Letter To Captain Kangaroo

[GP1]

In addition to knowing everything, the Great GP1 knows everybody. I mentioned couple of week ago that Dan LeFevour sent me an e-mail saying after the UofA vs. CMU game he was going to send me a letter to forward to Captain Kangaroo. Apparently he was upset that CK called him overrated. I logged onto my e-mail and found the letter below from Dan addressed to CK with a request to post it on ZipsNaton.org. Below is that note with my commentary after. Don’t shoot the deliveryman. Central Michigan UniversityDan LeFevourAttention: Football OfficesMount Pleasant, MI 48859September 27, 2009ZipsNation.orgAttention: Mr. Captain KangarooAkron, OH 44325Dear Mr. Kangaroo,Suck it.Sincerely, Dan LeFevourQuarterbackCentral Michigan UniversityThis letter throws me into a whirlwind of emotions and confusion. I’ll start with the emotions first.I’m absolutely appalled that a D-1A QB would send out a letter to a fan board owner. I would think Dan would not have the time on his hands to do this. The coaches should take immediate disciplinary action and make certain this does not happen again. He should just keep his mouth shut and play football. You won Dan, now walk away with some class.The other emotion is actually positive. When I was growing up, young people did not call their elders by their first names the way they do today. They called them Mr. or Mrs. It’s nice to see that Dan respects his elder in Captain Kangaroo enough to call him Mr. Kangaroo. I guess that is a positive in Dan’s favor. As a sidebar, I would be interested in knowing if the word "Captain" was earned in the military (please site branch) or if Captain Kangaroo has some eccentric parents who handed out strange first names. Let's get back to the letter though.My confusion lies in the body of the letter. I think we all know what suck means. It's a verb and a pretty easy to understand verb. The confusion is in what “it” means. I would expect a college senior to be able to write a letter with much more clarity than what we have been provided. Clearly he is not an English major. At this point we are left in a state of confusion and can only speculate as to what “it” means. I have some ideas below, but it is only speculation.Maybe “it” means his two MAC Championship rings. I don’t think that is the case though. If it was, the word usage is all wrong. “It” is singular and since Dan has two championships, the sentence would need to be, “Suck them.” "Them" being the plural in reference to his two MAC Championship rings. Maybe he was just referring to his two championships, but again it would say “Suck them” in lieu of “Suck it”.“It” could also mean his Motor City Bowl MVP Award. I doubt this as we had a game against them yesterday and that game was a long time ago and the Zips did not even play them.“It” could also mean his MAC Freshman of the Year Award, but I don’t think that is the case for the same reasoning as the previous paragraph.“It” could also mean his 2007 MAC Offensive Player of the Year Award. 2007 was a lot closer than 2006, but this also does not fit as well.Against Michigan State, Dan surpassed Byron Leftwich as the #1 all time total offense producer in the history of the MAC. Maybe he was referring to this record when he wrote “it”. With several games remaining in his college career, I don’t think he would have been referring to this record.One year he passed for over 3,000 yards and ran for over 1,000 yards being only the second player in NCAA history to do so. Vince Young was the first. I also do not believe the word “it” is in reference to this award. Dan doesn’t seem like the kind of player who is concerned with personal records.LeFevour has a career passer rating going into this season at 138.8. He also had 72 passing TDs and 32 rushing TDs going into the 2009 campaign (that’s 624 points, but who’s counting). Maybe the word “it” is in reference to one of these statistics. Again, I doubt that because I don’t think he is concerned about personal statistics.I’ve run out of ideas as to what “it” means in his letter. If anyone can help, I’m listening. Please don’t shoot the deliveryman. If I receive any more letters from Dan, I will be sure to forward them to the board.

[Captain Kangaroo]

Hey Dan -Thanks for the note.A crippled semi-trained monkey could have thrown for 500 yards against the crap the Zips schlepped onto the field yesterday. You can do it against Eastern Michigan, Miami, K.e.n.t., Ball State, Ohio and the rest of ESPN's Botton 10 too. Don't get a big head about it.Your Bud,CK :wave:PS - Lose the Yellow-on-White font scheme. It is as effective as the 3-3-5.

[zen]

We could solve two different debates on this board if we could have swapped QBs between teams yesterday.GP1, it's sorta funny, but don't ride it. It would have made it's point much more effectively if it had the brass to post BEFORE the game. Cap'n, you have to acknowledge a good player.

[GP1]

GP1, it's sorta funny, but don't ride it. It would have made it's point much more effectively if it had the brass to post BEFORE the game.

Like I said, don't shoot the deliveryman.

[Buckzip]

[Zip Watcher]

GP1 raises some interesting questions.Is the Captain's sister named Tenniel?