Ohio State is Super-Freaky

I can't believe this myself. Right out of Chappelle's Show. From [www.uscho.com]

[Q]After beating Michigan, the Buckeyes did something decidedly atypical. Rather than disappear into the quiet of the night, the dazed and happy Bucks returned to their hotel in Detroit's Renaissance Center and celebrated — briefly — with family and friends. They made straight for the hotel bar, where players of age sipped their allotted single adult beverage, underage players held soft drinks, parents and families, coaches, fans — OSU and otherwise — and a few unsuspecting hotel guests mingled, the Mason Cup sharing center stage with a team that hadn't won the tourney title since 1972.

When the bar made to close early — as hotel bars often do — funk singing star James intervened, unwilling to see a victory party come to an untimely end. The bar stayed open, James had his picture taken with the CCHA playoff champs surrounding the Mason Cup, then raised his glass and said, "Ohio State! And I'm Rick James, [expletive]!"

The celebration continued for another hour, and everyone agreed that Mr. James was all right.[/Q]
If I made a list of places where I'd expect to see Rick James, "hanging with a college hockey team" would be right at the bottom. Seriously, name a less likely place to have a Rick James sighting. This gets my vote as the funniest college hockey story of the year.

Then again, maybe Rick James is a hockey fan after all:

It could be a sense of military history that has him wearing the jerseys. Black cavalry troops in the 1800s were called Buffalo Soldiers. Because of the kinky hair.