UM/FIU Brawl
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It's weird, cause if I wasn't a Cane alum, I'd think these guys were a bunch of hooligans. Which they are...but somehow there's a weird disturbing sense of pride.
Hahaha, and I'm just listening to ESPN Radio and apparently the Miami PD brought in 7,000 kids to watch the game, in their "join a game, not a gang" program. Oops.
But Deadspin.com said it best, "You know who plays football for Florida International? Guys who wanted to go to Miami, but couldn't because they stabbed someone in high school."
Now to Lamar in the booth:
As the fight unfolded, color analyst Lamar Thomas seemed to be as fired up as the players, at one point exclaiming "I feel like taking the elevator down to the field and getting involved myself!" Thomas went on: "You don't come into our house talking smack!" And so forth. Because that's what a play-by-play commentator wants from his partner, to be able to look down on the field and see him brawling with the players.
Anyway, we got a couple of e-mails asking the musical question: "Is that the same Lamar Thomas who played for the Hurricanes and the Dolphins?" Yep. And he wasn't exactly a solid citizen. Thomas' rap sheet includes:
• Arrested and jailed for aggravated battery for attacking his pregnant fiancee with a deadly weapon.
• Arrested for violating probation.
• Detained for brandishing a handgun and threatening suicide, prompting authorities to check him in to a mental institution.
• Did jail time for again violating probation related to the battery charges, when he was arrested for choking his fiancee. His six-month old son was present at the scene.