Nebraska fans enjoy leaving threatening messages

Now is not a good time to be Nebraska defensive coordinator Kevin Cosgrove. Even in recent wins Nebraska has been giving up a ton of points. But worst of all are those 76 points that Kansas hung up on the team a few weeks back.

Naturally Cosgrove will probably get the axe at the end of the year. Or maybe sooner, if one psychotic fan gets his wish.

It seems Cosgrove got some pretty threatening phone calls after the Kansas debacle

According to court documents obtained Wednesday, one expletive-laced message suggested Cosgrove go back "where you came from you ... before I ... kill ya."

A Nebraska fan who takes football way too seriously? What are the odds of that?

The messages were left between midnight and 3 a.m. on Nov. 4. Cosgrove said he received "numerous" phone messages containing vulgar language in past weeks, according to court documents.

Captain Charlotte Evans of the school's police department said this is the first time this season campus police have been called about possible threats against a member of the football coaching staff.

Well that's actually fairly comforting to learn. I would have thought that by this point in the season every Nebraska coach - especially Callahan - would have received at least one death threat.

-WCK

When the Olympic Spirit goes way too far

As many of you who read this site know, I'm a big fan of the Olympics. And I'm an even bigger fan of China hosting the Olympics because they'll literally do anything to make sure the Games go well. And they also have awesome fans who are willing to desecrate their hair to show their support. But they have even more hardcore fans as well. Scary hardcore.

How about tattooing the Olympic rings onto your forehead? Definitely the mark of a true fan. Or a slightly mentally imbalanced fan. One or the other.


You'll also notice the Great Wall featured prominently on the side of his head. I mean what the hell, you've already got "Beijing 2008" tattooed on your forehead, in English no less. Might as well go all the way.


And just because you can, how about having all the fruity Olympic mascots tattooed around your neck. There are five mascots by the way, which means five times the Olympic fun! Or something lame like that.


But maybe all this mascot crap isn't hardcore enough for you. Maybe you want to get a tattoo of every single pictograph image of all 35 Olympic sports.

There you go. All 35 on the back and arms. I believe this kid is going to act as a human sign for visitors. Point to the sport you want to go see, he tells you how to get there.


Naturally it wouldn't be complete without the rings and the official seal.


And while this guy doesn't have his face tattooed, he at least goes the extra mile to get his hair cut in an "I Heart Olympics" style. Well played psycho fan, well played indeed.

While I appreciate the enthusiasm of these guys, I'd hate to think what life is going to be like for them the day after the Olympics end. But then again, out of date tattoos will probably the least of their worries by then.

[HT: China Daily and Beijing Olympics Fan]

-WCK

The English like Johnny Cash for some reason

England's soccer fans are world renowned for their chants. They're everything from dirty, to humorous, to nationalistic, to downright racist. Regardless, they're always interesting.

Here's a few lines from Arsenal's current team chant.

Who's that team they call the Arsenal? Who's that team we all adore? They're the boys in red and white, And we're fucking dynomite, 'cos Georgy Grahams mother is a whooore, yeah she's a whore, yeah shes a whooore

But on Saturday, when the English national team mopped the pitch with Israel, beating them 3-0, English fans were continuously singing a different chant. And that chant was Johnny Cash's famous song, "Ring of Fire."

“I fell in to a burning ring of fire I went down,down,down and the flames went higher. And it burns,burns,burns the ring of fire the ring of fire.”

I'm not sure why England fans would be singing this song - but something about this is just weird. Johnny Cash never seemed like the kind of music soccer hooligans would listen to. If anyone knows why they were singing this, because we know next to nothing about soccer, feel free to let us know.

-WCK