Special Tribute to a Special KU Fan

Apparently one tribute to KU fans wasn't enough, because I found a KU fan to top them all tonight. I was bored and flipping channels when I came across the World Rock Paper Scissors Championships on ESPN. Now first of all, the mere fact that ESPN is showing Rock Paper Scissors indicates the sad state of ESPN broadcasting these days. Even worse, the announcers and participants were trying to pass the game off as a strategic sport.

Hold on a second.

Ok, done with hysterical laugh.

So anyway, it was one of those things that was so pitiful I couldn't help but watch. Plus, they have their own hotties for paper, rock and scissors.







So anyway, back to the point. Similar to the World Series of Poker, ESPN likes to do profiles of the competitors. One of them was of one Antoine Manuum. After a while, two things became clear...

1. Manuum was a KU big fan. He wore KU shirts in several scenes of the profile. If you don't believe me, watch the replay on July 14, 4:00 p.m. on ESPN2.

2. Manuum has some sort of severe personality disorder.

I would try to describe it, but a picture is worth a thousand words.







In case you couldn't tell, the back of his boxer's robe reads "Antoine Shears Manuum." That's right, in the ultra-violent sport of rock, paper, scissors, we have intimidating nicknames like "Shears."

So let's break this down. Here is a guy, who competes in the silliest non-sport I've ever seen, and does it while dressed in a boxing robe and oven mitts (because his "hands are too hot"). Mere words cannot express my incredulity upon viewing this on ESPN tonight.

The molly may be pure in Manhattan, but the grass is undoubtedly laced in Lawrence.


(This picture bears absolutely no relation to this post, but whenever I'm ripping on KU, I feel obligated to post it.)