Northwestern quarterback Dan Persa has been walking around in preseason football camp with what appears to be a noticeable limp. While Persa himself admits rehabbing his ruptured right Achilles tendon takes a toll on his body, Wildcats head football coach Pat Fitzgerald has a more fanciful explanation.
‘‘Your limp could be somebody else’s pimp walk,’’ Wildcats coach Pat Fitzgerald said after the team’s practice Monday at Naval Station Great Lakes."
Now there's a statement you don't want to hear from your college football coach. For one thing, it's such an obvious ruse to try to hide Persa's still-rehabbing ankle injury. Worse, Fitzgerald knows what a pimp walk is. Or at least he thinks he knows what a pimp walk is. It's never a good thing when a authority figure tries to hip, and Fitzgerald proves it.
On the other hand, it would be cool if the Northwestern Marching Band played Jay-Z's "Big Pimpin'" after every completed pass Persa ...
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