FULMER CUPDATE: STATIC AS SHE GOES
This week’s update brought to you Brian, who as ever is hung like Reggie F’n Nelson. Clarifications, whining, and other bloggy-type questions await.

A slow week on the big board overall, presumably thanks to end-of-semester hecticness and a lack of spring-break style foolishness going on around the college world. We’d like to think this commanding lead in the Fulmer Cup standings means Missouri finally gets one shining moment all to itself. Unfortunately for them, Kansas fans have documented a number of shining moments in the history of Missouri athletics.
(HT: PeteJayhawk.)
If someone’s interested in putting this together for Florida State, we’d be thrilled kthxok?
We’re past the halfway point, meaning there’s good news: you’re more than halfway to next college football season. We’ll wait for you.
Okay, now that you’ve kicked the front out of your desk in excitement, deep breaths. We still have a long summer to go, meaning we’ll give odds on upcoming crimes we’ll undoubtedly see over the next four months in the Cup.
30/1: Arson. A coveted charge for the collector, and usually one started not in a pyromaniacal way, either, but rather with fireworks, alcohol, and a moment of weakness when you let the Imp of the Perverse grab the wheel and steer. Leading suspect: Auburn. Middle of nowhere, drought conditions, and plenty of nuke-powerful fireworks to be had. When you see the smoke and a pickup truck fleeing a burning forest, you’ll know what happened.
17/1: Counterfeiting. As long as Ryan Perrilloux is in this cup, this bet stays on the board. Leading prospect: LSU. Because it’s Louisiana. More said would be wasted words.
6/1: FnDC. The classic, and one we haven’t seen much of as yet. Fightin’ ‘n Da Club is a summer hit just waiting to happen, and when it does, the points rack up fast and furious. Leading suspects: Miami or Florida. If Miami gets involved in a fight in public, they will win nine games this season. If not, they win five.
3/1: DUI. The trusty CD in Fulmer Cup investments. Leading suspects: Tennessee. If the Vols claw their way back into the race, it will come by falling out of a car in full sight of a dashboard camera. We blame the state: we’ve never lived in a place where DUI was more commonly accepted as something that “just happened” when you were young, much like acne or wearing a regrettable button-down patterned shirt.









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Brian says:
FnDC is predictable, yet colorful and slightly entertaining, much like another summer spectacle: a movie directed by Michael Bay.
April 28th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
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Crabapple Buck says:
Halftime!!!! Shouldn’t you be interviewing Gary Pinkel on his way to the Fulmer Cup lockerroom so we can find out how he plans to increase his lead?
April 28th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
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JTG says:
Missouri matters enough to somebody to do a video about?
Who knew?
April 28th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
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mp says:
why is there a star by Illinois?- pulling for Ron Z?
April 28th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
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robert says:
Summer (in both weather and class schedule senses) just started in the South. Give them time.
Also, I think South Carolina is about due for some FNdC or some simple (yet fun!) possession charges.
April 28th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
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AllWhoYonder says:
3/1 on DUI? that’s easy money. Summer session is always good for a few of those
April 28th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
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Big Jon says:
#5,
Fireworks are legal in the Palmetto state, giving USCe a good chance at arson as well.
With regards to patterned shirts, I hope plaid isn’t on the regrettable list. Most of greek row (yes, myself included) wouldn’t know what else to wear with brown Doc Martens, carpenter jeans, and a filthy and slightly frayed white hat circa 1998ish.
April 28th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
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Carlinthemarlin says:
Nebraska has a similar attitude towards DUI’s, with the added addendum that it is not merely accepted youthful debauchery, but often expected. Plus, it’s pretty acceptable for adults, to. In fact, it’s generally looked at as barely worse than a speeding ticket. This is what happens when you live in a state with no discernible public transportation options to speak of.
April 28th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
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ThreenOut says:
#5 I fully expect Finals Week and the 2 following to have a combined 20+ FC points or it will be a disappointment.
April 28th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
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Brian O'Blivion says:
You guys are slacking…Iowa’s got a charge for drankin.
April 28th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
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Brian O'Blivion says:
There’s also this rape charge (sexual assault sounds so much nicer) for Boston College. Not sure if that one was counted already.
April 28th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
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UgasTexan says:
Isn’t that funny? One year since Fat Matt’s introduction to Redneck Mardi Gras is half-way home to foobaw!
April 28th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
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Grimey says:
Old n’ Busted: Fightin ‘n Da Club
New Hotness: Makin’ Love ‘n Dis Club (HEY!) ‘n Dis Club (HEY!)….
April 28th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
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RRTX Coug says:
Gimme gimme:
http://www.dailyevergreen.com/story/25637
April 28th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
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Mark D says:
It’s 2 to 1 odds that somebody will get picked up for “bitch slappin’ a ho!”
April 28th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
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skinnyphatman says:
Re: # 14:
It was unclear whether alcohol was a factor in the altercation.
Translation: Alcohol was definately a factor in the altercation, isn’t it always?
April 28th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
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NativeSon says:
How about a disenfranchised formerly-scholarshipped castoff from Tuscaloosa?
April 28th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
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Danny says:
Missouri’s Fulmer Cup dominance actually made the local news here in Lawrence…
http://www2.kusports.com/videos/2008/apr/24/18228/
April 28th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
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Out of Conference says:
It’s not bonus point charges for sexual assault without it being caught on video phone by your teammates.
April 28th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
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haybeav says:
As a native missourian and one time Mizzou fan, those clips from the Nebraska Tipped Bal Game, The 5th down CU game, and the UCLA B-Ball game hit me in the gut.
I don’t care for Mizzou that much anymore since I went to Alabama, but even so, that video was tough to watch.
April 28th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
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Excuse me Stewardess, but I speak jive says:
why does Auburn get slapped with the arson rap, just because we [accidentaly] started our own gymnasium on fire during the 1996 LSU game?
April 28th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
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Holly says:
We blame the state: we’ve never lived in a place where DUI was more commonly accepted as something that “just happened” when you were young
Read it as a joke if you want, but it’s weirdly accurate.
April 28th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
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El Hombre says:
Eh, so our athletics programs have had bad luck by the shedload. We’re getting over it.
April 28th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
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NewAZTiger says:
Fire Fire Fire!!!! /Beavis
April 28th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
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alphabravo says:
If counterfeiting is any indication, then Perrilloux will be LSU’s next Heisman winner since Billy Cannon.
April 28th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
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Orson Swindle says:
Brian–neither is significant enough to change the big board. We are slacking, but not in that particular department.
April 28th, 2008 at 9:05 pm