FULMER CUPDATE: GUNS ALL OVER THE PLACE
Erique Robertson, Illinois weak-side linebacker, has been charged with three felonies in connection with an incident near the astonishingly spelled “E’llusions” nightclub in Champaign, illinois.
Freshman football player Erique Robertson pleaded not guilty to three class-four felonies Monday, one day after head coach Ron Zook suspended him indefinitely. The 19-year-old linebacker is charged with reckless discharge of a firearm and two counts of aggravated unlawful use of weapons.
According to a Champaign Police report, Robertson was also charged at the scene with not having the proper identification for a firearm and obstructing justice.
If the charges hold, that’s three points a felony charge plus the misdemeanor points…all tallying up a whopping 11 points for the Illini, who if you’ll recall leaped to a sizeable lead last year with the breakup of a burglary ring involving two players. This eleven point total would ensconce the Illini in the catbird seat with a one-point lead over Missouri, and also puts Erique Robertson in the running for the Ellis T. Jones III Award for individual achievement.
Remember: when [NAME REDACTED] talks about the need for proper gun handling, he’s not talking about firearms man.
Guns, baby.
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rusty says:
As usual, Duke is attempting to play, but is completely outclassed by the competition.
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=5921440
January 29th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
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Crabapple Buck says:
That photo never gets old.
Is there a mandatory pointage applied for gun offenses, or is that my imagination of adding 3 years for using a firearm in some states.
It is nice to see the Big 11 not lie down and be dominated in the off season. I’m still waiting for PSU and Michigan to answer this score.
January 29th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
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Coop says:
Other site alert:
Orson is writing basketball articles on the Sporting News site. I presume the SN is aware of your, shall we say, indifference to basketball?
Big ups for selecting Clemson as a “team of intrigue,” but Carolina is decidedly better than Duke this season.
Duke has no inside presence, once again.
January 29th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
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Biggus Rickus says:
I recklessly discharged my way to child support.
January 29th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
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willet says:
Duke has no inside game? Oh you meant big men. They seem to have an inside with 2-3 refs every game.
January 29th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
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ThreenOut says:
Methinks Illinois will beat Mizzou at something yet.
January 29th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
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DevilGrad says:
Re #3: Duke hasn’t had an inside presence since Shelden Williams graduated, but their new incarnation as the Phoenix Blue Devils makes them a fun team to watch and a dangerous one to play. The offense is getting the attention, but they still defend like their lives depend on it (which is probably true).
If I had to guess, though, I’d say they’ll go out in the 16s or 8s on a cold-shooting night against a team with a couple of bruisers inside.
January 29th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
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Out of Conference says:
Guns bring to the FC what the forward pass brought to football.
January 29th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
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The Artist Formerly Known as tOSUBuckeyes says:
Name Redacted needs to take that shit back to the SEC where he got it from. I mean damn, when is anyone going to wake up on this guy?? He’s brought the Big11Ten 35 Fulmer Cup Points in a year and 2 weeks and there’s no telling how many of Florida’s 20 something last year were from his recruits. He is a one man wrecking crew to the Fulmer Cup.
He brought that oversigning SEC recruiting mentality shit with him too, signing 27 guys last year…wtf?
January 29th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
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drogue says:
Careful. This is coming dangerously close to sounding like a hoops thread.
January 29th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
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Biggus Rickus says:
Yay, TAFKatOSUB is back and better than ever! The Big Ten teams were comprised of nothing but gentlemen and scholars before that damned SEC cast-off showed up. Fuck his water skiing ass.
January 29th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
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Coop says:
Pittsburgh was the blueprint for beating Duke. Also, Duke’s refereeing advantage seems to disappear in March, although K received a technical on Sunday night, which made my jaw drop.
I really don’t think the officiating is that biased for Duke, except at home, see Clemson: ‘07 and FSU: ‘06, but it does seem to have an effect on the Devils when they hit a neutral court w/o ACC refs.
January 29th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
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AllWhoYonder says:
Alright, alright. Let’s just take all of this basketball talk over to Thirtyfiveseconds, eh?
January 29th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
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willet says:
Another good result of the annual tosu asskicking is that tafka is slightly less longwinded and a bit more humble.
January 29th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
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Crabapple Buck says:
Duke basketball = Ohio State football. Occasionally great, sometimes champions, but consistantly competitive and universally hated outside of the fanbases. Although hated, they are what every program aspires to be, which is grudging respect in an odd backhanded way.
January 29th, 2008 at 3:48 pm
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DevilGrad says:
Re #9: I’m as willing as the next guy to credit [NAME REDACTED] with UofI’s phenomenal improvement in the Fulmer Cup standings, but I don’t think he’s responsible for over half of the Big Ten finishing in the Fulmer Cup top 20 last year.
That lack of SEC speed apparently also makes it harder to run away from the cops.
http://www.sportsargumentwiki.com/index.php?title=Fulmer_Cup_2007
January 29th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
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Jeff from LA says:
I, for one, love [Name Redacted] news. After that performance in the Rose Bowl, I’d love for USC to play a [Name Redacted] – coached team every year.
I just hope he stays away from the Pac-10. If he ever came over, between him and Slick Rick, the Pac-10 would probably win the Fulmer Cup every year.
P.S. (threadjack alert) Those Seattle Times articles about Slick Rick’s adventures in Washington are a great read.
January 29th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
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Herb says:
#8, does that make knives the option of the Fulmer Cup? Out of fashion, but still effective when wielded by a skilled user.
January 29th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
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DevilGrad says:
Re #15: Not even close. OSU football is more like Kentucky or Carolina hoops. Each is the unofficial secular religion of its home state with an annoying tendency toward heretics.
Duke isn’t even the most popular basketball school in its own county. When I went to grad school down there, on game days, lots of hourly workers at Duke would show up in UNC gear just to goad the students.
January 29th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
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Anon says:
#15 –
wow…I thought that level of bombastic pomposity was reserved for ND fans.
January 29th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
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baconboy says:
tafkatosub is just mad because the Fulmer Cup wasn’t invented until after Maurice Clarett left OSU.
January 29th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
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Huh? says:
15: People aspire to have their team’s two arguably most important players to their success the last 5 years take money from boosters and get busted?
January 29th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
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Coop says:
19 – Duke has that level of obsession in its home state, too. (New Jersey)
January 29th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
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GamecockTony says:
Wait, you think “E’llusions” is astonishingly spelled but let “Erique” slide?
January 29th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
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yoyofutbawl says:
7
Looking forward to the Dook UNC game but there is something much more important that is being overlooked. You get #1 Fulmer disciple Cutcliffe and immediately start scoring FC points. Coincidence? I think not.
BTW, The Right Rev Al Sharpton is supposed to be in CLT Thursday for a rally. A local talk show hosts wants everyone to show up in Dook Lacrosse shirts.
January 29th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
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The Artist Formerly Known as tOSUBuckeyes says:
MoC didn’t leave tOSU he was kicked out after several “chances” to get his shit together.
I don’t think MoC would have had any FC points…the arrests didn’t take place until after he was kicked out of Ohio State for not attending class, etc.
January 29th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
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The Artist Formerly Known as tOSUBuckeyes says:
#11
I think if you look at the all time standings, Name Redacted is the difference between the Big Ten and SEC standings. SEC: 102 and Big11Ten: 121.
Regardless, both conferences should be ashamed when compared to the Pac10: 27 Points.
January 29th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
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Crabapple Buck says:
Pac 10 is going to be back like cooked crack. With Rick Neuheisel & Dennis Erickson 2.0 we are in for a felonious treat. TAFKATOSUB is not giving these two gents credit for past performance (which is not always indicative of future returns, but in the case of the Fulmer Cup it usually is).
Also Cutcliffe being the former Fulmer fluffer now at Duke, ironic. What was his FC record at Ole Miss?
January 29th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
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Out of Conference says:
Weed isn’t illegal on the Left Coast and ‘tussin isn’t made in China yet, so Purple Drank it hasn’t made it out to Pac-10 land in copious quantities yet. Apples and Oranges tosuguy.
January 29th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
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Cincy says:
#1 You’re right: Even their arrests sound snobby.
they only manage to rack up some misdemeanors for a “public affray” while other teams’ thugs would have at least garnered some FndC points.
January 29th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
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DevilGrad says:
Re #29: Either that or the 2000 University of Washington team used up the Pac-10’s entire allotment of Fulmer Cup points for a ten-year period.
If you haven’t already, check out the Seattle Times series this week. I expect big, big things from UCLA once Slick Rick’s disciplinary standards are in place.
January 29th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
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PTTO says:
Now there is an award I can get behind.
January 29th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
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Hobnail_Boot says:
Uhh.. did I miss something? What ever happened to [Eyes Redacted]?
January 29th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
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Ennui Stagger says:
“E’llusions” is the name of a strip club in Monroe, Louisiana.
January 29th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
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atepesm says:
“Although hated, they are what every program aspires to be, which is grudging respect in an odd backhanded way.”
A football team scores one NC in 40 years and suddenly they are what every team aspires to be? Um, really?
Hey that sounds great, can I get one of those frontal lobotomies too?
Evidently, the commentary about Dook hourly workers showing up in UNC gear on game day was not legible to those without reading skills.
January 29th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
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Biggus Rickus says:
TAFKatOSUB,
I don’t really care so long as Georgia players are only getting arrested for trivial shit. When assaults and guns enter the picture in Athens I’ll feel somewhat ashamed of the program. Take Georgia’s basketball team under Harrick for example. What the rest of the league does is delciious schadenfreude.
January 29th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
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Duke of C-U says:
Threen,
how bout in bball about 7 years running? does that count?
January 29th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
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Out of Conference says:
How about enough talking about a shitty game like hoops. I mean for god’s sake, throw a round little ball in the hoop kids. Come on, you can do it. Oh, don’t want little Tommy to slap you wrist while you try it? Ok, let’s call it a foul. Tommy, 4 more of those and you have to sit in timeout, mkay? Somebody must have posted a link here on the Tarhole/Dookie Rivals hoops site, and shazam now we have heffed up hoops kids playing tag on here.
January 29th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
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The Dead Eyes of Tom Brady says:
Between Ferentz’ Felons, Joe Pa’s School of Malevolent Geriatrics, and Zoooo-ooook, the Big 10’s Fullmer Cup status is looking up. Way up.
Look for big things from Rich Rodriguez in Ann Arbor once he gets his kids installed. In the past, all you could hope for from Michigan was the occasional beer bottle assault (thank you, Marlin Jackson) and some late-night porch spankin’. But it could be laywers, guns, and money in AA before 2009 is out.
January 29th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
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rusty says:
Indiana University of Pennsylvania, in the street, with a wrench.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_549941.html
January 30th, 2008 at 12:23 am
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Irwin Fletcher says:
#15,
tOSU and its fanbase is hated not out of begrudging respect but because of their blind eye to the facts staring them square in the face, delusions of grandeur, and a frustrating sense of entitlement.
All of which is summed up nicely in your post.
January 30th, 2008 at 8:15 am
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DevilGrad says:
Re #38: Different strokes, sir. Different strokes.
Football is all Wagnerian sturm und drang and frequently more dramatic than anything else on offer in American sport. But, while I love the smell of napalm in the morning (and killing the wabbit) as much as the next guy, I want something other than Wagner on my playlist.
Well-played basketball is either intricate chamber music (e.g., Princeton and my Miami RedHawks) or flowing jazz (Duke and Carolina). It’s a nice change of pace, and apparently, even Mr. Swindle partakes now and again.
January 30th, 2008 at 8:52 am
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lance harbor says:
@34 and Illusions is a strip club in Woodville, MS. And , yes, their advertisements on Baton Rouge radio claim that they put the “Wood” back in Woodville.
January 30th, 2008 at 9:39 am
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shovel pass says:
@ #42
Yeah, ok…that’s great, college boy. But like it has already been said, this is a football blog…..see?
January 30th, 2008 at 10:06 am
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DevilGrad says:
Re #45: And so it is. I’ll drop this digression and get back to monitoring the wires for Fulmer Cup updates, and you can return to plumbing the depths of th e ‘Bama two-deep before your next attempt to call Paul Finebaum.
Best personal regards,
DG
January 30th, 2008 at 10:38 am
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Out of Conference says:
Nice reply, DG. I wanted to applaud your reply to me on the variety.
I saw a Miami-Ohio game in Athens in 1996 I think. Ed Sears (sp?) was the big guy for Ohio and scored the first 16 or so points for Ohio. Miami was favored, but Ohio won. There were Muck Fiami shirts aplenty. Sold our house, I snuck in a door that security guard held open for us. At that point it was the crowd record in that arena, but you need to add 3 to get the accurate number (if not official).
January 30th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
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Out of Conference says:
sold “OUT” house, not “our”
January 30th, 2008 at 5:34 pm