THEFT IS GREAT TEAM-BUILDING
Guy Morriss was last seen writhing in pain on the sidelines after LSU's hail mary victory over Kentucky in 2003. Saddened to the point of frenzy, Jared Lorenzen then ate Morriss, who survived seven long months in Lorenzen's digestive tract before rafting out atop a caribou carcass and taking the Baylor job. He was fired, coached high school in Kentucky for a short time, and then reappeared as the head coach of Texas A&M Commerce, a small commuter school in the "Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex," Texas' fortified citadel designed to survive nuclear war, zombie attack, or alien invasion.
Hi. Guess what I'm thinking about. Beef? Wrong. It's darts, and i'm Guy Morriss, football coach.
TAMU-C had two players arrested for drugs on February 19th, and under the guidance of Morriss the team took the opportunity to use the news for team-building, the 21st centuries poor substitute for organization-wide group binge drinking. Theft never made a team closer, nor a coach more eloquent.
Between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Feb. 25, members of the football team stole editions of The East Texan, which were distributed throughout campus newspaper racks. On Feb. 26, Crime Information Officer Lt. Jason Bone interviewed head coach of the football team Guy Morris, who said he advocated his players’ actions.
"I’m proud of my players for doing that," he said. "This was the best team building exercise we have ever done."
Not to get all Walter Benjamin on your ass, but the still-intact digital version cannot be stolen..unless every TAMU-C player wants to get together and start stealing every computer in the Dallas/ Fort Worth area. Imagine the closeness you'll achieve then, not to mention the swag of thousands of stolen computers! For the record, the AD believes some one had to coordinate the crime, because the football players involved are far too stupid to think of this on their own.
Seriously. He says that. There's pixels and quotations and everything
"I don’t think they are smart enough to do this on their own," Cooper said.
/bangs head
/puts on Ministry
/lassos cow
/screws blonde girl who can clean a gun
Texas, je l'adore. The crime is likely not actually a crime, since a free daily like the TAMU-C newspaper is technically free, and therefore meant to be taken from its racks. The same could be said of any victory taken from Morriss' Baylor teams, since they were just sitting out there, and it's not like Baylor was going to use them anyway. (HT: Dave.)
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Never figured out...
…why this guy left Kentucky to begin with.
Crime
They won’t be legally charged with anything because of the free nature of this awesome paper but if the school’s got an honor or conduct code they might have to go before the court, dean etc.
I only know this because a good friend’s fraternity was facing some sanctions and the pledges thought it’d be a good move to just pick up all The Daily Tar Heels that AM. Brilliant. Administration wasn’t so receptive to their team building.
Yeah BoYeeEEeeE
by InTheBleachers on Mar 2, 2010 1:07 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Sorry, lawyas, but that IS a crime
Taking more copies than you intend to read of a “free” paper IS illegal in most states, because it robs advertisers of the circulation they paid for. Prosecutors convicted a student at U-Texas for that in ’95.
FTFA:
In 1995, University of Texas student Carrado Giovanella pleaded guilty to theft charges after campus police arrested him for stealing 5,800 copies of the university’s free paper, the Daily Texan.
According to a Sept. 8, 1995 report in the Daily Texan, Giovanella told police he took the papers after the newspaper published an article about his arrest on an outstanding warrant for writing bad checks. Police had discovered the outstanding warrant after learning Giovanella had forged a letter of recommendation when applying to the university.
I would call that on point.
LSU's student paper says "first copy free, additional copies 50 cents each"
I don’t know if that has any legal effect but I assumed it was there for this exact reason.
by 4.0 Point Stance on Mar 2, 2010 1:41 PM EST up reply actions
Editorial Note
LSU beat UK with a hail mary in 2002, not 2003. This team fielded the worst record Saban had in Baton Rouge since Saban decided to keep Mauck in a game that was very much wrapped-up against UF and…Mauck was done for the rest of the year.
Never ceases to amaze me
how people think you can keep the news from getting out by stealing the newspaper.
So, what would that be in Fulmer points, one each for the 25 players involved?
In other Fulmer news from here in Sakeralina, Charleston County deputies are investigating a possible link between Citadel QB Miquel Starks’ coach-robbin’ posse and a similar home invasion robbery that happened on Feb 24th. Ellis T. Jones, watch your back.
"I like the taste of danger most of all." - Jonatha Brooke
Problem is,
Non D1A programs don’t count towards the Fulmercup. They do merit a special spot in our hearts, though.
My bust
I didn’t catch the dash-C behind TAMU. But a clarification of the point is still requested. If 25 players get charged, is it 25 petty thefts or just one?
As for our enterprising local FCS thug, I’m merely pointing out he could pull off an upset reminiscent of Appy State/Michigan.
"I like the taste of danger most of all." - Jonatha Brooke
TAMU-C
…is NCAA Division 2, not 1-aa/FCS/The only D1 system that actually decides a true national champion*
*God it feels amazing
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by THETexasStateUniversity on Mar 2, 2010 11:35 PM EST up reply actions
2 players... not 25 players.
s’ok, I did a double take when I read “Between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Feb. 25, members of the football team stole editions…” too.
I missed the comma the first time.
To paraphrase xkcd: Grammar; it works bitches!!
Correlation = Causation department
Coaches with unnecessary consonants in their names = player shenanigans.
See Paul Wulff, WSU.
by ESS EEE SEE Speed on Mar 2, 2010 4:00 PM EST reply actions
What's the big deal?
They still have copies at the Drunken Mule Saloon.
by Magnificent Bastard on Mar 3, 2010 10:08 AM EST reply actions














