Monday, January 8, 2007

A Wookie On Sports Interview Exclusive

Recently the Sports Wookie was invited to Minneapolis to interview a former Rebel great whose prowess on the offensive line is only exceeded by his great moral character and generosity. Of course the Sports Wookie is biased because of free tickets to the Vikings last regular season game, (Sadly a pretty rough 42-21 loss) and we exited the game to three inches of snow and below thirty weather. Good thing I had my natural fur coat.
But getting to see Vikings fans was a treat all in of itself. They are a lot like LSU fans, purple pimp costumes and all, but really friendly. (I realize that sounds like an antithesis.)

They have a lot of different characters from the guy who carries around a thirty pound viking statute to the guys dressed in fur skins and carrying viking horns. Everyone all wears the same shade of purple and no one wears yellow. A lot of people wear players jersey's but since the team doesn't have a marque name right now (other than anonymous offensive linemen) there was a great variety of players represented including Bullethead. My favorite though had to be the lady we assumed was Jim Kleinsasser's mom. She played what I believed was a magical horn after every big play to summon Jim to big plays.















After the game I had the opportunity to sit down with Marcus for a hard hitting interview.

The Sports Wookie: Who do you think will win the Super Bowl?
Marcus Johnson: With the way the Patriots are playing and with Brady and Belichick I think they sneak through the playoffs and win another. (Editor's note: The Sports Wookie is going with the Ravens.
TSW: Did you make it to any Ole Miss games this year?
MJ: No, our off weak this year they were playing away.
TSW: Did you get to see any games?
MJ: Yeah I got to watch the Alabama game.
TSW: What are your thoughts on the team?
MJ: They started off pretty sorry and I didn't think much of them but then they started playing pretty good and sounded dramatically improved and looked pretty tough.
TSW: Thoughts on next year?
MJ: With they way they finished this year I think they'll be alright next year.

I wanted to follow that up with what he had heard from Bryant McKinnie about Art Kehoe and his impact on the Offensive Line and whether he ever had the urge to rip peoples arms out of their sockets but our waitress brought the next tray of chicken wings and our interview was cut off prematurely.

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