04/25/24
October 06, 2003
Hundreds of morons at Minnesota State-Mankato rioted after the team's homecoming loss Saturday, resulting in 45 arrests, 16 injuries, and one toasted Pontiac Bonneville. "When police backed off, the students were so excited because they thought they had defeated the cops," one student told the Mankato Free Press. There also was a University of Minnesota hockey riot earlier this year.
"It all started because the (profanity deleted) cops spoiled our party," said one unidentified student. "So everything spills out into the street. So that's what they get." "They used tear gas, which probably made the crowd mad," said Sophomore Joe Lawler. "All they have is rubber bullets dude," said one participant caught on home videotape. "They can't kill us." This may explain why I don't recall ever having heard of any famous graduates of Minnesota State-Mankato. Or even having heard of Minnesota State-Mankato.
posted by wfrazerjr at 10:27 AM on October 06, 2003
Where was Craig T. Nelson when we needed him?
posted by emoeby at 11:40 AM on October 06, 2003
Paging billsaysthis. ;-)
posted by squealy at 11:49 AM on October 06, 2003
Riot it up! uh, Minnesota State-Mankato! By gum doesn't that ever sound like a school where the teachers smoke up with the kids. I wanna teach there. Call my class - 'Contemporary Theories of Online Gaming.' - they'll be ready for it in third year. Mankato sounds like a Tick vilian. Like Bi-Polar Bear or Eastern Bloc Robot Cowboy. And rubber bullets - if used on the chest or head can most certainly kill you. Just ask the Palestinians.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 12:49 PM on October 06, 2003
American sports fan violence - Yeah!!! Go you wild Mankatans, go!
posted by billsaysthis at 01:20 PM on October 06, 2003
And rubber bullets - if used on the chest or head can most certainly kill you. Just ask the Palestinians.
But Palestinians aren't made as rough and tumble as the Minnesota State-Mankato Fighting Morons!
posted by lilnemo at 03:48 PM on October 06, 2003
Can't we just lock college students in a padded room with a bunch of Nerf stuff, a few kegs, some foam swords, and a trampoline? I know I would have loved that when I was in college. Hell, I probably still would. There are better ways of letting out agression and celebrating.
posted by Ufez Jones at 04:26 PM on October 06, 2003
This is just a little more support to my theory that we should change the names of all Division 2 state schools to "The Thirteenth Grade." Come on, who's with me?
posted by usfbull at 05:27 PM on October 07, 2003
What about NAIA and D3? Not to mention that most D1 schools are little better
posted by billsaysthis at 07:50 PM on October 07, 2003
"All they have is rubber bullets dude," said one participant caught on home videotape. "They can't kill us." The sad part is that in college, this is a fairly convincing arguement.