October 10, 2007 5:14 AM

Another DUMB@$$ AWARD wiener

Texas Tech bans T-shirt of Vick likeness hanging Texas A&M’s dog mascot

Tech bans T-shirts featuring Vick, A&M’s dog mascot

DUMB@$$ AWARD wiener #671: Geoffrey Candia

LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech has banned the sale of a T-shirt bearing the likeness of Michael Vick hanging the dog mascot of rival Texas A&M. The red and black shirts, with text that says “VICK ‘EM” on the front in an apparent reference to the Aggies’ slogan “Gig ‘em,” was created by a Tech student who was trying to sell them before Saturday’s game in Lubbock. The back of the shirt shows a football player wearing the No. 7 Vick jersey holding a rope with an image of the mascot Reveille at the end of a noose. Vick, who faces up to five years in prison after pleaded guilty to federal dogfighting charges, is suspended indefinitely by the NFL. Tech school and athletic officials met Tuesday morning to discuss other possible action but did not immediately announce additional measures to be taken. A&M officials, in a statement, thanked Tech administrators for their “their response and action regarding this matter.”…. The creator of the shirt, Geoffrey Candia, declined to comment in an email to The Associated Press on Tuesday. He said he may make a statement after meeting with the dean of students Tuesday. He told The Battalion, A&M’s newspaper, for Tuesday’s editions that the university prohibited sale of the shirts on campus through his fraternity. He said he originally had wanted to give 50 percent of the proceeds to an animal defense league in Lubbock “because we knew there would be a controversy about the shirts, you know, animal rights, stuff like that.”

Oh, to be young, stupid, and in college again. For where else could something like this happen? Truly, this is the sort of idea that could only be born of much beer-soaked contemplation. After the first six-pack was polished off, selling this t-shirts probably seem like a reasonably good idea. By the time an entire case had been killed off, it no doubt seemed like a DAMN GOOD idea…and, better yet, we’ll donate part of the proceeds to an animal shelter…and that’ll make everything OK, knowwhutimean??

‘Course, if you’re willing to spend four years in Lubbock, you’re going to have to create your own excitement…and in Texas, is there anything more entertaining that a gaggle of pissed-off Aggies? Talk about trouble looking for a place to happen….

If Candia really wanted to make a difference, if he really wanted to benefit an animal shelter, then why not donate money and/or time? Why do something so patently offensive and just plain pointless? To call the premise of the t-shirt tasteless doesn’t begin to do it justice. Of course, if you apply enough alcohol to an idea, even a horrible one begins to look pretty damn good in short order. Beer has a way of doing that, I suppose…call it the “Last Call” effect.

Ironically enough, this silliness comes on the heels of a campaign by Texas Tech’s athletic director to encourage sportsmanship on campus and at sporting events. Sounds like someone didn’t get the memo, eh??

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