Stay classy Sparty..(Comparoni showing what a piece of garbage he is)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v516/MrEgo19/UM/GardnersKnees_zpsd19cc839.jpg
What an absolute piece of shit thing to say from a guy paid to cover college athletes and recruits...
September 8th, 2013 at 8:40 PM ^
I did hear something about "60 minutes of unnecessary roughness" once.
September 8th, 2013 at 6:20 PM ^
Good luck to MSU vs. Youngstown State next week. They're going to need it.
September 8th, 2013 at 6:21 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 7:25 PM ^
this is what makes me nervous about the MSU game. Pretty confident in UM odds given MSU's trainwreck offense, but dirty tactics possibly being used against a guy UM can't afford to lose makes me nervous.
September 8th, 2013 at 6:23 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 6:24 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 6:26 PM ^
Wow! #ReallyClassy RT @goblue8277 Here's what @JimComparoni said about @qu9rter8ack last night. #Professional pic.twitter.com/yvqqUEXbol
September 8th, 2013 at 7:26 PM ^
On a side note, is this like the 5th different twitter name for Gardner? They keep changing his number and he keeps having to get a new handle.
September 8th, 2013 at 11:10 PM ^
As long as he doesn't change it to QB_Force. I'm happy
September 8th, 2013 at 6:27 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 6:35 PM ^
Roasted.
September 8th, 2013 at 6:29 PM ^
if he's getting paid in any way for football opinions or reporting, it should be terminated. period.
even if he's just some anonymous messagboard wannabe tough guy, there's no place for that kind of bushleague shit.
September 8th, 2013 at 6:44 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 6:52 PM ^
is a classless as this one, sure. This guy also isn't just a random fan saying dumb shit, though to be honest I had no idea who he was before this thread.
September 8th, 2013 at 6:59 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 7:10 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 7:11 PM ^
If he were a bus driver or an office worker or a computer programmer or whatnot, then offering his opinion on a sports message board probably shouldn't lead to firing. But it's his job to offer sports opinions and analysis. Thus, it's entirely appropriate to hold him accountable for the content and quality of those opinions and analysis.
I'm not sure this comment is so reprehensible that it deserves a firing, but if Rivals decides that's not the type of opinions they want representing their brand, they should get rid of him.
September 8th, 2013 at 7:27 PM ^
Dude . . . calling for a player to be cheap-shot so as to cause injury is a little more than just "expressing an opinion."
September 8th, 2013 at 7:49 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 7:56 PM ^
Had to log in to say that you're a goddam idiot. Saying that's it's ill-advised to have your QB serve as a blocker is an opinion. Calling for someone to be attacked is like "limits-of-freedom-speech" 101. Get a clue. Jesus.
September 8th, 2013 at 6:49 PM ^
I could care less if he's fired, I just cancelled my subscription to Rivals, if he no longer works there I might think about renewing it.
September 9th, 2013 at 1:11 AM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 7:09 PM ^
Fired? Yes. Emphatically. When you condone the injury of a STUDENT-athlete and get paid for it, you are remiss. For a blogger named "no joke its (it's) hoke (Hoke)" though, I'd expect that comment. Dumbass.
September 8th, 2013 at 7:19 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 8:01 PM ^
Do you hate it that in pretty much every other country, too, it's illegal to incite violence? Or just in this country?
You might prefer North Korea. I hear public figures can get away with threatening nuclear war without consequence!
September 8th, 2013 at 8:52 PM ^
"You might prefer North Korea"? That really escalated quickly.
September 8th, 2013 at 9:57 PM ^
he's free to have his opinion, and he could wish physical harm on somebody if that's his bent. stupid fans say stupid shit all the time -- it's not like it hasn't happened here. BUT, if he's being paid for football analysis or reporting by some entity with any interest at all in sportsmanship and fair play, yes, he should be fired.
even if his 'work' is for the sparty market, it can't be in the interest of whoever pays him for this 'expertise' to continue to do so after he has called for doing deliberate physical harm to players.
September 8th, 2013 at 6:31 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 6:32 PM ^
I guess if your offense sucks, drag everyone else down to your level by trying to injure their best players. Nice.
I can't wait to see opponent watch this week and read the write-up on them. Snark, snark, snark.
September 8th, 2013 at 6:38 PM ^
Shane Morris is better than Maxwell/Cook/O'Connor
September 8th, 2013 at 6:40 PM ^
Brian Cleary is better than maxwell/cook/o'connor
September 8th, 2013 at 6:52 PM ^
and I suck
September 8th, 2013 at 6:33 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 11:15 PM ^
You know what they say, cockweeds of a feather flock together.
Bill Simonson and Brent Musberger are neck-and-neck in the tournament of terrible. The winner will have to face off against Ed Farmer.
September 9th, 2013 at 9:19 PM ^
"cockweeds of a feather flock together."
I don't know who "they" is, but I'm going to say that all the time now.
September 8th, 2013 at 6:34 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 6:34 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 6:34 PM ^
to UM. They wished for him to have a season-ending knee injury.
It all comes with the territory of dealing with dirtbag Ohio and State fans.
September 8th, 2013 at 6:37 PM ^
Those are fans. This is a guy that gets paid to analyze a football team.
September 8th, 2013 at 6:37 PM ^
I see that Jim Comparoni was a star student at the Cobra Kai School Of Ethics And Sportsmanship. That's a pretty disgusting thing to say, let alone endorse. In the event anyone is unaware, Jim Comparoni is the publisher of Spartan Magazine, so he leads that effort.
September 8th, 2013 at 6:44 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 6:52 PM ^
Die
Wrong! *honk*
September 8th, 2013 at 7:31 PM ^
It will be sweet when the asshole suffers through Devin going crane technique all over Sparty.
September 8th, 2013 at 6:52 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 8:07 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 6:39 PM ^
September 8th, 2013 at 6:42 PM ^
Your inferiority complex is showing again, little brah.
September 8th, 2013 at 6:44 PM ^