A nightmare for two college basketball officials.

QUOTE from Maya Angelou: "I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back..."

I LEARNED how tough it can be for college basketball officials. I read this true story in one of my sports trivia books. With the NCAA tournament going on I hope this doesn't happen next weekend, for the sake of the officials. This true story is from 1956 when the U. of Detroit was playing U. of Wichita at Wichita. The home team had a reputation for hosting crowds that were unruly and often inebriated.

Detroit was down by one point with four seconds to play as they began to inbound the ball. They pushed the ball into the frontcourt and, before time ran out, a Detroit player was able to get off a shot. As the two officials followed the arc of the ball toward the hoop, they were shocked to see that a Wichita fan had tossed an overcoat from the field house balcony and landed it right over the rim. The ball hit the coat and bounced off as the buzzer sounded.

The two officials were faced with a situation they had never encountered before. As they contemplated what call to make, they were surrounded by a wild mob of Whchita fans who were scrambling across the court, celebrating. One of the the officials turned to the other and said, "It's 120 feet to our dressing room, and I'm not going to call anything until we both get to the door." With the door locked behind them, the one official notified both teams that he had called the shot good, and the basket gave Detroit a one-point win.

Wisely, the two officials waited until they could hear no fans remaining in the Wichita field house before leaving their dressing room and heading home. It was a situation they hoped they would never face again.

HUMOR for today:  If there are certain people in this world who rub you the wrong way here are some funny words to put them in their place.
1. Do you have to work that hard to be a jerk, or does it just come naturally?
2. You used to be arrogant and obnoxious. Now you're the opposite - obnoxious and arrogant.
3. You're not yourself today! I noticed the improvement immediately.
4. If I wanted to hear from an asshole, I'd fart.
5. Since your personality acts as a birth control device, you must save lots of money on condoms.