Curtis Shaw ejects Sammy the Owl

by Mike Rutherford on Jan 30, 2009 6:00 AM EST in Basketball

I've never had a mascot's back more in my life.

Consider your Friday officially irrelevanced (word).

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A real Hoot

…sorry, couldn’t help myself.
Has Sammy retained counsel? There must be an organization out there which specifically represents such birds who have not been given due process…a night flyer whose head could turn 320 degrees…who might have been discriminated against at some time in his or her life…maybe passed over in his job application in favor of a lion or a tiger or some other more mundane, more mainstream animal. Probably have a good acronym for it, too.

by Roz on Jan 30, 2009 7:52 AM EST reply actions

I like the graphic showing that sammy th owl was ejected

And also that the announcer has a mascot-oriented philosophy for life.

by Dais on Jan 30, 2009 9:06 AM EST reply actions

No way

the USF Bull would have exited as quietly as Sammy. Actually, I don’t know if any ref has the balls to even try to eject the bull. I wouldn’t.

by The_Deep_Fryer on Jan 30, 2009 10:17 AM EST reply actions

did the owl flick shaw off?

by davidson07 on Jan 30, 2009 10:53 AM EST reply actions

I saw this exactly at the same time as it came on SportsCenter. Weird

They also showed a few other notorious mascots behaving badly in history, and it was pretty funny. Of note:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNMhCVjU6Fg

Also, I find it hilarious that the announcers totally ignored this “exciting” game to talk about Sammy the Owl getting ejected.

by CARD_G6 on Jan 30, 2009 11:05 AM EST reply actions

Isnt Shaw the one who

ejected one player from each team in the UC/St. Johns game? Is he going for a record # this year or something? Who is next, a fan from the stands?

by twistedwedge on Jan 30, 2009 12:06 PM EST reply actions

He's done it

He also banned Sadat from doing handstands on the floor with the cheerleaders.

by Mike Rutherford on Jan 30, 2009 12:11 PM EST up reply actions

wow...what a douchebag

by twistedwedge on Jan 30, 2009 12:18 PM EST up reply actions

There's two ways to think about Curtis Shaw.

He’s either an incompetent moron who loves making himself the center of attention, or he’s a guy who likes numbers, if you know what I mean. Never has one official been at the heart of more controversial calls in the past half-dozen years or so, and never has one official been so consistently wrong. This guy shouldn’t be allowed to call high school games.

theoldman

by theoldman on Jan 30, 2009 12:58 PM EST reply actions