Jimmer’s fans respond to rant
Brigham Young star Jimmer Fredette, the nation's leading scorer in college basketball, has burned Tre'Von Willis and his UNLV teammates twice this season.
But getting "Jimmered" isn't exclusive to the basketball court, as BYU student Michelle Peralta discovered this week when she dared to write a letter to the editor of BYU's student newspaper, the "Daily Universe," that was critical of the school's Jimmer-mania.
"I cant walk across campus without hearing Jimmer Fredettes name a dozen times. His name comes up everywhere: in class, at work, during lunch really, people? Cut it out with the Jimmer worship," she wrote Monday night. "Last time I checked, idol worship was very much frowned upon in the scriptures. Don't you have a life to live? Then quit wasting it in front of the TV or in lines at the Marriott Center.
"At the very least, stop trying to convert those of us who don't follow BYU sports and don't care that baseball and badminton are two different things."
Peralta's rant continued, but you get the point, and so did some of Jimmer's many admirers, who responded in epic fashion.
Sounding more like disciples, Fredette's fans bombarded Peralta's Facebook page with several hundred comments in support of "The Jimmer."
"Looks like your Facebook page just got Jimmered," one of her "friends" wrote.
Here's a sampling of other comments:
-- "I hear the missionaries are knocking on doors offering to share the Good Word of Jimmer."
-- "One time the BYU basketball team was walking on the beach and they looked back and only saw one set of footprints!"
-- "Wow. Glad I finally finished reading this thread. Now I can brush my teeth, pray to Jimmer and go to bed."
-- "Michelle now knows the wrath that comes when saying the name of Jimmer in vain."
-- "I for one am going to try and befriend Michelle. It is what Jimmer would do."
-- "WWJD = What Would Jimmer Do?"
-- "I just made a grilled cheese sandwich with the image of Jimmer burned into the bread."
-- "His mother has a tattoo that reads 'Jimmer.' "
-- "Just look into his eyes and he will have your soul you will have been Jimmered."
-- "Good news everyone! My wife and I are expecting a baby boy! We are gonna name him Jimmer!"
Maybe Peralta has a point.
But not everyone was upset about her criticism of Jimmer-mania.
"You can knock basketball. You can even knock The Jimmer," one person wrote. "But please leave badminton out of this you big jerk."
■ DALY'S BUSHWOOD BAG -- Pro golfer John Daly tweeted a photo of his new golf bag that was inspired by the one used in "Caddyshack" by Rodney Dangerfield's character, Al Czervik.
Tweeted Daly, whose bag features a large video screen, "No beer taps bc I quit drinking -- so I'm tryin to get a Diet Coke to dispense instead and hydrolics to shoot my clubs out! LOL."
No word if the screen doubles as a slot machine.
COMPILED BY TODD DEWEY
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
