Outrageous and very funny. Jay-z did attend our games and I sat with him at a Miami/ StJ game at the Garden. I had no idea who he was but was interested that many cheerleaders from both sides came over to get their photo with him. I asked the fellow on his other side (Antonio Freeman from the then Super Bowl Champs and then Super Bowl runners up Green Bay Packers one month before ) "who is this guy". He told me and I still didn't know how big he was although I recognized his name. (I'm an old guy!) Jayz was gracious and funny and very down to earth. He loved StJ. He wrote on a piece off the program some of his "records" I might enjoy and he signed it, I must have thrown it away inadvertently. My very bad! He is a good guy.
Antonio was a grand fellow with his Super Bowl ring. He offered me to try it on but I was more interested in his $130,000 Rolex watch which I wore in the second half. He got the watch with runner up money he received for the Bowl the month before. He would not let me take it home!
We won the game; that was in '99 and we lost the BE championship the next night to UConn. StJ went on to the elite 8 and were screwed out of the final four (IMO) which was won by UConn, their 1st, over the Dukies. I remember being so frustrated I gave my tickets to the championship to two co-eds from Duke and watched it instead from Furgeson's Sports bar in St. Pete. That was one of our best years.. Jayz and Antonio loved Bootsey Thornton!