No, "papaya" I'm pretty sure is a tropical fruit. "Kapaya" is non-sensical. Just a blurt-out Rudy said when he saw someone make a shot. ------------------ trade them all and fire the coach.
You got me there Dr. LOL. The NBC guy said its a texas(mexican?) word for "swish". That's what I know.
Yea, Costas was kidding. I think it was just a little onomatopeia (sp.) from Rudy in delight of the basket.
I didn't hear it, but it could be a drawn out version of kapow. You know, the sound you used to make as a kid playing cowboys and pretended to shoot. You always hit your target, didn't you?
I'm inclined to think that the word might be of Polish origin. But that's only a theory, cause as far as I know Rudy is of Polish descent. ------------------
Having Rudy miked up for the game was a great stroke by NBC. He was saying funny stuff even before KAPAYA. Like when he was complaining about the refs not calling 3 seconds on Shaq: "The guy is paying taxes out there!!" LOL! ------------------ Bring It!!
"KAPAYAAAAAA" Why are we asking what it means? Haven't we all uttered some crazy sound or blurted out a non-word when watching or playing a game?? Anyway, I think it was the most beautiful word I had heard that day! Peace, ------------------ HOOP-T
I think what he really said was more like this: "Cu'p'ahyeah!" He was trying to say "Cuttino!" but he didn't get that far... Then he tried to yell "Pass it!" but it was too late... The ball was already going through the net, and all he could say was "AHH YEAH!!!" Thus, "Cu'p'ahyeah!" ------------------ "There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and STATISTICS..." - Mark Twain -
