Alabama linebacker, Courtney Upshaw, has been directed by a Tuscaloosa County District Court to take an anger management course after an altercation with a female student. You’d think that you’d see more linebackers in anger management. These are people who enjoy running at full speed toward another person in order to throw them to the ground. But instead of chalking this one up to simply being a linebacker, I’m going to call this A Boy Named Sue syndrome.

Everyone should be familiar with the Johnny Cash classic “A Boy Named Sue,” where he sings about being named the typically female name of “Sue” by his father in order toughen the kid up. The Alabama linebacker’s name is… Courtney. No wonder the kid grew up to be a linebacker for one of the most storied college football programs of our time. We all went to elementary school and know that any kid named “Courtney” would have gotten picked on. I’m not sure what the female student he had an altercation with said, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was directed toward his less than masculine name.

That said, I’m also attributing this to Kenny Vaccaro-like symptoms, who has an arrest warrant out for getting into a fight on a basketball court, meaning both are simply idiots.

Courtney (what mean parents), you’re a freaking linebacker. What’re you doing getting into altercations with anyone, let alone a GIRL!? I don’t care what she did or said, there’s no excuse. You tackle 200-some-odd pound people for fun. Hang on to that aggression for the big game!

[via ESPN]