Longhorns fan nearly castrated in bloody bar scuffle

[edjr 6,578]

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- To some Oklahoma football fans, there are things that just aren't done in the heart of Sooner Nation, and one of them is to walk into a bar wearing a Texas Longhorns T-shirt.

 

That's exactly what touched off a bloody skirmish that left a Texas-shirt-wearing fan nearly castrated and an Oklahoma fan facing aggravated assault charges that could put him in prison for up to five years.

 

The shocking case has set off a raging debate in this football-crazed region about the extreme passions behind a bitter rivalry. Some legal observers have even questioned whether this case could ever truly have an impartial jury.

 

"I've actually heard callers on talk radio say that this guy deserved what he got for wearing a Texas T-shirt into a bar in the middle of Sooner country," said Irven Box, an attorney in this city 20 miles from Oklahoma's campus in Norman.

 

According to police, 32-year-old Texas fan Brian Christopher Thomas walked into Henry Hudson's Pub on June 17 wearing a Longhorns T-shirt and quickly became the focus of football "trash talk" from another regular, 53-year-old Oklahoma fan Allen Michael Beckett.

 

Thomas told police that when he decided to leave and went to the bar to pay his tab, Beckett grabbed him in the crotch, pulled him to the ground and wouldn't let go, even as bar patrons tried to break it up. When the two men were separated, Thomas looked down and realized the extent of his injuries.

 

"He could see both of his testicles hanging on the outside of his body," said Thomas' attorney, Carl Hughes. "He was wearing a pair of white shorts, which made it that much worse."

 

It took more than 60 stitches to close the wound, and police interviewed Thomas at a nearby hospital emergency room.

Beckett's attorney, Billy Bock, concedes that his client commented about Thomas' shirt, but said it was just good-natured ribbing and that he apologized to Thomas when it appeared to upset the Texas fan. Later, Bock said Thomas approached his client at the bar and threatened him.

 

"My client is a little man, and this guy [Thomas] is 30 to 40 pounds bigger than him," Bock said. "He's bigger, stronger, younger and probably faster, and he aggressively leaned in and touched my client and threatened to beat him up. ... My guy was defending himself and just took control of the situation."

 

Thomas' attorney disputes Beckett's version.

 

"That's total malarkey," Hughes said. "My client never said a word to him. He got up to pay and when he paid and left a tip, the guy grabbed him."

 

Beckett, a 53-year-old church deacon, federal auditor and former Army combat veteran, has pleaded not guilty. His next court appearance comes Oct. 4, two days before the Sooners and Horns tangle in their annual football game at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.

 

Thomas, who once lived in Houston and became a Texas fan during the heyday of star running back Earl Campbell, is still recovering from his injuries but has returned to work as a meat cutter at a Sam's Club warehouse store.

 

Like Beckett and Thomas, many fans of the two college squads never attended either university, but have come to identify so closely with these teams that they attach banners to their cars, wear team colors on game day and even have programmed their car horns to play school fight songs.

 

Dallas police Sgt. Andy Harvey, a 12-year veteran of the force, said it's not uncommon for fights to break out between fans of the two schools.

 

"People are passionate about their teams and their universities, and that's a good thing," he said, "but when you mix a real passionate sports fan and then get a little alcohol in there, sometimes it's not a good mix."

 

On both Texas and Oklahoma fan Web sites, boosters trade familiar tales of having their car tires slashed or windshields smashed for sporting the opposing team's sticker in enemy territory.

 

Assistant District Attorney Scott Rowland said the rivalry will have no bearing on the way the case is prosecuted.

 

"It appears that it played a part in the fight," he said, "but that won't play any more of a role in our handling of the case than would a fight over a girl or a car or a song on the jukebox."

 

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I'm guessing that guy needs to slip his fingernails.

[A Dido Brother 0]

These are the kinds of stories I wish I hadn't read.

[CornKobb 48]

no way.....??? really???? wow

[Borat33 17]

Thanks for making mme throw up in my mouth.

[shovelheadt 68]

Like Beckett and Thomas, many fans of the two college squads never attended either university,

 

Well no sh*t!

[edjr 6,578]

Well no sh*t!

 

HAHA! No kidding.

[KSB2424 3,148]

The guy is 53 years old going around grabbing balls and starting bar fights.

[edjr 6,578]

The guy is 53 years old going around grabbing balls and starting bar fights.

 

TorridJoe hasn't been here in a while.

[the_future420 3]

The guy is 53 years old going around grabbing balls and starting bar fights.

 

 

Haha @ going around grabbing balls

 

 

Wait...

 

[jackie sherrill 0]

I had nothing to do with this, I promise!

[IAMWood 6]

I wear my Horns shirt when I am in okalhoma. I haven't gone into a bar though there though. No one has ever said a word to me, I am a big guy, maybe that is why. I have been around more than my share of a-hole ou fans, and more than my share of a-hole Texas fans.

 

If I went into a sports bar I would expect some good natured stuff, a fight is pretty lame, grabbing someone's sack is freakin whack. must been one of them ghey oklahoma bars.

[DumpTruck 0]

I don't understand how the guy needed 60 stitches to close the wound on his junk just from being grabbed by the other guy...WTF?

 

Did that guy have razor blades for finger nails or what

[cheeseboy 0]

Good to know that in Oklahoma it's apparently standard practice to grab another man's junk in public at the first sign of frustration...remind me to not even FLY over OK ever again. Maybe it's not that suprising that America's #1 Broadway Musical is set in this apparently very liberal state...

 

I think it's even more shocking though to learn that Texas fans even have nuts!

 

Now we know...I would have gotten that answer wrong

[Guest _my_2_cents_]

Beckett, a 53-year-old church deacon...

 

This didn't capture anyone's attention? I mean,

 

wow.

 

I'm sure someone will tell the truth - I hope that idiot gets 5 years. There's some things you don't do and ripping a guys balls off for wearing a T-Shirt is focking ridiculous.

[neworleansff2003 0]

I believe the deacon/army dude. What kind of shyte-stirrer walks into enemy territory with a shirt that says Fxuck Me. He probably told ball-ripper guy that he was gonna fxuck him up real good, and ball-ripper dude say "fxuck that, I'm gonna rip your balls off and save my life, jesus loves me beoch."

[Guest _my_2_cents_]

I believe the deacon/army dude. What kind of shyte-stirrer walks into enemy territory with a shirt that says Fxuck Me. He probably told ball-ripper guy that he was gonna fxuck him up real good, and ball-ripper dude say "fxuck that, I'm gonna rip your balls off and save my life, jesus loves me beoch."

 

 

I don't know whether to laugh, cry or throw up in my mouf.

[edjr 6,578]

I believe the deacon/army dude. What kind of shyte-stirrer walks into enemy territory with a shirt that says Fxuck Me. He probably told ball-ripper guy that he was gonna fxuck him up real good, and ball-ripper dude say "fxuck that, I'm gonna rip your balls off and save my life, jesus loves me beoch."

 

 

[Headslap75 0]

http://cgi.cnnsi.com/2007/football/ncaa/09...ml?eref=mostpop

 

I'm guessing that guy needs to slip his fingernails.

"He could see both Testicles hanging outside of his body and he was wearing white shorts to make it all the worse" I got news for you if your testicles are hanging outside your body there simply is no worse.

[Bad_Mo_focher 1]

There are so many things wrong with this story....

 

1. The guy has his balls ripped outside of his nutsack

2. A 50+ year old nut grabbing tough guy wannabe

3. The victim wearing WHITE shorts

4. The fact that no other patron helped the guy out despite the shirt he was wearing (typical American reaction to not get involved)

5. The fact that I wasted time reading this story

[Slim Pickins 0]

It's official. I am now dumber for having read this story. Thanks.

[Franknbeans 46]

imagine if we lived in a country where the punishment fit the crime

[JetsFan28 0]