Jimmer Fredette Hero-Worship Reaching Scary Levels
Jimmer Fredette has become a star. He’s got a rap song about him. He’s got bloggers standing with their hands clasped in in the background of pictures in his hometown newspaper. He even has a tribute song performed by former Cougars Shawn Bradley and Chad Lewis, as well as former Cougar football coach LaVell Edwards. Surprisingly, not everyone is as excited to hear about Jimmer as Shawn Bradley and myself.
A BYU student wrote a letter to the editor of the BYU student newspaper about the Jimmer Idol Worship.
I can’t walk across campus without hearing Jimmer Fredette’s name a dozen times. His name comes up everywhere: in class, at work, during lunch … really, people? Cut it out with the Jimmer worship. Last time I checked, idol worship was very much frowned upon in the scriptures.
She made the mistake of signing her name. Her Facebook page is now officially the online meeting place of the Jimmer Fredette Fan Club. Believe it or not, I did not leave a comment.
[JimmerPOY, KSL.com, PostStar.com]
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February 8th, 2011 at 3:18 PM
Believe it or not, I did not leave a comment.
But you broadcast the clarion call as loudly as possible, now, didn’t you?
February 8th, 2011 at 3:21 PM
This can’t be true, can it?
February 8th, 2011 at 3:21 PM
I hope that girl turned her email notifications off.
February 8th, 2011 at 3:22 PM
Has he learned how to play D yet?
February 8th, 2011 at 3:22 PM
Oh, honey…
February 8th, 2011 at 3:23 PM
This can’t be true, can it?
By Chris Broussard
ESPN The Magazine
Probably not
February 8th, 2011 at 3:23 PM
You specifically wore the grey shirt that shows off the guns, didn’t you?
February 8th, 2011 at 3:24 PM
I’m guessing she’s quite a bit of fun.
February 8th, 2011 at 3:24 PM
I heard he was a ghey…jussayin
February 8th, 2011 at 3:24 PM
Would you say that girl is “dumb dumb dumb dumb dumbd?”
South Park
February 8th, 2011 at 3:25 PM
I’m gonna be on Lost!
February 8th, 2011 at 3:25 PM
i bet she is a freak
February 8th, 2011 at 3:25 PM
I heard he was a ghey
Don’t tease CRM that way. You don’t know what that could do to him.
February 8th, 2011 at 3:26 PM
Nothin’ in the scriptures about taking it in the balloon knot
February 8th, 2011 at 3:26 PM
He was a Nigerian Prince!!
February 8th, 2011 at 3:27 PM
Last time I checked, idol worship was very much frowned upon in the scriptures.
so is tongue punching some 8 year old’s balloon knot but that hasn’t stopped some followers.
/last thread’d
February 8th, 2011 at 3:27 PM
OH MY GOD, SHAWN!!! THAT’S TRACY MCGRADY’S MUSIC!!!
February 8th, 2011 at 3:28 PM
I really had trouble keeping it together in the office during that video.
/standing ovation
February 8th, 2011 at 3:28 PM
Jimmer reminds me of Wally Szczerbiak. He can score a ton and plays no defense. He may even take his mid-major team on a run the tournament. Oh he’s white as well.
//Not racist
//I swear
February 8th, 2011 at 3:28 PM
If Jimmer and Jon Jones were in a raging river and grasping for dear life to a sapling but you could only save one… who is it Cousin Ron?
February 8th, 2011 at 3:29 PM
Can someone make a music video about moderation? I think it’s time.
February 8th, 2011 at 3:29 PM
Last time I checked, Joseph Smith was a degenerate and a liar who made up his own religion.
February 8th, 2011 at 3:29 PM
Universities shouldnt have athletics, they serve no purpose but to enrich the powerful coaches and bowl executives.
/pay the playoffs
February 8th, 2011 at 3:29 PM
If Jimmer and Jon Jones were in a raging river and grasping for dear life to a sapling but you could only save one… who is it Cousin Ron?
Can’t Jimmer walk on water?
February 8th, 2011 at 3:30 PM
TBL has taught him well.
February 8th, 2011 at 3:30 PM
Shawn Bradley did what??
February 8th, 2011 at 3:31 PM
You’re just lucky the Mormons don’t have Scientology’s legal power behind them…this just screams defamation lawsuit
February 8th, 2011 at 3:32 PM
CM Punk is teh awesome http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOjmYApePVQ
February 8th, 2011 at 3:32 PM
Tracy McGrady.. one of the few men walking who can say his dunks will end your career before it starts.
February 8th, 2011 at 3:33 PM
So yeah, speaking of.
February 8th, 2011 at 3:35 PM
Jimmer reminds me of Wally Szczerbiak.
funny. the late red kerr said this during a bulls broadcast: You know who zerbiak reminds me of?
PBP guy: No, who?
Kerr (2 seconds later): i forgot
February 8th, 2011 at 3:36 PM
+1
February 8th, 2011 at 3:38 PM
i remember reading that when it first came out…read it again just now. sad story.
February 8th, 2011 at 3:38 PM
while i believe scientologists to be nuts i dislike the NPR
February 8th, 2011 at 3:38 PM
Nothin’ in the scriptures about taking it in the balloon knot
true, but i think its uncool to take it in the deuce tube, turd cutter, or gas station
February 8th, 2011 at 3:39 PM
don;t forget hershey highway
February 8th, 2011 at 3:39 PM
Wow, I printed that bitch off and am through 10 pages of it, nice to see it should be legit…Scientology fascinates me
February 8th, 2011 at 3:40 PM
oh, and manpussy
February 8th, 2011 at 3:42 PM
Because of all the facts and stuff, right?
February 8th, 2011 at 3:44 PM
I did not even realize HIMYM did a clue type thing last night.
February 8th, 2011 at 3:48 PM
Oh wow. Maybe I’m just really simple… but little things like that make me love the show so much more.
February 8th, 2011 at 3:50 PM
Yep, that about sums it up
/nttawwt
February 8th, 2011 at 3:51 PM
back pussy
/borat’d
February 8th, 2011 at 3:52 PM
Jimmer is like Stephen Curry.
February 8th, 2011 at 3:52 PM
Wow, I printed that bitch off and am through 10 pages of it, nice to see it should be legit…Scientology fascinates me
Took me awhile, but I plowed through that whole thing. Really a good piece of writing. Fascinating how delusional those people are. It is the very definition of a cult. Preys on the minds and wallets of those looking for a better life. Tom Cruise is a douche.
February 8th, 2011 at 3:52 PM
Great pic of Katy Perry’s tatas in that link. But her face bugs me a little.
February 8th, 2011 at 3:53 PM
/Southpark’d
February 8th, 2011 at 3:54 PM
Everything I want to say in response to this would require a /I have a meeting to attend tag…it’s funny to me that they’re considered loons but members of older religions aren’t
February 8th, 2011 at 3:57 PM
butters, all religions are freaky
/science’d
//more than a meme, it’s a way of life
February 8th, 2011 at 3:57 PM
I have so much to think about after reading all these comments.
February 8th, 2011 at 3:58 PM
it’s funny to me that they’re considered loons but members of older religions aren’t
100% – I’ve always contended that the reason Mormonism and Scientology seem so wacky is that they are so new. Also, they’re both American so the mysticism and cultural touch points are more obvious to us.
February 8th, 2011 at 3:58 PM
Everything I want to say in response to this would require a /I have a meeting to attend tag…it’s funny to me that they’re considered loons but members of older religions aren’t
Amen to that. Couldn’t agree more.
/don’t tell that to anyone living in the bible belt…
//still can’t buy liquor on Sunday’s in GA.
///= infuriating.
February 8th, 2011 at 3:58 PM
I might join a fantasy baseball league this year just to name a team Mormon Balloon Knots
February 8th, 2011 at 3:59 PM
I have so much to think about after reading all these comments. CRM
Thinking about becoming a Scientologist?
February 8th, 2011 at 4:01 PM
or butters, you could, you know
/(change yer name)
//i can help
February 8th, 2011 at 4:01 PM
Thinking about becoming a Scientologist?
Thinking of becoming a Duffyite, i.e., one who doesn’t read the comments
February 8th, 2011 at 4:01 PM
I might join a fantasy baseball league this year just to name a team Mormon Balloon Knots
What’s really frustrating is that of the 5 or so Mormon women I’ve met, all of them were incredibly attractive.
February 8th, 2011 at 4:03 PM
I know you can’t buy booze in the stores, but can you at least drink at the bars on Sunday?
February 8th, 2011 at 4:07 PM
I know you can’t buy booze in the stores, but can you at least drink at the bars on Sunday?
Yeah, but that was only allowed fairly recently, from what I’ve heard. It’s just ridiculous that I can’t go to the grocery store Sunday morning and pick up a 6 pack for the game. Simply because these cooks still think we’re living in 1846. I’d love to see someone with some spare time try to introduce a bill that would outlaw selling pork on Saturdays. I’m sure that would go over well — Even though it’s essentially the same thing.
February 8th, 2011 at 4:10 PM
badger it’s the same in illi noise
February 8th, 2011 at 4:11 PM
shit, in Arkansas not only can you not buy booze on sunday’s, but they still have fucking dry counties, although those are slowly disappearing as well.
February 8th, 2011 at 4:19 PM
whoa, badger overload!
/spicoli’d
February 8th, 2011 at 4:20 PM
Where? You can buy booze on sundays, just not before 11 am.