Wow. This may be the
worst celebration of the biggest play of a player’s career ever, and it didn’t
happen in soccer. Almost certainly the
99-yard fumble recovery touchdown by the West Virginia safety Darwin Cook was
the biggest play of the guy’s career.
After he scored, he was so euphoric that he ran about 10 yards past the
camera people, the mandatory ‘event staff’ people etc. to pile-drive the Orange
Bowl mascot (yes, not the other team’s mascot, the bowl’s mascot) into the wall
supporting the stands (sportsgrid.com).
The mascot, a human-sized orange, apparently sufficiently
annoyed Cook with its existence that he “was looking for him” by his own
admission to reporters after the game.
This apparently occurred because Cook “did not think he believed in us
either”, according to his own statement after the game. His reaction to learning that the performer
in the mascot suit was a girl was pricelessly honest shocked shame. His gaping mouth is one of the first images
you find when searching his name.
It’s hard to resist pointing out that if future girlfriends see
this act as the defining moment of his football career, he might end up
eligible for (sunglasses) a Darwin Award.
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