When USC traveled to Berkeley on Saturday, the hometown fans had a nasty surprise for one of the visitors. Here's the incandescent Eric Myerson:
When USC guard Gabe Pruitt took his first trip to the free throw line early in the game, the Cal student section hollered in unison: "VIC-TOR-IA, VIC-TOR-IA," and then yelled out a telephone number. Pruitt glanced back at the crowd in horror and bewilderment before clanking his free throws.It turns out that a couple of mischeivous little bastards from the Cal student section had been IM'ing with Pruitt all week under the identity of "Victoria," a fictional UCLA hottie, and Pruitt was eagerly anticipating a date with this nubile co-ed back in Westwood after the game. In preparation for the date, Pruitt had handed over his digits, which the Cal student section recited back to him in unison.
Talk about a quantum leap -- even over and above some of the more creative covert ops we've seen in recent years. For more, click here and here.
Classic! I’m so proud of my boys. Go Bears!
I have never heard of a player that was so owned by the crowd. My experience went the other way — when Cal fans brought “Reggie Ears” to wear for the UCLA game when Reggie Miller was there. Of course, that just fired him up and he destroyed us.
Thankfully for my Pacers, Spike Lee didn’t get the lesson…