This will be SO GREAT if the Dove comes out the other side and is eligible. Why, you ask?

Because Jonathon Mandeldove, neither man nor dove, will be the only player in UConn history not to bend to Cal’s iron-fisted rule. Let’s think about what it took:

1) Dove becomes crappy 7-footer, a tough to do at UConn. Again: Hilton Armstrong was a lottery pick. Causes Dove to be on Cal’s “scream at him at practice a disproportionate amount of the time” list.

2) Soldiers on shamelessly during his sophmore year, while already-miniscule minutes are cut in half. Cal still screaming at him.

3) Doesnt leave after his sophmore year, although we can assume with relative certainty that Cal asked him to. Dove fights back with integrity, and also with his well-honed shamelessness. Minutes shaved during junior year.

4) Comes back for senior year after Cal makes it public that he wants the scholarship. Dove ponders, shamelessly lets everyone know about pondering on Twitter. Decides that, although his head coach does not want him, he will stay. Cal infuriated.

And now this. Can Dove shamelessly beg his professors for C’s or something? And, can they let some doves out in Gampel during senior night ‘10 if he does? It will be the commemoration of Cal’s only defeat.

I’m in full support of that for senior day, especially if we can get “When doves cry” to be blared from the speakers and Power Point highlights of Dove’s best cheers on the bench to be shown on the Titantron TVs.