Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Stiff of the Week: Trevor Wikre

I don't think this is the type of message we want to be sending to the kids of our nation. I'm sure you've heard the story of Trevor Wikre, a lineman at DII Mesa State, who decided to have the pinkie finger on his right hand cut off, rather than miss the rest of his Senior season at the school that A) apparently exists, and B) also has a football team.

I'm all for Trevor chasing his dreams, but unless he's Randy Moss, Steve McNair or Jerry Rice I don't think he had much of a chance of playing professional ball in the NFL. So, after he's done playing those last few games of his college career, he'll be left with a 9 fingered existence, but sadly, he'll never again be able to do a good Dr. Evil impression. Tragic.

There's no doubting that this guy is a total douche, worthy of Stiff of the Week honors, but I'd also like to include his coach, parents and doctors in this award. Good job helping this kid work through his feelings of loss for his career by pointing out that there's more to life than DII pigskin. Top notch!

p.s. I think this kid also dramatically underestimated the importance of the pinkie in the administration of a shocker. Good luck getting one in the stink now Trevor... you dumb fuckwit.

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