Thanks, psycho...No, really...

Is this guy a racist? No. Is he a clown? Yeah. To threaten somebody over a football game is ridiculous -- as is praying to win one. But, Tyrone Willingham WAS a lazy, incompetent fraud who hid behind cries of racism to mask how out of his depth he was. Bottom line, he didn't have his shit together. Just like the guy in the grocery line who can't get his Club Card to work. Just like the woman on the airplane who's never flown before and calls the stewardess every time she needs a reading light.

Could we hire this guy to scare the crap out of every incompetenet disaster anywhere? I mean, someone takes three hours ordering a vegan meal in the McDonald's drive-thru, this guy could call and threaten him. Somebody comes to a complete stop to make a right turn on a green light, this fella kills her dog.

Just a thought...

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Thursday, July 6, 2006 · Last updated 10:57 a.m. PT

Man who threatened former Notre Dame coach pleads guilty

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- A Florida man has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of leaving a threatening telephone message for then-Notre Dame football coach Tyrone Willingham, saying he was drunk when he did it.

Andrew French, 26, of Fort Myers, Fla., pleaded guilty Wednesday in exchange for the government dismissing a felony charge against him for the November 2003 message left on Willingham's voice mail while he was still coach at Notre Dame.

French said in court that he was drunk and under peer pressure when he made the call. French said he did not use good judgment and said "terrible things" during the 4 a.m. call, including using racially charged terms about Willingham, now the coach at Washington, and threatening to burn a cross in the coach's yard.

French admitted to a charge of interfering with Willingham's ability to enjoy his employment because of threats of harm related to his race or color.