Bear Down Wildcats

I think it used to be Geraldo. Lately that border wall guy (not sure if he's actually an alum). But coming on down the stretch is Bob Baffert:

Dude, you certainly don’t know enough alums.

Augie Busch IV rolled his Corvette and killed a chick back in the 80’s on East River Road and it got “taken care of” a la Ted Kennedy/Chappaquiddick.

EastCoastCat wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 9:03 am Dude, you certainly don’t know enough alums.

Augie Busch IV rolled his Corvette and killed a chick back in the 80’s on East River Road and it got “taken care of” a la Ted Kennedy/Chappaquiddick.

I was a student then. Picked up some bartender. Missed one of the curves and drove off the road. Left the woman in the Vette and walked home. The next day went down for a blood test. TPD "lost" the vial. Not sure if Linda Rondstadt's brother was the police chief then, but it was around the same time. Or maybe Peter Rondstadt replaced the prior police chief who "retired".

Jun 21, 2019, 05:39pm EDT

For This Anheuser-Busch Heir, Trouble Followed

It was early in the morning of Nov. 13, 1983, when police discovered the broken body of a 22-year-old woman lying by the side of a road in Tucson, Arizona.

Near Michele Frederick’s corpse was a smashed 1984 Corvette containing a .44-caliber Magnum revolver and a wallet with a Missouri driver’s license issued to August A. Busch IV. Busch, then a 19-year-old student at the nearby University of Arizona, was heir to one of the most legendary beverage fortunes of all time, the Anheuser-Busch brewery, home of Budweiser and Michelob.

When Pima County deputies arrived at Busch’s townhouse later that morning, they found him naked, with a sheet covering his midsection, according to the book Under the Influence: The Unauthorized Story of the Anheuser-Busch Dynasty. The top of his body was covered in dried blood, and police found bloody clothes, a semiautomatic AR-16 rifle and a loaded sawed-off shotgun nearby. Busch told deputies he wasn’t sure what happened, but he agreed to give blood and urine samples, which were later lost, according to the book.

Eight months later, the Pima County Attorney’s Office declined to press charges against Busch, though they acknowledged he had been the driver of the Corvette, which crashed and resulted in the death of Frederick, a local bartender. According to the county attorney’s office, people who saw Busch before the car accident said he’d consumed alcoholic beverages but was “not under the influence of alcohol.”

Evidence at the scene indicated the car was likely traveling 45 miles per hour, “in excess of the posted speed limit,” according to a press release by the county attorney, but “insufficient alone to support any homicide charges.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinsto ... d3d96e9645

Is he related to the Busch swim family (Frank, Augie, Sam) or just an unfortunate coincidence?

A new contender:

Woody Johnson is an Arizona alum?!?!

Had no idea!!

C U Next Tuesday Katie

Some redemption for Geraldo.

Welcome to The Resistance Geraldo

He's still a twat.

azgreg wrote: ↑Tue Oct 15, 2024 9:42 am He's still a twat.

This

Didn't need to know that about the Yankee fan.

Gronk is awesome.

Alieberman wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2024 9:49 am Gronk is awesome.

His douchebag friend, not so much.

Merkin wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2024 9:44 am Didn't need to know that about the Yankee fan.

The University of Arizona connection lines up with an offhand comment I heard on the radio late last night. One of the talk shows mentioned that the Yankees fan in question "went to college out in Arizona." His LinkedIn profile was easy enough to find, and sure enough his education lists University of Arizona 2006-10. The reason I paid sudden attention is because, strangely, his last name "Capobianco" matches that of a good friend I had while at UA during nearly the same timeframe, who graduated and went on to become a sports reporter.