When West Virginia opens its highly-anticipated 2007 season against Western Michigan Saturday, it will unveil a new entrance that is geared to pumping up the fans to a whole new level.
In recent years, West Virginia has gone from the simplistic entrance of simply running out of the tunnel to “Hail West Virginia,” to now coming out under an inflatable helmet after “2001 Space Odyssey” (in redneck circles referred to as Ric Flair’s entrance music) is played by the Pride of West Virginia marching band. This season, the Mountaineers will abandon parts of its previous entrance - don’t worry the Mountaineer will still fire his gun and Hail West Virginia will be played, but a new rockier entrance is being created to get fans excited. West Virginia is not unlike other programs across the country moving towards highly-technical and elaborate entrances to start the game.
Part of the appeal of this new entrance is the entrance video that highlights some of the program’s successes in recent years (can you say great for recruiting) and a hope that fans will rock back and forth as “For Whom the Bells Toll” play over the public address system.
It’s been awhile since we’ve discussed politics or news on the blog and o the time is ripe for a good political discussion.
Let’s introduce you to Sen. Larry Craig, a Republican from Idaho. You’ve probably heard of him this week in the news. Craig plead guilty to charges stemming from a incident at a Minnesota airport where police responded to a men’s bathroom and reports of “sexual activities.” Craig claims he did nothing wrong and also believes that pleading guilty was a mistake.
He said he plead guilty to make it all go away. Typically, Sen. Craig, when on pleads guilty one usually has done something wrong. I’m not buying Craig’s reasoning, nor should anyone else.
It’s time for Craig to resign. The allegations are disgusting and Craig has lost the respect and trust of not just the residents of his state, but most anyone else living in the United States who have the right to vote.
So far Sen John McCain, R-Ariz., in the only right move he has made in months has called for Craig’s resignation. Sen. Norm Coleman also called for Craig’s resignation. The Bush Administration has said it is “disappointed” in Craig. Republicans in the Senate have also called for an ethics resignation.
Craig doesn’t deserve to serve in the U.S. Senate. So why is he still there is my question.
McCain said it best when he said, “when you plead guilty to a crime, you shouldn’t serve. That’s not a moral stand. That’s not a holier-than-thou stand. It’s just a factual situation.”
We won’t hold our breath in Craig resigning, even though it would be the right thing to do.
