Well, that little item about the college football coaches who got to wrestling with each other at the Opryland Hotel and fell out of a window [go here] has hit the bigtime. Google News is on fire.
And you know why? Because every now and then an event occurs that so distills the essence of a certain world as to give the event mythic stature. What a local Nashville reporter calls the “tragic” defenestration of two big drunk semi-nude members of the Westminster College community has swiftly taken on the same important national resonance as Borat.
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Reminder: Here’s another recent university coach story. These guys really know how to get into the paper.
January 14th, 2009 at 11:09PM
Two big guys. In a hotel room after a sports event. In their boxers. "Wrestling." Is that what they’re calling it these days? The Kids in the Hall already covered this ground years ago:
January 14th, 2009 at 11:09PM
Sorry–here’s the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-o5dHNQVQg