FULMER CUPDATE! COWPUNCHER TURNS COP-PUNCHER
The first scoreboard update for the Fulmer Cup begins with classic material and new developments. First, the scoreboard, brought to you as always by Brian, who is hung like Reggie Fucking Nelson:

Classic: Georgia can’t drive. For three years now, we’ve been advocating the hiring of a motor vehicles supervisor for the University of Georgia Bulldogs, who never manage to do anything really heinous around town but rack up distorted Fulmer Cup scores thanks to their inability to drive legally or register a vehicle properly.
In this year’s model, one night featured two UGA classics in row. They happened sequentially, as if packaged for our convenient consumption:
University of Georgia police arrested cornerback Donavon Baldwin, 21, for improper driving and driving under the influence at 3:05 a.m. Sunday.
Fullback Fred Munzenmaier, 19, was arrested 34 minutes later by university police for underage possession of alcohol and being a pedestrian walking in the roadway.
We assess UGA four points in all for the two offenses: two for the DUI, one for the improper driving, and one for the underage possession/behavior risking becoming a human speed bump.
Washington State safety Xavier Hicks earns second-degree assault charges for soaking his teammate Grady Maxwell’s contact lenses in rubbing alcohol. Maxwell avoided any harm–he did not put on the lenses, and was presumably tipped off by Hicks suggesting repeatedly “Hey, why don’t you put in your contact lenses, hmmmm???–and is evidently pressing charges with ferocity. We would, too: the worst we ever did to any dorm mate was hanging a banner outside our friend Weo’s window announcing that he was both gay and proud. See, he wasn’t gay! That’s what made it FUNNY. “Hate crime.” Whatever.
WSU is awarded four points: three for the assault per Fulmer Cup statutes, and one bonus point for total dickheadedness by Hicks in this case.
And our new leader: Oklahoma State. Courtesy of tight end Brandon Pettigrew, who kept it real with a local police officer following a fight involving “10-15 people” in downtown Stillwater this past Sunday morning.
The 6-foot-6, 260-pound Pettigrew and others were told to disperse, but Pettigrew refused to leave, Metcalf said. With his elbow, Pettigrew allegedly struck an officer in the chest, Metcalf said.
At that size, he’s lucky he didn’t get tasered within an inch of incontinence by local law enforcement officials. For individual arrests involving people as big as Pettigrew, we’re fairly certain it’s well within the statues of most states to call in airstrikes on them if necessary. Pettigrew was charged with assault on a police officer and public intoxication, meaning a total of five points are assessed for the charges: three for assault, one for being drunk in pub-lick, and one bonus point for hitting a cop. Do we need to explain that hitting a cop is egregiously wrong and deserving of bonus points? No, we don’t.
There we go, Coach Gundy. Hit us with our own tirade. We can take it, being a man, though not forty.
Penn State is still noted on there for the refiled charges from last year because, frankly, we’re still on the fence here. Last year’s charges refiled for this year’s points just feels so cheap and reheated.












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Jamarca Sanford of Ole Miss was arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest…put OM up there!
Comment by Jason — January 23, 2008 @ 8:40 pm
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Penn State is still noted on there for the refiled charges from last year because, frankly, we?re still on the fence here. Last year?s charges refiled for this year?s points just feels so cheap and reheated.
I mentioned this in the previous thread, but it was pretty far late already, so…
Penn State’s chargers were NOT refiled from last year’s Fulmer Cup. They were refiled from the season. The incident in question occurred in October.
We’re not talking about a months-long refiling here. The incident occurred in October, the charges were dropped in December due to lack of evidence, and refiled in January.
C’mon, you’ve got to keep the recent stream of moron jock activity in State College straight, man!
Comment by Pat — January 23, 2008 @ 3:45 pm
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At the risk of adding more points to the UGA point total, here’s a link from “Get the Picture” that tells more of the Munzenmaier arrest…
http://blutarsky.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/what-sport-do-you-think-i-play/
Comment by Ben — January 23, 2008 @ 10:39 am
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T Bone owns the town. Players know they won’t get convicted in Stillwater.
Comment by Rook — January 23, 2008 @ 5:14 am
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The Tulsa World article on Pettigrew:
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20080122_2__STILL12224
No mention of any charges being dropped - yet.
Comment by Williesan — January 22, 2008 @ 8:25 pm
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On Okie State’s Pettigrew - looks like the Stillwater Barbradys won’t be persuing the the “assulting an officer” charges per the local news. May need to update the scoreboard to take away the 3 points. Looking for linkage as I type.
Comment by Williesan — January 22, 2008 @ 8:22 pm
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#10 Coop — Penn State’s points wouldn’t count twice because they were pulled from the board last year, IIRC.
Ok, my take on the Penn State controversy…
The options:
1. Put the points back on the board that were taken down when the initial charges were dropped or reduced.
2. Award the points retroactively and reissue the 2007 Cup.
3. Do nothing, award no points.
I don’t think you can let it go without awarding any points as if it never happened. However, I agree that it doesn’t feel right to award points this year for last year’s transgressions. Nor would I be comfortable taking the Cup away from Illinois, which you have to do if you awarded the points retroactively (although you could declare a co-champion, kind of like the double gold medal for that figure skating mess a few years back).
So I advocate a compromise solution –
4. Award half the points toward this year’s total that would have been awarded last year if the charges had never been dropped in the first place.
It’s an acknowledgement that the incident is Cup-worthy and may yet have an effect on Penn State’s future, but it doesn’t exaggerate the incident by awarding full credit for past incidents, nor does it affect last year’s outcome.
May prudence and wisdom guide you.
Comment by The Big Dog — January 22, 2008 @ 7:45 pm