slocum’s quiz. As a fan of college football, I have to say that, even if Slocum never touches the field, he will still be one of my favorite players of all time.
http://michigan.scout.com/2/669440.html
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:38 pm
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Coop says:
#2
Well done.
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:41 pm
10
jebushchrist says:
I’m left speechless by the Castle Grey Skull of imagination on display here.
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:41 pm
11
Holly says:
Attn: Jim Delaney
Applesauce, bitch.
XOXOX,
The SEC
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:41 pm
12
tzubear says:
Yeah Fuck Bubbles! I mean it, how much you want fo im?
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:42 pm
13
now_a_hoo says:
Eirishis-
This is just one man posting, but I really think Bo would have approved of “Fuck Disney”, and not just for Rudy-related reasons.
(Also, I can’t figure out how much the electric bill was last summer. Maybe 60% of what it was this past summer?)
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:42 pm
14
Oops Pow Surprise says:
Holy shit.
Hooooooly shit.
That is the greatest thing I have ever read.
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:42 pm
15
DC Trojan says:
If walking is over-rated, then surely he could spare a leg after all? I’m surprised he doesn’t just levitate everywhere.
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:42 pm
16
DevilGrad says:
Holly — If Jim Delaney could get the Big Ten Network to pair up with Facebook for a feature show, then we might have something worth paying for on cable.
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:49 pm
17
Palouse says:
what da fuck is cold cereal
Obviously, you’re not a golfer.
Define “fortify”.
I axd da bitch how much, she said fortify.
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:50 pm
18
LSUJoshua says:
I’m glad to read in that link that Mr. Slocum (a hale and hearty “fuck disney” to you as well sir) is academically troubled but is succeeding. Because, I read that quiz with the Big Televen Commish and the dudes from MGoBlog and MZone floating around my conscience, bragging about how mind blowingly awesome UM academics are compared to the shoddy SEC and thinking, “this is the type of supreriority they are bragging about?” Damn. That run-on sentence brought to you by the letters L, S, and U and the number 72.
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:52 pm
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Pooley Hubert says:
i’m glad somebody stepped up and filled the canyonesque void left by the Irons brothers.
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:53 pm
20
Bama says:
I’m ready for the BOOT!! That’s great. This is Irons brothers funny.
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:53 pm
21
robert says:
“Beerfest bitch! I’m ready 4 da boot!”
Officially in my lexicon.
August 22nd, 2007 at 4:55 pm
22
LSUJoshua says:
Like Oops said, that is the greatest thing I have ever read. I just read it for the third time, giggling and lightheaded.
Seriously:
1. That quiz
2. The Holy Bible
3. Fahrenheit 451
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:00 pm
23
okiedomer says:
I love how, in the midst of all this mind-blowing hilarity, he stops to give a thoughtful answer to the question of “favorite element.”
I like water too, Marques.
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:03 pm
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MCab says:
I concur w/ #1, this is a trove for more inside jokes than we know what to do with. EDSBS will only become more confusing to the rookie.
Effdat spidah . . .
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:04 pm
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now_a_hoo says:
LSUJoshua-
Football players are the dumbest people at any school not called MIT. What should concern you is the possibility that a similar survey response could have been written by an LSU student /not on the football team/. Also, it’s not like he turned in a term paper with “Fuck Thomas Pynchon!” written at the top; this is on his facebook profile.
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:04 pm
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The New Math: 86=1 says:
I’m just waiting for him to say he’s watching [whoever wins the HEISEMEN trophy]. Slocum like HEISMENS.
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:04 pm
27
PW says:
This is like one of those movies with so many funny scenes that you can’t even describe it to your friends.
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:05 pm
28
PW says:
I guess a fuck lion makes a blowjob midget seem tame by comparison.
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:07 pm
29
gerry dorsey says:
i just sat here looking at the comment box for five minutes trying to figure out what to write, but i am overwhelmed. maybe the hardest i’ve ever laughed at this site….and that’s saying something.
where can i get a fuck lion???
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:08 pm
30
Holly says:
Also, it’s not like he turned in a term paper with “Fuck Thomas Pynchon!” written at the top.
Although that certainly wouldn’t hurt, nor is it out of the realm of possibility.
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:09 pm
31
DevilGrad says:
Next EDSBS tee-shirt”
“BEWARE OF FUCK LION”
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:11 pm
32
Coach Saban says:
Favorite element?
i would have 2 go with………….. water
I am dying over here.
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:16 pm
33
DiamondM says:
I thank God everyday that youtube and facebook and myspace, not to mention video and camera cell phones, were not around when I was in college. I can’t imagine having to explain to future employers or potential spouses the kind of stuff that might have shown up. It sends shivers up my spine sometimes.
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:16 pm
34
omar says:
When I saw ‘ Wat da fuck is cold cereal?’ I thought of Chappelle’s standup… classic, purely classic
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:24 pm
35
Chg says:
Imagine what kind of players they could get if they didn’t have so much of that academic integrity Delany talks about.
Marques is obviously a classics major so engrossed in his studies that when asked to pick an element, he automatically thinks of the Aristotelian world view.
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:30 pm
36
oc phil says:
If you do ever end up hanging out with football players on a friday night in the offseason, one phrase you don’t want to hear is “Let’s see how much the white boy can drink”.
Bad things result, trust me.
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:31 pm
37
Futbawl Fan says:
eliminate the questions here and we have a grammy winning new rap song in his responses
i feel like killin somebody so dont be dat person…
….not really dont be dat person
a big enouf size 2 boot chu da fuck up outta here
sprint/nextel bitch! dey got da best phones
fuckin warm
fuck dat hot shit
and dat cold shit
Id rather it be in da middle
refrain:
why da fuck am i doin dis interview
why da fuck am i doin dis interview
why da fuck am i doin dis interview
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:34 pm
38
brink says:
I can’t make fun of this….I need bof of my muthafuckin body parts…
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:34 pm
39
Chg says:
Steve Spurrier just called the university president and demanded that South Carolina hire Michigan’s Director of Admissions.
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:40 pm
40
Cock Moore says:
He obviously needs to read a book.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=11302757
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:44 pm
41
RaginCajunRebel says:
“im da shit”
yes you are, buddy. And it looks like I can forget about Waldo paying me back the money he owes me. Also, Man! fuck dat spider.
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:44 pm
42
AAB says:
As far as the academic jokes go, Slocum has actually spent a couple years trying to get eligible, and it’s a pretty great story that he’s now finally getting to suit up. He’s become one of the favorites among a lot of Michigan fans before even taking the field because he’s stuck with it for so long.
Not that the jokes aren’t funny anyway.
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:50 pm
43
Joey says:
If Michigan had a team full of players who spent two years working as tirelessly as Slocum did in the classroom to get into Michigan and give himself an opportunity to be a Wolverine, Michigan would probably never lose. Maybe not something for the University’s homepage, but I’ll ride with Marques any day.
That said, and in the spirit of EDSBS, I am most found of his answer to the bananas question. Lots of possibilities there.
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:54 pm
44
LSUJoshua says:
25
You mean to tell me that as sure as gravity and paris is a whore that there very possibly are stupid people at my state school alma mater!?!?!?! Are you shittin’ me Pyle?!?!?!?!?!??!!
Up might as well be down now. I need to sit down and reflect on this.
The point was that Michigan’s AD and adherrent blog nation just got done pissing down on all of the entire SEC when it comes to smarts. When everyone knows we are have plenty of Grand Marques in our respective ranks.
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:54 pm
45
Joey says:
fond*
August 22nd, 2007 at 5:55 pm
46
Tacopants says:
Chg, If you take a single incident ( Marques’ facebook page) as a counter-proof of a more general thing ( Jim Delany talking about SEC academics ), I can offer your post ( single incident ) as an example of how shitty SEC statistics courses are. Ever heard about outliers?
LSUJoshua, deluded are we? As far as I can remember, MGoBlog and MZone condemned Delaney’s pompous claim. And their insinuations mostly are satire. Just like EDSBS.
Just don’t send Les Miles North-ways.
August 22nd, 2007 at 6:06 pm
47
Out of Conference says:
“im fuckin wit a rock or a pit just so it can cha cat”
I now know how I’m signing the Christmas cards this year.
August 22nd, 2007 at 6:16 pm
48
Out of Conference says:
Oh yeah, also, could somehow help me out with what a “bird bath” is?
August 22nd, 2007 at 6:18 pm
49
Eirishis says:
Continuing the data mining…
opera- no, musical- no, concert- maybe. play- no, performance- fuuuuuuuuuuuck no, other- no
Man, what bad “performance” experience did he have to rank this lower than opera?
August 22nd, 2007 at 6:19 pm
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DevilGrad says:
Damn, #45, don’t be using that statistics and sociology shit to mess up a perfectly good discussion of fuck lions.
Besides, check out the Penn State photos in the post below this one. It’s TWO anecdotal examples — just today.
August 22nd, 2007 at 6:20 pm