FULMER CUP SCOREBOARD: ROCKY TOP HOLLERIN’
This week’s cup runneth over with points for Missouri and some bonus foam on that rapsheetaccino for Tennessee. The Big Board is, as always, brought to you by Brian, who is hung like Reggie F’n Nelson.

Missouri earned points we neglected to include last week, mostly because we couldn’t believe anyone not named Robert Downey, Jr. could be caught with such a diverse array of recreational drugs. And yet he exists: late of the Missouri football team, backup defensive tackle John Stull was arrested on Jan. 11th and is charged with two felony counts of drug possession, one misdemeanor count of drug possession, suspicion of possessing drug paraphernalia, possession of intoxicating liquor as a minor and use of a false identification.
Felony drug possession is a step above your average weed-toting Gator-inhalator charge, especially when you’re talking about coke and pills, which is precisely the case in Stull’s case. Three points each for those, one point for the misdemeanors, and we’ve cooked up a 10 point kilo of points for Missouri that was miscounted as 3 last week. We, like the Gainesville Sun, regret the error.
The asterisk by the score is significant, though: it indicates an early watch on the Ellis T. Jones III award, meaning the award for the single largest score for an individual. If Missouri stays clean for the rest of the Fulmer Cup race, we would award Stull the ET3 award, and give the program award to someone else. The point is to account for programmatic, patterned bad behavior ind a single program, not one outlier on an otherwise well-behaved team. Thus the little octopus hovering in the northeast corner up there.
Officer, I don’t like your tone. Tennessee lineman Anthony Parker picks up a bullshitty disorderly conduct charge, but a point is a point is a point here. Why is it a a bit bullshittish? Because Parker’s biggest crime seems to be hollerin’ and cussin’, a time-honored pasttime in Tennessee from what we can remember from our tenure in the Parallelogram.
Knoxville Police Department spokesperson Darrell DeBusk said Parker, 21, was arrested in the parking lot of the Sutters Mill Apartment complex just after midnight Saturday morning.
DeBusk said officer Sam Henard saw Parker standing in the parking lot of the complex, waving his hands and yelling.
Henard then arrested Parker and took him to the detention center . . . .
That’s why it’s bullshit, but you don’t quiet down when the cops come a-callin’, and you get-a disorderly conduct charge and one point for the Vols, who are already making an outstanding claim in the early paces of the Fulmer Cup race. Tradition never graduates! WOOOOOOOOO!!! This is ourrrrrr country…..
And remember…Ole Miss picks up points for disorderly as well. We still think they’re blameless due to the intoxicating effects of erotic chicken.
P.S. Texas A&M’s points were an error, as well-the incident occurred during the season, and is not eligible.
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Did they drop a charge on Ole Miss? I thought they got a 2-pointer… after double-checking the link… yep.
Comment by Cincy — January 28, 2025 @ 11:45 am
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“from the east coast…to the west coast…down the dixie highway…back hooooooooome…this is our country.”
enjoy the rest of your day gentlemen.
Comment by gerry dorsey — January 28, 2025 @ 11:46 am
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Okie St? Mizzou, UThug? St. Richt’s Boyz?, Merely-batshit-Nutt’s crew?
The Big Board is decidedly ‘neckish in the early going.
Comment by Der Schatten — January 28, 2025 @ 11:46 am
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Speaking of bullshitty…
[b] suspicion [/b] of possession of drug paraphernalia?
Does that mean I can get a ticket from a cop at the grocery store because he is [b]supicious[/b] that I might have broken the speed limit?
Comment by Cincy — January 28, 2025 @ 11:47 am
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Oh my god I cant spell or use fonts
Comment by Cincy — January 28, 2025 @ 11:47 am
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Did you include the Vol points for Vereen?
http://tennessee.scout.com/a.z?s=7&p=2&c=722641
Comment by Brian O'Blivion — January 28, 2025 @ 11:48 am
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If hollerin’ and cussin’ were a crime in Tennessee, Holly’d be doin’ life.
Comment by jebus — January 28, 2025 @ 12:00 pm
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Yes-Vereen is included.
Comment by Orson Swindle — January 28, 2025 @ 12:05 pm
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Somehow the cops neglected to uncover the Mizzou player’s meth lab.
They all have meth labs over there.
Comment by PeteJayhawk — January 28, 2025 @ 12:13 pm
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Orson - wasn’t the Vol arrest with the two recruits a 4 pointer? Both were charged with weed possession = 4 points, no?
Then Vereen and Parker, 1 point each. Total of 6.
Comment by Brian O'Blivion — January 28, 2025 @ 12:17 pm
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Checking…yes. Tennessee should be at six. Corrected shortly.
Comment by Orson Swindle — January 28, 2025 @ 12:19 pm
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BO’B is correct. Jussayin.
Comment by Aerobab — January 28, 2025 @ 12:21 pm
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The Aggies don’t even make the list on a provisional basis?
Comment by tapeoflove — January 28, 2025 @ 12:28 pm
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My hope is that by Year 2 of Petrino (yes, I am overly optimistic expecting a Year 2…) that my beloved Hogs will be players in the Fulmer Cup chase.
Comment by Jerkwheat — January 28, 2025 @ 12:30 pm
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Where’d A&M points go?
Comment by aggy — January 28, 2025 @ 12:32 pm
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#13
The Aggies typically don’t make many polls…
Anywho, I liked this:
Knoxville Police Department spokesperson Darrell DeBusk
Really, aren’t they all named “Darrell” up there?
And their brother Darrell, and their other brother named Darrell…
Comment by Rival — January 28, 2025 @ 12:56 pm
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A&M points don’t count. Incident happened before FC season.
Comment by Brian O'Blivion — January 28, 2025 @ 1:01 pm
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The Fulmer Cup is like eight months of Christmas.
Comment by Run Up The Score — January 28, 2025 @ 1:21 pm
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You can enjoy the Mellencamp “song” a lot more (i.e., at all) if you do what a Deadspin commenter suggested: think of it as, “This is our cunt tree.”
Comment by Oren Incandenza — January 28, 2025 @ 2:10 pm
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Damn, by this time last year I’m pretty sure we had 2 QBs on the board for South Carolina. Now none. Sounds like bouncers are minding their damn business and visiting prof’s aren’t stealing the free parking spots.
If we get our GPA up (way tf up), continue to suck ass in football, and stay good in the FC points department, perhaps (fingers crossed) we’ll be the Vanderbilt of South Carolina.
Comment by Out of Conference — January 28, 2025 @ 2:14 pm
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Looks like Name Redacted is going to make another run at the Cup this year. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2008/01/28/football_player_arrested_after_gun_fired
Now why, why bring handguns to the club?
Comment by rusty — January 28, 2025 @ 2:26 pm
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Police arrested Robertson for unlawful use of a weapon, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, aggravated reckless discharge of a firearm and resisting or obstructing justice, according to Dunn. Robertson was released Sunday after posting 10 percent on $50,000 bond.
Wow. Three firearm charges and resisting arrest. This is big points. What are the points for firearm charges anyway? I didn’t see that on the point scale.
Comment by Brian O'Blivion — January 28, 2025 @ 3:33 pm
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I thought we got two points?
Also, please change to “Ole Miss” in the future.
Thanks.
Comment by reb pup — January 28, 2025 @ 3:47 pm
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#19,
and replace “dixie highway” with “hershey highway.”
it works for me.
Comment by EZ — January 28, 2025 @ 3:51 pm
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#22,
If firearms charges are three apiece, then we have a tie for the Ellis T. Jones award.
Comment by rusty — January 28, 2025 @ 4:26 pm
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And B.S. considering what an 300+ lb All-American lineman could have been doing.
Comment by The Modern Gal — January 28, 2025 @ 5:39 pm
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SEC is representin’ once again. . . 3 of the top 6! Suck it, Mark May.
Comment by DirkDawggler — January 28, 2025 @ 6:22 pm
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The Knoxville PoPo is “looking into” the arrest of Parker after (who ever heard of a guilty) bystanders complained the cop went too far in arresting the guy.
Can points be taken back?
Comment by etsuVol — January 28, 2025 @ 6:45 pm
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@7 - Holly knows “people” in the Ridge, so the charges would never stick. Besides, she’s beautiful when she cusses.
Comment by Studley — January 28, 2025 @ 7:51 pm
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http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=ap-studentdismissed&prov=ap&type=lgns
Wake Forest player booted off team for threatening to blow up campus.
The Leaderboard is going to look way different with this and the Name Redacted thing.
Comment by Neodoomium — January 29, 2025 @ 2:21 am
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#28 Points can be taken away only if the charges are dropped before the next football season starts.
#30 The wake player was never ARRESTED. The FC chase is about off-season arrests.
Comment by Cincy — January 29, 2025 @ 8:31 am
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Do recruits count?
Ole Pi$$ just had one arrested for selling steroids.
Comment by yoyofutbawl — January 29, 2025 @ 8:39 am
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http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3219279
Zooker’s boys getting on the board???
Comment by SweepTheLeg — January 29, 2025 @ 11:36 am
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Cutcliffe apparently wants a Fulmer Cup at Duke
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=5921440
Comment by Tar Heel Fan — January 29, 2025 @ 12:57 pm
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The scoreboard doesn’t reflect A&M’s points.
Comment by sessamoid — February 1, 2025 @ 11:22 am