gothedistance Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 3 hours ago, AustinFromBoston said: The 2002 Western Conference Finals say "Hello". The WWE says hello. Oh wait. Unlike others sports, wrestling is upfront about their rigging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 19 hours ago, Sport said: Nothing specific, but my brother-in-law who was at Miami at the same time as Roethlisberger said he was a total meathead prick the entire time he was on campus. I cant say I'm surprised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Star athlete is meathead prick? LOL - that's part of their job! Get on the guy for raping a girl in a bathroom in Georgia, or the various other sexual assaults he had been accused of in the Pittsburgh area earlier in his career, not just for being a jerk. If being a meathead prick earns your disdain, then you should probably not meet any athletes you like, because 99.9% of them are at best 'meathead pricks'. There's plenty of dead people, raped women, and beaten children that would be in much better shape had they encountered 'meathead pricks' and not the pro athletes that they did. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, BBTV said: Star athlete is meathead prick? LOL - that's part of their job! It's really not part of the job and 99% of them are not meathead pricks. It's far lower than that and this idea that it's acceptable is why guys like Ben Roethlisberger exist. Even if that were true, wouldn't you respect a guy a lot more who could be a meathead prick and chooses not to be? 5 minutes ago, BBTV said: Get on the guy for raping a girl in a bathroom in Georgia, or the various other sexual assaults he had been accused of in the Pittsburgh area earlier in his career, not just for being a jerk. I did. Someone asked what he did in college so I explained further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 I’ve had more than one interaction with Rothlisberger over the years and none of them were particularly pleasant. I’m pretty sure one of those times was the day after the casino rape thing happened. On 11/19/2012 at 7:23 PM, oldschoolvikings said: She’s still half convinced “Chris Creamer” is a porn site.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFGiants58 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, FiddySicks said: I’ve had more than one interaction with Rothlisberger over the years and none of them were particularly pleasant. I’m pretty sure one of those times was the day after the casino rape thing happened. I just hope he has an Andruw Jones arc, where the decline at the end of his career ruins the perception of his whole time in the NFL. MLB: Project 32 (Complete), MLB: The Defunct Saga (Complete) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Wolf Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 On 12/22/2020 at 11:26 PM, gothedistance said: The WWE says hello. Oh wait. Unlike others sports, wrestling is upfront about their rigging. Pro wrestling is the truest form of art and should not be lumped in with scams like regular sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 On 12/22/2020 at 3:08 PM, tBBP said: Speaking of Ben...pretty much his first two or three years in the league, hardly anyone in Pittsburgh could stand him, whether it was nearly bashing his own head in crashing his motorcycle speeding through the 10th Street tunnel downtown, the multiple rape and inappropriate "conduct" allegations against him (and from the conversations I recall from back then, there were a lot more than just a few), and just his general disposition around town overall--but then the Steelers won Super Bowl XL, then won it again two years later, and all of a sudden to many of those same people he became beloved because STEELURZ and SUPERB OWLZ!!54321 and such. It was really quite polarizing to witness in person. To the present matter at hand of whether Big Ben is cooked...truth be told, dude was cooked at least three years ago. Methinks the only reason he's still hanging on is to further pat his stats...and this is really more an indictment on the Steelers' front office for hanging onto (and enabling) him for this long. We all saw what happened when Indy felt Peyton Manning was expendable; shoot, even the 49ers sent their all-time legend GOAT QB packing after a time (speaking of Joe Montana). Yet here Ben is, still trudging along--and for all their success at drafting and the whole "next-man-up" philosophy they like to employ up there, they've really shat the pot when it comes to QBs...like, why have they not had a viable succession plan in place for like years, now? Unless they really thought some guy named Duck was gonna be their heir apparent... ...And while we're on this, this late-season collapse is yet again the latest in a series of trends with the Steelers; this playing up-and-down to competition and continuing lack of discipline and accountability (see: Smith-Schuster, JuJu--who was a good kid coming out of Michigan State only to, I believe, get corrupted by being influenced by Antonio Brown) is another. That is an indictment on one Mike Tomlin...and again, if this were any other club (except for the Chargers), they'd have been let him go. But Pittsburgh doesn't fire head coaches, and again, Super Bowls (Tomlin did lead them to two), so here they are, hanging onto this guy for far longer than his wear-out date. Really makes me curious what's really going on with the head brass and if their emotional devotions to those guys are getting out front of some smart logic... Ben seems like the type of guy who will throw a hissy fit if the Steelers draft a QB in the first round. The dude is 38, he has to know he's near the end of his career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AustinFromBoston Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 I’ve heard a lot of things about Ben off the field.......none of it has been good. He strikes me as the kind of guy that would have gotten kicked off the team a long time ago if he wasn’t so talented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 3 hours ago, GDAWG said: Ben seems like the type of guy who will throw a hissy fit if the Steelers draft a QB in the first round. The dude is 38, he has to know he's near the end of his career. Didn't he say he wasn't going to help Mason Rudolph when he was drafted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 19 hours ago, MJWalker45 said: Didn't he say he wasn't going to help Mason Rudolph when he was drafted? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninersdd Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Have a day Kamara. 6 TDS. Of course it helped that Minny was very injured in their front 7. BEAR DOWN ARIZONA!2013/14 Tanks Picks Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalcowboyfan92 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 A moment of silence for those people who had to go up against Alvin Kamara in the Fantasy Football Playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Apparently, Blaine Gabbert is still in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninersdd Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Fitzmagic strikes again! BEAR DOWN ARIZONA!2013/14 Tanks Picks Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 On 12/24/2020 at 10:27 PM, MJWalker45 said: Didn't he say he wasn't going to help Mason Rudolph when he was drafted? Everyone says that. Favre said it about Rodgers, if I'm not mistaken. Starting quarterbacks -- starters in any sport, really -- aren't there to teach their replacements and obviate themselves. If you want a Mentoring Quarterback, sign Ryan Fitzpatrick or something. ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgundy Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 And this is why playing for the field goal is ing stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 13 minutes ago, the admiral said: Everyone says that. Favre said it about Rodgers, if I'm not mistaken. Starting quarterbacks -- starters in any sport, really -- aren't there to teach their replacements and obviate themselves. If you want a Mentoring Quarterback, sign Ryan Fitzpatrick or something. For real. It's professional football. Why the F would I help someone take my job from me? I get it if I'm Doug Pederson and I'm a dufus signed in 1999 (primarily as a gift to my family because Andy Reid liked me) to coach Donovan McNabb, but if I'm Brett Favre or Aaron Rodgers or Ben Roethlisberger or Carson Wentz, F that. Dude can learn on his own, just like i did. What does that even mean - "learn on his own" - what's there to learn? You throw the ball, people catch it. Mentoring is so overrated. You can play or you cant. I don't need a veteran player tickling my balls every day. I've been doing it since I was 13, and I aint' stopping now. EDIT: Andy Reid "it takes around three years before a receiver understands the playbook and knows where he's supposed to be" Seriously -that fat child-neglecting waste of oxygen said that. Then he realized that not caring for people was actually a good strategy, recruited child and woman beaters, and he's a super bowl champ. In conclusion, Andy Reid is the third-worst living American. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Going cross-sport here, but I remember during Greg Maddux's second stint with the Cubs, he was often shown on TV sitting in the dugout chatting with rookie relief/swing pitcher Sean Marshall. This made Cubs fans really excited, because we/they believed Maddux was imparting special proprietary Madduxian knowledge upon his young mentee, and that Sean Marshall would go on to be a cornerstone of the Cubs rotation thanks to the tutelage of one of the best pitchers of all time. Marshall was okay for a while and then he went to Cincinnati and I think he was okay there for a while too and now he does pre/post on the Cubs RSN that no one likes. It turns out that mere physical proximity to greatness does not lead to future greatness. It was always stupid, but we had to believe in something. What was Greg Maddux gonna teach this guy, anyway? "Be me"? ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBTV Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 5 minutes ago, the admiral said: Going cross-sport here, but I remember during Greg Maddux's second stint with the Cubs, he was often shown on TV sitting in the dugout chatting with rookie relief/swing pitcher Sean Marshall. This made Cubs fans really excited, because we/they believed Maddux was imparting special proprietary Madduxian knowledge upon his young mentee, and that Sean Marshall would go on to be a cornerstone of the Cubs rotation thanks to the tutelage of one of the best pitchers of all time. Marshall was okay for a while and then he went to Cincinnati and I think he was okay there for a while too and now he does pre/post on the Cubs RSN that no one likes. It turns out that mere physical proximity to greatness does not lead to future greatness. It was always stupid, but we had to believe in something. What was Greg Maddux gonna teach this guy, anyway? "Be me"? "what I would do is throw a 101 MPH fastball that broke at exactly 63ft and landed just above the dirt on the opposite batters box." "Wow - that's great knowledge - thanks! how do I do that?" "What do you mean how? Just do it." " " EDIT: FU - just pitch the ball. You can or you can't. Greg Maddux doesn't know anything that Mike Maddux doesn't - he's just better. "The views expressed here are mine and do not reflect the official opinion of my employer or the organization through which the Internet was accessed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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