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My name is Legion, for my decisions are many

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Perhaps you remember a couple of months ago when we mentioned Alex Legion’s mom, the woman who prophesied that her son’s Kentucky Wildcat basketball team would make the final four “providing they play together”?

Well, if you missed it last month, Alex announced he was leaving Kentucky, possibly for Michigan. Then he wasn’t so sure and considered going back to Kentucky. Then his mom wanted him to go to Notre Dame. Then Alex announced he was transferring to Illinois, probably so he could spend hours at a time staring at Bruce Weber’s orange sportcoat.

It’s easy to gloss over the details of this story and assume that Annette Legion is no prophet at all, but if you think about it, The Prophet Legion was actually right all along.

Originally we thought her “providing they play together” comment was a qualifier meant to hedge the bet of her prophecy. But now we see it for what it really was: her subtle way of telling us that Alex wouldn’t be playing with these guys all year, and that as a result, they would not make the Final Four. Of course, if Kentucky does make the Final Four without Alex, well, then we know she’s a fraud.

But at this point, I think she’s pretty safe on that one.

(h/t: Deadspin.com)

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Anoint thy Nikes

Picking up on a story that Deadspin mentioned this week, Annette Legion, the mother of a Kentucky freshman basketball player who claims to be a prophet, is prophesying that the Wildcats will make the Final Four this year “providing they play together.”

If you think she’s making her claim based on what she’s seen in pickup games and unorganized practices, think again. Up until last year she didn’t even know Kentucky had a basketball team.

That’s the sports equivalent of not knowing McDonald’s sells hamburgers.

According to the article, Legion “…also puts “holy oil” in the basketball shoes of her son and his roommate, fellow freshman Patrick Patterson.” Not on the shoes, in the shoes.

While I’m not in a position to confirm or deny her prophetic gift, I can tell you this much: If these kids start getting blisters, the team trainer is going to be knocking down her door. (Then again, if she sees it coming she should be ok.)

(h/t: Deadspin.com)

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