So I was watching the mtn. while drinking my morning coffee and noticed a slight change to the groovy new San Diego State “I Believe” commercial:
"I!"
"I believe."
"I believe that!"
"I believe that we!"
"I believe that we are screwed!"
"I believe that we are screwed!"
"I believe that we are screwed!"
In case you missed it, Aztecs hoops phenom Jamaal Franklin just did a nice job of ruining our Washington State victory buzz, as he was arrested on suspicion of DUI over the weekend. You know, I may be jumping to conclusions here, but I’m starting to suspect the sophomore guard isn’t the most mature kid in the world.
Clearly, this hurts. Not just because Franklin is a player many people think can become a dominant offensive player in the Mountain West, but because this now leaves the Aztecs with eight scholarship players (and only 13 healthy knees) for the first few games.
If memory serves, Steve Fisher usually doles out three- or four-game suspensions for this kind of foolishness. A quick peek at the schedule shows that the fourth game is at nationally-ranked Baylor.
I really hope three games is enough for Jamaal to learn his lesson, don’t you?
OK, so maybe we’re not screwed. But Jamaal’s track record is starting make me a little wary. I hope this is nothing more than an isolated indiscretion of a 20-year-old kid. But I’m starting to wonder.
No more things like this, OK?
… Terrible behavior. I never once drove while intoxicated as a 20 year old on The Mesa. Or sampled illicit drugs or pre-marital copulation. Or paid Poncho to see some un-Christian things in TJ.
In all seriousness, it’s a mistake by a young student athlete. I’d like to see Fisher help him realize the very real danger driving while inebriated can present and move on with the season. Win over snide, overrated Big 12 school or not. P.s. Ann Arbor was a whore.
Visiting the “whore” this weekend. Any advice?
I’ve never been but I suggest drinking. Lots and lots of drinking.
Advice: evangelize the importance of furry mascots as the key to SDSU’s athletic renaissance to UM fans, eat at Zingermann’s (or if you are wasted, at Blimpy), posit that SDSU has the best uniforms in FBS, explain that not all Silver Fox DCs run the 3-3-5 incompetently, curse about how inferior A2 craft beer is compared to San Diego’s, and talk about the moral rectitude of Steve Fisher. Refer to UM as Big Blue whenever they call us SDS. These are all non-controversial and widely-held beliefs among Michigan fans. We’ll probably have to see them again in two years in the Final Four, so try not to piss them off too badly. Oh wait, I meant eat their delicious tears of sadness and come back for more in a couple years. Fight on (and on)!
Done and done.