Poor William Gholston is misunderstood
Get out the hankies when you read this article about Will Gholston, the "quiet, unassuming friend" who is learning how to better "play through adversity" (with "adversity" apparently translating to "being on the field with Denard" or "getting owned by Lewan").
To set the stage, let's start with the article's false statement that Gholson was "flagged for . . . [t]wisting the face mask of Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson." In fact, he was penalized for a late hit on that play, and no action was taken (at the time or later) for the neck-wrenching.
We can then proceed through the rest of the article as though the neck-wrenching never occurred. For example, here's the head coach to whom the players look for guidance:
"It really bothered him because he was characterized in a bad light," coach Mark Dantonio said. "He is emotional and it was an emotional response. It was not premeditated and I think people hung him out to dry. I think they hung him out to dry on TV, but they gotta talk about something, I guess."
Teammates agree that "Will is not the type of guy to just go out and punch a guy for no reason" (neck wrenching is another matter), and that he was "provoked" and "pa[id] the price." All of this is expected to "provide some extra motivation" for Gholson this week, so I guess we'll wait and see what he can do to top last year's performance.
October 18th, 2012 at 3:17 PM ^
Who is William Gholston? I see a Tom Gholston on the roster, but no William.
October 18th, 2012 at 3:26 PM ^
so if you're just being sarcastic, my bad. if not...
October 18th, 2012 at 3:32 PM ^
He said he arm-barred Lewan last year because Lewan called him Tom.
October 18th, 2012 at 3:55 PM ^
I am I crazy, or was he never really interested in Michigan. I thought he was a sparty lock real early on, because that whole "UM Didnt know my name and called me Tom Gholston" thing has always seemed like a bunch of BS
October 18th, 2012 at 6:09 PM ^
No, you are not crazy.
Ghoston was an MSU lock from day one. IIRC, his guardian was a former MSU player...or booster...or something.
October 18th, 2012 at 3:54 PM ^
Thanks for clearing that up, I completely missed the joke that the OP Jasgoblue made. I retract my Fry and apologize to any offended.
October 18th, 2012 at 4:38 PM ^
I hope the students get a Tommy Gohlston chant going on Saturday. The guy will blow his top if this happens.
October 18th, 2012 at 3:18 PM ^
Is that why he sucks this year?
October 18th, 2012 at 3:22 PM ^
October 18th, 2012 at 4:10 PM ^
Hey! No one can produce when you are "keyed in on" and "held every play". When he is unblocked... He is the best in the biz...
October 18th, 2012 at 3:18 PM ^
"I think for the third year in a row we got the best player in the state of Michigan."
"It was not premeditated and people hung him out to dry... on tv because they gotta talk about something."
Dantonio is a troll.
October 18th, 2012 at 3:19 PM ^
Let's embaress them this weekend so bad that we end any talk of them ever being a challenge for the next 100 years.
October 19th, 2012 at 7:14 AM ^
should be embaressed by your spelling.
October 18th, 2012 at 3:20 PM ^
Gholston topping last year's performance would entail watching him run around the field with denard's head in one hand and lewan's arm in the other.
I really hope the refs know to pay special attention to this guy
October 18th, 2012 at 6:12 PM ^
Well, they should now that Narduzzi has admonished the officials to watch the game extra closely this year. WTF is that about anyway? Is he afraid that UM is going to put out bounties on his cadre of thugs and crawl in the mud with MSU?
October 18th, 2012 at 3:31 PM ^
It seems like this is the focus of all the media around him (except trying to figure out why he's not an All-American). From what I've seen, he's definitely a dirty player. It doesn't mean he can't shed that and play cleaner football going forward, but I'm not sure how you can play the game he did last year and then be all offended that people think you're dirty.
Edit: Also, why would anybody take the time to read anything in that format? If the demise of print media brings an end to one paragraph sentences, I'm excited. That has to be half the reason I get my news from online sources.
October 18th, 2012 at 6:35 PM ^
slight typo above:
one paragraph sentences = DFW at his most brief
one sentence paragraphs = lazy journalists
October 18th, 2012 at 3:24 PM ^
Gholston = Darth Vadar
Dantonio = Emperor Palpatine
Hoke = Yoda
Denard = Luke Skywalker
And Saturday is Return Of The Jedi
October 18th, 2012 at 3:27 PM ^
October 18th, 2012 at 3:34 PM ^
So do Dantonio and and Gholston. Denard gets to get friendly with his sister, though.
October 18th, 2012 at 3:39 PM ^
He doesn't die. He becomes a Force Ghost.
October 18th, 2012 at 4:33 PM ^
Those Force Ghosts are really strong in Lego Star Wars... my kids love playing as Ghost Obi-Wan.
I don't like the analogy though, because it means Tom is ultimately good at the end. I don't see that in him. I see him more as Darth Maul.
October 19th, 2012 at 9:23 AM ^
No doubt Dantonio would put him back in after that... it's just a slight tummy ache afterall.
October 19th, 2012 at 1:36 PM ^
THAT'S definitely getting the wind knocked out of you.
October 18th, 2012 at 3:36 PM ^
October 18th, 2012 at 3:47 PM ^
Darth Vader went to UofM!
October 18th, 2012 at 3:50 PM ^
Only his voice went to UofM. The actor who was in the suit was a former scottish body builder with a high pitched voice.
October 18th, 2012 at 4:59 PM ^
Hilarious. He sounds like Rick Moranis playing Dark Helmet.
October 18th, 2012 at 8:29 PM ^
Stormtrooper in the background at 0:16 trying not to laugh at how ridiculous he sounds.
October 18th, 2012 at 8:48 PM ^
- had lunch with him many years ago when he was one of our featured guests at our college's Sci Fi Exposition. I guess that whininess finally got the best of David Prowse and he was banned from Star Trek fan conventions.
October 18th, 2012 at 3:51 PM ^
then what the ACTUAL fuck is wrong with you?
October 18th, 2012 at 3:54 PM ^
The only sane people in the universe who haven't seen Star Wars are the characters in Star Wars.
And that's because they LIVED them [Mitch Again], that's cuz they LIVED the Star Wars.
October 18th, 2012 at 3:41 PM ^
October 18th, 2012 at 3:47 PM ^
One could argue that Gholston is perfectly represented by Vader since according to the article he is "so" misunderstood and has this "false" label of a dirty player.
October 18th, 2012 at 4:51 PM ^
I can't wait until he throws Dantonio into a pit this weekend.
October 18th, 2012 at 3:52 PM ^
So spelling Vader with two A's trips your trigger; but the lack of a sentence structure, periods, and capitalization don't bother you at all?
Odd....
October 18th, 2012 at 4:48 PM ^
Or did you mean Dark Helmet?
October 19th, 2012 at 7:17 AM ^
best line: "I bet she gives GREAT helmet!"
October 18th, 2012 at 7:23 PM ^
If Michigan destroys MSU this weekend and a bunch of Ewoks show up and start celebrating I'm going to find you...
October 18th, 2012 at 3:24 PM ^
for verbal dexterity, but if this isn't a completely ambivalent/contradictory statement I don't know what is:
"I think he's grown from that," Dantonio said. "He hopefully needs to grow from that, understand he's got a lot of people watching him on a daily basis, whether it's on the field or off the field, that he needs to handle himself accordingly."
The problem is that MSU coaches don't know whether to bring the cudgels to any given game or act nice. Meanwhile, it's fun to see the dirty play meme get a further airing, even if the reporter does seem to be fellating Gholston and Co. from the full pretzel position.
From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121018/SPORTS0202/210180358#ixzz29gDwAl6j
October 18th, 2012 at 3:53 PM ^
October 18th, 2012 at 4:46 PM ^
They are ranked 7th in the country in "total defense" per ESPN... who has Michigan ranked 10th in the country... so I'm not going to argue.
October 18th, 2012 at 4:52 PM ^
Their defense is also first in the Big 10 in yards per game and yards per play. They're legit.
October 18th, 2012 at 5:17 PM ^
October 19th, 2012 at 6:54 AM ^
October 19th, 2012 at 7:18 AM ^
that MSU had ND at home, whereas we played in South Hole.
October 18th, 2012 at 3:32 PM ^
"Misunderstood" aka overrated. I'll be focused on watching Lewan destroy him plenty on Saturday.