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Sign Ignites Controversy After High School Football Game

By Emily Valdez

Fox 8 News Reporter

10:27 PM EDT, September 3, 2011

PAINESVILLE, Ohio

Kirtland crushed Painesville Harvey during Friday night's high school football game, but it was what happened after the game that has people talking.

"At the conclusion of the game, some of their students and parents put up a sign that we believe was racial intimidation, ethnic intimidation," said Roderick Coffee, president of the Lake County chapter of the NAACP, who was also at the game.

"For them to put it up there that was bad sportsmanship, too," Painesville Harvey football player, Jerome Becks said.

The big sign read: 'You Mad Bro.'

"I think the reference to 'bro' in the sign definitely has a racial connection to it," said Michael Hanlon, superintendent for Painesville City Schools.

No doubt, the sign offended people.

But some don't believe it was meant to be racist.

"I really don't I think the kids were just trying to say, 'Are you mad?' But you still don't need to put a sign up like that, and there's so many parents that felt the same way I did," Kirtland parent, Edie Cymbal said.

According to the Urban Dictionary, which is basically the online Wikipedia of slang, the phrase 'you mad bro?' means "To make a ragin [sic] person rage even more by asking the most ironic question."

To use an older slang phrase, kicking someone when they are down.

Kirtland High School Principal Lynn Campbell says there will be a thorough investigation.

"Any mal-intent at any game no matter where, is not supported, you know, the lack of sportsmanship, from taunting to insensitivity," Campbell said.

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News 9 reported that AO injured his quad tendon, which I guess isn't serious and he should be "available" for the NCAA tournament.  Although, it is the same injury he had over the off season.

Even if he's "available" to play in that first weekend, could we survive playing a crappy team in the first round then an underachieving major conference school in the second round playing mostly Jackson with a splash of Riley? Assuming that rest will make the injury heal quicker, at the very least I don't think he should play in the first round and leave it up to Riley should Jackson get in foul trouble.

When I heard that Jack needed help, I thought it best to involve Henry, a 8 month old Golden Retriever / Black Lab mix and rabid Syracuse fan.

Lets see if Henry can choose the name better than I can choose words to describe him.

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So the Every Day Should Be Saturday blog had a post about a half-assed Ohio State version of "Its all about the U," which was as pathetic and, for some odd reason, contained a number of young children.  Orson writes:

The intimidating thing in the clip are the ferocious-looking children hanging out with the MC here. Laugh, but you really could beat up far fewer nine-year olds thank you think. Our personal bet was always somewhere around nine of them if they were coordinated, ten if they weren’t, and fifteen if they were disabled in any way. You have to plan for these things, because knowing is half the battle, and who are you to say categorically that you won’t be forced to fight an army of disabled nine-year olds for your life one day?*

*Syracuse football joke goes here.

(hangs head in shame)

Those talking heads on ESPN and the fancy internets will have a whole bunch of different ways to tell you who is going to win the first round match-ups.  They are all wrong.  They only real way to predict who is going to win in Miami Friday afternoon is a 7-game series between the notable alumni of each school. 

We all know that Wikipedia is the most reliable source ever, so I will use that to pair the matchups of alumni in similar categories.

GAME 1

Football

Mark Moseley v Jim Brown

Do I really need to expand on this?

SFAS -0 Syracuse -1

GAME 2

Songwriters

Don Henley v. Lou Reed

Wow, this is a tough one.  Both got famous with a particular band then made their own solo careers for decades.  On one hand, I don't think there are many people who don't like the Eagles.  But how many people ever were as cool as Lou Reed?  In the end I think Hotel California edges out Venus in Furs.

SFAS -1 Syracuse - 1

GAME 3

Grammy Award Nominees

Will Jennings v. Vanessa Williams

"Tears in Heaven" is a good song, which may put Mr. Jennings out in front early on, but there is no excuse for writing "My Heart Will Go On" for Celine Dion and Titanic.  Although Vanessa Williams is penalized early for some suggestive photographs, she makes a huge comeback and wins it for the Orange.

SFAS -1 Syracuse -2

GAME 4

Ethnolinguists

Kevin Hannan v. Nobody

No one in Syracuse has gotten a degree, of any kind, for ethnoliguistics.   But does that really make us losers?  Since there's no competition, the game has to go to SFA

SFAS - 2 Syracuse - 2

GAME 5

Scientists

Joseph W. Kennedy v. Albert Baez

For those of you who don't know their science.  Mr. Kennedy was co-discoverer of plutonium and Albert Baez developed optics for an x-ray telescope.  While the SFA grad appears to have the edge, the Orange rises above and produces a physicist who also had folk singer Joan Baez as a daughter, thus showing that Syracuse produces more well rounded scientists.

SFAS - 2 Syracuse - 3

GAME 6

Current alumni in government (any level)

Frank Melton v. Joe "Beau" Biden III

I couldn't  find any other civil servants from SFAS, so I didn't want to run up the score by playing the VPOTUS, so I put in his son.  The Mayor of Jackson Mississippi can't handle the Attorney General of Delaware.  Cuse Wins!

FINAL SCORE

SFAS - 2 Syracuse - 4

Although it is academic, Game 7 would have been decided by basketball players.

I could have closed my eyes and picked a former SU player who could beat the only notable SFAS grad, James Silas.  Who despite being a 2 time NAIA all-American and having a 85.5% career Free Throw Pct. in the ABA/NBA, I would take a jailed Damone Brown over that old-timer.

So there you have it.  The most reliable prediction for the first round game.  All information came from Wikipedia, so you know it has to be true.