Matt Statler political science freshman

Freshman was once kicked in the stomach by an angry horse and enjoys playing raquetball all day long

Wildcat: Hi, my name's Nathan.

Statler: Hey.

Wildcat: And you're On the Spot. Where you from?

Statler: I'm from here, Tucson.

Wildcat: You live on a ranch or anything?

Statler: Naw. My grandpa had a ranch, but ...

Wildcat: What's in your bag, sticking out?

Statler: It's a raquetball racket.

Wildcat: I play raquetball. Which color of ball do you prefer? The blue or the green?

Statler: Blue.

Wildcat: Yeah, the green's kind of cool though. It's kind of like Neptune and Uranus. You know how in the science books when you were in elementary, they were always painted blue and green. I always thought the blue was cool, deep and sorrowful. But green is kind of mysterious.

Statler: Yeah, but blue is more common, so yeah.

Wildcat: Are you into horses?

Statler: Yeah, pretty much. I don't get to see them as much as I'd like to 'cause we live out here in Tucson, in this town.

Wildcat: Have you ever seen a horse piss?

Statler: Yeah.

Wildcat: What's up with that? I mean ... Ever been kicked by a horse?

Statler: Yeah.

Wildcat: Serious? Where did he kick you?

Statler: [Pats his stomach] Yeah. I was walking behind him by accident. I really wasn't supposed to do that. He was just ticked off and he kicked me.

Wildcat: Did you throw up?

Statler: I just laid on the ground for a long, long time. I don't think it wanted to kill me because he didn't hit me very hard. He was just "pff" and I was like "pff" [Statler throws hands up in air, reenacting laying on the ground].

Wildcat: Stick to raquetball.