Around the Horn rips Rodriguez for postgame comment
Was just watching Around the Horn when the entire Around the Horn crew ripped on Rich Rodriguez for his "You wanna hang me from a building?" comments. They said he needs to stop making everything about him and the wording bothered them. First of all, it bothers me that it seems like you can't say anything these days without offending someone. Second of all, all he is doing is telling people to calm down and things will be okay because it is just one loss. He isn't making it all about him. It's the media that always makes it about him and tries to come for his head at the first sign of trouble. Give the guy a break.
October 12th, 2010 at 6:01 PM ^
i love sports shows, but we don't need the opinions of 4 people to set a negative image about our program. Shows like this were cool at first, but they do make things way too personal. heck the comment wasn't meant for them as they probably aren't fans, so i wouldn't even consider them relevant for comment!
October 12th, 2010 at 8:24 PM ^
Is Mariotti even on the show anymore since he has been convicted of woman beating?
October 13th, 2010 at 10:44 AM ^
beat women he was a zero. He used to write for the Chicago Sun-Times, the best comparison I have for him is that he was to Chicago what Drew Sharp is to Detroit. Nobody liked him, I've heard his daughter used to get booed in the hallways at Stevenson HS. And she probably deserved it.
October 12th, 2010 at 9:11 PM ^
Anything relating to ESPN generally pisses me off. First of all, Denard takes a solid drop in the Heisman poll because of the MSU game. Whether it was deserved or not, I hate the hype that organizations like ESPN (and others) place around one athlete so early in the season, then they have one bad game (sorry they are HUMAN), and all of a sudden they fall off the radar. Give it up already.
Second, I hate the way they fricking analyze every word that rolls out of the lips of a coach. Like it was already said, RR wasn't trying to make this loss about himself; he was simply trying to say that the fan base (and others) shouldn't come down on him because of one game. And that's a fair statement.
October 13th, 2010 at 11:54 AM ^
Can't stand Around the Horn. They're loud and think they're witty when they're not. The show is filled with rejects just waiting to get called up to the majors on PTI when one of their guys is on vacation.
October 12th, 2010 at 6:01 PM ^
Mariotti, Woody Page. These are the sages of our age.
They're like a modern Plato and Socrates.
October 12th, 2010 at 6:13 PM ^
Play Doh and SoCrates Johnson.
October 12th, 2010 at 7:02 PM ^
Who's Kool-Aid are you sipping?
/sarcasm
October 12th, 2010 at 7:04 PM ^
Forgive me Lloyd.
October 12th, 2010 at 7:28 PM ^
Can anyone read the word sage and not think of Zelda Ocarina of Time? Cause I cant.
October 12th, 2010 at 9:52 PM ^
I tend to think of roast chicken, but that's just me.
October 13th, 2010 at 7:23 AM ^
I think of Simon & Garfunkel, and that kinda pisses me off.
October 12th, 2010 at 6:01 PM ^
Newsflash - Around the Horn blows.
Pun intended. Zing!
But really, that show is terrible.
October 12th, 2010 at 6:38 PM ^
Even Tony Reali probably agrees with you that Around the Horn is terrible.
October 12th, 2010 at 7:14 PM ^
I really like Reali too. Wish he wasn't on that show.
October 12th, 2010 at 9:11 PM ^
He doesn't have a choice......you saw Mickey with the Jonas Brothers in that South Park episode. That guy is crazy!!!!!!!!!!! Reali won't cross the boss.
October 12th, 2010 at 7:10 PM ^
Too funny, thanks for the laugh. Though i do agree they are nothing but a group of douche bags.
October 13th, 2010 at 9:32 AM ^
Opinions are like __________________. Everyone has one, but some are more ________________ than others.
October 12th, 2010 at 6:01 PM ^
Ya know, I don't mind PTI and Around the Horn, but I have this sneaking suspicion that it's just the male version of NBC Today and The View.
Bwak bwak bwak bwak.
October 12th, 2010 at 8:37 PM ^
Where's the spit flying in all directions? Where's the drool?
October 12th, 2010 at 8:59 PM ^
it's an offshoot of the kornheiser WHY meme, i agree it's lacking a bit of senile charm
October 12th, 2010 at 9:21 PM ^
I could give you more than +1 for the phrase, "senile charm."
October 12th, 2010 at 6:33 PM ^
ATH is like the farm team for PTI which in turn is a farm team for Sports Center. Basically someone from PTI goes on vacation, they call up some ATH regular. Sports Center has a guy goon vacation or have some time they need to fill, they get a PTI guy to rant about something.
October 12th, 2010 at 6:58 PM ^
If you meant to type go on, instead of goon, but it works better that way.
October 13th, 2010 at 5:08 AM ^
Got to see PTI on the UK version of ESPN the other day. Ugh. It's the same shit but with football and cricket.
October 12th, 2010 at 6:03 PM ^
...is pathetic. Don't worry yourself if the talking heads who bloviate there bloviate about RichRod. That's what they do. Anyhow, if they all agree, they must be wrong.
October 12th, 2010 at 6:03 PM ^
That show doesn't work unless RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION!!!11!
Doesn't surprise me, honestly.
October 12th, 2010 at 6:03 PM ^
I'd rather know what Drew Sharp thinks than those yahoos.
October 12th, 2010 at 6:03 PM ^
as he doesn't go around slapping himself in the face during a postgame press conference we should be fine
October 12th, 2010 at 6:04 PM ^
Talk about "Making it all about yourself"....That show blows, like much of the crap ESPN puts out. A bunch of talking head non-athletes who have built a career off of writing and critiqueing the accomplishments and failings of actual performers in the sports world.
They really need to take a long look in the mirror before accusing others of being self-involved and pretentious.
October 12th, 2010 at 6:06 PM ^
ATH sucks but I do like the PTI guys.
October 12th, 2010 at 6:06 PM ^
Shouldn't that one fag on that show be off getting arrested again? Why don't they use that as a topic on that dumbass show.
October 12th, 2010 at 6:18 PM ^
Fag? Seriously?
October 12th, 2010 at 6:28 PM ^
Fag doesn't mean what it used to mean anymore.
October 12th, 2010 at 6:34 PM ^
Tell that to all the gay kids who've been killing themselves.
October 12th, 2010 at 7:05 PM ^
It used to mean a bundle of sticks or some cigs. But I'm pretty sure he meant what you thought he meant, so, while technically correct, it's kind of like he used the wrong formula but still came out with the right answer.
October 12th, 2010 at 7:09 PM ^
E-FACT: Broken clocks are right twice a day.
October 12th, 2010 at 7:26 PM ^
That right. Doesn't it mean "biker" now?
October 12th, 2010 at 7:30 PM ^
hey i ride a bike. Im very offended
/sarcasm
October 12th, 2010 at 9:22 PM ^
+1 for the awesome South Park reference.
October 12th, 2010 at 6:25 PM ^
It's really mean to gay people to associate gayness with Jay Mariotti.
October 13th, 2010 at 5:06 AM ^
not that there's anything wrong with that.
And for the kids that want to negbang me, that's a Seinfeld reference. Seesh.
October 12th, 2010 at 7:11 PM ^
Wow. Wish I could neg more for bigotry.
October 13th, 2010 at 12:10 AM ^
By my calculations, you can neg 735 times.
October 12th, 2010 at 7:13 PM ^
While Jay Marrioti is a douche, im pretty sure his arrest was due to a domestic disturbance with a female.
October 13th, 2010 at 8:08 AM ^
Hmmm.... maybe she was putting moves on his man...
October 12th, 2010 at 9:42 PM ^
I read this as just an immature comment...not a bigoted one...like all the fans that just say 'ass' 'shit' or who make attacks on player like Ezeh who works hard every week with his only 'salary' being a scholarship. I mean if a football player killed himself from all the crap we say on this board, would you feel guilty. The F** word rarely is invoked to mean actually homosexuality, ala the south park episode. I will not read bigotry into this...just a childish immature comment.
October 12th, 2010 at 10:21 PM ^
Not really the appropriate place to delve into it, and points are doing their job so I'll keep my opinion on this as short as I can:
I think that's a total cop out. It's a deragatory term for a gay person. The fact that people have co-opted it to use it as a term which means "bad" just shows how horribly ingrained (and wrong) it is. He called the guy that word in an attempt to potray him in a negative light. Plug in the N-Word and it has the same effect. And I hardly think if he used that word instead anyone would call it "immature." The only difference is( for some reason which is still lost on me) the use of "fag" is way more socially acceptable today.
/Rant.