Illinois Head Coach Beckman Trying to "Plug" His Troubles; NCAA Violation to Be Reported
October 8th, 2012 at 8:38 AM ^
October 8th, 2012 at 10:15 AM ^
to the nanny state.
October 8th, 2012 at 2:21 PM ^
So stupid. I don't understand peoples stance on tobacco. These arne't kids at the universities, they are adults. and they can made educated decisions on if to use tobacco or not. Banning a legal substance is rediculous.
October 8th, 2012 at 7:52 AM ^
October 8th, 2012 at 7:57 AM ^
Much safer than normal chewing tobacco.
October 8th, 2012 at 8:16 AM ^
I've been chewing for a LONG time. Too long. I've just recently switched to Mint Snuff, a non-tabacco/non-nicotine alternative. I wonder what the NCAA would say about that?
October 8th, 2012 at 8:38 AM ^
October 8th, 2012 at 5:24 PM ^
let the children decide if they want to chew or not!
October 8th, 2012 at 8:50 AM ^
Good luck. MInt Snuff, the patch, and a newborn daughter finally helped me beat the habit.
October 8th, 2012 at 9:04 AM ^
Not _____ing during a game is difficult if you're addicted to ______.
No offense to you (and congrats on the switch - keep it up), but the best way to avoid getting addicted to something is not to start in the first place. I don't have any sympathy for people who get addicted to tobacco, other drugs, or alcohol. It's a stupid decision when people get hooked on those things, and then they pay for their mistakes later.
October 8th, 2012 at 9:20 AM ^
Good for you for being ultra strong in your convictions. Some of us, however, are pre-disposed to addictions (coming from a long family line of addicted nicotine and/or alcohol users). Normally I read your contributions with interest, but in this case, you can take your holier than thou BS and shove it up your ass.
October 8th, 2012 at 9:27 AM ^
I've had fellow coaches dip. And then I've found out that some of my players are doing it and I try to warn them off it. You know what their response is? "Well, Coach _______ does it." And I have no response, because some of my fellow coaches aren't being good role models, and I can't exactly demean my colleague. So I've seen its effects on younger people, and I know that nothing good comes from it.
Like I said, good for you for weaning yourself off the tobacco. That's a step in the right direction toward becoming healthier and a better role model for the next generation.
October 8th, 2012 at 9:24 AM ^
October 8th, 2012 at 9:39 AM ^
Except for a very small minority, you don't "suffer from" addiction. You choose it.
People who chew tobacco don't "suffer from" mouth cancer. They get it because of their choices. Just like most people don't "suffer from" obesity. They're fat because they eat too much and/or don't exercise.*
This is the last I'm going to say on the subject, because I've said what I have to say.
*Obviously, there are some people who are obese, addicted, etc. due to reasons beyond their control. Those are in the minority, though.
October 8th, 2012 at 10:48 AM ^
Could you leave these pages and your website for two weeks? I'm not nearly the mgo-follower you are, and I have a hell of a time making it more than 10 days without mgoblog, your site, or aquaman's site.
October 8th, 2012 at 10:53 AM ^
You're missing the incredibly important point that addiction interferes with your ability to make choices by directly affecting your brain's choice-making machinery. It is therefore much more complicated morally than your description captures.
October 8th, 2012 at 10:06 AM ^
October 8th, 2012 at 10:32 AM ^
Upvoted, not because you wrote that he was addicted to Cox (he-heh!) but because you obviously went back and edited your post to use the right "your".
Only on MGoBlog...
October 8th, 2012 at 10:50 AM ^
Damn "Swiftkey" keyboard and its incorrect word recommendations. To show my devotion to proper grammar, after I posted on my smartphone app, I had to open up MGoBlog on the web and edit the post (as the app doesn't allow editing). Correcting the incorrect "you're" became top priority.
October 8th, 2012 at 12:18 PM ^
You just earned auto-upvotes from me for the foreseeable future. That's dedication right there.
October 8th, 2012 at 1:22 PM ^
October 8th, 2012 at 3:59 PM ^
when I thought "sex addiction."
October 8th, 2012 at 5:25 PM ^
is not being an asshole is hard to do when you are addicted to being an asshole?
October 8th, 2012 at 8:22 AM ^
All this talk about tobacco means I need to go take a cigarette break.
October 8th, 2012 at 8:47 AM ^
FYI coach Hoke also dips.
October 8th, 2012 at 9:37 AM ^
This makes me love him even more. i hope he's a Grizzly Mint kinda fella.
October 8th, 2012 at 9:52 AM ^
October 8th, 2012 at 10:06 AM ^
Wintergreen? Straight? Not a big Copenhagen fan myself. My goal is to now share a dipper with Coach Hoke before I die.
October 8th, 2012 at 9:09 AM ^
OMG!!! He was chewing tobacco? He should be stoned to death during the half time show.
October 8th, 2012 at 9:13 AM ^
October 8th, 2012 at 9:49 AM ^
OP sounds like a fucking dweeb.
October 8th, 2012 at 9:53 AM ^
This is a M blog.
October 8th, 2012 at 10:15 AM ^
OP why do you post like this is such a tragedy and a shame? It's not a big deal at all.
October 8th, 2012 at 10:15 AM ^
October 8th, 2012 at 10:34 AM ^
This IS a Scuba big deal. Can you imagine him dying of decompression sickness because he needed his nicotene at an inopportune time?
October 8th, 2012 at 10:42 AM ^
I predict this blows over in 5... 4... 3... 1...
October 8th, 2012 at 1:10 PM ^
I'd probably feel like throwing a digger in too if my team was playing that terribly...
JK.. the baccy is absolutely disgusting, and it makes me nauseous even thinking about that garbage...
October 8th, 2012 at 2:43 PM ^
who is Tim Beckman?
(Insert, "I don't understand sarcasm" remark below)
October 8th, 2012 at 5:38 PM ^