That someone would be Husky fans, who, on this first day of NCAA Tournament action, have been forced to watch a Jordan brand commercial featuring Richard Hamilton, Khalid El-Amin, and the Connecticut team that defeated Washington in the 1998 Sweet 16 all day long. Our condolences are shared by Georgetown fans, who have witnessed a similar commercial featuring Ray Allen and his UConn team defeating Allen Iverson’s Hoyas in the ’96 Tourney (interesting, considering Iverson is sponsored by rival Reebok).
Jordan ads have never been hurtful, until now. Is it really necessary to defame the good names of both Georgetown and Washington simply for the sake of selling shoes? Last I checked, Jordans were selling nicely without these unfortunate ads, and everyone was getting along nicely. Now, however, Jordan and Nike have done their best to irritate fans of both the victimized schools, despite the fact that both schools have sponsorships with, guess who, Nike. That’s just cold. My heart hurts.
We should all be so happy that the Huskies won today. In the past few days, fans of Mississippi State basketball have reared their ugly heads on this website, and on message boards across the internet. Spewing obscenities, prejudiced epithets, and comments that would generally net you a punch in the face if not worse, MSU fans showcased themselves as a group of ignorant racists who had more concern for taking down society than an opponent on the basketball court. Not to blanket the entire Mississippi State fan base as such, but a loud majority of the Bulldog faithful did their best to drown out anything positive their constituents had to say.
I feel for the Mississippi State players (especially the Almighty Jarvis Varnado) who lost this ballgame, but am glad that their representative fan base has been shut down by moral righteousness. This article may come across as sounding “holier than thou” and that’s the intention. I truly believe the majority of Husky fans are holier than the twisted Bible-thumping redneck racists that proudly don the colors of Mississippi State. They have ignorant misconceptions on faith, societal order, and the small world that continues to close in around them. I wish them nothing but salvation in the afterlife and hope they can do their best to stay upbeat during these trying times in which minorities walk the earth and we are led into the future by a strong and powerful African American president (he picked us to beat you, by the way).
Enjoy watching the rest of the Tournament, MSU fans, and cheer for us when we take on Purdue on Saturday. Go Dawgs!
Come on Mississippi State fans, you didn’t actually think you were gonna win right?
See you on Saturday, Husky fans. Go Dawgs!
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-Bracket troubles? Memphis up three, 34-31 over 15-seed Cal-State Northridge at the half; A&M up 12, 42-30 over BYU at the half; LSU up four, 35-31, over Butler early in the second half.
-Interesting note about the Memphis game: ex-UW commit Roburt Sallie has half of the Tigers’ points. Sallie has knocked down five three-pointers and has tallied 17 total points thus far. Sallie was originally a member of the ’04 recruiting class (along with the likes of Joel Smith), then went to prep school and was slated to appear on Montlake with the ’05 class (along with Jon Brockman, et al), then completely failed to meet academic expectations and began a journey around the nation. He later committed to Nebraska, but failed to meet academic standards there and was banned for life from the Big 12 Conference based on a technicality. Then he headed off to the City College of San Francisco, where he played until this past year. Now he’s a Memphis Tiger and single-handedly keeping them in their game with CS Northridge.
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