FULMER CUP: STEVEN’S JUST BEING STEVEN, DUDE
Stephen, what would the Great Eagle Spirit do, man? HE’D DRINK THAT FUCKIN’ BEER, THAT’S RIGHT.Stephen Garcia sits in his dorm, alone except for the tiny, floating Matthew McConaughey on his shoulder.
SG: I’m fucking bored man.
Tiny, Floating Matthew McConaughey: Brah, stop the bitchin’ and get to itchin’. If it’s too quiet in the church, who’s gonna make some noise if you don’t ring some bells, man?
SG: I’m gonna set off the fire extinguisher. I’ve been wanting to do that for weeks.
TFMM: RIGHT ON. Take your shirt off and make it happen. You’re like a primitive warrior ready to fight in mud with a loincloth naked, and the fire extinguisher….it’s like some ancient sabretooth you’ve got to own. Just like I punched those dragons in Reign of Fire.
SG: Fuckin’ right. Sometimes I can hear it taunting me.
TFMM: It IS taunting you. Can’t you hear it now? I can because I’m Toll Housed.
SG: Ring ring, you little red bitch.
TFMM: You’re a dolphin in a sea of purple freedom, baby YEAH.
Stephen Garcia sets off the fire extinguisher, and goes to get beer.
Three hours later, Steven and TFMM tote a cooler full of beer down the stairs to a doorway of the dorm.
TFMM: Those dragons were real. You know that, right?
SG: I’m just gonna drink this beer right here. Fuck it. I don’t care.
TFMM: Fuckin-A, man. No way you should care. What are you doing?
SG: Lettin’ my dolphin swim man. No net’s catching me, man.
TFMM: (makes flipper noise: ENH ENH ENH ENH ENH ENH ENH)
SG: Should? Will, man. We’re eating Chinese, tonight, too. I’m calling the Cindy Lee express.
TFMM: First course: Crab Ran-poon.
SG: Second: General Tso’s Dickin’.
TFMM: Nice, brah. Third course: Chicken Chow Mein.
SG: Dude: no effort at all there.
TFMM: No, seriously, I’m London Fogged here. Noodles gotta happen soon.
SG: Good point. We’ll call it in and get it by our fourth course: Dong-olian Beef, applied in hot slices.
TFMM: With extra sauce, you freaky-deaky peacock of love.
SG: (strutting like a peacock:) cccoooooo-CAAAAAWWWWWW!!!!!
TFMM: Show your tail, daddy! Show your fuckin’ tail!
University of South Carolina policemen: Son, is that beer?
TFMM: Show your feathers, man. You can’t be anything but what the goddess made you baby.
SG: Totally my beer. You want one?
TFMM: cooooo-CAAAAAWWWWWW!!!
Police: You’re coming with us, son.
SG: You do what you have to do, man. You can’t cuff my soul.
TFMM: Jail! We’re gonna meet some people tonight, man! The movable feast just added a dish: some outlaw pasta here, man.
SG: Sweet. Let’s do this, brah.
Police: Who are you talking to, son?
SG: Maybe you should ask yourself, “Who aren’t I listening to, man?”
Police: This way please, son. You’re drinking underage.
TFMM: I hear the train a-comin’, man! It’s rollin’ round the bend!
SG: So.
TFMM: Stoked.
They pound fists, and TFMM fires up a joint, takes off all his clothes, and begins to play a bongo drum only he can see. Garcia grooves, and earns two points for South Carolina in the Fulmer Cup thanks to his arrest for underage drinking. He’s not mad at ya, brah.












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Does it harken none to yesteryear to see a Brindise and a Batchelor apparently arrested together?
Comment by This Guy — March 25, 2008 @ 8:35 pm
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crap, looks like I screwed up the numbering… the total count is off by 10 and should be 148 (with 82 discipline problems/arrests being Spurrier’s)
Comment by fdog — March 25, 2008 @ 6:38 pm
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1 - 1/1/2000 - Kevin Rivers Dismissed academically ineligible
2 - 4/1/2000 - Dan Gawronski Dismissed Violation of team rules relating to arrest
3 - 4/1/2000 - Dan Gawronski Arrested Disorderly conduct, resisting arrest
4 - 7/1/2000 - Darion Hutcherson Suspended Fall semester by the campus Disciplinary Committee for infractions committed
5 - 7/1/2000 - O’Rondai Cox Suspended Fall semester by the campus Disciplinary Committee for infractions committed
6 - 8/1/2000 - Darion Hutcherson Dismissed Violation of team rules
7 - 8/1/2000 - O’Rondai Cox Dismissed Violation to team rules
8 - 12/1/2000 - Derek Watson Suspended Violation of team rules relating to arrest
9 - 12/1/2000 - Derek Watson Arrested DUS 1st Offense, too fast for conditions, speeding (wrecking Ted Crawford’s car)
10 - 2/1/2001 - Derek Watson Altercation Pushed referee, no charges filed
11 - 5/1/2001 - Derek Watson Suspended 3 month suspension relating to arrest
12 - 5/1/2001 - Derek Watson Arrested Misdemeanor assault and battery
13 - 7/1/2001 - Pat Fleming Dismissed Violation of team rules (marijuana)
14 - 7/1/2001 - Jeremiah Garrison Suspended 2 games suspension relating to arrest
15 - 7/1/2001 - Jeremiah Garrison Arrested Shoplifting
16 - 8/1/2001 - Derek Watson Charged Driving under suspension, playing his car stereo too loudly.
17 - 10/1/2001 - Andrea Gause Suspended Violation of team rules relating to arrest
18 - 10/1/2001 - Andrea Gause Arrested Assault charges from altercation with female student
19 - 1/1/2002 - Derek Watson Dismissed Violation of team rules relating to arrest
20 - 1/1/2002 - Derek Watson Arrested Possession of marijuana
21 - 2/1/2002 - Henry Taylor Arrested DUS 1st Offense
22 - 4/1/2002 - Melvin Paige Drug test Tested positive to marijuana
23 - 8/1/2002 - Derek Watson Arrested 10 days in jail for contempt of court for failure to make sufficient progress on community service work
24 - 9/1/2002 - Derek Watson Arrested Driving left of center, DUS 2nd offense, reckless driving
25 - 3/1/2003 - Thez Robinson Dismissed Violation of team rules (cocaine)
26 - 3/1/2003 - Matthew Thomas Suspended Violation of team rules relating to arrest
27 - 3/1/2003 - Matthew Thomas Arrested Simple assault on 20 year old female
28 - 6/1/2003 - Daccus Turman Suspended Violation of team rules relating to arrest
29 - 6/1/2003 - Daccus Turman Arrested Criminal domestic violence
30 - 6/1/2003 - Brandon Robinson Left the program Unknown
31 - 8/1/2003 - Matthew Thomas Suspended Academics
32 - 8/1/2003 - Chavez Donnings Suspended 2 game suspension from being declared ineligibility (secondary violation)
33 - 8/1/2003 - Daniel Weaver Suspended 1 game suspension from being declared ineligibility (secondary violation)
34 - 8/1/2003 - Tray Rogers Left the program Medical hardship
35 - 12/1/2003 - Jon Hall Suspended Violation of team rules
36 - 1/1/2004 - Jon Hall Dismissed Violation of team rules
37 - 1/1/2004 - Josh Johnson Left the program academically ineligible
38 - 1/1/2004 - Tremaine Tyler Suspended Relating to arrest
39 - 1/1/2004 - Tremaine Tyler Arrested Possession of marijuana
40 - 1/1/2004 - Kevin Mainord Altercation Possession of marijuana, stealing, run off from Bama from his official trip
41 - 7/1/2004 - Ty Erving Dismissed Violation of team rules (allowed back on team in 2005)
42 - 7/1/2004 - Stephen Sene Left the program academically ineligible
43 - 7/1/2004 - Derrick Harper Left the program academically ineligible
44 - 7/1/2004 - Derrick Harper Suspended Not attending classes, missing team meetings
45 - 7/1/2004 - Charlie Carpenter Suspended Violation of team rules
46 - 7/1/2004 - Moe Thompson Suspended Lost funding for the second session of summer school, relating to voluntary workouts
47 - 7/1/2004 - Curtis Rice Suspended Lost funding for the second session of summer school, relating to voluntary workouts
48 - 7/1/2004 - Ryan Brown Suspended Lost funding for the second session of summer school, relating to voluntary workouts
49 - 7/1/2004 - Cory Boyd Suspended Lost funding for the second session of summer school, relating to voluntary workouts
50 - 7/1/2004 - Syvelle Newton Suspended Lost funding for the second session of summer school, relating to voluntary workouts
51 - 7/1/2004 - Jamacia Jackson Suspended Lost funding for the second session of summer school, relating to voluntary workouts
52 - 7/1/2004 - Demetris Summers Suspended Lost funding for the second session of summer school, relating to voluntary workouts
53 - 8/1/2004 - Charlie Carpenter Suspended 1 game, violation of team rules
54 - 9/1/2004 - Noah Whiteside Suspended 1 game, violation of team rules (marijuana)
55 - 9/1/2004 - Travis Lee Suspended 1 game, violation of team rules (marijuana)
56 - 11/1/2004 - Moe Thompson Suspended 1 game suspension by SEC relating to Clemson brawl
57 - 11/1/2004 - Charles Silas Suspended 1 game suspension by SEC relating to Clemson brawl
58 - 11/1/2004 - Freddy Saint-Preux Suspended 1 game suspension by SEC relating to Clemson brawl
59 - 11/1/2004 - Woodly Telfort Suspended 1 game suspension by SEC relating to Clemson brawl
60 - 11/1/2004 - Jermaine Sims Suspended 1 game suspension by SEC relating to Clemson brawl
61 - 11/1/2004 - Daccus Turman, Suspended 1 game suspension by SEC relating to Clemson brawl
62 - 11/1/2004 - John Paul Gillis Altercation Civil disturbance East Quad dormitory, harassing disorderly, no charges where filed
63 - 11/1/2004 - Justin Sorensen Altercation Civil disturbance East Quad dormitory, harassing disorderly, no charges where filed
64 - 11/1/2004 - Bryan Kingrey Altercation Civil disturbance East Quad dormitory, harassing disorderly, no charges where filed
65 - 11/1/2004 - Kevin Mainord Altercation Civil disturbance East Quad dormitory, harassing disorderly, no charges where filed
66 (1) - 1/1/2005 - Demetris Summers Altercation Tossed out of IHOP for being drunk and disorderly, police were called but no charges filed
67 (2) - 1/1/2005 - Carlos Thomas Altercation Tossed out of IHOP for being drunk and disorderly, police were called but no charges filed
68 (3) - 1/1/2005 - Jarriel King Altercation Tossed out of IHOP for being drunk and disorderly, police were called but no charges filed
69 (4) - 1/1/2005 - Jonathan Hannah Altercation Tossed out of IHOP for being drunk and disorderly, police were called but no charges filed
70 (5) - 1/1/2005 - Kevin Mainord Altercation Tossed out of IHOP for being drunk and disorderly, police were called but no charges filed
71 (6) - 1/1/2005 - Syvelle Newton Suspended Violation of team rules relating to arrest
72 (7) - 1/1/2005 - Syvelle Newton Arrested Stolen equip; petit larceny
73 (8) - 1/1/2005 - Dondrial Pinkins Arrested Stolen equip; petit larceny
74 (9) - 1/1/2005 - Freddy Saint-Preux Suspended Violation of team rules relating to arrest
75 (10) - 1/1/2005 - Freddy Saint-Preux Arrested Stolen equip; petit larceny
76 (11) - 1/1/2005 - Rodriques Wilson Arrested Stolen equip; petit larceny
77 (12) - 1/1/2005 - Brian Brownlee Arrested Stolen equip; grand larceny
78 (13) - 1/1/2005 - Woodly Telfort Dismissed Violation of team rules relating to arrest
79 (14) - 1/1/2005 - Woodly Telfort Arrested Stolen equip; grand larceny
80 (15) - 93/1/2005 - Noah Whiteside Drug test Tested positive to marijuana
81 (16) - 3/1/2005 - Woody Telfort Dismissed Violation of team rules relating to arrest
82 (17) - 3/1/2005 - Kevin Mainord Dismissed Violation of team rules relating to arrest
83 (18) - 3/1/2005 - Kevin Mainord Arrested First-degree burglary, simple larceny
84 (19) - 3/1/2005 - Moe Thompson Dismissed Violation of team rules relating to arrest
85 (20) - 3/1/2005 - Moe Thompson Arrested First-degree burglary, simple larceny
86 (21) - 3/1/2005 - Demetris Summers Dismissed Violating athletic dept drug policy
87 (22) - 3/1/2005 - Demetris Summers Drug test Tested positive to marijuana, 2nd offense
88 (23) - 3/1/2005 - David McNeal Smith Dismissed Violation of team rules relating to arrest
89 (24) - 3/1/2005 - David McNeal Smith Arrested First-degree burglary (charged with six offenses)
90 (25) - 4/1/2005 - Syvelle Newton Suspended Violation of team rules relating to arrest
91 (26) - 4/1/2005 - Syvelle Newton Arrested Charges later dropped, scuffle at Masonic Temple
92 (27) - 4/1/2005 - Josh Johnson Suspended Violation of team rules relating to arrest
93 (28) - 4/1/2005 - Josh Johnson Arrested Simple possession (marijuana)
94 (29) - 4/1/2005 - Ty Erving Suspended Violation of team rules relating to arrest
95 (30) - 4/1/2005 - Ty Erving Arrested Simple possession (marijuana)
96 (31) - 5/1/2005 - Dustin Lindsey Suspended Violation of team rules relating to arrest
97 (32) - 5/1/2005 - Dustin Lindsey Arrested DUI
98 (33) - 5/1/2005 - Antonio Lamar Dismissed academically ineligible
99 (34) - 6/1/2005 - Cory Boyd Suspended 1 year suspension, violation of athletic department drug policy
100 (35) - 6/1/2005 - Cory Boyd Drug test Tested positive to marijuana, 3rd offense
101 (36) - 6/1/2005 - Moe Thompson Drug test Tested positive to marijuana
102 (37) - 7/1/2005 - Trent Usher Left the program Scholarship not renewed
103 (38) - 7/1/2005 - Josh Winchell Left the program Scholarship not renewed
104 (39) - 7/1/2005 - Grayson Mullins Left the program Scholarship not renewed
105 (40) - 8/1/2005 - D’Von Hill Left the program Medical hardship, scholarship not being renewed
106 (41) - 8/1/2005 - James Scott Left the program Medical hardship
107 (42) - 9/1/2005 - Cory Boyd Altercation Tire slashing, year long suspension at time of incident
108 (43) - 10/1/2005 - Josh Johnson Dismissed Violations of team rules relating to arrest
109 (44) - 10/1/2005 - Josh Johnson Arrested Simple assault, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, interfering with police, open container
110 (45) - 11/1/2005 - Scott Morgan Suspended Violations of team rules relating to arrest
111 (46) - 11/1/2005 - Scott Morgan Arrested DUI, open container
112 (47) - 1/1/2006 - Dustin Lindsey Left the program academically ineligible
113 (48) - 3/1/2006 - Shea McKeen Suspended 3 games suspension, relating to arrest
114 (49) - 3/1/2006 - Shea McKeen Arrested Disorderly conduct, trespass after notice, failure to stop on police command
115 (50) - 3/1/2006 - Dustin Lindsey Arrested Disorderly conduct, trespass after notice, failure to stop on police command
116 (51) - 6/1/2006 - Shea McKeen Left the program Decided to give up
117 (52) - 7/1/2006 - Noah Whiteside Suspended Academics
118 (53) - 8/1/2006 - Mychal Belcher Left the program academically ineligible
119 (54) - 8/1/2006 - Ty Erving Suspended 3 games, violation of team rules
130 (55) - 8/1/2006 - Noah Whiteside Suspended 3 games, violation of team rules
131 (56) - 8/1/2006 - Brandon Isaac Suspended 3 game suspension from being declared ineligibility (secondary violation)
132 (57) - 9/1/2006 - Blake Mitchell Suspended Violation of team rules relating to arrest
133 (58) - 9/1/2006 - Blake Mitchell Arrested Simple assault
134 (59) - 10/1/2006 - O.J. Murdock Suspended Violation of team rules relating to arrest, quit team
135 (60) - 10/1/2006 - O.J. Murdock Arrested Shoplifting
136 (61) - 10/1/2006 - Kerry Bonds Dismissed Violation of team rules relating to his arrest
137 (62) - 10/1/2006 - Kerry Bonds Arrested Assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature
138 (63) - 12/1/2006 - Stanley Doughty Left the program Spurrier’s doghouse, questionable work ethic
139 (64) - 12/1/2006 - Taylor Rank Suspended Violation of teams rules (caught smoking marijuana in hotel at bowl game)
140 (64) - 12/1/2006 - Dakota Walker Suspended Violation of teams rules (caught smoking marijuana in hotel at bowl game)
141 (65) - 12/1/2006 - O.J. Murdock Transferred decided to give football another try instead of just track, transferred to USF
142 (66) - 1/1/2007 - Johnathan Joseph Arrested Possession of marijuana
143 (67) - 2/1/2007 - Stephen Garcia Suspended Violation of team rules relating to arrest
144 (68) - 2/1/2007 - Stephen Garcia Arrested Public drunkenness, failure to stop for a police officer
145 (69) - 3/1/2007 - Justin Sorensen Altercation Lacerations on his head neck and back
146 (70) - 3/1/2007 - Aubrey McKay Left the program Decided to give up
147 (71) - 3/1/2007 - Stephen Garcia Suspended Violation of teams rules relating to arrest (not allowed to wear jersey during spring practice)
148 (72) - 3/1/2007 - Stephen Garcia Arrested Malicious injury to personal property
149 (73) ? 7/2007 Quinten Richardson arrested for marijuana possession
150 (74) ? 8/2007 Emmanual Cook arrested for possession na fire arm on campus
151 (75) - 2/2008- Dion Lecorn arrested for marijuana possession
152 (76) ? 2/2008 ? Matt Clemmons violation of team rules (with Richardson)
153 (77) - 3/2008 ? Kevin Young charged with resisting arrest and fighting while in 5 points
154 (78) - 3/2008 - Defensive back Carlos Thomas has been suspended indefinitely from the Gamecock football team for a violation of team rules and team behavior
155 (79) - 3/2008 - Walk-on defensive back Mike Newton charged with public disorderly conduct
156 (80) - 3/2008 ? QB Stephen Garcia charged with underage drinking (improperly discharging a fire extinguisher).
157 (81) - 3/2008 ? OL Heath Batchelor charged with underage drinking
158 (82) - 3/2008 ? Walk-on QB Zac Brindise charged with underage drinking
Comment by fdog — March 25, 2008 @ 6:35 pm
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domer, when it comes to talking about rivalries, I don’t think Clemson/USC gets relegated to the “small ring” as you like to call it. Considering it is the 13th longest D-I football rivalry and 3rd longest continuously running rivalry (Notre Dame does not appear on either list with any of it’s many “rivals”, but Oklahoma does make decent contributions.), I think you’re making a tough argument.
But that is not surprising coming from a school that is really a rivalry whore (can you really call playing a service academy a rivalry if you’re not also a service academy?).
Oh, and Clemson beat Oklahoma in the one bowl game the two teams played against each other. South Carolina has played neither team in a bowl game; and Clemson has not played Notre Dame. I’m too lazy to look up overall series stats, but I doubt it does you much good.
Comment by gearhead — March 25, 2008 @ 6:02 pm
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McCon-e-haigh is both my actual and ironic hero. PoMo, bitches!
Comment by robert — March 25, 2008 @ 5:53 pm
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“the most important team in the history of college foobaw ”
lemme guess - red hair, right? Playtime over… too much bullshit in the sandbox.
Comment by Out of Conference — March 25, 2008 @ 4:27 pm
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nothing’s quite as funny as fans of two teams with a total of one title between them bagging on the most important team in the history of college foobaw for having one bad season - and even after that one terrible season, we’re still going to be featured in the big ring every weekend next season, while you guys will remain in the little pit in the corner…
perhaps when you’re done telling me how one of my alma maters with 12 titles is the sux0rz, you can bash my other alma mater and its paltry 7 titles?
Comment by okiedomer — March 25, 2008 @ 3:50 pm
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O.K, I’m sober as a judge ought to be. And I guess the S.C. sarcasm was too realistic for my sarc-o-meter to detect.
Comment by Because They Can — March 25, 2008 @ 3:42 pm
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Clemson’s secret 85 million $lush fund keeps the Police in Pickens in line.
When the pres. of the University pays better than the newspaper, who’s gonna report anything?!
Comment by nunyabiz — March 25, 2008 @ 3:32 pm
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Okiedomer, do something about that losing streak to Navy … and Stanford… and Air Force…. For that matter, fix your losing streak against South Carolina. Until then, don’t condescend to anyone playing football above the D-II level.
Oh yea, and Clemson sucks (but is still 20 points better than ND on a neutral field).
Comment by Chg — March 25, 2008 @ 3:08 pm
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I forgot, how many games did ND win last year? Sounds a lot like the weak, wounded, one-legged bird with a chipped beak who is bleeding profously and can’t stand up. Hey at least the bird still put up a fight.
Some damn sheep-banging hayseed in the sticks talking about the South Carolina-Clemson rivalry. The irony…
Comment by Out of Conference — March 25, 2008 @ 2:56 pm
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i’d just like to note how much i enjoy the clemson/s. carolina rivalry, especially as it plays out on the interwebs…it’s like this…
when i was in high school in rural oklahoma, back in the glory days when cock fighting was still legal, my friends and i liked to occasionally get our garcia on and go to the cockfights
now, for those of you who’ve never been to a cockfight in creek county, ok, the arena was set up so that there would was one big fighting pit in the middle, a smaller one to the side, and buried back in the corner was the smallest pit, where the lame and/or weak cocks fought, often to their death
the cock fights in the middle were between the strongest cocks, the best birds in the county - in foobaw terms, especially interweb foobaw fandom terms, this would be your OU/TX, your Mich/tOSU, your Florida/UGA, your LSU/English language…and yes, these fights were the main attraction, as they featured two supreme fighting chickens in all their glory, at the height of their power
but i liked the tiny pit in the corner - there’s something to be said about a weak, wounded, one-legged bird with a chipped beak who is bleeding profously and can’t stand up, but is still pecking away at the chicken-ankles of his equally lame opponent -sure, they weren’t quality birds, and no, they weren’t relevant to the evenings main attractions, but there was a certain transcendent quality to seeing a weak, wounded bird fighting with every oucne of its strength to hold on to its last fleeting moments of life - and as you’d imagine, the fighting, though not artful to the trained eye of a cockfighting afficianado, was nothing if it wasn’t furious
you are those birds, clemson and s. carolina fans…and the interweb is your tiny ring in the corner, and for that, i thank you
Comment by okiedomer — March 25, 2008 @ 2:48 pm
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Well. As long as Garcia had a good reason.
Comment by impirius — March 25, 2008 @ 2:34 pm
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“Actually, TFMM is very clear to me, and I’m sober as a judge.”
http://www.al.com/huntsvilletimes/stories/index.ssf?/base/news/120488496775740.xml&coll=1
time for another analogy! And TFMM is still friggin hilarious
Comment by maomatt — March 25, 2008 @ 2:10 pm
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Coop - you’re forgetting that SG will be punished for this. He’ll lose his license, but still be allowed to drive his moped. As far as I know, Frye never lost jetski privileges. I could be wrong.
I will say that Coop did post quite a bit about the Ray Ray issue back when it first broke and I for the most part agreed with eveything Coop said. Except the part where he said he wasn’t queer.
Comment by Out of Conference — March 25, 2008 @ 2:03 pm
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You Cackalacky ‘necks are harshing my mellow. Take yer keyboards to the outside and treat ‘em to a tall boy of fresh air.
Comment by Allahver Fist — March 25, 2008 @ 2:01 pm
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Georgia fans and sarcasm…
Two great tastes that apparently don’t taste great, together.
Come on, boys, work with your fellow Gamecock/Spurrier hater.
Comment by Coop — March 25, 2008 @ 1:42 pm
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Right, Coop. Athens police cover up the wrongdoing of Georgia athletes. Why, the only reason Caleb King’s moped arrest ever came to light was because King was riding his Schwinn the wrong way down Sanford Drive on his way to . . . sell stolen nuclear warheads to the Taliban!
Comment by Doug — March 25, 2008 @ 1:37 pm
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You have to admit that it is difficult to make it through college without being taunted by a fire extinguisher at some point during your 4 years.
Comment by Chips O'Toole — March 25, 2008 @ 1:32 pm
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26–
When the imbiber is ready, the TFMM will appear.
Comment by CKGator — March 25, 2008 @ 1:25 pm
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Did I really just see somebody post that Athens police cover up for UGA players? That takes waaay more imagination than picturing TFMM on Garcia’s shoulder. Actually, TFMM is very clear to me, and I’m sober as a judge.
Comment by Because They Can — March 25, 2008 @ 1:23 pm
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“The advantage that Clemmers has with discipline is that it never becomes public, therefore you don’t have to punish them publicly. Which do you think is better, to suspend a kid for practice for a minor infraction, or to make him sweat it out and allow the team to beat up on him a bit. Unfortunately for South Carolina, every minor transgrassion automatically becomes front page material.”
You know who doesn’t like selling newspapers? The Greenville News.
Who else? The State and the Post and Courier, also. You see, they also have reporters who are paid to cover Clemson athletics, exclusively.
They all sweep news of any Clemson athlete breaking any law, from jaywalking to murder, under the rug, and as a result forgo all the revenue they would receive from sales, advertisements, etc.
Because all those Gamecocks would hate to read about all the felonies and misdemeanors that Clemson’s athletes are committing.
No, no, you are right. I mean, just like the P&C hid the Ray Ray story from the public. I mean they could have, and by could I have I mean they actually did, feature the Ray Ray story on the front page of the newspaper. Not the front page of the sports page, the front page of the newspaper.
Your logic makes too much sense, Holy City resident and/or native.
Let OOC handle your conspiracy theories in the future, his are at least remotely plausible.
Comment by Coop — March 25, 2008 @ 1:21 pm
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Police target South Carolina athletes.
Cola police, unlike Athens police, Knoxville police, Chapel Hill police, C’ville police, Gainesville police, etc etc etc…
are out to get the school’s, in their town, athletes.
Every other school and respective local police department cover up these transgressions.
Courtney Vincent and the Fulmer Cup disagree with you.
It must be fun rationalizing the truth, as you have been doing it for over 100 years.
Comment by Coop — March 25, 2008 @ 12:53 pm
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The advantage that Clemmers has with discipline is that it never becomes public, therefore you don’t have to punish them publicly. Which do you think is better, to suspend a kid for practice for a minor infraction, or to make him sweat it out and allow the team to beat up on him a bit. Unfortunately for South Carolina, every minor transgrassion automatically becomes front page material. It’s not true that it occurs with any more frequency than other schools. I do think that the cops like to make examples out of football players. But they do it because its high profile and helps control the student population as a whole.
The problem is: blowhards like to get on the interwebs and make it out to be the reason that one team is better than another, one group of kids are better than another, or whatever the case may be. I never got in to trouble for underage drinking, but cops in Charleston won’t do it unless your in a bar or on the street corner downtown. When they break up a party, they just write citations for the people who live in the house.
I don’t really care what happens with Garcia. Would it suck to lose him: sure. But one player does not a football team make. Unless its Jasper Brinkley.
Thanks Coop, now I have written WAY to much on this subject.
Comment by Charlestownecock — March 25, 2008 @ 12:46 pm
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Where can I get one of those tiny McConaughey’s? They’d be fun to talk to on Saturday afternoon’s in the fall after my 8th Jack and Coke.
Comment by GamecockTony — March 25, 2008 @ 12:43 pm