Mayo was probably a great college roommate!

[Mr. Neutral]

If the story's true, how sweet would that be to show up for your freshman year and see that your roomie's got a flat-screen TV, spare cash, and who knows what other goodies? When I showed up at X, I only brought a crappy turntable and two small speakers!


http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ ... 20384/1062

[muskieman]

Is his the direct result of the one-and-done rules. Mayo would have never gone through a charade of a year in college if not forced to. The NCAA benefits from the big stars and the NBA gets a free year of training and evaluation against top competition.

And by the way gary, back then you were considered a rich roommate. Mine only brought his problem with flatulence. Remember that frig/freezer we had in each room? (Plastic bag hanging out the window!)

[passthepuck?]

O.J. Mayo should hold a news conference. He should sit down behind the microphones, clear his throat and say “So what” and then get up and leave the room.

[Mr. Neutral]

mm, I had forgotten about using Mother Nature's refrigerator (the window sill) for both food and beer. I'll never forget two guys I knew in Brockman who had the luxury of a small fridge, and threw some old food out the window to make room for beer.

On Sunday, they were out of food and money, so they went outside, got the food, brought it back in, and ate it. It's a miracle we didn't get sicker than we did.

And, pass, you might be right, but it is another example of how less-than-pure the whole system is. I don't know what the answer is; maybe there isn't any.

[muskieman]

G, I will never forget one winter the beer froze and can became distorted. We were sleeping and heard this bang, couldn't figure out what it was until the next day when we found the beer. Frozen beer was good when it first started to thaw as the alcohol content was higher.

As for a perfect system, name one? I think you just have to keep trying with the mind set of improving the former system and when you catch programs don't just tell them they were wrong make them pay a price. These guys(alums, etc) have all day to think up ways around the rules...kind of like all criminals which to some level they are. I think Mayo was just taking what was given him unfortunately morals are not everyones big suit because society teaches people to rationalize their personal enjoyment over the good of all.

[olsingledigit]

Gary, a turntable and speakers? My contribution to my room consisted of bringing my $30 portable typewriter (with one bad key - the "s" I believe) on which I typed term papers for others at 50 cents per page. Hey, at 15 cents a draft at both the Varsity Mug and Dana's that made for a lot of drinking.

I would have typed your term papers for free just for bringing the turntable and speakers.

[Mr. Neutral]

Trust me, single, my turntable/speakers setup was more towards "crappy" than "home entertainment system" on the quality scale.
But, if you were drunk enough, as we usually were, it sounded OK.

Not good; OK.