Predictions and general chat

[maqroll]

On February 2, 2016 at 06:55, BOF said:

I suppose that's what I'm getting at.  Has it actually become less competitive than it once was.  That's my perception.  I know it was never full on, but it seems to have gone down even from where it was.  I don't resent the players getting a jolly or a reward.  Far from it.  Fair play to them.  But I don't need to watch it

Of all the 4 "all star games", the Pro Bowl is the most meaningless of them all. I'd be more interested in a skills competition than a touch scrimmage.

[Tegis]

6 hours ago, maqroll said:

I wonder if we can have new threads for each year, like NFL 2016. That way, if we want to scroll back to look at predictions, etc., it would be much easier...

Just a thought...

Problem with that is the pruning of inactive threads (Without a poll) Most threads in here are gone

[BOF]

We could always add a poll predicting that season's superbowl winner, what with it being a predictions thread 'n all.

[StefanAVFC]

Browns or bust

[maqroll]

peyton getting trashed in the media for worse than drugs

[BOF]

If you're on about the Tennessee thing, I found this to be a very interesting rebuttal.  Seemingly it's a poisonous little troll trying his best to drum up old and resolved news.

Fake-black race troll Shaun King’s Peyton Manning hit piece was built on lies.

“But I decided, on a whim, to Google ‘Peyton Manning sexual assault University of Tennessee.'” – Shaun King  

New York Daily News contributor Shaun King has an axe to grind. As a fake-black race troll who has reportedly been “excommunicated” by the Black Lives Matter movement for lying about his own racial heritage, King knows that the only way to remain relevant in the click-iverse is to craft culturally hypersensitive hit pieces on admired white athletes in the interest of shaming the public and the media.

After Super Bowl 50, King put forth the proposition that Peyton Manning was being treated differently than Cam Newton and that the contrast in the way the two quarterbacks were being looked upon was motivated by racism. It wasn’t, of course.

Manning, who has conducted himself as a consummate professional for as long as he has been in the NFL, is universally lauded for his accomplishments, not his whiteness. And Newton, who has long been noted for pouting when the chips were down, responded poorly to losing the Super Bowl, acting like a petulant child when he faced the media after the game.

Newton’s criticism was well-earned but King, who makes his living chumming the waters of racism (and possibly by setting up fake charities), decided to make it his mission to prove that fans and media outlets were looking down their noses at Newton because he’s African American.

Based on a tip that he admits to having received via a Facebook comment, King started digging into a scandalous 20-year old story about Peyton Manning “assaulting” a female trainer at the University of Tennessee and, based on documents he secured by the alleged victim’s attorney, he proceeded to pen a piece for the NY Daily News headlined “Peyton Manning’s squeaky-clean image was built on lies.”

The NFL media has long been aware of the allegations made against Manning when he was 19 years old. They are so commonly known, in fact, that they are mentioned on Manning’s Wikipedia page. Still, the allegations were news to King so he decided to take it on himself to make them new to everybody else once again. Manning is probably retiring, after all, and he just won a Super Bowl. King determined that the timing was perfect to publish a TMZ-esque shock piece knowing that the clicks would come rolling in. And roll in they did.

King’s NY Daily News piece has been so widely read that it appears right at the top of Google in a search for Peyton Manning’s name. The popularity of the article backfired on Shaun King, though. While he succeeded in riling up a few bitter Patriots fans and other race-baiting trolls like himself he also wound up with a spot light being shown onto his own suspicious past.

In particular, King earned the attention of the tenacious Clay Travis of Fox Sports and Outkick the Coverage. Travis has spent the past two days decimating King’s reputation and reporting on the fake outrage that has followed his article. Additionally, Travis has revealed material changes in the story of Manning’s alleged victim who, as it turns out, may be a serial victim; also known as somebody who sues people for income.

Twenty years ago Manning’s alleged victim made no claims of any type of physical contact. Those claims were made seven years later when she sued the Manning family for defamation. That detail wasn’t included in Shaun King’s biting article, however. The piece was written for one purpose and only one purpose — to establish a racial undertone to the lack of outrage surrounding Manning and to contrast that with the way the media has treated Cam Newton.

The poorly researched hit piece was so bad that many (real) African American’s have now spoken on the matter. On Monday, journalist Jason Whitlock told Dan Patrick, “The guy that wrote this story for the New York Daily News, he’s not a journalist.”

“He’s a race hustler from Twitter, from the Black Lives Matter movement, who stirs racial controversy to elevate himself,” Whitlock continued. “Listen, the guy’s been busted. First of all, he’s white and presenting himself as black. He said that as a child in high school he was allegedly attacked by a group of white people because he was black. Well, he wasn’t black and there were people saying that wasn’t why he was attacked and there’s no proof of it. He said that it was the first hate crime in Kentucky or whatever.”

According to Whitlock, he even interviewed Shaun King for a writing position while at ESPN and after interviewing him said, “Holy cow. There’s so much suspicious, skeptical stuff to this guy that we walked away and looked into the stories he told us, and we couldn’t find proof of them.”

Sadly, the damage done by King’s article can only be undone with time, but by publishing it, King has done even greater damage to his own shaky reputation as an activist and as a journalist.

Below you will find an original signed court affidavit from the alleged victim that includes no mention of any physical contact. Credit: @ClayTravis 

1996 signed court affidavit

[Brumerican]

Who hasn't flashed their nuts at a physio before ?

Nothing to see here. 

[BOF]

The only NFL player ever to die* on the field.  Chuck Hughes. 1971.

Hughes, a decoy on the play, began running back to the huddle with 1:02 showing on the clock. Suddenly, he dropped to the turf clutching his chest around the 20-yard line. Hughes collapsed near Bears linebacker Dick Butkus, who saw him begin to convulse violently on the field. Realizing what was going on, Butkus motioned to the sideline frantically to get Hughes assistance

 

 

* pronounced dead at hospital but you get the jist

[Dante_Lockhart]

Williams and Johnson both hitting FA after being cut. Foster cut. Chandler cut. It's all going on

[Milfner]

Edit: wrong thread

[BOF]

Former defensive end with the Saints, Will Smith, shot dead after having words with some word removed who rear ended him in traffic. This is why I think guns are bollocks. Because at a flash point, a simple argument can become fatal.

[Brumerican]

24 minutes ago, BOF said:

Former defensive end with the Saints, Will Smith, shot dead after having words with some word removed who rear ended him in traffic. This is why I think guns are bollocks. Because at a flash point, a simple argument can become fatal.

Yup . I was always overly polite with strangers whilst living over there . You never know who is packing or what mood they are in . 

 

[tonyh29]

On ‎10‎/‎04‎/‎2016 at 13:29, BOF said:

Former defensive end with the Saints, Will Smith, shot dead after having words with some word removed who rear ended him in traffic. This is why I think guns are bollocks. Because at a flash point, a simple argument can become fatal.

seems Smith rear ended the killer and drove off

his (Hayes) lawyer seems to be acting like that justifies shooting him !!  

 

I found NO itself pretty safe when I was there , but my cab driver to the airport , in my mind at least , seemed to go to great lengths to show me the gun he kept in his glove compartment ( was an expensive cab ride after all !!)  and was telling me how he had to wave it around quite a lot as people tried to rob him ..... personally I think I'd rather lose a few bucks than kill someone  ..or be killed myself  ... strange country clearly they pump testosterone into the water ... be a brave President that repeals the 2nd amendment but America will be a better place for it ( though you know that president will get shot !!)

Edited April 13, 2016 by tonyh29

[tonyh29]

Saints coming to London in 2017

 

hope they bring some of their cheer leaders with them

 

[BerniesElbow]

This about sums it up for the Cleveland sports teams.

The first one is the Cavaliers, the middle one the Browns and the bottom one the Indians.

*Ig Podawund sounds like a Star Wars character name.

[Tegis]

almfacep

[Brumerican]

On 05/05/2013 at 19:04, Brumerican said:

 

Not sure he was ever wanted by any coaching units over the years. It's mostly Gator fans who love the guy and owners who saw higher ticket sales . Gabbert has a better arm than Tebow and Henne ended the season looking decent . Tebow to Jags would be unlikely right now.

[Brumerican]

2013 ...WTF 

I iz old.