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Andre 'Duh' Giant
The kiss of death will be upon the N.C. State Wolfpack this Saturday night when NCSU faces off against Southern Miss in Hattiesburg. In a futile attempt to regain what little composure N.C. State had after a last-minute loss to Akron in Raleigh Saturday afternoon, Wolfpack runningback Andre Brown sealed NCSU's fate with the words that have echoed throughout the echelon of sports for centuries; he guaranteed something.
In a recent interview, Brown was asked if he was looking to replicate his success against Southern Miss from last season.
"We're going to go down there. Somebody has to pay for what happened here last week, so unfortunately it's Southern Miss."
And thats not all.
When asked if that attitude would be taken by all N.C. State players and coaches alike, Brown replied by saying, "We're out here working hard so we can go out there to Mississippi and beat somebody up."
It seems as if Andre the Not-So Giant's deep thigh bruise has gone to his head.
Sports guarantees used to be special, starting with "Broadway" Joe Namath's guaranteed win over the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III and ending somewhere between John McEnroe's proffesional tennis career. Now the everyday average schmoe is guaranteeing this and guarnateeing that in hopes of having his name etched into the hallowed halls of sports greatness forever. Sadly, this is not the case, as NFL prima donna and star wide out Chad Johnson learned in a game against the Cleveland Browns in 2004.
The trash-talking, endzone-celebrating Bengal receiver sent four bottles of Pepto Bismol to the Browns' secondary just days before the two teams squared off in Cleveland, but it was Johnson who came out the game with a queasy stomach. Cleveland 'bottled him up' for the entire matchup, limiting the Pro Bowler to 37 yards on 3 receptions in Cincinatti's embarassing 34-17 loss.
But some may say Brown has room to talk, as the sophomore runningback racked up a career-high 248 yards on 32 carries in N.C. State's win against the Golden Eagles at Carter-Finley Stadium last October. But as Andre himself has said, 2006 is a brand new year.
As if this game needed any more publicity to the average USM player, Andre Brown stepped in and gave Jeff Bower and the Golden Eagles a prime example of locker-room bulletin board material. Bower himself has said he still has a bad taste left in his mouth from last season's four-point loss to the Wolfpack on the road, and Brown's powerful statements have only furthered the intensity and determination of the team. In a sense, the guy that gave USM's defense fits last year is actually helping them out.
And if the Nasty Bunch, led by Martavius Prince and Cornelius Mcgee, continues to play well, and the linebacking unit is as strong as it was last week, Brown will end up eating his words on the long bus ride back to Raleigh, North Carolina on Sunday morning.
I guarantee.
| by Cory Gunkel - CUSA-fans.com Southern Miss Correspondent |
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