Let's all take a moment to laugh at Cris Carter
And reflect on what a huge scumbag he is....
He broke NCAA rules, lied, and was kicked out of Ohio State:
Cris Carter, whose 168 career receptions are tops in Ohio State history, was declared ineligible for his senior season yesterday for accepting money and signing a contract with an agent. The deal from the agent outlined Carter would receive a $5,000 interest-free loan and monthly payments of $1,800 for the rest of his college career. The contract would be postdated to Jan. 2, 1988, the day after Carter's last possible game as a senior if he reached the Rose Bowl. On July 15, Ohio State athletic director Rick Bay declared Carter ineligible for the 1987 season. He also faced criminal charges after attempting to conceal information from the government. Carter would later be convicted of mail fraud and obstruction of justice, the only player out of 44 athletes charged in the FBI investigation. He was fined $15,000 and ordered to perform 600 hours of community service.
He abused drugs and alcohol in the NFL:
Carter's dismissal from the Eagles was less about performance and more about his drug and alcohol abuse. Carter got caught up in that milieu and saw things quickly spiral out of control. Carter was drinking heavily and using cocaine, marijuana and ecstasy on a regular basis at that time, and he failed three drug tests over a three-year period before his coach, Buddy Ryan, finally gave up on him and released him in the summer of 1990.
He told Michael Irvin's wife to leave him:
In a radio interview on Wednesday, the former Dallas Cowboys great revealed that Carter told Irvin's wife to leave him back when her husband was struggling with substance abuse. "I don't know what year it was, we were in the Pro Bowl. And all Cris is trying to do, he's just trying to share his experiences," Irvin told ESPN's Dan Le Batard. "He said to my wife -- he said to my wife -- you know, Michael would never come out of this problem until you leave him. Till you leave him. For years, I've held it. I've never shared that with anybody. I've never in my life shared that with anybody. I was so irked with Cris because he was out of line then. His ... is out of line now. He is out. Of. Line."
He told NFL players at the league's rookie symposium to "get a fall guy":
“Y’all not gonna all do the right stuff. I gotta teach y’all how to get around all this stuff too. If you gonna have a crew, one of them fools got to know he going to jail.”
He blamed Geno Smith for getting punched in the face by his own teammate:
In a world of all-encompassing sports media, it’s no surprise someone prominent has already said something stupid about the sucker punch that will sideline New York Jets starting quarterback Geno Smith for 6-10 weeks. It’s also of little surprise that said person was ESPN’s Cris Carter. The Hall of Famer (seriously, how did that happen, HOF voters?) opted for the tried and true “blame the victim” rationale, but not with a semi-defensible “Geno should have walked away” explanation but with a knock of Smith’s locker room leadership. Read the quote here, but if you want the full Carter experience imagine it’s written all in CAPS. “It’s a lack of leadership on Geno Smith’s part that he would put himself in harms way to get sucker punched.”
He was fired from ESPN:
Carter’s hypocritical and outlandish statements proved to be too much for ESPN who, in addition to the news of Carter and Lewis leaving, announced that Carter’s former teammate, Randy Moss, will be joining the network. ESPN doesn’t have enough airtime to broadcast the NFL’s concussion problem while dealing with a headache of their own.
He cheated on his wife:
One-time ESPN makeup artist Sue Baumann alleged Berman made inappropriate comments and sent her inappropriate text messages going back to 2011. The sexual harassment claims stem from Baumann’s work with “Sunday NFL Countdown.” The Big Lead also reported Baumann revealed an extramarital affair with another “Sunday NFL Countdown” talking head, Hall of Fame wide receiver Cris Carter, to ESPN brass in 2013
He accused Chandler Jones of using PCP laced marijuana.
Cris Carter on Chandler Jones: "I think he was smoking marijuana and I think he was smoking some marijuana laced with PCP."
Oh boy Cris — mike freeman (@mikefreemanNFL) January 15, 2016
So yeah, not going to put a lot of stock into what this clown claims to know about Jim Harbaugh's career aspirations two weeks before NSD and 24 hours after OSU just lost the best coach in program history. I'm amazed this guy has a job let a lone a platform to spew this nonsense.
December 5th, 2018 at 6:08 PM ^
I guarantee if you showed that to 100 Buckeyes, at least 99 wouldn’t notice anything
December 5th, 2018 at 6:11 PM ^
They most certainly would notice that the background is blue.
December 5th, 2018 at 8:51 PM ^
written by a staee grad no less!
December 5th, 2018 at 6:58 PM ^
Is that some kind of special Buckeye yeast infection underwear?
I'm sure they need it.
December 5th, 2018 at 6:11 PM ^
He was a dumbass when playing too... And has the face of a dumbass, so much, that you get this urge to wanna slap it.
December 5th, 2018 at 6:12 PM ^
Like 90% of pro athletes cheat on their significant others. It's honestly an unwritten agreement that it will happen.
That being said, Carter has his baggage, no doubt. And he was over the line with what he said today. But this just seems a little dumb to post in my opinion.
December 5th, 2018 at 6:49 PM ^
“A little dumb to post” could be said about Carter’s speculation refarding coach.
December 5th, 2018 at 7:56 PM ^
Refarding.....I laughed
December 5th, 2018 at 6:13 PM ^
Cris Carter sounds like the type of guy that Urban would have been proud to cover up for! Buckeye Nation!
December 5th, 2018 at 6:15 PM ^
He didn't come to play no school.
December 5th, 2018 at 6:16 PM ^
Cris Carter is Ohio’s taint.
December 5th, 2018 at 6:19 PM ^
The funny thing is that if he would have inserted Saban's name instead of Harbaugh, people probably would have thought it was a reasonable take. There is literally nothing else left for Saban to accomplish except being a successful NFL head coach. Green Bay + Aaron Rodgers in the NFC North might be too much to resist.
December 5th, 2018 at 6:26 PM ^
Mike McCarthy has a pretty laid back personality, and he & Rodgers couldn’t get along. Doubt Saban and Aaron’s personalities would be good matches.
December 5th, 2018 at 6:59 PM ^
Or Harbaugh's.
December 6th, 2018 at 9:56 AM ^
Saban can't coach in the NFL. It's too close to an even playing field.
I bet Harbaugh vs Saban in the NFL, Harbaugh wins 7 out of 10, probably 9 out of 10.
Same thing with Meyer.
BUT this is not the NFL and Harbaugh HAS to overcome the disadvantages (clearly out coach) or UM will never win against true top 5 teams. Period.
December 5th, 2018 at 6:23 PM ^
John U Bacon already roasted his ass in twitter for his comments.
December 5th, 2018 at 6:23 PM ^
The only good Chris Carter created The X-Files.
December 5th, 2018 at 6:33 PM ^
Everybody hates Cris
December 5th, 2018 at 6:34 PM ^
Don't forget, he introduced an entire generation to the phrase "All he does is catch touchdowns," which turned out to be a cut him for substance abuse while allowing him to save face. Which, props to Buddy Ryan for having class (did I just write that?) but.. yeah.
December 5th, 2018 at 6:44 PM ^
Wasnt Chris Carter escorted off Ohio St property for trying to fight a former coach,years after he left OSU? or was that Terrel Pryor
December 5th, 2018 at 6:53 PM ^
OP - that is a bunch of quotes without great attribution to the source. Much of it is very old news. Some does not appear to be attributed to any source.
December 5th, 2018 at 7:02 PM ^
Ironic, given that it was triggered by Carter's unsubstantiated, un-sourced statement about Harbaugh leaving Michigan.
December 5th, 2018 at 7:10 PM ^
It's like rain?
December 5th, 2018 at 7:39 PM ^
True - but wasn't that covered in another thread?
December 6th, 2018 at 9:58 AM ^
You haven't been on MGoBlog very long.
We have duplicate threads all the time. Each with 100s of replies. Get used to it.
December 5th, 2018 at 7:30 PM ^
If I were to state the sky appears blue to everyone (most) would I need to cite it?!
December 5th, 2018 at 7:43 PM ^
No - just get your hawt takes from Chat Sports and spew them all over the Board!
You won't get negged or banned unless you attribute to the source.
December 5th, 2018 at 6:54 PM ^
Wow... didn’t know all this stuff. What a dandy.
December 5th, 2018 at 6:55 PM ^
Thank you OP for making my Day!
December 5th, 2018 at 7:19 PM ^
You're welcome my man.
December 5th, 2018 at 6:57 PM ^
Oops... edit. A double post. Sorry bout’ that!
December 5th, 2018 at 7:27 PM ^
Carter is a douchebag of the highest order but I don't like to laugh at anyone's substance abuse problems. The rest of that is totally in-bounds though.
December 5th, 2018 at 7:29 PM ^
I don’t like the guy but bashing someone for having an addiction problem is not a good look. To my understanding he has been sober for a long time. He is a jackass whether he is sober or blitzed, but simply stating someone is a bad person because they battled an addiction is not right. We all know this was a ploy for recruiting and all it takes is one call from jim to make that go away. Harbaugh will have to deal with this every offseason as long as he is here especially if he doesn’t beat Ohio and soon
December 5th, 2018 at 8:00 PM ^
Every offseason that he is at Michigan? I doubt it. If he is there 6 or 7 years(which he will be), I'd hope most writers would drop it by then. I mean, this is the fourth year that they are saying this now. You'd think they'd catch the drift here. Then again...who am I kidding? The clueless mass is full of fucking idiots.
December 5th, 2018 at 8:20 PM ^
It generates clicks. Thats what the internet and society is all about today. Click to the next outrage, often something meaningless, small, petty. There is little substance left in western culture.
December 5th, 2018 at 7:41 PM ^
Why is his face even on TV ?
December 5th, 2018 at 7:46 PM ^
It seems pretty obvious that Chris Carter has very low I.Q. So, listening to anything he says is not a good use of our time.
December 5th, 2018 at 7:51 PM ^
Thorough and complete asshole, how anybody employs this guy is a fucking joke. He sucks ass as an analyst and sucks ass at life...piece. of. shit. buckeye
December 5th, 2018 at 7:55 PM ^
Chris is just a pathetic piece of shit who is trying to stir up drama for the recruits that Michigan has and is after. He is pissed off that his friend Urban is gone and this is how he fires back. He knows that Urban was the best coach for that school. He was an ohio guy and he loved the buckeyes. Day will not equal Urban's intensity and smarts. Urban was one of a kind. One they won't see the likes of any time soon.
Chris taking shots at Harbaugh like that is sad. Jim is above that low life. Look at Jim's career now and look at Chris's. Chris and that fan base want to believe that Ryan Day will duplicate Urban's efforts but I'd be pretty damn shocked if he can. Urban is fucking crazy ass psycho. He's a smart one though at that. 39 year old Day is not that guy.
December 5th, 2018 at 10:34 PM ^
Day is 39 years old? He looks 50! Whoa.
December 5th, 2018 at 8:03 PM ^
Him getting hired by ESPN was probably the signal for me to stop watching it very much. It's not that he's a Buckeye, there seems to be about a dozen of those in the national sports media at any time, it's that he just seems pretty dumb.
December 5th, 2018 at 8:26 PM ^
Now it is all over the internet and on all the sports websites that Harbaugh may leave for Green Bay or Cleveland. Pathetic that Carter gets to put shit out there to try to mess up Harbaugh's recruiting. I hope Harbaugh puts out another classic statement to sink this rumor.
December 5th, 2018 at 8:29 PM ^
Diagonal Blue, I disagree with your opinions on the M staff, but am sorry I called you an asshole before.
Good post.
December 6th, 2018 at 12:40 AM ^
Apology accepted lol.
December 5th, 2018 at 8:37 PM ^
This Harbaugh to GB stuff is hilarious. It's also mostly OSU-based talking points. I have a very strong sense that they are not super-excited about Day as a coach.
December 5th, 2018 at 9:13 PM ^
don't forget, he's "Buckeye Born and Bread"
December 6th, 2018 at 7:52 AM ^
You mean “buckeye born and inbred.”
December 5th, 2018 at 9:25 PM ^
On that last one, pretty sure the PCP part was confirmed, and he was guessing it was laced in weed. BS though because PCP is way more expensive.