The Nation's Tears: Pink Stripes
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Old Fart Tree said:
One time in a group of friends during grad school I made a casual remark about how everyone had cheated on a school assignment at some point in the 16+ years we had all spent in school. To my surprise, more than one of the people in the group said that they had NEVER cheated on anything, ever. No copied homeworks. No looking over at one question on someone else's filled out scantron sheet. Nothing. Not once.
Sometimes when you've convinced yourself that "everyone is doing X" you find out that you're wrong.
TomRicardo said:
BornToRun said:
Nah, they're not lying.
deanx0 said:
Possible but I really don't think so.
I guess if you had an anonymous survey and in it 99% of people admit to cheating then that's a more reliable answer than the one time I had this random conversation with a rather unique group of people.
DrewDawg said:
Never overestimate the professionalism or intelligence of those in the sports industry.
There are certainly some very bright people, but like any other field, there's a lot of C students too.
Not even helping a friend during a test? I did that once and got away with it because the teacher was half blind. The fact that I still remember it 100 years later makes me think I'm not proud of it. Guess she was too vain to get glasses.There is no Rev said:
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Jerry Rice, who called the Pats cheaters over Deflategate, admits to having used Stickum on his gloves, which was illegal.
I'm sure the nation's outrage will be suitably recorded. Unleash the asterisks!
I'm sure the nation's outrage will be suitably recorded. Unleash the asterisks!
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25061042/look-heres-how-close-marshawn-lynch-was-to-scoring-before-interception
So close yet so far away.
Fuck. I feel like I'm behind enemy lines. All my Seahawk fan friends won't talk about the game. It's all I want to do! I don't press it because we've been there twice since 2007. I want to tell them they will never experience anything like '07 but it falls on deaf ears. The hardcore among them get it but the new bandwagon fans still have no idea how their amazing team could have possibly lost.
So close yet so far away.
Fuck. I feel like I'm behind enemy lines. All my Seahawk fan friends won't talk about the game. It's all I want to do! I don't press it because we've been there twice since 2007. I want to tell them they will never experience anything like '07 but it falls on deaf ears. The hardcore among them get it but the new bandwagon fans still have no idea how their amazing team could have possibly lost.
PeteCarroll Pete Carroll
Thank you #12s for your faithful support and passion! We love you and can't wait to be together again at CenturyLink this fall.
Thank you #12s for your faithful support and passion! We love you and can't wait to be together again at CenturyLink this fall.
I am eagerly awaiting comments from Joe Montana and Steve Young......who are both skeptics of Brady's accomplishments.
ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalkhttps://twitter.com/ProFootballTalk · 2h2 hours ago
How long until Charles Haley admits to using stickum . . . in a very different way?
How long until Charles Haley admits to using stickum . . . in a very different way?
People also like to rationalize their (often extremely minor) infractions by basically 'misremembering' them as not happening. People talk themselves into and out of all sorts of stuff.pappymojo said:
Of course, there are people who have quite literally never cheated on anything. But of the people in that group who all said 'nope never did it' some of them probably did.
But I bet they all drive over the speed limit.
Rice should keep his mouth shut, he of the domestic violence charge (wife) back when, which was dropped, I guess. Google doesn't come up with anything on it, but the allegation happened, while he was playing, as I recall. Maybe he's innocent, but where there's smoke, there's often fire. There were even TV shots of his wife back then. Why would she submit to filming for TV if nothing happened? Then, Rice comes out last year and says a 49er ought to be benched for the same thing.Smiling Joe Hesketh said:
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/09/18/49ers-hall-of-famer-jerry-rice-says-team-should-take-ray-mcdonald-off-field-amid-domestic-violence-accusations/
Another thing about Rice, he was the biggest whiner as far as not getting enough balls thrown his way (yes, that's right, the guy with all time records in everything complained about not getting the ball enough). It came to a head the year of Super Bowl XXIII and then they threw everything his way. I'll always respect John Taylor and Roger Craig, Montana, et al, from those teams, but I hate Rice. When he comes on TV, I change the station. Great player, but an asshole, IMO.
What's next? Is the GREAT Bill Walsh going to come out and admit that they shut off communication devices when they had the first 15 plays of the game scripted in two playoff games against the Giants, who then had to turn off their radios?
#equalplayingfield
#49erscheaters
#equalplayingfield
#49erscheaters
I think Reiss is not long for the sports media. Between attacking guys like Rice, and his obvious and public frustration with ESPN ---amarshal2 said:
http://www.mikereiss.net/media-coverage-on-underinflated-footballs/
--- I wouldn't be surprised if he gets hired by NFL films, or the Pats, or Grantland in the next year or so.
He is definitely in his right to bash Jerry Rice who admitted to cheating as well. Don't see the problem there. if anyone is a hypocrite it's Jerry Rice.crystalline said:
Old Fart Tree said:
It's becoming fascinating to watch everyone who tries to jump in on this scandal to take their whack at the Patriots end up with shit all over them. It's actually getting to the point that the phenomenon itself is evidence that the whole scandal was bullshit, so any malicious energy anyone puts in towards it gets reversed back on them like some sort of cursed artifact in a scifi or fantasy movie.
Basically, deflategate has turned into the most karmically active thing I have ever seen. It belongs in a museum.
There is no Rev said:
Conclusion: Belichick has found and tamed a source of Ghostbusters II slime, and is now using it to enact his master plan of revenge.
Someone did slash his tires a week and a half ago here in Indy. He attributed it to Pats fans, which made me chuckle. If you're Greg Doyel, how the fuck do you figure out which one of the millions of people who hate your guts decided to slash your tires, and for what reason?Old Fart Tree said:
Jeez so their 12th man is becoming a free agent after next year?!E5 Yaz said:
You want to tell me that NONE of their 12th man is using PED's? Hell, I'd bet that most of them are drunk /during every game/!
Think A&M has been keeping an eye on the $ coming in from those jersey sales? That license is going to be a tougher extension than Russell Wilson.