FULMER CUP: UGA AND NEBRASKA RIDE DIRTY
Gas is expensive, but the sweet fuel of American ingenuity remains cheap: liquor, sweet liquor, served by the gallon to the aged and underaged. Combine the two, and you will get an explosive combination resulting in...um...nothing good, for the most part, unless you count amusing roadside sobriety tests. (Lemonade from lemons, dear reader.)
First, Huskers put the "tight" in "tight end." In order to be a Nebraska tight end you must have a cool sounding name, a test easily passed by the superbly monikered Hunter Teafatiller. In 2007, he caught four passes for thirty four yards; sometime this weekend, the 220 pound Teafatiller caught somewhere in the range of 12 alcoholic beverages in a single drinking session before being pulled over on suspicion of DUI with a 0.20 BAC, good and drunk by anyone's standards.
It's Teafatiller's third DUI in the past two seasons, and it elicits both personal empathies and harsh criticism from the outstanding Corn Nation:
Here's guessing Teafatiller's actions over the weekend will result in his dismissal from the team...I don't mean to get on an ivory tower having been arrested for DWI myself when I was nineteen. I know stupid. I have done more stupid things in my life than you and your extended family put together. Trying to race your mom's van down the main street of your home town in front of the police station at 2:30 am during a snow storm is pretty damned stupid. Just how stupid it is hits you when you're sliding sideways at about 45 mph, hoping you don't hit a light pole, and you simultaneously notice that the cops have not yet gone to bed but are standing right next to their car watching you from about 20 yards away.
Well, at least you got your juvenile DUI in style, sir.
Teafatiller's just cost him the starting job and potentially his athletic career. Two points for the Huskers in the Fulmer Cup are hereby awarded. Um, Cheers?
Georgia again ignores our suggestion for a driving safety coach, and again earns chintzy points for Jeremy Lomax, defensive end, being arrested by the nannyish Clarke County police, who actually arrest people for carrying a concealed weapon and speeding while black.
We repeat: a driving coach will save Georgia from appearing on this thing altogether. 15k for a paid intern to teach safe driving techniques, or continued appearance herein: that's the deal. Simple, no? Then again, we're talking about the same power structure that gave us a governor who, in lieu of figuring out a long-term solution to Georgia's water problems, instead prayed publicly for rain.
We therefore begin the campaign here: Mark Richt for governor! Now that he's got the offensive play-calling duties delegated to Mike Bobo, Richt surely has time in his schedule for the four or five hours a week required to be governor of this fine state. Put Knowshon on the undercard, and we've got ourselves a political juggernaut here.
Oh, and two points for the Dawgs. Early Cuyler reminds you to watch the trim.
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I’d like to throw out the suggestion for tacking on another point in honor of Mudcat Elmore’s car, since I can only guess Lomax was pulled while driving it…
by SAWB on Jun 4, 2008 1:17 PM EDT reply actions
I don’t appreciate your implication. Single tear…
by Geronimo on Jun 4, 2008 1:20 PM EDT reply actions
Not just praying for rain, he’s trying to redraw the border with Tennessee to get more water. To the battle stations!
by Brian O'Blivion on Jun 4, 2008 1:25 PM EDT reply actions
Response from a Corn Nation fan:
" I would love to hang out with Huskers and try to prevent them from doing stupid things. …. I cant believe theres not more people like that on the team right now, like a kicker, or walk on wide receiver."
I guess this Corn Nation fan never heard of Britton Colquitt.
by hobeg8r on Jun 4, 2008 1:26 PM EDT reply actions
The real bitch of it is that none of our other Tight Ends have even mildly interesting names: Mike McNeil is serviceable in it’s hinted at alliteration, but Ryan Hill, Ben Cotton and Dreu Young are a yawn, and while Tyson Hetzer brings some potential in the name department, there’s a good chance he’ll redshirt after missing spring with a knee injury.
by carlinthemarlin on Jun 4, 2008 1:28 PM EDT reply actions
“…a 0.20 BAC, good and drunk by anyones standards.”
You may not speak for me, sir!
by King Harvest on Jun 4, 2008 1:43 PM EDT reply actions
I’m three for three on roadside sobriety tests.
Can I put that on my resume’?
by GamecockTony on Jun 4, 2008 1:43 PM EDT reply actions
I still blame Perdue for the tornado at the dome. Let this be a warning to all, be careful what you pray for!
by Kenny on Jun 4, 2008 1:44 PM EDT reply actions
@3
See, the redrawing of a longstanding state boundary (whether intially incorrect or not) would actually represent some form of planning. Not good planning but, planning none the less.
by SlobberKnocker on Jun 4, 2008 1:47 PM EDT reply actions
Sonny Perdue:
Keeping low graduation rates and Sunday’s booze free.
WHAT NATURAL LEADERSHIP!
by Ryno on Jun 4, 2008 1:51 PM EDT reply actions
I’d love to see Richt as governor. As soon as he signs his first bill, the whole Georgia State Patrol can run off the sidelines into Appalachicola Bay and stomp those mussel beds into oblivion.
You can’t spell Undermining the endanGered species Act without U-G-A!
by Conan D'Amato on Jun 4, 2008 1:55 PM EDT reply actions
9 – I have no dog in that fight (maybe Vick did, dunno), but I’d like to see Perdue invade. A redneck civil war, for the ages…..
by Brian O'Blivion on Jun 4, 2008 1:56 PM EDT reply actions
Maybe they need to hire a former player to hang out with the guys and guide them through the tough choices in life, like a Joe Hamilton type guy at GT… oh wait…
by Out of Conference on Jun 4, 2008 1:57 PM EDT reply actions
Yeah, every once in a while someone mentions Guv-nah Perdue as a running mate for John McCain. And then I laugh. I laugh good.
And I think the carrying a concealed weapon charge is especially chintzy given that the Guvnah hisself just signed a law that allows gun owners to pack heat in restaurants that also happen to serve liquor. After midnight I am ordering takeout until further notice.
by MaconDawg on Jun 4, 2008 1:58 PM EDT reply actions
- - 213 years AFTER the survey [allegedly] incorrectly put the state line where it now is – GA wants to redraw it? I know that things move at a slow pace in the South…but 213 years later?
by hobeg8r on Jun 4, 2008 2:00 PM EDT reply actions
.20?
pfft…some good ol’ boys just cant handle their liquor
by Bear on Jun 4, 2008 2:12 PM EDT reply actions
100 cocktails to guy describing his dwi. he did it i true manly fashion.
by Joshua on Jun 4, 2008 2:21 PM EDT reply actions
If Georgia was expanding the border into Alabama, it would lower the average IQ in both states.
by Crabapple Buck on Jun 4, 2008 2:27 PM EDT reply actions
Possession of a firearm in a vehicle is not a crime in Georgia, unless it is a handgun and you are under the age of 21. No permit needed, but it’s prudent to acquire one from your local Probate Judge.
True story: When I went to apply for my firearms license, the same office issued marriage licenses. One-stop shopping!
by hunglikehussain on Jun 4, 2008 2:28 PM EDT reply actions
@ 14:
Odell Thurman hears your request, and is ready to start tomorrow. Quincy told him there aren’t any pesky drug tests to worry about in Athens.
by APD on Jun 4, 2008 2:49 PM EDT reply actions
And to think… the Georgia GOP tried to get Cathy Cox to switch sides so that she could take over after Sonny. She refused. Her campaign then imploded. Hope, indeed.
The goings look to get better, too: Glenn hiccup “hand me another drink” Richardson or Casey “Ralph Who?” Cagle next? (Both: MORONS)
God, please let Coach Richt run for governor. (But only if it’s a sideline to coaching the Dawgs – DUIs or no).
Don’t we have a “character coach?”
by UgasTexan on Jun 4, 2008 3:14 PM EDT reply actions
@20 I’m no expert on weapons laws in GA (although I’m fairly certain they are as bad as all the other laws in GA), but I read that it’s legal to have the gun in the glove(gun?)box or on the seat, but not under the seat (which, of course, is where Lomax had his)? True? If yes, then typical.
by UgasTexan on Jun 4, 2008 3:16 PM EDT reply actions
Per Chip Towers at AJC:
Lomax, a senior who is battling for a starting job at defensive end this fall, was pulled over on the 10 Loop in Athens for speeding. He was going 80 in a 55. As is routine, the cop asked Lomax if he had any weapons in the car. Lomax, described in police reports as polite and compliant, told the officer he had an unloaded gun underneath his seat. The officer retrieved a Glock 40, confiscated it and Lomax was arested for speeding and possession of a concealed weapon and hauled off to jail.
by NRBQ on Jun 4, 2008 3:27 PM EDT reply actions
16 – yeah, I’m no lawya but I’m going to go ahead and award the border to Tennessee based on adverse possession.
by Brian O'Blivion on Jun 4, 2008 3:41 PM EDT reply actions
The lesson to be learned here? Being polite and compliant will get you absolutely nowhere. Better to keep going until you can ditch the car behind somebody’s barn in Siloam and flee into the woods, or just tell them your name is Ellis T. Jones, III, professional misanthrope and scamp-at-large.
/slight exaggeration
by MaconDawg on Jun 4, 2008 3:47 PM EDT reply actions
Charles “what’s the nasty” Pugh, a defensive back/special teamer/repeat criminal offender is being sought by WVU police in connection to fraudulent purchases in excess of $1,000 from stolen credit and debit cards from a parked car in a university lot.
If I were Charles’ defense attorney, I would use the J. Peterman defense here and claim that he did it while on the “yam yam.” This will surely add some significant points to WVU in the FatBoy Phil Cup standings.
by David Puddy on Jun 4, 2008 4:24 PM EDT reply actions
Cool…a boundary dispute between alien jurisdictions… can this shit get any better?!! This warms the cockles of a property/contracts lawyer…not much professional wood available to our ilk, but this gets close. Someone get me a cigarette…
by sb on Jun 4, 2008 5:00 PM EDT reply actions
As a UGA student with plenty of free time this summer, I volunteer myself to be the safe driving tutor. I spent plenty of time driving as well as underage drinking in Athens, and will be willing to teach our guys not only how to not get pulled over, but also how to not dodge in front of cop cars while intoxicated or walk down a main road with a beer in hand.
Seriously, I will give these lessons free of charge. Anyone got CMR’s phone number?
by QC Dawg on Jun 4, 2008 5:19 PM EDT reply actions
ive got it.
early kyler: head driving instructor for the georgia football team.
expenses to the university: 1 hat
having to explain to the parents of the players, and to the university as a whole why the entire georgia football team was caught smuggling chiva into the US from mexico: Priceless
by the grinman on Jun 4, 2008 7:56 PM EDT reply actions
I make that run from Jonesboro to Athens several times a year and he’s correct, it isn’t safe. I mean, you have to go thru Conyers on 138; does that sound safe to you?
by Sundawg on Jun 5, 2008 12:08 PM EDT reply actions

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