DeMarcus Cousins To Mississippi State Fans: Call Me
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There’s an uber-ly talented freshman playing for John Calipari and the Kentucky Wildcats who is quickly becoming the talk of the town. No, I’m not talking about the Great Wall of Kentucky either. I’m referring to Mister Double-Double, DeMarcus Cousins. Because Cousins is known to have something of a quick, emotional trigger, he’s become the target of opposing fan banter, which is done to throw Cousins off his game.
While I’m not sure the verbal sparring had the same effect as does Cousins getting beat up in the paint, that didn’t stop Mississippi State fans from giving it the old college try. You see, Kentucky plays Mississippi State in Starkville tonight, and to prepare themselves, Bulldogs fans have been contacting Cousins via the accepted manner in today’s society:
On his cell phone.
According to Kyle Veazy of the Clarion-Ledger MSU blog, Cousins’ phone number was posted on Mississippi State message board, which apparently gave Bulldogs fans the green light to bombard his phone with the typical nonsense; although, some State fans were reduced to using that racial epithet everybody knows and loves.
How novel.
To his credit, Cousins maintained a sense of humor about the whole thing; so much so, in fact, he refused to let fan ignorance get to him.
So yeah, does anyone think it’s ironic that these same fans who dropped N-bombs on Cousins’ phone will be cheering widely for Jarvis Varnado when he blocks a Kentucky player’s shot?
Depending on the outcome, it will be interesting to see how Cousins responds after the game.
TWO Things:
1. Cousins said about 30 texts or calls were “racial” out of at least 1000, which makes that about 3% of them. i would bet that would be less than the national average of racially prejudiced people in this country. also, you can’t assume that all the racial texts/calls were from caucasions.
2. You can’t associate all the calls/texts with Mississippi State just bc they play Kentucky tonight. if anything, Louisville fans hate UK more, and UK is the topdog in the SEC so the potential for fans of ever school in the SEC to text him once his number is public is high. everybody wants UK to lose.
bottomline: the media may make the negative side of this story revolve around Mississippi and Mississippi State but that isn’t entirely accurate and there is really no way of knowing.
i would like to see Cousins list the numbers of those that text him racially oriented comments on a public site so they can be held accountable.
Have you fact checked each number that was used to text Cousins? Made sure that each person was indeed a Bulldog? I only ask because you certainly are sure: a) it happened, and b) it all/only came from MSU fans.
This is garbage to post such accusations.
Go Cousins!!!! #15 rocks!!
Well considering the fact that the calls came from the Mississippi area code it would be pretty safe to assume that the calls came the MISSISSIPPI bulldog fans geniuses! There is nothing to prove Cousins laughed it off and played a great game. Sucks to have a loss on your court doesnt it, sucks enough for your classless fans defaced their own floor with water bottles being thrown. Too bad the cats dont know about those home floor loses this season 25-1 BAYBE! Get yourself a UK2K shirt to cover up that ugly bulldog!
What idiots. Mississippi State fans should be very ashamed of themselves.
“Cousins said about 30 texts or calls were “racial” out of at least 1000, which makes that about 3% of them. i would bet that would be less than the national average of racially prejudiced people in this country.”
So an 18 year college student ONLY got 30 or so racially charged texts or calls? That’s your rationalization? I’m sorry, but I’d say that’s about 30 too many.
No matter how people attempt to spin the ugliness of this story, the facts stand that a group of MSU fans (I’m not broad-brushing the entire school here, just the idiots that participated) deliberately sought out a minority student from an opposing school’s team and left racially offensive messages and texts for him, while making the info public knowledge and encouraging others to act in a similar manner. It’s a hate-crime, pure and simple. You can argue the refs’ calls until Doomsday, but their actions will remain the same: a racist attack on an 18 year college student.
As a UK fan, I was very excited to see how revved up the crowd was for the game: that kind of atmosphere inspires both teams to play better and prepares them for March. But the actions of a few have left a very bitter taste in my mouth in re: to MSU. I sincerely hope that the administration deals with these hate-mongers appropriately and both schools can move on. The SEC doesn’t need this type of press. We need to focus on showing the rest of the country what we already know: that SEC basketball is some of the best in the country and we will be taking no prisoners in our quest for the national title come March.
I’m now throwing this challenge out to the nation’s athletic directors: after the events of both this game as well as the Pitt/WVU game, what changes will you be making to your security at events? It is YOUR JOB to ensure the safety and well-being of both school’s athletes during an NCAA sporting event. Quite honestly, you’ve failed in this task recently. Chastising fans has had little impact. Show you’re serious, and PROTECT OUR ATHLETES.