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There Were Always Dummies on Frat Row, but Now They're in the Trees
While playing flag football this morning, I noticed that there was some sort of girls soccer game going on in the field next to us. In the tree next to the field there was what looked like a guy standing on a branch watching. I thought nothing of it until a few hours later when the soccer game was over and the guy was still in the tree. Turns out it wasn't a guy at all, but a dummy. There appeared to be at least one other one in another tree in the field next to Graham Chapel. Who puts dummies in the trees at WashU? And Why? I've seen bizarre things in my day, but this takes the cake.
On to the NFL picks.
DET at MIN: I need to pick more upsets this week, but you heard what I said last week about the Lions and road games. I believe they have a chance to win this one, but 3 years of history trumps my random hunch. MIN
JAX at NYJ: These teams have similar records, but the Jets are clearly the better team. Look for them to play the spoiler in the AFC East race. NYJ
NO at PHI: Here's the first upset, although it's not much of one. The Saints did barely beat Atlanta last week though. NO
SEA at BAL: This would be another, except the Ravens can't score points. They have the defense to stay in it, but they might as well have one of the WashU Tree Dummies at QB. SEA
NE at HOU: This is the perfect trap game: on the road, quality opponent with a bad record, 2 big games against Miami and Indianapolis coming up. Plus, if I pick the Pats to lose, then either way I'll be happy. HOU
IND at BUF: Right now I don't think the Bills could score on WashU's team. Drew Bledsoe is clearly not the answer. IND
PIT at CLE: Yuck. Do I pick the crappy team or the crappier team? Cleveland used up all their scoring last week against the lowly Cardinals I think. PIT
CAR at DAL: As they showed last week, Dallas has no offense whatsoever. Yet the ESPN announcers still compared Quincy Carter to Joe Montana near the beginning of the game. And it wasn't a sentence like "Quincy Carter is the worst Quarterback in football, who would be outdueled by 50+ year old Joe Montana". CAR
SF at GB: Terrell Owens will have a letdown this week after using up all his catches when he was on national television. Oh T.O., is this what you learned while playing under Jerry Rice? GB
CHI at DEN: The Bears are pathetic, yet they almost beat the Rams last week. Not much else to say about them except they are the most boring team in football. DEN
STL at AZ: If Cleveland could score 44 points against the Cardinals, then surely the Rams could score 50 right? Could is the operative word here, as the arrogant Mike Martz will try to waste timeouts and lose the game any way he can. STL
CIN at SD: If the Bengals were playing even a half-decent opponent this week I would have picked against them, but Flutie has already used up his one good game. CIN
OAK at KC: Back to normal for the Chiefs: playing crappy opponents and barely beating them. KC
TEN at ATL: The Titans played poorly against the Jags last week, and Atlanta almost beat New Orleans. You don't think....nah....yeah, why not. ATL
WAS at MIA: As badly as they've played lately, the Dolphins are still one or two games away from [dun dun dun...] December. It's not a good sign that they're counting on Oronde to turn around their offense though. MIA
NYG at TB: Why do the schedulemakers do this to me? Both of these teams could show up and be great, or they could not show up at all. On principle, I will not pick Tampa, since they're burned me so many times in the past. NYG
Comments
Those dummies have actually been up for a long time, as I remember seeing them last year. There's probably around half a dozen or so strewn about the campus (or there used to be, I'm sure drunk frat boys got to at least a few of them). I think I saw a sign next to one of them, they were evidently part of an art school outdoor media something-or-other project. This is likely the same project that yielded the stained glass and wood monstrosity in front of Cupples II.
Is that thing still up, by the way?
Posted by: Lucas at November 22, 2003 11:54 PM
Oh yes, the "stained" "glass" """"art"""" is still standing as a monument to what Engineers want to see in art.
Posted by: rkc at November 23, 2003 8:29 AM
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