OT: Chris Brown Representing Sparty
Not sure what his association with the school is, no information on his wiki page. Just found it hilarious in the face of all of the other criminal, alleged or otherwise, activities in Spartyville lately.
March 30th, 2011 at 11:59 AM ^
He's already wearing prison orange, so it'll work out.
March 30th, 2011 at 12:05 PM ^
He'll be back in the studio practicing right after his release...
March 30th, 2011 at 12:05 PM ^
He also had on a Spartan hat at some event about a year ago. I don't really know if he has any connection, but he's probably a hoops fan and just follows our final four runs.
March 30th, 2011 at 12:06 PM ^
How'd that run go for you this year?
March 30th, 2011 at 12:10 PM ^
Cavalier'd
March 30th, 2011 at 12:21 PM ^
My point is, you aren't going to see some bandwagon fan wearing a Tennessee Mountain State University hat. It's March and he's wearing a State hat, it would be logical that maybe he's a State hoops fan.
March 30th, 2011 at 12:36 PM ^
Does this mean there are Spartan Store Spartans out there?
HA! love it
agrees with you.
March 30th, 2011 at 12:48 PM ^
so he's a wallmart sparty?..thats cool
...but that's just me.
ive always like save -a-lot sparties...
March 30th, 2011 at 12:10 PM ^
Michigan got further in the Tournament than Michigan State did this year, and they swept State as well.
is funny as hell. They couldnt even sell out a home FB game during the best season in over 20 years.
March 30th, 2011 at 12:13 PM ^
Are you saying he didn't follow your Snazzy 67 run this year?
March 30th, 2011 at 12:27 PM ^
that he got in trouble? Maybe if you guys had made the final four he would have something to watch and stay out of trouble.
March 30th, 2011 at 12:56 PM ^
Watching Sparty gives me the runs.
You guys replying to this post sound like tRCMB when a Michigan fan posts something, he really didn't say anything bad, other than implying Chris Brown was a bandwagon basketball fan.
Fully agreed. The pile-on is completely unnecessary.
Hey, I got my snark in before it got mean.
March 30th, 2011 at 12:06 PM ^
Not to hijack the thread, but why was the Tressel resignation thread brought down? Baseless rumors? Overparanoid mod? I saw it when I logged in, clicked on it, and it was gone. So I did not get a chance to live the soap opera yet today.
March 30th, 2011 at 12:10 PM ^
Basically the guy put it up as fact originally, then backed off when asked for sources or links and just said that he had sources...if you've been reading longer than you've been a member you can probably imagine how that went, for a topic this big.
If not, give it about a week of reading regularly and I'll promise you'll see the fireworks come out at least once.
March 30th, 2011 at 12:19 PM ^
http://www.collegefanatics.com/boards/showthread.php?t=88529
This guy has no link, however he claims that he spoke to a 'big' booster in Ohio who told him that Tressel would be fired/resign. Once again a grain of salt, but at least this guy states his source.
March 30th, 2011 at 12:29 PM ^
Eh, after all the talk from after The Game I'll wait until Yahoo! or Brian tell me something.
Also, I think it's going to wait until Gee and Smith get some sort of an idea how misguided they were with their two game suspension and 1/16 salary fine for lying to the NCAA before Tressel is forced to step down. He may never even step down; he might just sit and wait for the show-cause to come through.
March 30th, 2011 at 12:40 PM ^
Yeah, I won't believe it till it actually happens. That being said, it almost appears like OSU is willing to go down in flames with the vest.
March 30th, 2011 at 12:43 PM ^
Ever see the South Park episode with Jared from Subway? Butters is grounded and goes out and Cartman pretends to be him when his parents call to check, and says a bunch of terrible things to them? Well, Cartman waits for Butter's parents to get home and sits on a lawn chair with popcorn while Butters is mercilessly beat by his parents.
It's gonna be just like that, except we'll be the ones in the lawn chairs with the popcorn.
To be fair, I have heard similar rumblings through the grapevine.
The family of a friend of mine is on the in with a high ranking OSU Athletic Department person, and they discussed that Tressel is sick of the NCAA, likely owing to the hypocrisy he perceives in the idea of not paying players but profiting off of them. In that respect, I'm with Tressel (brb gotta take a shower. Okay I'm back). The friend relayed to me that he is planning to call it quits soon. This was around the time of the Gator Bowl (we were in Jacksonville when she told me all this info), so it was before all this news broke about him covering up the e-mails.
As far as that conversation goes, it makes perfect sense that he covered up the e-mails. Why would he tell an organization he sees as hypocritical? I don't think he was right in what he did, but I don't think the NCAA is right in what it does either; the Fab 5 Documentary brought light upon that: ie, the "Fab 5" sneakers etc. It really is ridiculous how different organizations profit off these athletes, who are only students. It really shouldn't be allowed. Companies like Adidas shouldn't be allowed to market that shoe as such if they have an affiliation with a University athletic department. My opinion.
Even I get a little frustrated when I walk into the MDen and the only jerseys for sale are 16, 5, 7, 12, 2, 20, etc....
Going back to Tressel, I think the reason OSU's punishment was so light was to keep him around (think of it as a peace offering, and also an opportunity: he doesn't have to leave the program before he can reclaim his "honor" and "respectability"). They also don't want him going elsewhere, certainly.
March 30th, 2011 at 12:23 PM ^
I've been a member for longer. Yay for stupid alter ego post... obviously this guy didn't have any credibility around here? Bring a bartender on the OSU campus, I know many things that are pertinent to these blogs that I do not share. Maybe he just couldn't comment on how he knew.
I can say with whatever confidence is assumed by the next few words, that a friend of a friend who works in the OSU athletic department said that Tressel's head was not on the block, and some pretty serious NCAA sanctions would have to come up, specifically a harsh show cause before OSU would even think about having him resign.
March 30th, 2011 at 12:34 PM ^
None that I know of. If you've been a member as long as you have, I'm sure you can guess how out of control that thread got.
I think what you say actually makes more sense, Occam's Razor and all. Hard to believe the whole presser was a big April Fools joke or something.
You haven't committed yourself to the idea that Tressel hates the NCAA. He does. He wants out because of the NCAA. And let's face it, who can blame him for that? They're hypocrites. Players can't accept any benefits, but various companies can sell paraphernalia relating to student athletes? Bull.
Edit: Reread your post; realized you said OSU wouldn't think of having him resign. I think you're right there, but I think Tressel does want to retire.
March 30th, 2011 at 12:10 PM ^
No link, just a "I heard this from a guy I know" explanation. It was pretty much a Joe Schad post. It would be hilarious if he ends up being right.
March 30th, 2011 at 12:10 PM ^
This post would be OT in a msu website. Too much here.
This is why we can't have nice things!
March 30th, 2011 at 12:33 PM ^
not on a MSU website. /obvious
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March 30th, 2011 at 12:11 PM ^
There is video of him on youtube of his performing in a Michigan basketball jersey.
March 30th, 2011 at 12:23 PM ^
Last week he was wearing a UM basketball jersey (maize, #23, no name) and a black Michigan hat on BET. Beats me why.
March 30th, 2011 at 12:36 PM ^
an welcome to my glass house.
Oops
March 30th, 2011 at 12:49 PM ^
I guess it's a recent video. Maybe he watched the Fab Five special?
That was absolutely horrible!
Thats actually a pretty sweet jersey
Fuck that noise. That's a Maurice Taylor jersey/throwback, it appears. I blame Traylor/Taylor/Bullock far more than even CWebb when it comes to the sanctions, as by that time, they were specifically told not to associate with Ed Martin, with even pictures of him shown to them, and they did it anyway. It was their transgressions that kept us within the 5 year statute of limitations.
It also probably doesn't help that their teams never lived up to their potential by a long shot, in my opinion.
You need to get your facts straight...Its obviously an Evan Smotrycz jersey!
March 30th, 2011 at 12:18 PM ^
Sparty football players hit women...... Chris Brown hits women......
March 30th, 2011 at 12:19 PM ^
I must be out of touch with pop culture, because the title of this thread made me think "Why is the guy who writes Smartfootball the counsel for MSU? Don't they have their own lawyers?"
March 30th, 2011 at 12:28 PM ^
March 30th, 2011 at 12:46 PM ^
He's not a Sparty fan. As much as you'd like to think he's a fan of your "final four runs", he wears the S for "swag".
Last I heard on the radio, 'Good Morning America' and ABC aren't pressing charges against Brown, despite him going all mental again and throwing a chair through a window.
No punishment for being a jackass sounds very Dantonio-like. So I see the connection Brown has with MSU.
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