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Sep. 15th, 2006 02:35 pmIt's been RAINING like crazy since yesterday afternoon and today, it just got worse. Who's the stupid dork who takes her laundry to the washer and comes back and take her shoes off and realizes that she has to go OUTSIDE to put her laundry in the dryer? Who's the stupid dork who forgot the precious quarters to get the dryer started? Who's the stupid -- okay, you get my point.
Tomorrow's the Big Day! That's right, it's the U vs USU football game. And what do the idiot players do right before football season starts? They go and get themselves arrested for drug possession and domestic violence and a bunch of other non-related crimes that nevertheless happen very close to one another and mean that a bunch of them can't play at least tomorrow and quite possibly the rest of the year. Like losing every game wasn't bad press enough. Now, with the NCAA threatening to keep USU out of postseason play if attendance doesn't pick up this year, a bunch of apathetic loser freaks that I share a university campus with write to the Statesman and say that they don't care what happens to the team and that they're all going to wear red tomorrow and/or won't go the games. Ever.
Now, I'm going to speak very slowly and clearly because there are people who just won't get it and come back with "Yeah, but, yeah but, that's HYPOCRISY!" Right now, I'm pissed at the team, but also, I'm pissed at the people who wrote into the Statesman today. As anyone who knows me can attest, I love football, but (now here's the kicker) I hate dealing with football players. Generally and very broadly speaking, football players are morons when it comes to life off the field. It's a good thing that they are good at sports because very few of them would be able to make it in the world the rest of us inhabit. In my experience, most football players are cocky, selfish and hardly the sort of role models society as a whole should follow. I'm not saying that ALL football players are that way (Kurt Warner, Peyton Manning, anyone?), but many that I have personally known have been. Some actually grow out of it (example: my dad was kind of a jerk in high school when he played, but he grew up. If my mom had known him in high school, though, I wouldn't have ever been born), but some of them don't.
That being said, I love watching a good football game. I love even watching a bad football game and complaining how bad it is. I love football because I love football. I know and understand the game, I've watched it a good amount of my life and I just get so excited when September rolls around and high school, college and professional teams are taking up the field. It's such an intense and exciting feeling watching these big guys runs their plays and score big touchdowns and make big tackles. I really can't explain it and give it the justice it deserves.
Also, you have to think that some of these Aggie players that have been getting in trouble are only going to be here a few more years. What's going to happen to players that aren't even on the team yet, but will be? What if a future USU football team actually pulls something good together? What if (gasp) they have the chance to go to the postseason? They won't have that opportunity because of the selfishness of the students that are here now. A true fan is one that sticks with the team even when they are losing as well as when the team is winning. It would be interesting to track the opinions of Brian Petersen, Sam Bryner and Mark Short if and when future Utah State football teams pull off a winning season. I'm willing to bet that, should the NCAA bar the Aggies from postseason play because of bad attendance, these guys will be crying foul if and when an Aggie team actually does well enough to go to the postseason, but they won't be able to because of students like the aforementioned. Then, who will we be screaming "HYPOCRISY!" at?
I want the players to be held accountable for their actions on and off the field. The team has rules governing how they should act in practice, in games, in school and everywhere else. If a player breaks those rules, they are punished. At the same time, I don't want to punish the few who are going to follow the rules and play their best. I don't want to punish the ones who are just scrubs on the freshman high school team right now, but will improve and get recruited later. Plus, I just want to go out and enjoy a rough and tumble football game. Win or lose (which, I can pretty much guarantee we'll get our butts handed to us tomorrow).
Please don't snow (too much) tomorrow. Please?
Love from,
Jenny Wildcat
Tomorrow's the Big Day! That's right, it's the U vs USU football game. And what do the idiot players do right before football season starts? They go and get themselves arrested for drug possession and domestic violence and a bunch of other non-related crimes that nevertheless happen very close to one another and mean that a bunch of them can't play at least tomorrow and quite possibly the rest of the year. Like losing every game wasn't bad press enough. Now, with the NCAA threatening to keep USU out of postseason play if attendance doesn't pick up this year, a bunch of apathetic loser freaks that I share a university campus with write to the Statesman and say that they don't care what happens to the team and that they're all going to wear red tomorrow and/or won't go the games. Ever.
Now, I'm going to speak very slowly and clearly because there are people who just won't get it and come back with "Yeah, but, yeah but, that's HYPOCRISY!" Right now, I'm pissed at the team, but also, I'm pissed at the people who wrote into the Statesman today. As anyone who knows me can attest, I love football, but (now here's the kicker) I hate dealing with football players. Generally and very broadly speaking, football players are morons when it comes to life off the field. It's a good thing that they are good at sports because very few of them would be able to make it in the world the rest of us inhabit. In my experience, most football players are cocky, selfish and hardly the sort of role models society as a whole should follow. I'm not saying that ALL football players are that way (Kurt Warner, Peyton Manning, anyone?), but many that I have personally known have been. Some actually grow out of it (example: my dad was kind of a jerk in high school when he played, but he grew up. If my mom had known him in high school, though, I wouldn't have ever been born), but some of them don't.
That being said, I love watching a good football game. I love even watching a bad football game and complaining how bad it is. I love football because I love football. I know and understand the game, I've watched it a good amount of my life and I just get so excited when September rolls around and high school, college and professional teams are taking up the field. It's such an intense and exciting feeling watching these big guys runs their plays and score big touchdowns and make big tackles. I really can't explain it and give it the justice it deserves.
Also, you have to think that some of these Aggie players that have been getting in trouble are only going to be here a few more years. What's going to happen to players that aren't even on the team yet, but will be? What if a future USU football team actually pulls something good together? What if (gasp) they have the chance to go to the postseason? They won't have that opportunity because of the selfishness of the students that are here now. A true fan is one that sticks with the team even when they are losing as well as when the team is winning. It would be interesting to track the opinions of Brian Petersen, Sam Bryner and Mark Short if and when future Utah State football teams pull off a winning season. I'm willing to bet that, should the NCAA bar the Aggies from postseason play because of bad attendance, these guys will be crying foul if and when an Aggie team actually does well enough to go to the postseason, but they won't be able to because of students like the aforementioned. Then, who will we be screaming "HYPOCRISY!" at?
I want the players to be held accountable for their actions on and off the field. The team has rules governing how they should act in practice, in games, in school and everywhere else. If a player breaks those rules, they are punished. At the same time, I don't want to punish the few who are going to follow the rules and play their best. I don't want to punish the ones who are just scrubs on the freshman high school team right now, but will improve and get recruited later. Plus, I just want to go out and enjoy a rough and tumble football game. Win or lose (which, I can pretty much guarantee we'll get our butts handed to us tomorrow).
Please don't snow (too much) tomorrow. Please?
Love from,
Jenny Wildcat
