FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK GETS UMPTEENTH CHANCE

As you can see in the picture above from The State, University of South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia has been reinstated two weeks early from a suspension for underage drinking and he is so excited that he’s frolicking around like a Unicorn chasing a rainbow. He even issued a statement through USC thanking the school for not giving up on him the last 742 times he screwed up.

I thank everyone at the University of South Carolina that was involved with my reinstatement – for giving me another chance to be a student-athlete here.

All I can say is that I will try to be the best student-athlete I can during my career here and make this decision a positive one for our university.

The media attention needs to go to Tommy Beecher and the other players on our team.

I will not start talking to the media until I begin playing in the real games here at Carolina.

It’s interesting that he notes that he won’t start talking to media until he plays in “real games” because, to date, he has still done absolutely nothing on the field yet he’s been constantly grabbing headlines for doing stupid stuff off the field. I think it’s safe to say this is his last chance.

Will it work out, or will he just blow it? If he does blow it, will it be like in “Rookie of the Year” when the kid trips on the baseball, launching him a very realistic 50 feet into the air before hitting the ground and re-breaking his arm, effectively reversing the magical injury that allowed him to throw 100 mile per hour fastballs?

If it is like “Rookie of the Year,” will he be able to throw the opposition off their game by chanting “Pitcher’s got a big butt!” while he steals three bases to win the game? And will this ridiculously metaphor about a children’s baseball movie be at all applicable to college football? Stay tuned to TPS for all the details.