Speight receiving death threats?

Submitted by NashvilleBLUE on

In the below article, Mo Hursts talks about how much of a struggle it must be for Wilton "receiving death threats and people telling QBs to 'kill yourself'. You're supposed to be our fans and shouldn't be saying that type of stuff"

As a football fan, I'm obsessed with Michigan to a point where I periodically have to check my priorities because I put a lot of stock in a game; however, Mo's statements really puts the "dark side of sports" into perspective. Here is illustration of where obsession can lead to "Misery" levels.

I am as dissapointed with the up and down QB play as anybody, but when it crosses the entertainment realm and enters the realm of personal attacks (nevermind the student-athlete part), then it gets psychotic.

Hopefully this is just a few twitter trolls (e.g. the Isiah Thomas jersey burning) and not a legitimate thought by some of these fans, because that would be dispicable.

 

http://michigan.247sports.com/Bolt/Having-heard-the-backlash-teammates-…

 

EDIT: As someone pointed out below, The 247 article I linked left out a pretty critical follow-up on Mo's statement with the section below, which can be found in the article here 

https://www.landof10.com/michigan/michigan-coach-jim-harbaugh-wiltons-s…

---Wait. Did Speight get death threats?

“I assume so,” Hurst answered. “I remember that punt thing [against Michigan State in 2015], yeah.”

It’s college football. Not life versus death.---

 

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RedGreene

September 11th, 2017 at 6:33 PM ^

I wish they would catch the punks who do that shit. I'm sure it's a few no-good, basement dwelling, dickless, inbred pieces of monkey shit, but that's just a guess.

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M-Dog

September 11th, 2017 at 6:46 PM ^

If you are in the public eye, you are eventually going to receive a "death threat" by some loser on the internet in his mom's basement.

Goes with the territory.

You're nobody until you get one.

 

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MGoFunkadelic

September 11th, 2017 at 6:48 PM ^

people get their identities way too involved in things they have no control over.

step back and realize these are 18 to 22 year old kids playing a game.

you'd think after the wasted years of RichRod and Hoke people would have a little perspective.

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MichLax

September 11th, 2017 at 6:51 PM ^

Probably the same people vociferously defending their right to boo college kids on this here blog. So many fucking pathetic losers in this fanbase its incredible.

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Wolverine Devotee

September 11th, 2017 at 7:22 PM ^

lol that's not where I go. Same conference, though.

I wish I was that close to Ann Arbor. 

Don't worry though, the athletic department still accepts my annual donations.

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