Usually, I post a predicto and let you all do the interpreting yourself. However, since this week's will be the first of a two-part series, I thought I would give you some insight into the artist's mind for this one.Hey, Gang. A rejuvenated CanCo here.
When I sat down this week to do my predicto, I wanted to honor three of the greatest Scuba Duplex Wild Wild MMMBop Cats that ever lived. I thought about putting four seniors (the obvious three + Finney) on Mount Rushmore, but I've already done the Mount Rushmore thing. And I thought about comparing them to biblical characters, but that didn't work out so well two weeks ago, so I skipped that.
And then it hit me: where does a KSU Purple University football player go when his time is done at The BSFS? Well, the Vikings had Valhalla. The Greek (and Roman) gods looked down on humanity from Mount Olympus.
On Saturday, Collin Klein, Arthur Brown, and Chris Harper will join the Wildcats of old and ascend to watch over us forevermore from
Mount K-State0.
Go 'Cats, thanks for the memzies.
Because our UT friends viewing this board received a terrible education and can't understand the photo above, let me offer some assistance in the form of a MartaviousDNR:
Klein : Zeus--Both throw lightning bolts from their arms. Both run the show. Both fathered (or will father) incredibly strong offspring.
Brown : Mars--The obvious thing to do here would be to make AB something related to Justice, given that his legal middle name is "The Judge." However, as Trim and BSAC know, Justice is not only blind, she is also a lady.
Instead, Arthur is depicted here as the Roman god Mars, who was second only to Jupiter. Mars used force (tackles and interceptions and stares and stuff) to achieve submission from the opponent and peace (wins). Mars is also an agricultural god (meat goats) who was beloved by the Roman people (goEMAW) and was thought to be...umm...extremely virile.
Harper : Apollo--One might be tempted to make CH3 into Mercury (because of his speed) or Nike (god of Victory/obvious Oregon comparos). But that is shortsighted.
Being that he is the son of Zeus, Apollo can only exist because of Zeus--just as Harper can only show he is the best receiver walking the Earth right now because of the lightning bolt arm of Collin Klein. Apollo was also a god of many different realms of life, just as Chris Harper is the god of many different aspects of the receiver position (speed, ability to make big catches, hands, trash-talking, stiff-arming like a boss, etc). Apollo is frequently connected with both the Sun and the arts. Similarly, Chris Harper brings light and happiness to every EMAW's life with his good looks, good-smellingness, and adorableness.
Snyder : Icarus--He schemed just a little bit too close to the sun.
Weiss : Sisyphus--If you don't know, Google it.
