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Mo Rocca: Gamekillers, RIP

COED MAGAZINE
AUGUST 2006
BY JULIA ALLISON

Gamekiller, noun: a jerk who thwarts your romantic prospects for the evening.  Just when you think you’re about to get some, they swoop in, leaving you blue-balled and alone.

Mo Rocca cares deeply about your sex life.  So deeply, in fact, that he’s devoted himself to tirelessly roaming the country, visiting colleges and spreading awareness about its mortal enemy: The Gamekiller.

Just call him Mo’ffy the Gamekiller Slayer.

Rocca, a “sociobiology hobbyist,” known best for his years as a bow-tie clad correspondent on the Daily Show, has “extensively studied the mating rituals of humans and animals” (not together, COED hopes, although research is research).

“In every species we have this phenomenon of Game Killing,” he explains.  “With animals, like tigers, they’ll just rip each other’s throats out.  Then you can tell you’re getting your game killed because you’re dead.”

Humans, on the other hand, “sometimes resort to dance-offs.”

Although for the unaware, “it’s not always easy to see that it’s happening,” Rocca emphasizes that Game can be saved with proper education and vigilance. Still, with more than a dozen species of Gamekiller currently on the loose, one has to be hyper-aware. 

Knowledge is power, so check out the following Gamekillers profiles below:

The Baller – “with his pending shoe endorsement and iced-out SUV, this future first-round draft pick has a wicked jump shot” – and he wants to sleep with your girl.  Mo’s advice? “Don’t accuse her of being a groupie – let her realize that she’d just be another notch on this prolific scorer’s bedpost.”

The Drama Queen – “a friend of the girl you’re courting, she’s an unpredictable nuisance who craves attention and will find any way to get it.  Famous for roles ranging from That Guy Looked at Me Weird to I Lost My Keys to the highly acclaimed Let’s Leave, I Just Saw My Ex.”

Sensitivo – “The journal scribbling, yoga-posing, barely male irritant who operates under the guise of your girl’s best friend while secretly being in love with her. While he lives in this platonic prison of best friendship, he still has her trust, and he won’t hesitate to use it to throw you in front of a moving bus.”

The Mother Hen – Her motto is “We go out as a group, we go home as a group.  The House Mom of the social circle, she’s pushy, possessive, and guided by a maternal instinct that always translates into you not getting any.”

Kash Munni – “He’ll give your girl a diamond, just to break the ice.  The rich kid of the social circle via a trust fund, this well-endowed socialite has spent his pampered life crapping on golden toilets and crashing vintage roadsters, so he’s not afraid to throw a few Benjamin’s around to sweep your girl off her feet.”

IQ – “He’s read more books, seen artier films, and conjugated more verbs than you can ever hope to.  He’s a pompous know-it-all and he’ll try to lure you into a battle of wits on a subject you know nothing about.”

Rocca, who graduated from Harvard in ’91, admits that he has occasionally been accused of being IQ (for dropping the “H-Bomb”) and sometimes Mother Hen – but never Kash Munni (“I rent.”).

During his college tour last March, however, he was all about helping others secure their game.  The most common problem, he found, were those students whose wingmen end up “locking down more tail” on a regular basis.  “I say to them, ‘You have got to get an uglier wingman!! The biggest mistake is to select somebody who is more attractive than you are.’”

Obviously.

With Professor Rocca leading the crusade, Gamekillers – and blue balls – don’t stand a chance.


SIDEBAR: 6 Things You Don’t Know About Mo

  1. He has worked for both children’s television (“Wubbulous World of Dr. Suess”) and porn (a magazine called “Perfect 10” – featuring nude models without surgical enhancement).
  2. He auditioned for “With Honors” starring Brendan Frasier.  “I showed up at the casting call and they said I wasn’t believable as a Harvard student.”
  3. Although he’s called Mo and his other brother is Larry, he would prefer that the third brother be named Shemp.  “It’s a little less obvious than ‘Curly,’” says Rocca.
  4. Although bow ties were his signature trade-mark, he stopped because he didn’t know how to tie them correctly – “Eventually I was going to be found out.”
  5. He would give Bill Clinton a blowjob “If I were a lobbyist, but if I were just hanging out in a lobby, no.”
  6. He believes that “Everyone who went to Harvard needs to get their ass kicked … I’m still waiting for my ass kicking.”