A Look Back At DePaul Day 2011

For those who weren't around last year, I used a U of L gnome which had previously proven itself to be extremely bad luck as the DePaul Day game thread image in order to once again show the power of the holiday. Keep in mind that Preston Knowles also did not play in that game. Some folks were not amused.

I'm now reposting our DePaul Day 2011 wrap to serve as a warning for those of you who haven't (or won't) buy in...also, it's really funny...

Today we spell redemption: "G-N-O-M-E."

I'm just going to come right out with it: I was embarrassed, astonished, and downright DePaulled at the behavior of several of you this Saturday. What part of "we may win big, we may win small, but there's no doubt we will win" was lost on you people?

I'm trying to enjoy my "Sounds of the Rainforest" CD from the comfort of my sauna, but my phone keeps blowing up with "how nervous r u right now" and "im seriously gonna punch you in the the f---ing face" text messages. It appears even my own Nana has forgotten what DePaul Day is supposed to be all about.

If that wasn't bad enough, I try to retreat to the comfort of the game thread, and here's a brief sampling of what I'm greeted with:

The very next time

and I mean the VERY NEXT F’ING TIME, RUTHERFORD… that some bad Karma slaps this program around, I’m coming for you. How DARE YOU bring back that goddamn gnome??? Have you no decency, sir? At long last, have you no decency???

by CardsRuleBE on Feb 5, 2011 7:39 PM EST reply actions

DePaul Day Photoshops + the gnome

We did this to ourselves.

"We are on a collision course with the national championship; the only variable is time"

by RedRage11 on Feb 5, 2011 8:20 PM EST reply actions

I hate to say it Mike

but all your DePaul day talk and guaranteed win shit was bad news

by sam34gtr on Feb 5, 2011 8:20 PM EST reply actions

Neidemeyer? DEAD!

Rutherford? DEAD!
Gnome? DEAD!

by CardsRuleBE on Feb 5, 2011 8:20 PM EST reply actions

"Screech, you CAN'T elope!"
"Who are you calling a cantaloupe, you melonhead?"

by rickmbari on Feb 5, 2011 8:28 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

DIE, GNOME!!!

by CardsRuleBE on Feb 5, 2011 8:33 PM EST reply actions

All this means

Is that we might not cover the spread.

by Mike Rutherford on Feb 5, 2011 8:39 PM EST reply actions

You're not just playing with fire.

You’re having a fucking tournament with it in the middle of a playground covered in kerosene.

by CARD_G6 on Feb 5, 2011 8:40 PM EST up reply actions

Just turned the game on;

Thanks Mike…

by TheVilleM3 on Feb 5, 2011 8:40 PM EST via mobile reply actions

What the hell is going on?

Not able to watch…

by doctorofdunk on Feb 5, 2011 8:41 PM EST via mobile reply actions

tons of shit, because Mike talks shit.

by GOCARDSATTITUDE on Feb 5, 2011 8:41 PM EST up reply actions

I love how this has turned from

Everyone jokingly blaming Mike to a full on witch hunt.

by bartenpa on Feb 5, 2011 8:42 PM EST reply actions

DIE PAINFULLY & SLOWLY, GNOME!!!

by CardsRuleBE on Feb 5, 2011 8:43 PM EST reply actions

I can't believe we had to rally to tie DePaul

What the hell is going on here?

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by LORD KAYOSS on Feb 5, 2011 8:58 PM EST reply actions

Gnome

Rutherford flipping off the basketball gods.

by CardsRuleBE on Feb 5, 2011 9:00 PM EST up reply actions

But it's only DePaul

Mike Rutherford said it was a guaranteed win. We don’t need energy..

by sam34gtr on Feb 5, 2011 9:05 PM EST up reply actions

Nice Job, Rutherford

by CardsRuleBE on Feb 5, 2011 9:06 PM EST reply actions

We let them shoot over 50% on 2's and over 41% on 3's...and they beat us 8-2 on fast break points

Fucking gnome

by frankpos on Feb 5, 2011 9:07 PM EST reply actions

I was on a date and I just got home

I think I jinxed things even more. DEPAUL DAY IS RUINED

by cardscott5 on Feb 5, 2011 9:07 PM EST reply actions

"If DePaul ends up winning this game I think they'll point to..."

MIKE RUTHERFORD.

by GOCARDSATTITUDE on Feb 5, 2011 9:09 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

Hey Mike

Ever think about going skydiving with that gnome? It’s Depaul day…

by TheVilleM3 on Feb 5, 2011 9:11 PM EST via mobile reply actions

Peyton Siva just broke his back

Worst goddamn Depaul day ever.

"We are on a collision course with the national championship; the only variable is time"

by RedRage11 on Feb 5, 2011 9:29 PM EST reply actions

GGGNNNNOOOO!!!!!

by quiet cardinal on Feb 5, 2011 9:29 PM EST reply actions

MIKE YOU DID THIS.

by GOCARDSATTITUDE on Feb 5, 2011 9:29 PM EST reply actions

Look What You Have Wrought, RUTHERFORD!!!

by CardsRuleBE on Feb 5, 2011 9:30 PM EST reply actions

Mike...

Are you at least ready to admit that you are responsible if we lose?

by Remote Cardinal on Feb 5, 2011 9:44 PM EST reply actions

Considering that there's no way we lose

This question has no value.

by Mike Rutherford on Feb 5, 2011 9:45 PM EST up reply actions

Mike--- YOU ARE GOING DOWN

by GOCARDSATTITUDE on Feb 5, 2011 9:47 PM EST reply actions

I really really hate the entire

Rutherford clan right now. If I only had a time machine. And a flying car. We were all supposed to have flying cars by now. WHAT A GYP!

by CardsRuleBE on Feb 5, 2011 9:48 PM EST reply actions

MIKE WHAT DID YOU DO TO THE FLYING CARS?

by bartenpa on Feb 5, 2011 9:49 PM EST up reply actions

If we win at the buzzer I will hurt Ruth.

HELP ME. I NEED TORCHES, PITCHFORKS, CHAINSAWS, AND ROPE. CC RIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVAAAAAAAAAAA

by HorsePig55 on Feb 5, 2011 9:52 PM EST reply actions

Rutherford's political career

dies before it even can begin. VOTE GNOME ON RUTHERFORD!

by CardsRuleBE on Feb 5, 2011 9:53 PM EST reply actions

I think it died on "Just the Tip" day.

by cardsinindy2010 on Feb 5, 2011 9:54 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Mike

Don’t ever do that again. You got lucky it was DePaul day

by cards4life1 on Feb 5, 2011 9:56 PM EST via mobile reply actions

GNOME MORE, RUTHERFORD

Mothball the gnome, friend. Or say howdy to a world of hurt.

by CardsRuleBE on Feb 5, 2011 9:56 PM EST reply actions

never again

should CC talk about how all we have to do is show up to win.

by uoflcards321 on Feb 5, 2011 9:57 PM EST reply actions

We showed up. We won.

by Mike Rutherford on Feb 5, 2011 10:02 PM EST up reply actions

To put it nicely, I hope all of you die.

I never saw "The War on DePaul Day" coming, but now that it's here you can bet your ass I'll be on the frontline from now until eternity. If I ever personally hear or read a comment from a female, young child, old person, or anyone else smaller than I am in which they state some sort of fear about an upcoming basketball game against DePaul, that person is getting Goldberg speared in public...preferably over some sort of fruit cart...we'll have to try to set something up...that's part of the war.

Some shots at me are almost expected at this point, and that's fine, I'm DePaul day tested...but the gnome?

What has the gnome done besides take a solid South Florida football team to overtime and then win a Big East basketball game for a Cardinal squad playing without its leading scorer, rebounder, and shot-blocker? And you "Chronicloids" are thanking him by shooting him with guns, stabbing him with knives, and then trying to paint him as a racist by throwing blackface on him against his will. A "Demon?" Please.

So for all those asking, no, the gnome will not be returning. But he's not being "banished" or "retired," he's being rewarded; rewarded by not having to deal with a group of spoiled, over-sexed ruffians who wouldn't recognize holiday fun if Santa Claus and the cat from Hocus Pocus were doing the Preston Dance in their own living room.

For those of you who celebrated in proper form, I apologize for inconveniencing you with this post. If the Blue Demons should somehow face our Cardinals in the Big East Tournament, drinks and full-body massages will be on me. In the absolutely certain event that this does not occur, I will see you all in 12 months.

Good day.