Monday, August 10, 2009

Once Known As The Rainbow Warriors How Can Hawaiis Coach Talk About The Irish



University of Hawaii football coach Greg McMackin was suspended for 30 days without pay this past weekend after he used a slur generally targeted at gays to describe Notre Dame’s chant before last December’s Hawaii Bowl. ;

In the aforementioned contest, the Irish destroyed the Warriors 49-21 on Christmas Eve ;to finally win their first bowl game since the 1993 season. ;

However, instead of providing Notre Dame and their players with ;proper praise for their shire domination, McMackin went on a bizarre tangent against the Irish and their Head Coach, Charlie Weis, Thursday at the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) football preview in Salt Lake City. ;

“The night before the game, ;Charlie gave this talk, and he goes, ‘Any Notre Dame fans in here?’” said McMackin, 64, as he recounted a banquet the evening prior to their bowl game. “He had his guys, ‘We do something special at Notre Dame,’ he said, and they do this little cheer, like this, this faggot little dance. So, my guys are looking at me and they are all trying not to laugh.” ;

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