That’s the way it is in Tennessee
Tennessee’s football season has been tumultuous at best this year and has frequently descended into downright hilarity. Most of this is thanks to Lane Kiffin, but they’re branching out.
Typically, there isn’t anything to chuckle about when it comes to armed robbery unless you’re talking about a dumb criminal story or the victim comes out unscathed and has done something ridiculous. Well the recent alleged incident involving three Vols football players is full of win.
First, the players rob some guy at a convenience store at gunpoint wearing their Tennessee football gear. Always the great ambassadors for the university. So the players are idiots and will undoubtedly be kicked off the team, which is quite a feat in the SEC by the way.
This is where the victim picks up the ball and takes it in for six. Corey Zickefoose is the 20-year-old that had the pleasure of a gun in his face during the heist. To say he is a die-hard Vol fan would be an epic low-balling of the situation. Check out his quotable material:
Corey Zickefoose: I think they should still be able to play football, regardless. Tennessee is my place. You know, it’s my football team.
Reporter: Even after they put a gun in your face, you say let them play football?
Corey Zickefoose: Yeah. It’s Tennessee. That’s the way it is sometimes.
Of course, it’s Tennessee, where sometimes, that’s the way it is. I think this is a good time for some self assessment. The best time for self assessment is when someone does or says something outlandishly idiotic; woo, self esteem. So, if I was held at gunpoint by Tate Forcier, would I want him kicked off the team? Absolutely. Whew! Though there is a better than slight chance that any Wolverine would bungle the operation entirely anyway.
Anyway, this kid is obviously awesome and you can get further proof by checking out some video at Dr. Saturday. I’m not positive, but if you substitute Derrick Rose, Chicago Bulls, Stormin’ Norman, and modify the accent to something not so southern, the quotes from the victim may still be very believable.
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