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You wouldn’t really expect this guy to get in trouble with the law, would you? Sure, appearances can be deceiving, but a tatted-up white boy, with the trailer park goatee under the impression that he’s a gangster and can do anything he wants because he’s an “athlete” causing problems? I don’t know if I believe it, but ESPN says it’s true, so in the words of Yoda, true it must be.

The guilty party is Eric Devendorf, a junior guard for the Syracuse Orange who also moonlights as an aspiring thug. The 6’4″ Devendorf was suspended indefinitely by the university this week for his role in a physical altercation with a female student in November. Devendorf was subsequently sentenced to perform 40 hours of community service by a judicial hearing board before he can return to school and the team. Not what you’d expect from a guy who looks like he grew up with Edward Norton’s character in American History X.

The polarizing figure that is Eric Devendorf is the subject of many a Facebook group, including “Does Eric Devendorf need to smack a b—-?,” “Devendorf can’t swim,” and the immortal “I love Syracuse, but I hate Eric Devendorf.” In addition to racking up personal fouls with the opposite sex, Devendorf is also notorious for saying stupid things to the press, according to many Syracuse fans. When asked once who he would like to be for a day, the Caucasian Devendorf replied “Lil’ Wayne.” Another time, he was asked which pet he would like to have, to which he responded, “a lion.”

Prior to his squabble in November, Devendorf was already on probation for assaulting a student last Spring. I don’t know about you, but I can picture young Eric with a rat tail mullet running around Wal-Mart playing guns between the clothing racks with his friends, while his parents ignore him nearby and onlookers begin to ponder how they can physically subdue a group of children without getting sent to prison for it. That’s Eric Devendorf for you, good ol’ American boy.

Dawg Pack Dirt, Volume 5, Issue 8, Eastern Washington University, December 20^th, 2008

By Nate Taggart and Aaron Bean

I hope everyone is having fun in the snow because I know I’m not. It gets a little old not being able to leave your neighborhood… At least we have Husky basketball again this Saturday when the Dawgs take on the EWU Eagles. For those of you that are able to get to Hec Ed for the game, here is the dirt…

The Game:

-Eastern Washington Eagles at Washington Huskies

-Saturday, December 20^th, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. PST

-Bank of America Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion

The Team:

-Eastern Washington makes its home in Cheney, WA and is part of the Big Sky Conference which houses UW opponents, Portland State and Montana.

-EWU is 6-4 to start the season with a notable 63-58 victory over Portland.

-The Eagles return 4 starters from last year’s squad that went 11-19 including a 82-68 loss to Washington.

-Eastern really hasn’t done anything since its NCAA tournament appearance in 2004 and has really fallen on hard times after star guard Rodney Stuckey left for the NBA before last season.

The Players:

-Jr. F #32 Matthew “Ice Pirate” Brunell likes to give the ball to the other team a lot more than he likes to give it to his own, as is evidenced by his 1/2.5 assist to turnover ratio. He says, “I just want kung fu panda or I’ll be one Kung fu sad panda.” He also recently made the announcement, “I got crabs from andrew.”

-Jr. F #1 Chris “C Busch” Busch can be reached via AIM at hardhittaz25. His description of himself is, “NBA BOUND YA DIGG”. I’d say he’s well on his way with his 11 minutes played so far this season. You think he’ll declare for the draft this year or wait until after his senior year? His interests are “HOOP!!!!!!! WOMEN!!!!!!! SHOES!!!!!!! CLOTHES!!!!!!!”. Very deep… Here is what his coach had to say about him: “Chris must realize that basketball is not played in a tuxedo.” Call that a ringing endorsement if you want. We should extend our welcome to yet another garbage time player by chanting, “PUT IN CHRIS!” sometime in the 2^nd half.

-Sr. F #12 Jeff Christensen responds to “JC” if we find something we’d like to tell him during warm-ups. That’s about it on him…

-Sr. G #10 Adris “2 Hard 2 Guard” DeLeon is a Dawg Pack favorite, primarily due to his ridiculous nickname. Unfortunately, 2 Hard has had some grade troubles that haven’t allowed him to play all season until last Sunday but lucky for us, our friend should be ready for his last trip to Hec Ed. Since returning to the team, 2 Hard is a solid 1 for 5 from the field. His Facebook profile also has a video of him dancing in the Pizza Hut parking lot. Fun times in Cheney!

-Fr. F #24 Abebe Demissie is a Seattle native and Rainier Beach grad that looks to be redshirting this season but in case he is out there warming up, we can talk to him a little. His cell phone number is (206) 383-1194. Sounds like he had a rough first quarter of college after reading his message to high school friends, “TO ALL OF U GUYS WHO CANT WAIT TIL SKOOL, UR GONNA REGRET IT A WEEK INTO IT LOL”. Maybe a start would be learning to spell “school”.

-Jr. F #42 Mark “Big Mark” or “Big Country” Dunn loves Blow Pops.

-Sr. G/F #22 Andy “A.G.” Genao of the Bronx calls himself “The Gorgeous Gangsta”. His cousin is also Boston Red Sox Shortstop, Julio Lugo.

-Jr. G #14 Gary Gibson is from Ontario… Canada… that’s all I got.

-So. G #21 Trey Gross is about as complicated a soul as Chris Busch when it comes to his interests, which are, “money money money n BASKETBALL n FEMALES”. America’s brightest, no doubt. He says he’s his own hero and he reps something called the “I.D.C.” We’re not exactly sure what it is but in all of his pictures labeled “I.D.C.” he is with about 4 other guys throwing up gang symbols. Maybe it’s a book club??? You’re guess is as good as mine. He also has a rap song he wrote on his MySpace profile and it is just about the most offensive thing I’ve ever read. He fails to leave out saying awful things regarding just about any group of people you can possibly imagine. I won’t repeat any of his lyrics here but maybe we can get him to rap a little for us if we ask nicely. His real name is Allen. If you have trouble identifying him in warm-ups, he’s the one with the really hideous brown with orange tip dreadlocks. I.D.C. FO LIFE!

-Jr. C/F #45 Brandon “B Moore” Moore has a twin sister.

-Jr. G #5 Benny “B.J.” Valentine played for Texas Tech during Coach Bobby Knight’s last full season there. I can only imagine what Coach Knight did to terrify him so much that he had to leave for Eastern.

-Fr. G #23 Kevin “Kevi-Kev” Winford looks to be redshirting but his nickname was too good to leave out.

GO DAWGS!