I Love In House Arguments (Time to Call Folks Out…….Again)

Who doesn’t love a good discussion, a well thought-out argument, a fiery debate?

I know I certainly do, and in the spirit of Mike Gundy, I present to you a few “call outs” of my own.

Primary Target: Ghosts of Neyland

Ghost is a football genius. (Almost as smart as YCD.) However, he was blinded at best and stunningly uninformed at worst.

“But the kid can and should be criticized when he screws up in public and on the field. Not his character, just his play. That said, I didn’t read the story in question, so I’m not sure that it wasn’t justified.”

What? You didn’t read the story? How do these quotes from the story strike you?

“Bobby Reid stood near the team charters last Friday night, using his cell phone, eating his boxed meal. It would’ve been normal post-game activity but for one thing. His mother was feeding him chicken.”

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“Does he have the fire in his belly?

Or does he want to be coddled, babied, perhaps even fed chicken?”

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“That scene in the parking lot last week had no bearing on the Cowboys changing quarterbacks, and yet, it said so much about Reid. A 21-year-old letting his mother feed him in public?”

Criticizing someone’s play on the field is one thing…….insinuating that they are a chicken and a momma’s boy is quite another.

She went from reporting facts to making judgment calls on that guy’s character. In doing so, she committed the cardinal reporting sin……she became part of the story.

That would almost be like commenting on something without reading it…..

Secondary Target: Sports Reporters

Stop trying to make yourselves part of the story. STOP IT. You are not as cool as the other side of the pillow. We don’t need your stupid catch phrases, glass eyes or odd Britney Spears comments.

Give us the down and distance. Give us the scores of the game. I will even tolerate your lame attempts at humor if you will at least be somewhat responsible otherwise. That usually hasn’t been the case with ESPN Talent or traditional sports reporters.

Journalism in the classic sense, no longer exists. What a sad state of affairs.

TSIB Top 25 for Week Four

The ballots are in and LSU holds on to the #1 spot over USC. Oklahoma jumps Florida for third, and Cal leapfrogged the ‘Eers to take over the fifth spot. Penn St. fell out of the top ten all the way to 23rd. Alabama falls to #21 while apparently, to our voters, an overtime win over Alabama outweighs a head to head loss to the Gamecocks as Georgia is ranked ahead of South Carolina, although only by a hair of UGA’s icebag-cooled testicles.

 

 Arizona St. and Michigan St. make their first appearance of the year….

Check out the individual ballots here.

 TSIB Top 25

1.  LSU   0.992

2.  USC   0.960

3.  Oklahoma   0.928

4.  Florida   0.880

5.  California   0.832

6.  West Virginia   0.808

7.  Texas   0.704

8.  Boston College   0.680

9.  Oregon   0.672

10. Ohio State 0.656

11. Clemson   0.592

12. Kentucky   0.576

13. Wisconsin   0.512

14. Rutgers   0.464

15. Georgia   0.416

16. South Carolina   0.400

17. Arizona State   0.344

18. South Florida   0.288

19. Missouri   0.280

20. Hawaii   0.248

21. Alabama   0.224

22. Virginia Tech   0.184

23. Penn State   0.168

24. Tie: Michigan State, Nebraska   0.072

Others receiving votes: Miami, Purdue, UConn

Crimson Daddy

Joke of the Day (a Ghost original)

By now, I’m sure y’all have heard about Ohio State third-string quarterback Antonio Henton getting arrested on charges of soliciting a prostitute.

What hasn’t come out yet is what he allegedly asked the prostitute to do.

Apparently, Henton wanted her to dress up like a Gator and give him a spanking on national television.

Ghost of Neyland