"Bag Man" author to do Reddit AMA, Friday at 1pm
STEVEN GODFREY, writer & journalist for SB Nation and author of the "bag man" article will be doing an Ask Me Anything (AMA) on reddit today at 1 pm. for those of you who might not have been on Reddit, an AMA is basically like the internet version of a press conference. the college football forum is usually a pretty levelheaded forum so you won't be drifting into rcmb-like territory. and if you like that, hit the main page for cat videos, cat gifs, cat memes and cat pictures.
reddit/CFB previously did an AMA with an autograph dealer which i thought was interesting
http://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/21iyej/i_am_an_autograph_dealer_that_deals_specifically/
in very reddit fashion, this is not a link to the AMA, but to the notification of the AMA, the AMA will be linked once it begins.
http://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/22qvkr/upcoming_ama_meet_the_bag_man_writer_journalist/
April 11th, 2014 at 12:10 PM ^
That is all.
April 11th, 2014 at 12:22 PM ^
And now your thumbnail picture looks suspicious.
April 11th, 2014 at 12:40 PM ^
I include hidden messages to The Illuminati in almost everything I post.
Should we maybe be suspicious about that too?
You should be very suspicious.
Section one finally got banned?!
How did I not know this...
April 11th, 2014 at 12:18 PM ^
The comment thread which followed Godfrey's article, now standing at nearly 1,000 replies, got particularly contentious so I am curious as to what sort of questions people will bring to this one. A lot of people here seemed to more or less say that, while it is not at all shocking on a high level, the level of detail provided here was fascinating and did provide insight into the intricacies of what goes on. Actually, I am curious to see if people from fanbases that have been repeatedly accused of this sort of stuff show up as well.
April 11th, 2014 at 12:59 PM ^
His "Bag Man" article can be found at http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2014/4/10/5594348/college-football-bag-man-interview
Here's the actual link to the AMA:
http://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/22sgu9/hi_im_steven_godfrey_senior_reporter_for_sb/
he's saying Michigan has a bag man network. Evidently not a very good one considering the players that turn away.
I was really hoping somebody would have asked if gambling was ever mentioned with regards to bag men.
Interesting about his implication about Illinois. Not sure what he meant by Michigan having a future serious problem with offense. So vague was he that I give it no credence.
Only $80K for the unnamed 2014 player. As I recall Cam Newton was worth $100K.
Yeah, I don't know what he meant by the offense either, perhaps that we are stuck in the past with manball. But I find it interesting that he thinks Hoke deserves through 2015.
I loved the Michigan guy that replied to him saying, "If that's the case then we need a better network." It was a melancholy laugh, though.
if it's fiction, it's some of the best fiction i've read. however, it certainly has the sound of truth to it. where were these bag men when i was playing at mich?
I was wondering the same. You and I got the shaft.
</whippersnapper>
'social benefits', if you know what i mean.
April 12th, 2014 at 12:08 PM ^
I've had some conversations about this with a co-worker that played for Woody and one thing that was clear was that these guys are always around and always willing, and the extent to which they operate depends on the encouragement or discouragement they get from the program. If they know they'll be cut off if they're found out and they know they're going to be found out, they stand down. If they have enough collective influence they'll try to engineer a change, a new coach or new AD, to shift the program in a direction more amenable to their activities. (You might be able to imagine which changes at OSU we're talking about here.)
No collection of boosters was ever going to win a confrontation with Bo and no one since Bo has commanded that level of fear and respect. I can imagine that things might have changed with his passing.