Great Minds of the 21st Century

SLU basketball coach Rick Majerus continues to embarrass his employer by his ill-advised comments about religion. You may recall that he ran afoul of the Archbishop of St. Louis by telling Channel 4 reporter Mike O'Connell that he supports abortion and embryonic stem cell research. Rather than apologize when he had the chance, he basically thumbed his nose at the Archbishop and Catholic doctrine, in effect declaring himself the pope of the church of rick. SLU president Larry Biandi, rejected Archbishop Burkes's suggestion that he discipline his loose-canon coach.

Now he's taken on the Mormons. As a former coach of the University of Utah, he's well aware of Mormon beliefs. When asked by radio sportscaster Dan Patrick to choose a winner in last week's NCAA tournament game between Brigham Young University and Texas A & M, he chose A & M, saying"A&M. I don't like BYU from my Utah days. The magic underwear Mitt and those guys send themselves."

The so-called "magic underwear" is a garment Mormon's wear to remind themselves to be chaste. Making fun of their religious garment is considered highly offensive. It will be interesting to see if Biondi intervenes in this one. Obviously many Mormon's are outraged.