Tabloids: Please Go Away
by For The Glory 1855 on Jan 20, 2010 6:59 PM EST
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PrintIn my idle Internet searchings the other night, I came across this image on Bitten and Bound, which I'd previously never heard of before.
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The article said...
The above photo was taken at a party in the spring. It shows Lane Kiffin, Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, and Kiffin’s brother-in-law David Reaves chatting up some co-eds.
According to sources, former Tennessee head coach Lane Kiffin fraternized with co-eds often, and did more than just knock back a few beers with them.
...and went onto explain that in his time in Knoxville, Kiffin owned a "rendezvous place" that he used to meet college girls.
Lane Kiffin has been dealt a justifiable amount of heat lately throughout the college football world, and when I saw this, I was ready to post it here on BSD for another open season on the man before I thought better of it, and decided to yield the decision to the rest of the BSD team. They decided it probably was a little too sleazy for the site, so the story never ran.
Then the other day, I came across THIS fine image and explanation...
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Many around the web are saying that the photo indicates Kiffin partying with UT coeds with his wife Layla nowhere in sight. Along with this "evidence," many message board posters and bloggers are accusing Kiffin of additional sins, along with the obligatory cries of a coverup by the Knoxville Police.
Today I learned from a source that photo was taken in Knoxville last year on April 3. The pic includes Lane Kiffin, Mike Tomlin, former Kiffin UT staffer David Reaves and Kiffin’s wife Layla Reaves Kiffin.
Huh.
Stuff like this is precisely why stuff like this has no place in sports.
I don't want TMZ Sports. Heck, I don't even want Bitten and Bound OR SPORTSbyBROOKS for that matter. We've already seen the tabloids tear down Tiger Woods and Alex Rodriguez. We've seen the tabloids expose modern athletes for transgressions in their private lives that'd have gone unnoticed in the past, and it's wrong.
Hollywood OMG CELEBUTARDS live for this kind of thing. They spend three months working on a movie, and spend the other nine on red carpets and getting in trouble around Los Angeles to get their names out there.
Athletes don't.
Athletes work throughout the year, whether playing in season, or training out of season. Athletes face the public in stadiums around the country. Athletes face the stress of needing to win. To be short, athletes, while in the public eye, are in it for completely different reasons, and under completely different circumstances than the celebrities these sites and publications were started for. Athletes legitimately have to face the world every night they do their jobs, which is something celebrities in their Hollywood bubble probably couldn't even begin to understand, even if they come from humble roots.
Just because Hollywood has decided it'll tolerate that paparazzi culture doesn't mean sports should have to follow. I don't care what Lane Kiffin does when he leaves the office. I don't care what A-Rod does in Toronto with women who aren't his wife. I don't care about Tiger's sex addiction.
All I care about is what they do on the field.
Sports fans aren't the degenerates the Internet celebrity stalkers that frequent these sites are. We think too much. We discuss real, substantive on field issues, scenarios, statistics, etc. We don't have time to give a crap about stuff like this, because PERSONAL LIVES ARE PERSONAL LIVES. Most of the time, they have nothing to do with the actual entertainment we pay for that takes place on the field.
So turn off the Tiger coverage. Don't pick up that tabloid with A-Rod on the cover. And pass judgment on Lane Kiffin for what he does with the University of Southern California's football team, not on what he's alleged to have done off the field.
Today, it's those three. But if we as sports fans allow sites like TMZ Sports, Bitten and Bound, etc., to be successful in our realm, tomorrow it'll be our favorite Penn State athletes doing keg stands on frat row like they always have.
That, my friends, is a scary thought.
So the next time you see a story like the Tiger scandal, or this hoax about Lane Kiffin, turn the blind eye. You're better than that.
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Bitten & Bound? They must be nobodies cause I never heard of them and I hear abut stuff going on pretty quickly. For what they say this is, I’d have heard about it back when it happened. Like the car crash.. I heard about that a while ago but I can’t reveal my sources so I’ve kept my mouth shut.
As for athletes, I’m sorry Fugi (I can’t call you the new name yet), but many of them are seeking fame as well (Reggie Bush and Kim Kardashian, Lamar Odom and her sister). Some of them want to crossover and become pop culture icons without proving it on the field. In my opinion, professionals are fair game. College athletes aren’t unless they are trying to be, in special cases (i.e. Joe McKnight screwing Kourtney Kardashian or Ciara, that’s a pure publicity grab)
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No one will ever call him anything but Fugi.
by ReadingRambler on Jan 20, 2010 8:11 PM EST up reply actions
Can we strongarm a return to Fugi?
by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Jan 20, 2010 9:01 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Why not give it a try?
Let’s all refuse to comment on his posts until he changes his name back.
by ReadingRambler on Jan 20, 2010 9:28 PM EST up reply actions
I'm pretty sure he has his (valid) reasons.
But I like where your head’s at. Stay strong.
"Have I ever told the story of when I met Miley Cyrus?"
by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 20, 2010 9:48 PM EST up reply actions
Rambler
I do, in face, have my reasons. You can call me fugi as much as you want. In fact, I encourage it.
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by For The Glory 1855 on Jan 20, 2010 9:59 PM EST up reply actions
this message was approved by for the glory 1855
"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. "
George S Patton
by psu in the w-b on Jan 20, 2010 10:16 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Can we ask about the reasons? Or would doing so lead us to be killed behind the grotto?
by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Jan 21, 2010 12:39 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Not killed per se
Just roughed up and stomped pretty good. There’s a reason there’s a curb installed behind the Grotto, and it ain’t for aesthetic reasons.
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
that scene in American History X
is the only movie scene that’s ever actually disturbed me
by The JuggerNitt on Jan 21, 2010 2:14 PM EST up reply actions
Playboy girls in the helicopter scene in Apocalypse Now gets to me.
Can’t exactly say why, it is just uber disturbing.
"Have I ever told the story of when I met Miley Cyrus?"
by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 21, 2010 2:48 PM EST up reply actions
schindelres list
when it looks like it is snowing and the u relaize when Liam neeson touches his car that it is ahses. That is the most disturbing, saddening scene i have evern scene
"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. "
George S Patton
by psu in the w-b on Jan 21, 2010 10:37 PM EST up reply actions
well, right
Schindler’s list is pretty much untoppable for disturbing heartbreaking scenes
by The JuggerNitt on Jan 22, 2010 2:06 PM EST up reply actions
WAH
I have a rule: I don’t weep for millionaires who accept the enormous paychecks that come from their public persona and yet cry foul when that same persona is subject to scrutiny.
394–129–3
by mushdamma on Jan 20, 2010 7:57 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
What he said...
I don’t like “TMZ Sports” news just as much as the next person, but when that person is a millionaire it doesn’t bother me one iota.
I feel like I’m entitled to be (hypo)critical of professional athletes/coaches, especially when they wipe their tears (or a**es) with 100-dollar bills.
"We are not normal. We are legends. We are Penn State." - Deon Butler
by Stately NOVA Lion on Jan 20, 2010 9:00 PM EST up reply actions
Why is this ok?
Why is it ok to justify hounding and digging for dirt on someone who happens to make a ton of money? What is it about making more money than most people that makes it acceptable to scour their personal lives looking for something to embarrass them for to make ourselves feel better?
Is it acceptable to dig for skeletons in Nobel Prize winning physicists closets? If its all about them having some money lets get searching because the Nobel Prize happened to pay out 1.4 Million in 2009.
Couldn't agree more.
I’m with fugi and you on this; just because a person makes money does not entitle the public to probe and prod and generally make that person’s life miserable. If a celebrity does something that warrants public attention (DUI, spousal abuse, Freddie Mercury coke party), then that’s a different story. I wish I had the time and resources to publish numerous media reports of every divorce/indiscretion of every person that is criticizing Tiger Woods.
"Have I ever told the story of when I met Miley Cyrus?"
by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 20, 2010 9:50 PM EST up reply actions
Playing devils advocate
what about those that portray themselves as white knights but are no better then the rest
"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. "
George S Patton
by psu in the w-b on Jan 20, 2010 10:18 PM EST up reply actions
This is my basic point.
I wrote more below, but most of the athletes have decided to market themselves as celebrities. Once you start accepting cash for selling your image, you can’t really complain when people start looking at it.
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Listen guys...
I never said it was OK to “hound” or “dig” for dirt on someone. Nor did I say it was OK to “probe” or “prod”. I’m just saying I don’t feel bad for millionaires when their dirty laundry is aired BY SOMEONE ELSE. I watch the news and SportsCenter….just like every other tax-paying, red-blooded American……so I can’t really escape it now can I? What am I going to do? Read a book instead? No. I’ll just make fun of Pete Carroll for “sleeping with USC Grad Students” or I’ll laugh at the fact that Tiger just can’t turn down the thousands of sillies who constantly throw their hoo-has at him……
Honestly, I could care less about these people because they could care less about me. They laugh all the way to the bank, so why not get a laugh out of it? Whether it’s true or not true, people need to stop being so sensitive all the time….that’s what leads to “free” health care………..ZING.
"We are not normal. We are legends. We are Penn State." - Deon Butler
by Stately NOVA Lion on Jan 20, 2010 11:02 PM EST up reply actions
POLITICS ALERT!
can’t turn down the thousands of sillies who constantly throw their hoo-has at him
Sounds like me in college. Or not. You decide…
And I’m not saying that some of these people don’t deserve what is coming to them (see Kiffin, Lane). Nor am I saying you personally are the one responsible for the “airing of the dirty laundry.” My point is that the American public doesn’t need all of this crap being thrown at them on a daily basis. I watch ESPN to catch sports news, not to hear that Carroll is catching some strange. That being said. and like I said before, if someone puts themselves out there publicly doing something utterly stupid and inane, they deserve what they get. However, IMO, Tiger Woods’ personal life should stay personal. Will it? No, because he’s constantly going to have attention because he is the most lucrative name in sports ever.
"Have I ever told the story of when I met Miley Cyrus?"
by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 20, 2010 11:20 PM EST up reply actions
I think you mistakenly assume all athletes are unbelieveably rich
For every A-Rod or Mark Texiera contract flying around baseball, there are 100 that earn less, often waaay less, than 5 million dollars a season. Can you live very comfortably on that? Of course. But let’s not pretend every professional athlete has 20 cars in his garage and an 80 room mansion waiting for him in the offseason, because that’s just not true.
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by For The Glory 1855 on Jan 20, 2010 10:02 PM EST up reply actions
That would be a valid point except....
I can’t think of one instance of a “not-so-rich” celebrity or athlete in the news for cheating on his wife, a DUI, etc.
Can you? Yea, it may be published in the local rag, but it’s never on the news or SportsCenter.
Think about it:
- A-Rod
- Tiger Woods
- Jason Kidd
- John Daly
- Lane Kiffin
- Kerry Collins
They are all multi-millionaires. The only poor celebrities I can think of are the likes of Maurice Clarett and Lawrence Phillips. And guess what? They’re in jail. So, until I see examples of hundredthousandaires in the news for assault charges, I’m not buying it.
"We are not normal. We are legends. We are Penn State." - Deon Butler
by Stately NOVA Lion on Jan 20, 2010 11:12 PM EST up reply actions
But that's because, generally, no one cares what the hundredthousandaires are doing.
If Santonio Holmes gets busted for some pot possession, no one outside Pittsburgh really cares, and even in Pittsburgh its more of a meh story. But if a 20-something Michael Phelps gets caught ripping a bong in England, its OMGZ WHAT WILL OLYMPICS GUY DOOO!. And that’s not right. It’s a fact of life we have to live with, but it’s not right.
"Have I ever told the story of when I met Miley Cyrus?"
by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 20, 2010 11:22 PM EST up reply actions
Holmes and Phelps
Are selling completely different images. Holmes doesn’t have the endorsement deals that Phelps has(or had.) If you want to have your picture on a cereal box telling kiddies to eat healthy and train hard you should be held to a higher standard when it comes to your personal activities. If you want to take some bong hits in the off-season that’s cool with me, but be prepared for a backlash if you’re trying to push this wholesome, gee golly I only love swimming and my mom image like Phelps was. I think at this point it’s fair to say that athletes know what they are getting into when they sign the contract. If you want the money you need to be prepared with the responsibilities and burdens it brings along with it.
That's cuz TMZ sports isn't up and running yet
I feel like the only reason they’d start a venture like this would be to nail the less high profile athletes of the worlds that only sports fans would care about to get that demographic under their tent.
They can handle Tiger and A-Rod just fine, but the only reason they’d expand TMZ would so to have a “reporter” at every team hotel to stalk whoever heads out for their post-game fun.
I mean, I can’t think of any other reason they’d make a special sports section if they only intended to go after the gigamillionaires.
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by For The Glory 1855 on Jan 20, 2010 11:27 PM EST up reply actions
By way of analogy
Do you think Scott Baio would get play on E! (which I’m guessing is the entertainment industry’s equivalent to ESPN)? No, but because of TMZ and a snowball effect, the man got a friggin’ TV show. See also Tom Sizemore, Danny Bonaduce.
"Have I ever told the story of when I met Miley Cyrus?"
by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 20, 2010 11:35 PM EST up reply actions
Joanie was way cuter
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
Jeff Reed...comes to mind
but thats only because of the locality of the event. Dude sure can kick the poo out of a sheetz bathroom.
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by carolinaeasy on Jan 21, 2010 7:41 AM EST up reply actions
Ironic that you say poo
Because my sources tell me he also crapped on the floor while he was there, and the news media just decided to leave that part out (PS the sourse is a friend of a cousin, so take it for what you will. I mean this is a post about the dangers of tabloids…)
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by For The Glory 1855 on Jan 21, 2010 8:03 AM EST up reply actions
I have to qualifiy my above statement.
It’s not the money per se. It’s the way a lot of the MEGA-celebrity athletes make their money.
For a lot of them, the paychecks come from endorsements (Buick, Gatorade, investment banks, etc.). When you buy into that whole angle, you’re stepping out of the arena (no pun intended) of professional athletics and into the realm of celebrity.
When you do that you assume certain things. Chief among the things you assume is that the public will actually be interested in you as an IMAGE — not as a person — and that the companies to whom you sell this image will be able to use it to market their products (that’s the whole idea).
When facts are uncovered that show that your image is not what it appears to be, well, you’re the one who decided to sell yourself as such. Tiger chose to market himself to Buick, etc. He chose to attribute value to his image a squeaky clean super-athlete.
I have no sympathy for Tiger and others similarly situated because this is a risk they assumed, and they were very well compensated.
394–129–3
I guess I'd ask you the same question I asked Stately
I mean, I don’t disagree with what you say about the endorsements, but do you really think TMZ would go to all the trouble to start up a whole new section just to go after the guys with big endorsements?
And while I don’t feel bad for Tiger, because what he did was pretty dramatic and dumb, I do feel bad for those lesser knowns who just go out and get pis drunk like many of us do, but get exposed by a loser with a camera and have to explain to their kids why daddy is puking on the internet.
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by For The Glory 1855 on Jan 20, 2010 11:30 PM EST up reply actions
Well, he shouldn't be doing that
Neither should you or I. I don’t feel bad for someone getting caught doing stupid/illegal things, celebrities or not.
If he doesn’t want to explain it to his kids, he shouldn’t be doing it. Period.
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
I don't necessarily feel bad for them
but I don’t feel “good” for the people exposing them, either.
by The JuggerNitt on Jan 21, 2010 2:46 PM EST up reply actions
To me, this is one of the risks inherent in the chosen profession.
Whatever profession it may be. Most of these people chose to profit off of being famous, and fame goes hand in hand with infamy.
Also, anyone who plays pro sports now knows that it has been inexorably blurred with the entertainment industry. Just watch the antics of any NFL DT after he makes a stop on a 3yrd run on 1st down — he’ll whoop it up for the crowd like he just won the game by himself. It’s a small example, but it’s indicative of the way pro-athletes view themselves today as more th.an just athletes.
It’s a risk you run. I don’t want to be subject to such scrutiny, so I don’t work at a job that will GUARANTEE that I will be watched by 50million people every week.
Oh, and I have no talent.
394–129–3
I don't think that's true
I actually know one Jake Peavy fairly well from conversations he’ll have with fans during BP. The dude isn’t some sideshow, he’s a regular guy like you an me.
The same can be said of athletes a lot less famous than him.
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by For The Glory 1855 on Jan 21, 2010 12:03 AM EST up reply actions
He isn't a regular guy though. He's one of the best pitchers in MLB right now.
If he doesn’t want the attention, he can retire and not get his million dollar paychecks anymore and if he is still getting too much attention, use his fortune to move to a country where no one cares about baseball.
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
There's a differerance between "wanting" and "accepting"
He’s not the kind of guy who’s looking to get famous, looking to get his name plastered everywhere, and expecting people to grovel before him.
Maybe I’m an idiot, but I just don’t think it’s fair for people to follow Jake like they follow Paris Hilton.
God Created the World Out Of Nothing, Paterno Built A National Superpower On Cow Fields...
by For The Glory 1855 on Jan 21, 2010 1:32 AM EST up reply actions
It's also not fair that he earns millions and teachers don't.
He knows the risks, he cashes the checks, he accepts the potential pitfalls. Jeremy Bentham would tell you that if the pain really outweighed the the pleasure he got from the situation, he wouldn’t be a pro athlete.
394–129–3
In fact...
I would go so far as to say that the scrutiny they face in their everyday lives is, in a way, factored into their salaries.
394–129–3
Take a look at Ricky Williams
He is an example of a players who walked away from football and a contract worth millions because, among other things, he wanted his life to be private and anonymous.
by VVeRPennState on Jan 21, 2010 5:15 PM EST up reply actions
the same Ricky Williams that rushed for 1121 yards this year?
yes, he walked away for a couple years, but he didn’t stay away.
by The JuggerNitt on Jan 22, 2010 2:07 PM EST up reply actions
Its entirely 'fair'
whatever fair means in this case.
If the number of qualified teachers able to do the job numbered only in the hundreds in the entire world, I assure you teachers would make just as much money. There are many more teachers than there pro athletes, therefore it is less costly to employ one.
Also, regardless of what you think about the players themselves the teams they play for have tremendous value to their community.
But why is this a right and acceptable way to treat any person?
"In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
OH it is decidedly not right.
But it happens. Things that aren’t right happen all the time.
My point is this. No its not right. However, if you choose a high profile career(i.e. pro athlete, actor, US president/senator, etc) you should fully expect and know you will be scrutinized unfairly. Its not new. If you don’t like it, don’t choose that profession, sorry it sucks, but thats just how it is. You have to weigh if the money and fame is worth the hassle to you.
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
Not in the mood to argue
so, I’m fine with agreeing to be on opposite sides of the fence on this one. As long as you aren’t the one going out and destroying peoples’ lives, I don’t really care. :)
I’m just not one to sit back and accept the idea that, even though it’s not right, everyone has done it for centuries now, so lets keep doing it to people. To me, this isn’t a necessary evil of the occupation – it’s an evil we as outsiders have forced upon them.
"In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
Worse Yet
I don’t want it to become mainstream treatment for athletes. No one stalks Jake Peavy now. He shouldn’t be stalked just because there’s money to be made.
If you wanna go after the Tigers and A-Rods of the world, then fine, but leave the rest of the sports world alone. Don’t fill up our time talking about things irrelevent to play on the field.
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by Adam Bittner on Jan 21, 2010 12:13 PM EST up reply actions
right, he shouldn't be stalked because there is money to be made
he should be stalked for the good old fashioned reason of having an obsessed fan who likes to hide naked in the closet
by The JuggerNitt on Jan 21, 2010 2:52 PM EST up reply actions
Oh I didn't mean to condone it
Its just hard for me to personally feel bad for these people (in most cases, definitely not all)
I wish it wouldn’t happen, its stupid but there is a lot of other things I find morally wrong that I care about more and can do more about.
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
I agree, I don't condone it either.
But it is a risk these athletes have knowingly assumed, and I therefore have no sympathy for them.
What’s that old line from Aesop? “You knew I was a scorpion…”
394–129–3
"so I don’t work at a job that will GUARANTEE that I will be watched by 50million people every week."
you could always demand a trade to the Raiders
by The JuggerNitt on Jan 21, 2010 2:47 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
There is a diference
between being an athlete and an endorser.
I agree with you and even Stately, about there being a difference between a guy who just goes out and plays their sport without creating/using and image and a guy using a clean image to gain endorsements. If it is found out that the ‘clean’ guy is full of shenanigans, then I don’t mind digging to find out the dirt if people are into it. That isn’t my cup of Yuengling, but everybody does, whatever.
The problem I had with what Stately said was that it seemed to only be acceptable simply because they guy was rich not necessarily because there was an existing public image. If the 4th outfielder of the KC Royals gets in trouble nobody realy cares, he doesnt have an established image to get upset about.
Revealed Preferences
Given the gigantic amount of blood, sweat, and tears people put into getting even the slightest chance of becoming a famous athlete, I am guessing that the tradeoff of fame vs lack of privacy has been judged worth it.
I don't know...
Depends on how the athlete goes about it. Peyton Manning does commercials and such, but I don’t know one thing about his personal life. Jeter seems to keep or seemed to keep a low profile. It can be done to some extent.
Never mistake effort for achievement.
by Esteban d' Amur on Jan 21, 2010 1:06 PM EST up reply actions
Exactly,
but he f’d up.
Never mistake effort for achievement.
by Esteban d' Amur on Jan 21, 2010 1:11 PM EST up reply actions
Jeter
he is a bachelor so as long as he stays away from drugs or anything illegal, people won’t get up in arms over it, and in fact if he’s “caught” in public with a new girlfriend every week it is almost celebrated.
by The JuggerNitt on Jan 21, 2010 2:56 PM EST up reply actions
My point about Jeter...
is that he is discreet. He ain’t out with the waitress from IHOP.
Never mistake effort for achievement.
by Esteban d' Amur on Jan 21, 2010 4:19 PM EST up reply actions
I am confused
How is going out with the waitress from IHOP less discrete then going out with the newest hot actress or model?
by VVeRPennState on Jan 21, 2010 5:18 PM EST up reply actions
Tiger is married, Jeter isn't.
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by BStylin Hawkye on Jan 21, 2010 5:42 PM EST up reply actions
i di read somewherre he has like a list of quailites Supposedly very high standards
"A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. "
George S Patton
by psu in the w-b on Jan 21, 2010 10:38 PM EST up reply actions
My Florida Gator....
buddy knows I am a Steelers fan so he sent this picture to me with the insuation that Tomlin was doing something inappropriate. I then saw the headline today about the UF Radio Broadcaster being jailed on posession of child pornography. I was just about to hit send on an email to said buddy when I thought I better read the WHOLE article. Thank God I read the whole article because the last line mentioned that the radio broadcaster was Penn State grad. That would have been embarrassing :) Moral of the story……just let stuff like this go in one ear and out the other. That and don’t run other people’s nose in anything cause you’ll end up getting it back tenfold down the road…….unless they are Dallas Cowboy fans in which case you can rub their nose in it all day long.
"Joe's parents...his mother wanted a doctor, his daddy wanted an engineer or a lawyer and all they got was a legend."
Keith Jackson
Eric Watters Atlanta, Ga.
That and don’t run other people’s nose in anything cause you’ll end up getting it back tenfold down the road…….unless they are Dallas Cowboy fans in which case you can rub their nose in it all day long.
AMEN!
"Want a donut go to dunkin donuts, want a linebacker go to Penn State."
- Cris Carter, NFL Draft, 4/25/09
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Never cared about celebrities' personal lives
and honestly can’t understand why anyone does. The whole Tiger situation completely confounded me. Yes, I agree that cheating is bad, but as a fan of him, the athlete, why do I care if he’s had an affair? I want my athletes to be good, upstanding citizens, but as long as they aren’t doing something (significantly) illegal (ie not just speeding tickets or underage drinking, etc), then I don’t really care.
I agree
fool around all you want, that is between you and your family and you deal with the hearts you broke. This just shows how easy it is for the media to twist something around.
However, the paparrattzi (I don’t even know how to spell that) should take more photos of Poz without his shirt. Please? Thx
Proud to be a PSU Homer
Hey, as long as the papa, papa, paparazzi adhere to the Fair News Reporting laws.
I’ll accept all the pics of Poz you want, as long as you will accept pics of Erin Andrews and/or Blair Brown.
"Have I ever told the story of when I met Miley Cyrus?"
by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 20, 2010 9:51 PM EST up reply actions
you have many photos of EA. She is my girl crush btw, not just because she is hot but because she has my dream job and pretty much rocks all around.
There is only one shirtless photo of Poz :(
Proud to be a PSU Homer
better get stalking
figure out his summer schedule, and buy a camera with a good telephoto lens
by The JuggerNitt on Jan 21, 2010 2:57 PM EST up reply actions
Jugger is right !!
I am never shocked or surprised by what anyone does anymore…civilian or athlete/entertainer…but of course I am from the old school and finally you realize if you are letting SHAT like this bother you then “they” have defeated you…although, we all like to look at the accident scene when we drive by, eh ?!
Learn the reply button!
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
Earlier in the evening this photo was taken
RUTS and SweepTheLeg ran a train on Layla Kiffin in the women’s bathroom. She’s freaky like that.
It’s on the internet so it must be true!
by Tailgate Shogun on Jan 20, 2010 9:13 PM EST reply actions
I didn't know you guys lived in Pittsburgh?
"Have I ever told the story of when I met Miley Cyrus?"
by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 20, 2010 9:51 PM EST up reply actions
Sorry, but what exactly is the point of this post?
First you say you wanted to post tabloid rumors about a football coach who has nothing to due with Penn State or the Big Ten. Then you admit athletes don’t deserve this kind of coverage, while apparently other people in the entertainment industry do. Next you say sports fans are too morally superior to care about this Finally you plea for us not to pay attention to this type coverage. It seems like a whole lot of mixed message on an issue that frankly has nothing to due with Penn State.
by VVeRPennState on Jan 20, 2010 9:22 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Fugi, pardon me for putting words in your mouth, and correct me if I am wrong
his point is that he is human and this delighted him because we love to catch tools like Kiffen doing something wrong. However when he took the time to look at the whole story, which most people won’t, he saw that nothing was as it seems. Fugi realized that you can believe the crap out there and it is best ignored.
Very mature For the Glory.
Now go away and bring Fugi back.
Proud to be a PSU Homer
It was a lesson learned
That’s all
And as far as if having to do with Penn State specifically, well, I think I pointed it out at the end. Today it’s Lane Kiff, Tiger, and A-Rod, tomorrow you have shady TMZ satillites at every party in State College trying to expose Penn State’s big name athletes for doing things they’ve done around here for generations.
It ain’t right.
God Created the World Out Of Nothing, Paterno Built A National Superpower On Cow Fields...
by For The Glory 1855 on Jan 20, 2010 10:07 PM EST up reply actions
What exactly is the lesson?
That some rumors might not be true? Or that people who get paid millions of dollars to throw a ball around somehow deserve more privacy then someone who gets paid millions of dollars to pretend to be someone else? Or that athletes should be able to get away with cheating on their wife? Or that sports fans are morally superior when compared to the general population? Or that if we go to TMZ.com, Kevin Newsome won’t be able to do a keg stand in private?
Now when it comes to Penn State players, I am not sure if I am just cynical or you are just naive, but I feel it has already begun. After all, over the last year this site has had fanshots about taking pictures of players when they were in the dining commons or getting a late night slice at Canyon, posts about letting underage players into frat parties, and posts freaking out because of a players Facebook status says he isn’t feeling well. No one has privacy anyone, the only difference is how many eyes are on you.
by VVeRPennState on Jan 20, 2010 11:30 PM EST up reply actions
There are more eyes on
most of us than we realize. I know plenty of real estate closing and police blotter stalkers who are more than eager to share any tidbit of your life with anyone who will listen. These stalkers and TMZ draw on the same instincts that make it hard to look away from a car accident.
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
You know plenty of stalkers?
Hmmm, not sure I want to know why….
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
I would like to request info
on why jtot isn’t sure if he wants to know why. Can someone get on this for me.
by The JuggerNitt on Jan 21, 2010 3:00 PM EST up reply actions
whooops
dougle negative fail. Should’ve said, pretty sure I don’t want to know why rah knows ‘plenty of…stalkers.’
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
nah, your dougle negatives were fine
I understood you, I just wanted to employ some stalkers to figure out why you did or did not want to know why….ok, I’m done
by The JuggerNitt on Jan 22, 2010 2:11 PM EST up reply actions
I guess
I don’t care one way or another. I don’t care if other people care. I don’t care if Tiger Woods or Lane Kiffin cheat, I don’t care if you care if they cheat. I don’t care if TMZ exists or doesn’t. I just don’t care.
I feel no pity for celebrities(and like it or not, high profile sports people ARE celebrities) because they know the scrutiny they will be facing as a high profile person. I don’t wish any of them ill, or for their lives to be ruined, but if someone snaps a pic of you cheating on your wife, tough shit so to speak.
In a perfect world, I would definitely like for everyone to mind their own business. It is stupid that crap like this happens but it does happen and its going to continue happening more and more. So I just try to ignore it and save my pity for someone who deserves it.
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
by Roland86 on Jan 20, 2010 10:40 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
people should definitely mind their own business
but if they aren’t, or if revenge is a motivating factor, then at least do it in a hilarious way
by The JuggerNitt on Jan 21, 2010 3:02 PM EST up reply actions
That. Was. Aweeeesome.
So glad I only have brothers.
"Have I ever told the story of when I met Miley Cyrus?"
by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 21, 2010 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
That site also has a link
to pictures of Snookie’s ass. If you’re in to that sort of thing.
Just keep swimin'...
Meh.
And yea, I read the Facebook posts. That was gold, Jerry.
“What are you gonna do, tell mom and dad that I posted your d*** wish list? Go ahead.”
"Have I ever told the story of when I met Miley Cyrus?"
by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 21, 2010 4:12 PM EST up reply actions
I liked the note to self from dude 1 on her list
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
Help a brotha out?
With no Legend, I’m lost on two abbreviations. V-card? and HJ?
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
virginity, handjob
I kinda feel dirty for even reading that post.
by ReadingRambler on Jan 21, 2010 7:01 PM EST up reply actions
Thanks, I guess
Actually, I do thank you. I feel a little better about myself for that piece of ignorance.
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
If you have to ask, you can't afford it.
"In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
by IcersGuy on Jan 21, 2010 7:53 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
BOOM
"Have I ever told the story of when I met Miley Cyrus?"
by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 21, 2010 8:19 PM EST up reply actions
True, too true
And someone tell Jtot to use Urban Dictionary next time.
by ReadingRambler on Jan 21, 2010 9:10 PM EST up reply actions
I like gossip websites.
Gives me more results in “You found us!”
by ReadingRambler on Jan 20, 2010 11:17 PM EST reply actions
Its only a Devon Smith * Navorro Bowman + Derrick Moye until football!
* 
+ 
by VVeRPennState on Jan 20, 2010 11:38 PM EST up reply actions
I sure hope I'm not Whoopi. Or Rosie.
I guess I could be ok with the hot one…
"Have I ever told the story of when I met Miley Cyrus?"
by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 20, 2010 11:57 PM EST up reply actions
Matt Hasselbeck's wife?
the QB for Seattle Seahawks?
The same organization that Pete Carrol is the new president/coach of?
After leaving the USC Trojans?
The same organization that Lane Kiffin is the new head coach at?
IT ALL TIES IN!!!
by The JuggerNitt on Jan 21, 2010 3:05 PM EST up reply actions
Its actually his brother Tim's wife, sorry
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
ok, so just one more layer
Tim Hasselbeck’s wife?
The brother of Matt Hasselbeck?
by The JuggerNitt on Jan 21, 2010 3:09 PM EST up reply actions
Ahhhh now THERE'S a post for later this offseason...
God Created the World Out Of Nothing, Paterno Built A National Superpower On Cow Fields...
by For The Glory 1855 on Jan 21, 2010 12:01 AM EST up reply actions
Stupid people bantering about topics they know nothing about? Sounds great.
Btw, fire can’t melt steel.
by ReadingRambler on Jan 21, 2010 12:41 AM EST up reply actions
I guess you're not a fan of Cowherd then.
Because, as tWWL has shown us, stupid people bantering about topics they know nothing about is the BEST way to get a job.
"Have I ever told the story of when I met Miley Cyrus?"
by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 21, 2010 12:45 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Kiffin's got nothing on this sex pimp
Keep away tabloids!!!!!
by Mr. Rosewater on Jan 21, 2010 3:32 AM EST reply actions 4 recs
Sports Celebs....
I don’t care about their personal lives. Tiger can put his putter in whomever he likes. That just makes him like Jordan, Ali, etc. I only really care about what he does between the ropes. Same goes for Kiffin or whomever.
Never mistake effort for achievement.
by Esteban d' Amur on Jan 21, 2010 8:15 AM EST reply actions
Jordan’s “”http://michaeljordansmistress1.blogspot.com/" target="new">mistress" was a total loon. She lived near Pittsburgh.
Just keep swimin'...
I'm sure she wasn't the only one...
Jordan was lucky his time didn’t include the wide usage of the internets, cell phone cameras, et al.
Never mistake effort for achievement.
by Esteban d' Amur on Jan 21, 2010 1:03 PM EST up reply actions
You know....Tomlin does freakin look like Omar Epps.
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
Did you see House a couple of weeks ago?...
House actually said something about the resemblance on the show. It made me chuckle.
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Jan 21, 2010 11:35 AM EST up reply actions
Screw This
Fugi is back baby.
For privacy reasons (my email address is similiar to this screenname), I’m going to keep posting as “For The Glory 1855”, but will continue to comment as your pal, fugimaster24
Hope everyone is happy with the compromise
God Created the World Out Of Nothing, Paterno Built A National Superpower On Cow Fields...
No.
Not happy with the compromise. It’s no compromise at all.
by ReadingRambler on Jan 21, 2010 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
Don't fret
Be happy Rambler.
God Created the World Out Of Nothing, Paterno Built A National Superpower On Cow Fields...
by Adam Bittner on Jan 21, 2010 12:02 PM EST up reply actions
I have to watch our basketball team tonight.
So don’t lecture me on being happy.
by ReadingRambler on Jan 21, 2010 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
It's dollar dog night
So regardless of the result of the game, I’m determined to leave happy tonight
God Created the World Out Of Nothing, Paterno Built A National Superpower On Cow Fields...
by Adam Bittner on Jan 21, 2010 12:30 PM EST up reply actions
Those hot dogs probably taste like sweat and failure.
by ReadingRambler on Jan 21, 2010 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
And pig instestines
God Created the World Out Of Nothing, Paterno Built A National Superpower On Cow Fields...
by Adam Bittner on Jan 21, 2010 12:32 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, but they're only ONE DOLLAR!
"In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
Especially when it's not a good compromise.
Well…on the plus side, those of you without other screennames can now mock Fugi for having MPD.
by ReadingRambler on Jan 21, 2010 10:55 AM EST up reply actions
Try to please everyone,
and you please no one.
Don’t worry – I have no point. As usual.
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Jan 21, 2010 12:01 PM EST up reply actions
And boom goes the dynamite
"Have I ever told the story of when I met Miley Cyrus?"
by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 21, 2010 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
I need a psychologist...
Is there a special name for the particular brand of megalomania where you feel your psyche is too much to be contained within a single persona?
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Jan 21, 2010 11:26 AM EST up reply actions
It's
called PSUmania…you know, not single(as in I ARE) but WE ARE !!
That's hilarious.
I love the inordinate amount of Profile Pictures of the site’s users that are, um, guy-friendly pictures.
"Have I ever told the story of when I met Miley Cyrus?"
by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 21, 2010 2:56 PM EST up reply actions
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