Tate: "That is just how I play"
October 9th, 2009 at 4:20 PM ^
"TF: Oh, and there's something else. I don't know how people get my phone number, but I've been getting all these messages. It happened last week, before Michigan State, and before the Iowa and Notre Dame games, as well. They send texts about how we're going to lose the game. They call me. Sometimes they call at 2 a.m. I don't know how this happened. Where do they get the number? I might have to go ahead and change mine."
Really? People actually do that? I've heard of making noise outside of a professional team's hotel or something, but really? Hope he has an unlimited text plan, because he'll need it in November...
EDIT: It's probably a spiteful and vengeful Pryor....
October 9th, 2009 at 4:30 PM ^
coming from cast aside Cougars.
October 9th, 2009 at 5:26 PM ^
of this more often then I would like to. People get a little to crazy of the games and the kids playing it. Didnt John Navarre go through something like this where people were calling him and telling him he sucks or something along those lines?
October 9th, 2009 at 5:29 PM ^
I called Navarre last night and told him he sucked.
October 9th, 2009 at 5:58 PM ^
recent win over OSU, for that he will always have my respect.
October 9th, 2009 at 5:31 PM ^
I think it was probably Michigan's-own sending him hate mail. Just awful.
October 9th, 2009 at 5:54 PM ^
Yeah dude, this happens all the time. I believe RR even talked about it in the presser before the ND game.
October 9th, 2009 at 6:06 PM ^
Do people not realize when you call/text someone they are going to lose blah blah, it makes the person play harder and want to win 20x more? lol
October 9th, 2009 at 6:10 PM ^
Sure...... but the points are:
A) it's creepy
B) who the hell are we to do something like that? We're not going to be on the field.
C) see A and add ", they're only kids"
D) Nice avatar.
October 9th, 2009 at 6:44 PM ^
Without actually giving out the details, since I hate when people call celebs, athletes etc, how do people get the numbers for these guys?
October 9th, 2009 at 7:24 PM ^
I figured the obvious answer was a public records database. I have access to one for work, and it's always fun to recite some personal facts about my friends to them, or look up their sister's numbers, etc.
So I tried finding Tate, and he didn't show up. Weird. So I tried a couple of other football players, and they aren't in their, either. I don't see how that's possible - surely they can't block access to the voter registrations, etc, of every D1 athlete, right?
So yeah, in sum, I have no idea how to get that info.
October 9th, 2009 at 7:27 PM ^
Have tits?
October 9th, 2009 at 6:52 PM ^
I've heard LSU fans are notorious for doing this to UF players. Last year it was Tebow, and this year they're hitting Brantley and someone else, forgot who. They've had to change numbers because the phone rings absolutely nonstop.
It's a really lame thing to do to an amateur athlete.
October 9th, 2009 at 7:16 PM ^
I bet all the ringing going on for Tebow right now is all in his head...
October 9th, 2009 at 5:56 PM ^
Tate needs to get Google Voice, and send all the non-friend people straight to voicemail.