Stu’s Hunt Down: Wasswa Serwanga
Posted on February 15th, 2008 – 11:55 AMBy Michael Rand
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The Huntdown
Name: Wasswa Serwanga
Nickname: “When did Anthony Bass change his name?”
Claim to Fame, Minnesota: a cornerback for the Purple in 2000 and 2001, Serwanga played a key role in the 41-Donut game. His line for the game: four receptions allowed for 73 yards and a 21-yard interference penalty, which isn’t quite Al Harris-in-the-playoffs bad, but still pretty bad. He had previously been best known for causing a local sportswriter to proclaim, “A burned corner had turned the corner.” Sadly, no.
[Proprietor note: As we might have mentioned before, the 90 minutes we waited for 4 minutes with Wasswa Serwanga (and subsequent stiff-arm from brother Kato) to write that story remain among our professional lows. Suddenly thrust into a Vikings writer role, we wrote stories that week about Wasswa, Fernando Smith and Daunte Culpepper leading up to the NFC title game. Had the Vikings defeated the Giants, we would have helped cover the Super Bowl that year. You know what? We were only 42 points away].
Claim to Fame, Everywhere Else: per Wiki, he also played for the Niners, attended UCLA, and did some time in the Arena League. His twin brother, Kato, also played in the NFL. So, they were like the Barbers, but with better names and less ability.
Where He Is Now: Wikipedia alleges that he’s a Vice President for Washington Mutual, although there’s no citation for it. If true, wouldn’t it be great to call them and hear, “WaMu, this is Wasswa?” Yes. Yes, it would.
Glorious Randomness: Did you know Wasswa means “first born of twins?” I didn’t. [Proprietor note: Yes. And Kato means second born. Look, could we not talk about this anymore?]
12 Responses to "Stu’s Hunt Down: Wasswa Serwanga"
Rand, that was a long time ago. I’m sure it’ll be awhile before you get to make incorrect proclamations having to do with the Vikings in any kind of championship game again.
we wrote stories that week about Wasswa, Fernando Smith and Daunte Culpepper leading up to the NFC title game.
It also seems that you are single-handedly the reason the Vikings lost. You managed to jinx both sides of the ball.
“WaMu, this is Wasswa?”
Comic genius, Stu.
Wasswa, meaning “the oldest male twin” implying he threw a few elbows from birth, had alot worse game than Harris (stats below). Harris left a mild odor, to be sure, yet still ranking above league average in tackles, but nothing like the Stench of Wasswa which sounds like a late night cable horror flick…Harris was..
19th week Seahawks W 42-20 3 tackles 3 solo
20 th week Giants L 20-23 8 tackles 7 solo. So sometimes I think Purp fans will never forgive Harris for hurting Peterson, yet I think Peterson has, since anyone watching how hard Peterson runs, like a beer truck rolling loose downhill has to know that injuries come with the job…
Off Topic: The guys over at Kissing Suzy Kolber have the first meaningful mock draft of the NFL offseason. Don’t head over if you’re bothered by offensive language and immaturity.
http://kissmesuzy.blogspot.com/2008/02/ksk-mock-drafts-who-would-you-do.html
*CORRECTION*
Don’t head over if you, or your workplace, are bothered by offensive language and immaturity.
Paul: you should know I referenced Al Harris only to upset you.
You should also know that Plaxico Burress just caught another pass.
He still sounds like something you would put over bondo
…and Amani Toomer with another first down for the Giants.
Eliiiis cuuuuuuuuuumiiiiiiinnnnnn !!!
41-Donut made me violently ill.
@skol: This has purple in it. Purple is a fruit.
“Purple is a fruit”…why didn’t I ever think of that ???
