Gonzaga Tries To Deter Fans From Dressing As Mormons At BYU Game, Threatens Stern Talking To

El Taco8 years ago

The sky is blue, water is wet, BYU is filled with a bunch of Mormons. We get it. This is a reality called life.

However, when No. 14 Gonzaga tips off against BYU on Saturday, Zags fans are being threatened not to mock the Mormons by wearing button up shirts with bike helmets or else suffer the consequences…a stern talking to.

It’s a move that, oddly enough, I’m for.

From Gonzaga Bulletin:

On gameday, members of the Ministry and Mission, Student Development, Athletic Department, including athletic director Mike Roth, and the Rev. Frank Case, who sits on the men’s basketball team’s bench, will be monitoring the line of students waiting to enter the McCarthey Center looking for Mormon Missionary costumes.

If spotted, there will be “conversations” with those dressed up.

Those conversations will also include Murphy.

“I would really like to hear why do you dress up like that? What’s the point,” Murphy said. “I definitely want to be involved in those conversations. I think having a student there, instead of just two or three people you may not have daily contact with, can help facilitate those conversations and make them a little easier.”

There’s not a single better way to kill a drunken pregame buzz than having to talk to an administrator. Either you’re not drunk enough for their shit and you’ll just “yeah, okay, yeah, okay, sure” as if you’re on the phone with your mom or you’ll be too hyped up on riot punch and get yourself in more trouble. It’s a classic lose-lose scenario.

As for why I’m for this, the reasoning is quite simple: you can do better. Making fun of a Mormon school for being Mormon is like making fun of a basketball player for being tall.

For example:

Wow. The Stanford band dressed up as farm animals to make fun of Iowa, a Midwestern state where, clearly, everyone is a farmer. So creative.

That’s why no one likes the Stanford band. Hell, I don’t even think the Stanford band likes the Stanford band.

What I’m trying to say is if you’re going to be a fan and make fun of the opposing team, dig deep. Be creative. Really get some quality stuff that hurts them to their core. Don’t just look up their players’ arrest records. Look up their players’ mommas arrest records.

If you’re wearing Mormon attire, you ain’t trying to help your team win. Sad..

[via Gonzaga Bulletin]

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