Former Arkansas Governor, Mike Huckabee, Blasts Obama For Letting His Daughters Listen To Beyonce1/14/2015 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/13/mike-huckabee-obama-beyonce_n_6464978.html
Huffington Post- Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has accused President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle of parenting by double-standard, in an interview published Tuesday, saying they shelter their daughters from some things but allow them to listen to the music of Beyoncé. While promoting his new book, Huckabee told People magazine, "I don't understand how on one hand they can be such doting parents and so careful about the intake of everything — how much broccoli they eat and where they go to school ... and yet they don't see anything that might not be suitable" in the lyrics and a Beyoncé choreography "best left for the privacy of her bedroom." Huckabee described the Grammy Award-winning Beyoncé in his book as "mental poison." First off, is there a better name for the former Governor of Arkansas than Mike Huckabee? Didn't think so. This ridiculously dumb criticism of Barack Obama isn't even his fault. He was born to make this proclamation. Growing up his vision board was just one big confederate flag. He probably thinks Beyonce shouldn't be able to sit in the front of the bus, never mind be a symbolic icon of popular culture. I can just picture him sitting there listening to the lyrics saying "what is this surfboard she keeps talking about, coloreds don't surf". This guy is as purebred white Republican as they come. Definitely blamed every single school shooting in the 90's on "that damned rap music". This is why I don't engage in politics. This guy was running an entire state. He was responsible for a 50th of the nation, and he thought this was some earth shattering realization. All the fucked up shit that is going on in this world and he is worried about the Obama's pandora playlist. The scariest part of this? At one point in time, the collaboration of sex, Obama's children, and Beyonce came together in his mind. That thought process alone is criminal. Hey Hucks, what did you beat off to last night dude? Not a single doubt in my mind that this guy has a Bey' video or two in his spank bank. He probably lubricates with his own tears of shame. Want to see some shit? Check this guy's search history. His laptop has probably spawned more viruses than the entire continent of Africa. Hey right wing elitists…do better, be better. This is why no one takes old white republicans seriously. They go too far. They are too steadfast in the conservative approach.You know why Huckabee is so pissed? He is so backed up he can't think straight. Sexual liberation has passed him by. He and his wife are more loyal to the missionary position than international evangelists. Can't spread the conservative way and liberally spread your wife's legs. This guy barely knows half of what Beyonce is talking about in her songs and he is offended. Shit, if he could tell me what "cigars on ice" meant I would join his presidential campaign immediately. Can't just come out and blast Beyonce. She is basically this generation's Oprah. Might as well challenge Bryce Harper to a Home Run Derby or David Duchovny to a drinking contest. Just zero percent chance you go against the Queen Bee and win. Who, in their right mind, cares that Beyonce's music is sexual? It's the 21st century, name an artist that isn't the least bit sexual and I will name a soon-to-be gas station attendant. Even if Barack banned his children from listening to Beyonce, he would have to lock them in a cage in the basement to make it happen. She is as ever present in society as half dead white men are on CNN.
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Yahoo Sports- As the 2012 Russell Wilson pass that would soon be known as the "Fail Mary" floated through the Seattle air, Lance Easley was still an anonymous NFL replacement referee. In his regular life, he was a vice president with Bank of America, a family man, a devout Christian and someone who for decades in California spent his free time refereeing high school football, small college basketball, whatever he could. Today, everything is different. It's more than two years since Easley made one of the most infamous calls in NFL history. It left him under siege from the media, both traditional and social. Players and coaches blasted him. Late-night comics mocked him. Irate fans and gamblers hammered him with crank calls and death threats. The controversy extended all the way to the presidential campaign trail with both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney addressing it. Today, Easley says, the man he was is gone. Perhaps only his faith remains the same. Today, everything else is up for grabs. Today, it's all a struggle. There are a few things that Lance Easley suffers from. Much to his chagrin, PTSD is most definitely not one of them. An enflamed sense of self, on the other hand, absolutely is. The ability to trivialize something as serious as PTSD without remorse is another. Seriously, dude? There are people fighting for our country overseas. Risking their lives on a daily basis for our freedom. Taking every step with the the fear of death, of themselves or others, literally lurking around the corner. Meanwhile, Lance is comparing a case of guilt from making a shitty call in a regular season football game to what heroes have to deal with when entering back into society. Given who it is coming from, a former REPLACEMENT referee, this may be the most absurd proclamation I have ever heard. You know, up until this point, I thought the atrocious call by Lance Easley was a mere case of being overwhelmed in a big spot. A case of folding under the pressure of the bright lights of the NFL stage. Now I don't think it is out of the realm of possibility that he made that call, knowing it may have been the wrong call at the time, out of a pure hunger for attention. Am I crazy? Maybe. However, if this guy's life, a life that featured a job far more important than being a replacement ref, was actually ruined by one bad call why would he bring it up again? If the public scrutiny was so detrimental to his life and his relationships, why would he put himself under that microscope again, when almost everyone has already forgotten about that game? Why would he be giving information to Yahoo Sports to do a piece on him? Simply because Seattle and Green Bay, two completely arbitrary teams that happened to face each other that fateful day, are facing off again? If your grandfather goes into a strong depression whenever the war is brought up, do you make a point to talk about every worldwide conflict that hits the news circuit? I am pretty sure the first rule of getting over a significantly negative event in one's life is to mention it sparingly. If this guy's therapist told him to do a national news story on the play that has caused him so much supposed pain then it's quite possible he needs a new fucking therapist. Listen Lance. I know you think your ridiculous ruling has been governing our lives for the past two years, but I can assure you it has not. If anything, you blowing that call was a good thing for the league. It was basically the straw that broke the camels back in negotiations to get the normal officials back on the field for good. Does it suck that your name got dragged through the crapper for a week or two? Sure, No one wants to be publicly ridiculed to a nationwide audience. But just like anything else, it's lifespan as an actual news story was relatively short. Maybe it gets mentioned here and there in regards to other blown calls, but it certainly isn't anything that is still worthy of lengthy discussion. Furthermore, If am in Lance's shoes, I am far more pissed at the NFL for putting me in a position outside the scope of my abilities than I am at my call, or the situation, which has caused me such grief. So, by a show of hands how many people that suffer from actual forms of depression for legitimate reasons want to punch Lance directly in the face? How many people that have PTSD want to teach him the harsh reality of what that actually means? How many people that have dealt with the mentally ill find this story disingenuous? Here's a hint; If a majority of people that suffer from the same diseases as you can't sympathize with how you developed them, you're symptoms probably align more with those of being a huge pussy more than anything else. P.S. I suppose it is totally plausible that the NFL did a really crappy job of giving background checks and this guy does have all these psychological problems stemming from one blown call. However, you have got to imagine that if something so petty spiraled into something so significant, Lance was bound for the nut house regardless. Whether it was a bad call in a football game, or a confrontation at the office, it is pretty clear that Lance had more on his plate than he could chew.
Listen, this has been escalating. First it was KG biting at Joakim Noah's hand, which was pretty hilarious. Then it was KG 'aggressively' blowing in David West's ear, which was childish, yet still mildly amusing. Now Garnett it literally trying to end up in an MMA fight in the middle of the basketball court. We all know Garnett is in the twilight of his career. Can't imagine he has anything more than one more year left in the tank, if that. The Nets, aren't worth a shit, despite what their $3 billion dollar payroll has to say, and Kevin is just going to do what Kevin wants to do. Why the hell not? What's the NBA going to do about it? Fine him? He has more money than he knows what to do with. Suspend him? His team sucks and he could probably use the rest anyway. So, if you give him a slap in the chest he's literally going to try to end your life on television. You know when old people stop giving a shit and just follow their natural instincts. Garnett's instincts are like that of a uncaged animal roaming the Sarengeti. He said it himself just weeks ago, he's pretty much 150 in dog years. Whatever feels right at the time is going to happen. Social perception be damned.
It's fairly obvious to everyone with functioning corneas that this entire sequence was Garnett's fault. Still, some part of me wants to blame Howard. At this point, Howard is such an unlikeable dickhead that I want to blame him for everything wrong in the world. In my mind he is patient zero for ebola. He's responsible for the terrorist attacks in France. Every time Dwight Howard says something stupid an angel loses it's wings. That's just science. How can I possibly blame KG? Everyone that follows sports has, at one point or another, wanted to throw a basketball at Dwight Howard, head butt him in the face, and call him a "bitch ass n…". Most of us just aren't lucky enough to ever be put in that position, and would fall about 3 feet short of being able to make it happen if we were. As far as I am concerned, Kevin Garnett can do whatever he wants to Dwight Howard and it would be justified. He could have ripped his heart clean out of his chest and ate it with his bare hands while sitting Indian style at half court, and I would cheer him on.
You know when NBA players do that thing where they start a confrontation, then intentionally get held back and make it look like they are still trying to fight. I couldn't be more sure that this circumstance is the complete opposite of that. There were no empty threats here. If someone let KG go there was going to be blood. If you watch the replay closely, Howards attempts to say "what are you going to do about it", and had Garnett's forehead right upside his jaw bone before he can even get the last word out. Don't poke the bear, and don't slap the psychopath. If there is anyone that could let him temper take him to extreme lengths it would be 'The Big Ticket'.
PAC It In, SEC You Later: Time To Reintroduce The Big Ten, The Best Conference In All The Land1/13/2015 Can't help but wonder what exactly the regulations are on college athletes accepting monetary benefits…because the Big Ten just took the rest of the country's lunch money. Gave two of the best teams in the country wedgies and stuffed them in a locker. A few short months and the Big Ten went from the only power 5 conference that was destined to be without representation in the first ever college playoff, and now they are the bullies. Half surprised that Oregon hasn't gone to the principal and snitched that Ohio State was playing too rough. Ohio State didn't just beat Oregon, they ran over them. They bulldozed them, and knocked the books out of their hand and gave them a noogie in the process. A 22 point win that could have easily been 30-40 save for some inflicted wounds. You simply aren't supposed to turn the ball over 4 times and win, nevermind via blowout. Zeke Elliot was a monster, Cardale Jones was taking on nose tackles one on one. The perception of him as a third string quarterback, a mere 3 games after being given the starting job, is all but laughable. They took Super Mariota, the Heisman Trophy winner, and turned him into a broke ass Luigi, just a week and half after taking it to the mighty Nick Saban and company. Rutgers first year in the Big Ten and I am already able to celebrate an in-conference National Champion. I can't help but think my alma mater is at least somewhat responsible. No such thing as coincidences. Rutgers stepped onto the landscape of the B1G and increased the level of play. It's cute that people actually think there is any other explanation. When you add the grit and toughness of the Northeast into a conference of such deep tradition it is no wonder Ohio State ran rough shot on the best the country has to offer. Rutgers brought that 'take no prisoners' attitude and clearly it spread through the conference like wildfire. Dominate the line of scrimmage, dominate the game, Kyle Flood has been preaching it since he began blessing the sidelines in Piscataway with his presence. Shit, he's basically wrote the playbook for Ohio State. Take all the time you want to celebrate Urban, but we'll be expecting that thank you card. I think it's safe to say that Rutgers won conference realignment. Basically went from 'The Lost Boys' of college conferences to the 'Gangs Of New York'. From watching on the sidelines to being dick deep in the heart of college football. Gee, I wonder how Louisville, Syracuse, and Pitt are doing over in the ACC. What's that you say, the team that smoked the entire conference got beat by 40 last week? Using the transitive property they would have lost by 60 to Ohio State. Go to sleep ACC, and take your little brother AAC with you. You can argue that the Big Ten isn't the best conference in America if you so choose, but you certainly can 't prove it. So until next season, when it's all but a forgone conclusion that we dominate again, You'll just have to accept that the South hasn't risen and the West's wave has crashed. Until further notice, this is B1G country. P.S. You don't win the National Championship when your head coach is the guy that ate dog semen on Van Wilder. P.P.S. You also don't win wearing all white after Labor Day, grow up for me one time. Lucky they didn't crap themselves with ass pounding the Big Ten's finest put on them...
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Huffington Post- Oregon wide receiver Darren Carrington is suspended for the national championship game after testing positive for marijuana during an NCAA drug test, a person with direct knowledge of test results said Friday. Wait, the NCAA gives drug tests? On a regular basis? And what did Darren Carrington do wrong to be 'awarded' one just days before the biggest game of his life? You probably didn't even need to give the test. They could have flat out asked him if he has smoked some pot recently and he most likely would have said "yeah, why?". I don't think college athletes, that have their way paid through school, should be out every night getting loaded off narcotics and what not, but I certainly don' t think they should be suspended for smoking a little weed. Regardless of your thoughts on the ever growing legalization of marijuana, I think the one time we can all agree it is acceptable is in college. That's the period of your life when you are supposed to experiment. Supposed to make bad decisions. Supposed to be a dredge on society. Hell, in all honesty, the use of marijuana probably deterred Carrington from doing something far more stupid. Any one that didn't at least dabble in a session or two certainly can't be trusted to have the social skills necessary to be a productive member of a college football team. Why Carrington? Why now? Chances are, if you gave ever player set to play in monday night's National Championship game a drug test, the pass rate would be about 1%, and that's because kicker's have no one to smoke with. Honestly, I am surprised they didn't hot box the locker rooms following last weekend's games. Look at the two semifinal games. Oregon put a 40 point (well 39, but they get the benefit of the doubt since they had to create new ways not to embarrass Florida State for the better part of the 4th quarter) beat down on a team that was coming off 29 consecutive wins. Ohio State, a team that was given a mere puncher's chance of winning by experts (if the puncher was deaf, dumb , and blind) defeated a team most thought was the best in the country. If you can't light up a few blunts in celebration after those two performances then we are basically living in a police state. Word to the wise, if you want college athletes to maintain their sobriety don't hold the semifinal games in Pasadena, California and New Orleans, Louisiana. Not to mention, half of this damn country is skipping through the streets legally taking pulls from their peace pipes, but a couple of successful college athletes can't take 'Puff The Magic Dragon' for a walk? That's the dumbest thing I have ever heard. We aren't talking about performance enhancing drugs. We aren't talking about life threatening substance abuse. We are most likely talking about a kid that wanted to enhance the taste of his shitty Portland pizza. A kid that came home after a beer, or 12, and sat around enjoying a night cap with some buddies. If that's not permissible in college anymore then I don't even know why people still go to college. It's certainly not the reliability of the job market. Telling me that a college kid has to miss the biggest opportunity of his life for smoking weed, while the entirety of the state that he resides in does so legally, is just about the most ass backwards thing I have ever heard in my life. This is why the NCAA is such a joke. Can we please put someone that understands what it means to be a college athlete in charge of the organization? Food for thought; College athletes can't make a dime off their production, or off their popularity, or off their likeness, or off their signature. The reason behind that is because they are merely kids. Kids who haven't earned the right to profit off themselves. I'm not saying I agree, but I am assuming that's the thought process behind the rule. Meanwhile the same kids, that are being treated as such, also can't indulge in the social aspects of being a college kid that make it such a great growing experience. I'm not saying that college athletes are slaves to the NCAA. They are, however, unpaid employees that are governed by a leading body which makes billions of dollars off their hard work. At the very least can we respect what they do in their free time, as long as it isn't damaging their health or their university's reputation? Ten Year Old Lion's Fan 'Cheated' Out Of Prize IN Musical Chairs Prior to Game At COwboys Stadium1/12/2015 http://kissfm969.com/10-year-old-detroit-lions-fan-from-amarillo-cheated-out-contest-at-dallas-cowboys-game-video/ KissFM- A family from Amarillo took their 10 year-old son Roman to last weekend’s football game at AT&T stadium between the Cowboys and Lions. The tickets were a surprise from Roman’s grandma because he is a huge Detroit Lions fan. Roman and his family made the trip from Amarillo to Arlington, TX. Before the game started Roman participated in a contest that was being held on one of the stages outside of the stadium. The game was musical chairs and the last person to get a chair would win a brand new PS4 Madden game. Roman ended up being the winner, but when the MC noticed he had a Detroit Lions jersey on she asked to do it all over again because he was a Detroit Lions fan. After they made Roman complete a re-do of musical chairs, the other guy Roman went against won this time — and, yes, he was a Dallas Cowboys fan. The MC said they both would receive prizes. The staff gave Roman a Batman DVD and handed the other guy the PS4 Madden game. Oh, cry me a fucking river Roman. How old are you, 10? It's time I teach you a little lesson that your shitty parents were too lazy to teach you. I know what you are thinking. No, I don't want to teach him about where babies come from, or tell him Santa isn't real, or tell him that his parents are just as likely to get divorced as they are to stay together. I want to let him know that life isn't fair. Shit happens, even to the best of us. That is no more true than it is when you bring home field advantage into the equation. The Lions lost because the Cowboys benefited off a favorable call in front of 100,000 of their own fans, and you missed out on your 'Madden' game because you had the wide eyed optimism to think you could win anything dressed in the opponent's colors. Won't be entering any more contests on enemy ground, will you Roman? You're lucky you got out of there without getting publicly shamed all over every inch of Jerry's 600 square foot Jumbotron. I don't discourage those that travel to see their team on the road. I have done it more times than I can count. This is society, however, and we have rules. Your neighbors don't walk into your house and put their dirty feet up on the coffee table, and you shouldn't get on stage and flaunt your Matthew Stafford jersey in front of the Dallas faithful. How am I supposed to feel bad for this kid? He is ten years old and he has already experienced a Lion's playoff game live. That's more than 98% of the truly battered and beaten fans of that franchise can say. If Grandma can afford a $300 ticket to a a football game in the house that Jerry built, she can most certainly afford a $50 video game. Don't think for a second that I believe in this kid's supposed 'die hard fandom' either. Be a real Lion's fan for me one time Roman. Bitch incessantly about how one penalty flag turned non-call was the reason you lost. Throw out conspiracy theories about how Jerry Jones was in the ref's pocket. Don't bitch about not winning a video game for a system that you don't even own. Stop being a brat. Sulk your head and drowned your pain in a few bottles of O'douls, It's time for you to get accustomed to what being a Lion's fan is REALLY about. Furthermore, they technically didn't steal the game from him. They just made him play musical chairs again and this time he lost. One for two doesn't exactly scream that Roman was the superior musical chairs participant to me. If this kid is crying about anything, it should be that he wasn't given an opportunity for a game 3. Instead he is bitching about not getting a free video game. Where's that competitive spirit son? Thank God the future Mrs. Stafford is stepping in to undo any progress we made teaching this kid a life lesson. She doesn't have anything better to do, like, oh I don't know, making sure her fat faced fiancé doesn't soil his diaper on national television. Not only is he going to get his video game now, but he's also going to get the system to play it on, as well as a signed Calvin Johnson helmet. God bless America in the 21st century. A kid misses out on a $50 video game and a bunch of strangers have already raised $2,000 for him via an online fundraiser. I forget, did this kid get 'cheated' out of a video game or his annual car insurance payment? That's the lesson we should be teaching the next generation. Something shitty happens and all you have to do is pout about it on the internet and get paid back ten fold. No wonder all our elders are complaining about 'kids these days'. Roman's got granny dropping a couple C notes on playoffs tickets, while a majority of the city he cheers for can't even afford to keep the lights on. Stop being greedy, kid. Thats's certainly a habit you don't want to get used to with Puff Matty quarterbacking your team. Can't wait until he hits puberty and realizes he won the the real prize all along, the company of these fine females.
http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2015/01/former_rutgers_star_jason_mccourty_describes_jealousy_of_brother_devins_postseason_success.html NJ.com- Look, I'm extremely happy for Devin. There are few people who will root harder for him. I know how hard he works, how bad he wants it, and I want to see him reach his goal. I want to be in Arizona on Feb. 1 as he wins his first Super Bowl ring. But every year, a part of me simmers with envy. I remember 2012, when the Patriots won the AFC Championship. A bunch of our teammates from Rutgers went up there to cheer Devin on. When New England beat the Ravens, the energy was amazing. Families started making Super Bowl travel arrangements. Friends and coaches who played a part along the way called with congratulations. Right then, I saw what it looked to come within striking distance of the ultimate goal. Those smiles, that feeling--I wanted to experience that, too. To put in that much work and get nothing, well it makes you so much hungrier. Six years of losing has definitely taken a toll, but I'm determined to continue to work hard and help my team achieve our goals. I think it's important, no matter your profession, to never become complacent and always strive for greatness. Right now, I'll cheer for Devin. I hope he has a great playoff run that ends with him winning Super Bowl MVP, especially since he's going into free agency. My mom has a dream of us suiting up for the same team. Maybe I can pull him to Tennessee, and we can win a championship together. Or, he can win a ring this year, then I tie him and surpass him. That's when the real trash talk will begin. If there is one thing in this world that is as strong as brotherly love it is a sibling rivalry. Anyone that has a brother comparable in age, never mind twins, can attest to that. That's why the only thing that is remotely surprising about this story is that Jason McCourty admitted it. You are supposed to suppress that envy deep in to your soul and let it constantly burn. Then when you do finally best your brother in something you talk a stream of shit so endless that it deserves a courtesy flush. Full disclosure, you're never even supposed to admit that you lost, or are losing. Don't believe me? Ask my brother, he's great at that. Even if you do, you certainly don't admit that it affects you. That's the best way to attract more harassment. Never show weakness, especially with someone who knows you as well as your own kin. Got to feel for Jason McCourty here though. Played on the same team as Devin throughout their entire lives. Actually started opposite each other for periods of time at Rutgers. They finally end up at a point in their careers where they are on separate teams on the largest stage, and the playing field is as far from equal as it could possibly be. Jason gets drafted one year earlier and ends up face first in the middle of a dumpster fire. Meanwhile, Devin earns first round draft pick status, and gets scooped up by possibly the most traditionally successful team in all of professional sports. He better hope the Tennessee Titans don't fuck up this draft. He might have to excommunicate himself from his family just to avoid his twin brother. Facing family, especially in a sport or hobby both of you fancy yourself talented at, is quite the phenomenon. Sometimes it feels like you try harder to beat your own brother than your most hated rival. Probably because your most hated rival didn't grow up with the same genetics and, most likely, can't text you on an hourly basis running his mouth. Strange phenomenon nonetheless. That rivalry aside, of course you want your brother to win, especially if you aren't part of the matchup. However, anyone that can watch their own blood succeed, despite their current failures in the same field, without a twinge of jealousy is either lying or a loser. Like Jason said, "when you play this sport, you play to win". There is no amount of talent that can carry someone whose only motivation is money. If winning doesn't fuel you, your chances of success are minuscule, especially in professional sports. So yeah, the second best thing that could happen to you is watching your brother win the Super Bowl, but you know what they say about second. It's definitely not first.
http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2015/01/bill_belichick_turns_patriots-ravens_postgame_press_conference_into_a_rutgers_infomercial.html NJ.com- This was an actual exchange during Bill Belichick's press conference following the thrilling 35-31 victory for the Patriots, and it's as if Rutgers had sent a video crew to Foxborough to make a recruiting DVD. Q. Can you talk about your Rutgers kids? A: They've played well for us, they really have. Of course they were in a great program there with Coach [Greg] Schiano and they were well coached at Rutgers. They've worked really hard here. Nobody's worked hard than Duron and Logan have in the last two years they've been here. Literally when the season was over last year, these guys were in a couple days after the season starting on this year back in, it was still January. Devin (McCourty) is obviously one of our hardest workers and has great leadership and character. I'm proud of all those guys and I'm sure Coach Schiano and the Rutgers program is too. They stepped up today [and] made some big plays for us. Despite being a man of many a written word, I am a man of very distinct and steadfast opinions. A simple man, you might say. Someone that either likes, hates, or is completely neutral towards pretty much everyone. That's why Bill Belichick is quite possibly my kryptonite. Don't get me wrong, I hate Bill Belichick. As painful as it is to say, I hate him because he's great. I hate him because he wins. I hate him because he is the most boring person on earth. I hate him because his personality is as dry as his wife's private parts. He's flatter than a four week old fountain soda. As monotonous and emotionless as a person of his power could possibly be. As charismatic as a mute on life support. Completely sapped of any excitability, which goes in defiance of his unparalleled will to win and dedication to success. That will to win, as well as a personal connection to Rutgers (his son played lacrosse and long snapper there), has led to him drafting countless players from the University. So while every fiber of my being wants to hate him, I can't help but respect him. I can't help but admire the exposure he has given to the Rutgers football program. Make no mistake, people may detest the man clad in a cutoff hoodie, but they take notice of his ways. When the coach of a franchise as successful as the New England Patriots has such a long resume of Rutgers allegiance it is impossible to ignore. It's impossible for other general managers and coaches not to notice how productive and prepared Rutgers players are. It's impossible for recruits not to be aware of how Rutgers, if nothing else, prepares you for life in the NFL. It's impossible for the support of one of the greatest football coaches of all time to not directly enhance the credibility of your university. So while I choked back the vomit taste as Bill Belichick and company once again walked out of a playoff game victorious, I couldn't help but be proud of Rutgers' alumni Devin McCourty and Duron Harmon. Two players whose interceptions proved vital to a Patriots win, the latter icing an appearance in the AFC championship game, save for a miracle Hail Mary attempt that McCourty once again proved significant on. I couldn't help be proud of Logan Ryan, another Rutgers' alumni that made a handful of plays and has worked his way into a being a productive NFL cornerback. I can't help but be proud of Tim Wright, a former Rutgers' wide receiver that has developed himself into a reliable weapon at tight end. As Bill Belichick, a man of few endorsements, waxed poetic about his nearly all Scarlet Knight secondary and the university from which they hail, I truly didn't know how to feel. It felt like your main adversary giving you high praise. It felt like a sworn enemy hitting on your girlfriend without realizing it. It was complimentary and loathsome all at the same time. It made me want to smile. It made me want to cry. It was like watching your best friend marry a girl you truly detest. You're happy for him, but sad at the situation. At the end of the day, my rooting interests take major precedence over my hatred of any sports figure. Anything that is good for Rutgers university is good for me. Despite his overwhelming banality, if Bill Belichick's advocacy of the Rutgers' program helps, in part, to get even one player of significance, I can suppress my animosity towards him. But I would be lying if I said it felt right. At the end of the day, it may sap me of my soul, but I realize these players still bleed Scarlet and wish them the best.
It's hard to blame Don here. This is totally on CNN. Don't get me wrong, absolutely befuddling choice of questions. I just don't think Don Lemon has any idea what is going on in the world. Yeah, he's employed by CNN, but you can't hire a retard to do a man's job. They just tell him to read senseless questions off a notecard so when they inevitably get backlash they can just blame him for it. You know how when you get in trouble your first instinct is to blame someone that isn't there? There hasn't been a time in his life when Don Lemon was "all there". First it was the "obviously there's a smell of marijuana in the air" comment during the Ferguson riots, then it was asking the homeless lady why she didn't avoid rape by chomping on Cosby's weapon of choice, and now he is flat out asking a human rights lawyer that happens to be Muslim if he supports ISIS. He may as well have asked "Hey, I couldn't comprehend what you just said, but you're pretty brown skinned, and a self proclaimed Muslim. Do you support needless beheadings?". If there's anything we can take away from this it's that his ignorance isn't discriminatory. The first hint that he doesn't support ISIS is that he on a national news source calmly speaking intellectually about Islamic extremists. You give any Islamic extremist a public platform and there is no doubt in my mind you won't have to ask if they support ISIS, It will be very clear from their initial response. Which really proves my point. There is nothing going on behind that mocha latte complexion. Don 'listened' to the guy completely answer the question for damn near 45 seconds and then asked the same exact question again. Then when Iftikhar was clearly offended by the question, Don just stared blankly into the camera like Will Smith came through with the 'Men In Black' memory zapper. Zero awareness that he just asked a completely ludicrous question. You can almost see the words going in one ear and out the other. If I asked Lemon to repeat what he said 30 seconds after he said it he would just mutter a bunch of key words like "Muslim", "ISIS", and "Islam" before he got a headache and had to lay down. P.S. Hilarious watching the guest restrain his response when he was clearly pissed. Can't be the brown guy on television yelling after a religious terrorist attack, stunning awareness on his end, and his end only. If that guy raised his voice one octave Lemon would have labeled him the head of ISIS, no doubt in my mind. Best of Donny boy... http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/01/08/indianapolis-colts-trent-richardson
SI- Indianapolis Colts general manager Ryan Grigson said during a radio interview he did not regret trading for running back Trent Richardson in September 2013. Richardson was traded from the Cleveland Browns to Indianapolis for a first-round draft pick. The running back has 977 yards and six touchdowns in 29 games with the Colts, averaging only 3.1 yards a carry. "When we made that trade it was a great shot in the arm," Grigson said, according to ESPN.com. "I felt like it was the right football move at that time. I’ll never back off that thought. I thought it was a no-brainer." I always laugh when people mutter the phrase 'no regrets'. The whole concept behind it is baffling. Does it make you feel better to say that everything happens for a reason than to admit you fucked up? It's okay Ryan Grigson, you can admit you fucked up. We all do, in one way or another, at some point. You don't have to hate yourself for it, but you can certainly regret it. To not regret it is to show no remorse. You are the general manager of a professional football team. You should regret things. I'm just a normal person and I regret shit everyday. I regret taking the wrong way home if I get stuck in five minutes of traffic. I pretty much always regret the last two to three beers. I regret every goddamn thing I ate over the holidays. I haven't even finished it yet, and I already regret writing this stupid blog. Meanwhile, this dick is just claiming it was the right move like we have never seen Trent Richardson take the ball, run into his own lineman, and fall over for a two yard loss. Everyone who has every traded for Richardson in fantasy leagues nationwide regrets trading for him. If it was still the 90's I would regret trading for a Trent Richardson Upper Deck playing card. Trent Richardson's youngest cousin wouldn't even trade for him in Madden. It wasn't the right trade at the time, and it certainly isn't the right trade now. That trade was a 'no-brainer' only in the sense that it didn't include the use of your brain. Running backs are a dime a dozen. For every successful first round running back there are five more that are eventually replaced by late round picks or undrafted free agents. Richardson played one snap in last week's playoff game against the Bengals. One snap. On a play he wasn't even involved in. His usefulness was comparable to that of a parking cone. The running backs in front of him? Daniel Herron and Zurlon Tipton. That's right, Zurlon. I had to reread the article twice just to make sure I was still on the planet earth. Your first round draft pick turned out to be less valuable than some interplanetary afterthought. Luckily, it hasn't hurt the franchise, thanks in large part to Andrew Luck. However, there is no shame in showing regret. Sometimes you just got to chalk it up to a loss, and I regret every time I have ever lost anything. http://elitedaily.com/news/world/men-take-selfies-more-psycopathic/899616/
New research from a team at The Ohio State University shows men who take frequent selfies display higher than average psychopathic tendencies, while those editing their photos before uploading are more self-objectifying. Whether the pictures were edited or #NoFilter, both selfie-posting groups were more narcissistic than the average male. Let me start by saying that we are all narcissists. It's 2015, everyone is relatively self absorbed. Everyone cares how they look. As a fairly low maintenance male, that hasn't had to worry about doing his hair in longer than a decade, I still take a few glances at the mirror before I leave the house. Look good, feel good, play good. Sometimes you just need that affirmation. I know when I look good. I know when I look like shit. Self awareness is an integral part of one's daily life. No matter how good of a day I am having, I can promise you one thing. I look good in a selfie NEVER percent of the time. Solo selfies. Selfies with friends. Complete train wreck. Every single time. Give someone else the camera and I'm coming in hot at a 7.7. Take the picture myself and were flirting with a field goal deduction. So, as always, it narrows down to the classic question, the chicken or the egg? Are psychopaths more prone to taking selfies, or are selfie takers more prone to becoming psychopaths because they think they always look like hot garbage? I don't think a man that takes the occasional picture of himself is a psychopath. With strong certainty I can say that almost every man has at least taken one picture of himself with his phone. Maybe not posted it to the ever judging world, but at least taken it. What are you just going to completely ignore the use of the reverse button on your iPhone? I can also say, with a moderate amount of certainty, that if you post pictures of yourself on the internet often enough to become known as 'one of those people' there is a solid chance you have some skeletons in your closet. No, but really. I legit think that male selfie takers store dead bodies in their closet, or under their floor boards, or in their basement. This theory is only accentuated by the use of a filter, or a reference to lack thereof, on a picture of yourself. If your first thought when you take a picture of yourself is, "how can I prove to everyone but myself that I am not a hideous human being?", than you shouldn't be around any blunt objects or innocent human beings. If you ever feel like asking me, "Hey Robbie, why don't you constantly take pictures of yourself?". My response will undoubtedly be that "self doubt and constant nitpicking can lead to self harm and body dysmorphia", and quite frankly, I like my wrists far better uncut. If I looked good when I left the house that's how I am going to look all day. Doesn't have to true, but you can bet your ass it's not false. I don't need to constantly judge my appearance on an hourly basis, ain't nobody got time for that. Except quite the opposite is true. Far too many people have time for that, and thus confirms what the rational demographic of society has known for awhile, there are a lot of fucking psychos out there.
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/24942276/larry-david-wants-to-be-jets-offensive-coordinator
CBSSports- Either Larry David thinks very highly of his abilities to coach up a football team, or he figures that the bar has been set so low in recent years by the likes of Brian Schottenheimer, Tony Sparano and Marty Mornhinweg, that the Jets wouldn't be any worse off if they hired him to coordinate up the offense. Either way, David, who was the co-creator of Seinfeld and the man behind Curb Your Enthusiasm, explained to Howard Stern why he's qualified for the job. Murphy's Law; Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. Nobody embraces that ideology more than the New York Jets. It's not just a mindset, its a lifestyle, and the Jets have basically perfected it. You could bring in Vince Lombardi tomorrow and it wouldn't change the trajectory of the Jets' fortunes. That's why you have to embrace the chaos. Who better to embrace chaos than the creator of 'Seinfeld' and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'? Two shows that turn generic, everyday situations into a chore. Shows that turn social awkwardness into the norm. No one is more aware of every intricacy of social mannerisms than Larry David. If one of main characteristics of being a successful NFL coordinator is attention to detail, than Larry David has it in spades.
You wanna talk about a seamless transition? They should have hired Larry David as the head coach yesterday. Rex Ryan has basically been doing his best George Costanza impersonation for the last five years. Franchise is marred by mediocrity? Fuck it, predict a Super Bowl appearance. Lost by 30 to the Bills? Everything is fine. Everyone is still trying really hard. Make foot fetish videos with the wife? Eh, just treat it like it's normal, and everyone will forget about it. It's not lying if you believe it, right? Who better to take the reigns of a team whose attitude doesn't parallel reality than someone that has never met a social stigma he couldn't systematically reverse. Tired of coach speak? Larry David has never been shy with his opinions. Tired of Rex's defensive mentality? I can promise you that Larry David is the most 'offensive' coach you could possibly hire. If this team needs a change in culture from the player friendly confines of a Rex Ryan locker room, who better to do it than the social assassin? That's about as far as you can possibly get from hiring a people person.
The Jets most glaring problem the last few years has been an obvious disconnect between coach and quarterback. With Geno Smith still on the roster, and Jameis Winston prone to doing anything and everything to drop his draft stock out of the top 5, the Jets are all but guaranteed to be starting an erratic, unpredictable quarterback. If their is anyone that has a history of successfully reigning in an enigmatic, anamolous 'Black' man, it is Larry David. After all, he did spend years working with Leon. If Leon had all the athletic ability in the world, and about half the brain cells, the personalities of he and Jameis would practically be indiscernible. If there is anyone that can teach a old balding white man how to relate to the darker demographic it is Leon. Need I say more...
Plus, if we are going to give credence to the elephant in the room, it can't get worse, right? It takes someone of great character to align themselves with something as ugly as the Jets' offense. It there is one thing that goes without question, it is that Larry David is absolutely a character.
He doesn't exactly have the clout of Mike Tomlin yet...
http://www.nola.com/recruiting/index.ssf/2015/01/snoop_doggs_son_cordell_broadu_1.html
NOLA.com- Snoop Dogg's son Cordell Broadus will sign with an FBS program on National Signing Day and play college football with one of several programs recruiting the Under Armour All-American. Broadus, however, needed a bit of coaxing to getting into the sport. He told Bleacher Report that his father paid him $2,000 to play football when he was six. Broadus said that his father still tells him to this day that he will have to pay him back if he makes it to the NFL. Outrageous move. Simply outrageous. Doesn't mean I love it any less though. Snoop Dogg has been a relatively successful rapper/actor for as long as I can remember. He's made more money than he knows what to do with. How could he possibly live vicariously through his son if his son had chosen acting? That's no fun. I'm childless at the moment, but I am pretty sure the entire point of having kids is to force them into doing the things you never got to do. Snoop Dogg just didn't want to be the father that had to drag his kid around to movie sets all day. He's done enough of that in his own career. Anyone that knows Snoop, knows that he is an avid sports fan. Every sports lover dreams of being biologically responsible for a professional athlete, imagine if all you had to do was fork over as couple G's to get him going in the right direction? Why not take the chance that your son may be become the next Jerry Rice. Sure, there is always the potential that he might scramble a majority of his braincells by the 6th grade, but that's just a chance you have to take. It's not like the D-O-Double-G has any financial concerns. If it worked out, like it has to this point, Snoop gets to smoke a bunch of reefer and proudly attend major college football, and potentially NFL, games. He would most likely be a the guest of honor with front row seats or a sideline pass. If it didn't work out, they would remain rich as fuck, and Snoop uses his connections to get his son into the acting business anyway. Everyone knows you go from the gridiron to the big screen, not the other way around. Score enough touchdowns and you'll never have a problem getting yourself on television. Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you'll land amongst the stars. That's never been more true than a case where your father's social status already makes you a star. I have seen far too many bad movies to know that being a legacy matters as much, if not more, than actual acting talent. P.S. Even though he paid his son to play sports, you still got to think Snoop Dogg took advantage of his son here. When you are young $2,000 dollars might as well be a million. Not to mention $2,000 to Snoop is lunch money. Could have easily played a better brand of hardball with dear old dad.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/01/07/shooting-reported-at-office-satirical-french-newspaper/
FoxNews- Black-clad gunmen shouting "Allahu Akbar!" stormed the Paris offices of a satirical publication known for lampooning Islam Wednesday, killing 12, including its editor, three political cartoonists and a police officer whose cold-blooded murder at close range was captured on a disturbing video. The masked, Kalashnikov-toting shooters moved with military precision, and then escaped following the 11:30 a.m. attack at Charlie Hebdo, the publication known for challenging Muslim terrorists with a 2011 caricature of Prophet Muhammed on its cover and which recently tweeted a cartoon of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and were being sought. First of all, it's a sad day. Obviously it's a sad day when innocent people die, something that has become far too common an occurrence this day in age. It's also a sad day when innocent people die over, of all things, a joke. A couple drawn out cartoon images in a magazine whose job it is to be polarizing for humor's sake. It's just the society we live in now. You can't say anything without offending someone, even if what you are saying was meant in jest. This is exactly why I said a widespread premiere of the movie "The Interview" would be bad a idea, despite a large percentage of Americans thinking otherwise. I get it. We're the United States. We feel as though we can do what we want, even if it means making a cinematic parody of the murder of a world leader. However, call me overly cautious, but I would rather be safe than sorry. All it takes is one. All it takes is one person with a hero complex. All it takes is one pissed off American born person of North Korean ancestry. All it takes is one gun. One bullet. One innocent life taken. And had that happened, would it really be worth it? Is there any single life out there that equates in worth to a shitty Seth Rogan comedy? So while Kim Jung-Un and North Korea aren't exactly Al Queda and the Islamic State, I think I would rather they save the gay jokes and poop comedy for a movie that doesn't draw the ire of an international lunatic. I'm not here to say that what happened in Paris was the fault of the magazine. I am saying that I, personally, wouldn't publish a cartoon with the headline "Still No Attacks In France" after my country has received multiple threats from an organization that has a history of terrorism. Especially after attacks of the same manner had already been restrained. It's just not worth it. For the hundreds of times it doesn't end in mass homicide, there could always be the one time that it does. As much as I like a good politically incorrect joke, maybe they could have been a little more subtle about it. I like living my life without fear much more than I like an over the top religious joke. After all, we are talking about a radical Muslim group, not poking fun at the priesthood and their proclivity for pedophilia. It is sad that it has come to this. That jokes can't be jokes. That being offended could mean loading a gun. That somehow, in the minds of these savages, innocent human lives are collateral damage for a couple of caricatures. That the inability to laugh at oneself could so easily translate to mass murder. It is truly baffling when things of this nature happen. Literally moments after a joke was published and you have a bunch of guys with firearms running up in your office. Almost as if they were sitting there cleaning their guns and refreshing their Twitter feed waiting for the proverbial third strike. I think it's important we use this morning's tragedy as a lesson. I'm not of the opinion that people should be censoring themselves, I think that is fairly evident, but they also shouldn't be baiting anarchist groups that historically have no appreciation for human life. My heart goes out to the families and friends of the deceased. I can't even wrap my head around how you even begin the grieving process after such a needless catastrophe. Tonight's game between the 26th place New Jersey Devils and the 28th place Buffalo Sabres isn't worth more than the sentence I already spent on it. The Devils, for the first time in what feels like ages, have won two in row. Tonight, however, isn't about the team, although consummate Devil Patrik Elias would argue otherwise. Tonight, Elias became the first New Jersey Devil to rack up 1,000 points, after notching his 600th and 601st assist, all while representing Jersey's team. Underrated. Understated. Under appreciated. All accurately describe one of the most consistent and creative Devils of all time. It's easy to forget how long Elias has been a part of the team, and how much he has meant to this franchise. Despite what has been a disappointing season, both personally and collectively, thus far, Elias has always been one of New Jersey's most prolific scorers and playmakers. A player that has sacrificed his own personal stats, although they are nothing to scoff at, to contribute to the greater good. It's no coincidence that the Devils two most productive lines of all time ('The A Line' and "The EGG Line') both featured number 26 as a focal point. Elias had his chances to leave. He had his opportunities to dash to supposedly greener pastures. Most Devils fans will vividly remember a time when the New York Rangers had a big money contract on the table with his name on it. That's what makes Elias different. His loyalty. His emphasis on winning, no matter what role that required him to play. Center, winger, power play, penalty kill; Elias has done it all, and done it all extremely well. Whether you poll his teammates, both past and present, or you poll the fans, both would tell you he has made every player he has played with more productive. Any true Devils fan would find it nearly impossible not to feel emotional at the announcement of Elias 1,000th point. After all, he's been here for so many of the good times. So many of the milestones. So many of the wins and championships. And it's not only his presence, but the impact he had during those moments. A clutch game winning goal in game 6 of the 2000 Eastern Conference Finals. A goal which all but clinched a Stanley Cup Finals appearance after falling 3 games to 1 to the Philadelphia Flyers. The most famous pass in Devils history. A no-look pass which found Jason Arnott cutting down the slot in double overtime and won the Devils their second Stanley Cup. A list of highlight reel plays so extensive that even the longest tenured of Devils fans can't recall them all. Perhaps it's not a goal, or a pass, or a milestone that best encapsulates Patrik Elias' career to this point. Perhaps it's the picture below. A picture taken immediately after the Devils won the Stanley Cup in 2000. A picture which showcases Elias wearing longtime linemate and teammate, Petr Sykora's jersey. Sykora had been knocked out of the game by a violent open ice hit. Just moments after winning his first Stanley Cup championship on a career defining play, and it still wasn't about him. It never is, and unlike most professional athletes, Elias prefers it that way. Really, that's the beauty of it all. While his potentially Hall Of Fame career has gone by largely unnoticed, it's the fans that he has performed in front of for so many years that truly appreciate his value. A value that cannot simply be characterized by something as tangible as statistics, no matter how impressive they may be. While this year has been forgettable, Elias and his career contributions have not. He's as selfless as they come. It will be an honor to watch Patty finish out his career where he belongs and have the opportunity to bask in his individual accomplishments when they raise his number 26 to the rafters of The Prudential Center. http://thebiglead.com/2015/01/06/chris-christie-personally-pushed-for-jerry-jones-to-receive-government-contract/ The Big Lead- Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, “personally pushed” for a firm partly owned by Jerry Jones to receive a government contract in New York City prior to accepting free travel and tickets to multiple Cowboys games, according to a report from the International Business Times. The deal involved hospitality services at the World Trade Center. Oh Jesus, here we go. We get a few screen grabs of Chris Christie dressed like the Syracuse Orange and rubbing dicks with Jerry Jones and all the sudden we have to question his entire resume. Show me a politician who doesn't have some digable dirt, and I'll show you a laundry list of his failures. Personally, I am pretty neutral on Chris Christie. However, whether you loathe him or love him directly correlates to how you feel about this issue. If you hate him, you surely think his presence at an out of state football game compromises his ability to run the state of New Jersey. If you like him, you probably feel as though it's a non-issue. And you know what? For once, the staunch Republicans are right about something. Chris Christie taking a Sunday night or two away from the job to watch football and enjoy the luxuries that come with being a powerful political figure is the worst possible reason to criticize him. In fact, it's downright un-American to chastise him for such a thing. So you're telling me that two years ago a popular politician backed the company of a prestigious business mogul? Well, you don't say. Almost unfathomable that a business man and politician could be in cahoots together. For fuck's sake, throw in a lawyer and you've covered just about every unfunny "walk into a bar…" joke on the planet. Tell me something I don't know. Rich and powerful men tend to gravitate towards other rich and powerful men. Is it corrupt that Chris Christie pushed for a firm that Jerry Jones was involved with to win the job? Maybe. Does his presence at numerous Cowboy's games this year have anything to do with a contract signed nearly TWO FULL YEARS ago? Fuck and no. We can stop making it seem like Chris Christie traded the safety of the World Trade Center observation deck outright for a chartered flight and a couple of box seats. If this is corruption then half of our workforce is corrupt. This is corruption in the same way that getting the upper hand on a job through a friend or acquantaince is corruption. If this is corruption then so is Kevin Love getting traded to the Cavaliers, or Eli Manning forcing a draft day trade to the Giants. As they say, it's not about what you know, but who you know. Is it feasible that maybe, just maybe, Jerry Jones is involved with legitimate business entities? If there is one thing I know about Jerry Jones it's that he loves his underaged strippers. If there is two things I know about Jerry Jones it's that he knows a good business venture when he sees one. It's not like Chris Christie backed the hiring of Romo and the gang to watch over the observation deck. Is it relatively annoying that Brady Hoke's long lost twin brother is a Cowboys fan? A little bit. It's not entirely surprising though. Everyone that was born in the 80's grew up with at least a couple people that are Cowboys fans for no other reason then they were winning when they were young. It's quite possible they have the biggest bandwagon in sports history. Why would a politician, who's job forces him to have questionable moral character, be above being a bandwagon fan? He's probably a Notre Dame fan and a Bulls fan too. Regardless, Chris Christie taking a day trip to Dallas is in no way a sign of him letting his fan-hood take precedence over his responsibilities as Governor, and its certainly not something that is worthy of any background check. The only ethics violation he is guilty of is being a shitty sports fan.
Can we really blame Braxton at this point? Has anyone been dealt a rawer deal then preseason Heisman hopeful Braxton Miller? I mean student athlete wise. I think he's doing fairly well in comparison to your average schmuck. However, he's basically one more successful Ohio State quarterback away from being a complete afterthought due to no fault of his own. I have been in a situation like this. Dealing with an injury and having to watch your team from the sidelines. I'm not saying you should be rooting against them, but I'll be damned if the thought doesn't cross our mind. Something about not being part of the whole experience is somewhat depressing, regardless of how happy you are for your teammates. Plus, there is always the distinct possibility that Miller will never be an active participant on the Ohio State football team ever again. Coming off a serious injury, and headed into an all important final collegiate year, Braxton may be far better served to transfer to a place where he has a chance to start. Especially when the alternative is to compete with two quarterbacks who have proved equally impressive on the field. There's not many backup quarterbacks who have a sky high draft status, despite what they have proved throughout their career. While it's not so much a fall from grace within the program, I would imagine seeing not one, but two players, that were once your inferior on the depth chart gain so much recognition would be enough to make you question the university's loyalty towards you going forward.
Even still, probably not the best look to pick against your very own university on social media. For someone posting cryptic essays about loyalty on Instagram, he's surely not showing much himself. Miller may be the most resentful person in the world at this point, and while it's semi-understandable, it's far better for his future to play the roll of a genuinely great teammate than it is to play the disgruntled quarterback. Adding another character flaw to the injury concerns he already undoubtedly raises is certainly not something that will serve him well in scouting circles. No one would blame Braxton for bolting the crowded and competitive backfield of Ohio State for a much more concrete starting gig, but he also shouldn't be burning bridges or stepping on any toes on his way out of the door. If Miller isn't feeling the love it's best to suppress those feelings until he is grazing the greener pastures. Pun intended, seeing as the team he picked to beat his current team is a very possible destination for him next year.
Of course, this 'favorite' was most likely a wayward click of the mouse, and we are simply making a mountain out of a mole hill. Given Ohio State quarterbacks thoughts on class it's safe to say they aren't the biggest fans of reading comprehension. Kid Gets DUI After Stealing Cart From Rose Bowl And Attempting To Drive Across Town To His Car1/5/2015 http://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2015/01/05/rose-bowl-cart-theft-dui# SI- Thursday evening at around 10 p.m. PST, police received a 911 call from a witness stating that someone was joy-riding in a nine-passenger golf cart on the 210 Freeway. When he was caught, it was revealed that he was just trying to make the trek to his car a little easier. “He took the cart and was trying to get to his car on the other side of Pasadena,” said Sgt. Mike Munoz. “It’s definitely chalked up as one of the new experiences for a lot of people here.” Andrew Aldridge, the 19-year-old driver of the Rose Bowl cart, was arrested on suspicion of DUI. I was all set to agree with this kid. I was all set to call him an innocent victim. Everyone that has gone to a major sporting event knows. That trek back to your car after one or six too many beers and a 3-4 hours of sitting on your ass is a rough one. If someone left an unsupervised cart in front of me with the keys in the ignition I would probably consider driving it back to my car too. That is, if my car wasn't on the other side of town. Anything in the parking lot is fair game. You want to steal that cart and drive your drunk ass to the last row of the parking lot and abandon it, by all means. You can't get a DUI while driving a cart on a golf course or in a parking lot, everyone knows that. Once you have to leave the fantasy world of creating your own driving lanes, cutting across traffic, honking horns, and tailgaters and enter the open road where there is a distinct set of rules, you take responsibility for whatever happens to you. Talk about the ultimate error in judgement. Too drunk to realize that stealing a golf cart and driving it on the highway is an insanely bad idea, while also being too drunk to realize that the walk, he tried so hard to avoid, may have saved him from getting a normal DUI once he got to his actual car. I'm no brain surgeon, but I think literally any other excuse is better than "I was drunk driving this less dangerous motor vehicle so I could get back to my more dangerous motor vehicle quicker, and then drive that while drunk." His excuse for getting a DUI was essentially that he was looking for the fastest way to potentially get a DUI. Furthermore, this kid is 19 years old. Use a brain cell for me one time kid. You aren't even supposed to be legally drunk in public, never mind stealing property. Save the drunk misdemeanors for after you turn 21. I've learned that it's always best to commit one crime at a time. I get it, drunk people love golf carts. It's hard to turn down the opportunity if one magically appears in your double vision. Just got to be smarter about it. Take that thing for a spin around the stadium while some of that buzz wears off, then dust off the old Uber app. P.S. If this kid was a Florida State fan all charges need to be dropped. Sitting through Thursday's game was punishment enough. Plus, he has been living in a fantasy land where his team never loses despite insurmountable circumstances, and where athletes dodge rape allegations, among other charges, unscathed. Losing by 40 probably turned his world on it's side. Probably didn't even realize he wasn't allowed to do that. Probably thinks his student ID doubles as a PBA card. P.P.S. Best hijacked golf cart video of all time…. Like most 80's babies, I had my wrestling crazed years in my adolescence. However, I am pretty sure the glory years of the Rik Flair era had come to an abrupt end before I really started paying attention. Sure, I knew he was a popular wrestler that yelled "WOO!" a lot, but that's really where the extent of my knowledge ended. But damn, Rik Flair was a man before his time, huh? I'm almost positive it was socially unacceptable in all walks of life to have this much swag as a middle aged white man. I think it's safe to say that if Rik Flair doesn't have a black card, then the whole concept of a black card needs to cease to exist. If you gave me a transcript of that monologue and took out all the 'woo's' I would swear on everything holy that it was an African American talking. I picture 'The Godfather' meets D-Lo Brown, not a Miami Vice look-a-like with flowing blonde hair.
This video goes to show that maybe, just maybe, I'm not completely wrong. Can something be considered an impersonation if it's actually an enhancement? Colts' safety Sergio Brown didn't just do a Rik Flair impression, he put Rik Flair to shame. Is it possible that casting a leather skinned white guy in the role of Rik Flair was a mistake? Shit, If Rik Flair isn't a black name then I don't know what is. If Sergio Brown joined the WWE tomorrow, I would instantly start watching again, not to mention have a new favorite wrestler. As a backup safety, Brown may not have the best job security in the world, but he certainly doesn't have to worry about life after football. He could drop the NFL like a bad habit and become a wrestler, or a motivational speaker, or a goddamn car salesman. Kid has got charisma oozing from every pore. A level of pizazz and magnetism that most could only dream about. Reminds me of a young James Brown. I don't even care if he's a one trick pony. He's basically a fastball pitcher that is never going to lose his fastball. He'll always have a job with that heat. Other than the outrageously inflated contracts and the ability to make a living doing something you've done for fun since you were a child, this is what is awesome about being a professional athlete. There is nothing like a locker room atmosphere. Impressions, shit talk, traditions, friendships, brotherhood. It doesn't get better than that. Unlike 90% of cube dwelling 9-5ers, football players can actually be themselves in the workplace. They don't have to put forth some facade. They don't have to pretend to think their coworkers are funny. They don't have to force some counterfeit sense of commonality, or fake a smile at every turn. They can just go about their business and have a knee slappin' good time. Could it be because you don't have to worry about humor being an issue when 90% of the locker room is black? Most definitely, but it doesn't change the fact that the locker room culture is one of great amusement regardless. I can't, in good conscience, sit here and tell you that I wouldn't be livid had the Saints faced the same circumstances that the Detroit Lions faced yesterday. On the surface, the myriad of calls that went the Cowboys way in such a short time span looked suspicious, at best. If it happened to the Saints I would probably be picketing outside the NFL offices as speak (most likely just making empty threats on the internet). Those that know me know I am the farthest thing from a Cowboys apologist or supporter. However, I also don't think it's fair to call in the conspiracy theorists quite yet. The call most are focusing on is the pass interference call against the Dallas Cowboys that was inexplicably reversed after about 5 minutes and change. If that was your issue you most certainly have a point. Bad calls happen every game. Sometimes they get overturned once the officials have a meeting of the minds. Generally that doesn't, or shouldn't, occur after the ball has been re-spotted and damn near 120 seconds have passed. In my opinion, that's the only thing that the officials did wrong. Was it pass interference? Well, maybe. Upon first glance I thought it was a bad call. Yeah, face guarding is a penalty, but with such a minimal amount of contact I would have preferred they kept their flags in their pocket to begin with. It really was about as borderline as it gets in terms of pass interference. Call me old school, but I don't like to reward the offensive team when the ball is thrown into the swell of the defenders back and the receiver has little to no play on the ball regardless if the defender was facing the QB or not. Still, if they wanted to pick up the flag, or were even considering it, could you do it in a timely manner for me one time stripes? The two defensive holding calls that happened mere minutes after FlagGate only exacerbated an already skeptical viewing audience. Can you really say any of those calls were blatantly wrong though?The Lions corner back was essentially humping Cole Beasley's leg seconds before the ball was even near him, and Lance Dunbar was tackled exiting the backfield for a screen pass on a crucial third down play. The biggest mistake the officials made was not a blown call, but more so a lack of professionalism and urgency, and that's far more than you can say for most NFL games. Regardless of the legitimacy of the officiating. The Lions have no one to point fingers at but their team and their coaches. This is a team that scored six measly points after the 2 minute mark of the first quarter. A team that boasts a formidable 1-2 punch in the back field in Joique Bell and Reggie Bush. A team that lays claim to far and away the best wide receiver in football in Calvin Johnson, and a breakout star in Golden Tate. A team whose quarterback, who they drafted first overall, should be far enough along in his career to put up more than a couple field goals in over 3 quarters of play. To place blame, first and foremost, on the officiating crew would be to ignore the blatantly obvious. The Lions are an underachieving team that didn't deserve to win yesterday. Could you make the argument that the Cowboys didn't either? Absolutely. However, while the officials certainly didn't do Detroit any favors, 3 second half turnovers and an anemic offensive performance were for more responsible for the Lions' early offseason. If I'm a Lions fan I am much more pissed at the regression in Matthew Stafford. If that fat face could throw an accurate ball, we're not talking about this today. We're not worried a play where he nailed a defender in between the numbers on his back instead of giving him a legitimate play on the ball. Fact is, despite the questionable ruling by the officials, the refs weren't the ones that failed to put the nail in the coffin of the Cowboys season after being spotted a 14 point lead.
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