Andre Ware is a jackwipe...and here's why

[Bucklion]

Amazing how the dipshit wouldn't let the "running up the score" thing go on Saturday. Even for an ESPN announcer, it was not only over-the-top, but I had no idea why he was dwelling on it so much. So, I decided to look back at his historic and unprecedented willingness to take a knee in the first half to avoid embarassing an opponent. When he won the Heisman in 1989, highlights include:

Houston 69, UNLV 0
Houston 65, Temple 7
Houston 66, Baylor 10
Houston 95, SMU 21
Houston 55, TCU 10
Houston 47, Texas 9
Houston 64, Rice 0

Hell, why not toss in the 60-0, 66-15, and the all-wonderful 82-28 scores from his junior season too. Obviously, embarassing his opponents, runnnig up the score, running up his own stats, or feeding his own overblown ego not only never eneted his mind, but he was determined to do everything in his power to stop it. Not.

 

[matcar]

Amazing how the dip[censored] wouldn't let the "running up the score" thing go on Saturday. Even for an ESPN announcer, it was not only over-the-top, but I had no idea why he was dwelling on it so much. So, I decided to look back at his historic and unprecedented willingness to take a knee in the first half to avoid embarassing an opponent. When he won the Heisman in 1989, highlights include:

Houston 69, UNLV 0
Houston 65, Temple 7
Houston 66, Baylor 10
Houston 95, SMU 21
Houston 55, TCU 10
Houston 47, Texas 9
Houston 64, Rice 0

Hell, why not toss in the 60-0, 66-15, and the all-wonderful 82-28 scores from his junior season too. Obviously, embarassing his opponents, runnnig up the score, running up his own stats, or feeding his own overblown ego not only never eneted his mind, but he was determined to do everything in his power to stop it. Not.

While I didn't necessarily agree with Ware...I'm not sure why there's a need to attack this way. Even JT's facial expressions seemed to denote that he wished he could have that last play back...

 

[Bucklion]

While I didn't necessarily agree with Ware...I'm not sure why there's a need to attack this way. Even JT's facial expressions seemed to denote that he wished he could have that last play back...

Because he's a fucking hypocrite, that's why. I don't consider it an "attack" at all...I'm pointing out he sat there in the booth bitching about us when he spent 3 years running up the score and embarassing inferior opponents to win a completely undeserved Heisman before flaming out in the NFL. Maybe JT should have taken a knee the last play...but Ware was blasting OSU way before that, and even the other announcer guy was trying to steer him away from it. If you're going to bitch about something, make sure it isn't something you did your whole career.

 

[Zurp]

I agree that he's a goober.
But it's a stupid thing to get upset about.

 

[Bucklion]

I agree that he's a goober.
But it's a stupid thing to get upset about.

I suppose I sounded more upset than I actually am...I just find it amazingly ironic that out of all the announcers to complain about someone running up the score, it would be Andre Ware. It would be like Steve Spurrier whining at a Press conference that Tennessee ran it up on South Carolina (well, of course that could never happen this year, but...)

 

[matcar]

Because he's a [censored]ing hypocrite, that's why. I don't consider it an "attack" at all...I'm pointing out he sat there in the booth bitching about us when he spent 3 years running up the score and embarassing inferior opponents to win a completely undeserved Heisman before flaming out in the NFL. Maybe JT should have taken a knee the last play...but Ware was blasting OSU way before that, and even the other announcer guy was trying to steer him away from it. If you're going to bitch about something, make sure it isn't something you did your whole career.

He didn't exactly call the plays then. As I said, I didn't necessarily agree with him, but I understand where he's coming from and recently we've had a history of turning the NW game into Hamburger Hill. Just seems it's not something to rage about. Just me...

 

[Bucklion]

He didn't exactly call the plays then. As I said, I didn't necessarily agree with him, but I understand where he's coming from and recently we've had a history of turning the NW game into Hamburger Hill. Just seems it's not something to rage about. Just me...

Like I said, I came off as more rage-like that I should have. It just annoys me when people's actions (even a couple of decades ago) don't match what they are saying. Maybe he feels guilty about doing it now, who knows. But hey, NW beat us in 2004, so they're due for another 3 decades of ass-kicking regardless, right?

 

[rock454]

I was more annoyed that every time that Pryor would buy time to make a pass downfield he felt the need to emphasize the earlier in the season the true freshman would've took off running. That's the cliche thing to say about any young mobile qb, but from what I remember that seemed to be Pryor's problem half of the time... he wouldn't take off downfield when he could've.

 

[LitlBuck]

I usually never turn the sundown on my television when watching a football game but those two guys, especially Ware:!, who did the game Saturday were just atrocious. They were soooo bad.

With regards to running up the score, I would have let TB throw the ball a couple times when he was in the game even in the last couple minutes. I mean look around the country at some of the scores and tell me that coaches don't care about the score. They all do and it's because of the system but that's for an entirely different thread.

 

[Bucklion]

I usually never turn the sundown on my television when watching a football game but those two guys, especially Ware:!, who did the game Saturday were just atrocious. They were soooo bad.

With regards to running up the score, I would have let TB throw the ball a couple times when he was in the game even in the last couple minutes. I mean look around the country at some of the scores and tell me that coaches don't care about the score. They all do and it's because of the system but that's for an entirely different thread.

To me one more ironic thing was that before the Penn State game, the announcers spent 5 minutes talking about how Penn State needed "style points"...meaning, one would assume, lots of actual points, to pass either Texas Tech or Alabama. So I guess it's OK to run up the score when you're still in the NC picture, but not if you're not? Weird.

 

[heisman]

Good thing we get Pam Ward and Ray Bentley this week. :)

 

[RugbyBuck]

I was more annoyed that every time that Pryor would buy time to make a pass downfield he felt the need to emphasize the earlier in the season the true freshman would've took off running. That's the cliche thing to say about any young mobile qb, but from what I remember that seemed to be Pryor's problem half of the time... he wouldn't take off downfield when he could've.

Absolutely true and shows that AW didn't do the prep work he should've before calling our game. One of the surprising things about TP early in the season was that he didn't get happy feet under pressure.

 

[BUCKYLE]

I'm plenty pissed about it, and I don't give a fuck if anyone thinks I should be or not.

Eariler in the game, while commenting on the Small situation, Ware laughed it off, saying "we've known Jim Tressel long enough to know the type of man he is, and that he wouldn't do anything intentionally to hurt his players or anything like that". Then, he completely contradicts himself by all of a sudden assuming JT is now the type of guy, despite almost eight full seasons at tOSU proving the exact fucking opposite, that will embarrass an opponnent.

Fuck you Andre, and your stupid new fucking coat. Fuck stick.

 

[LitlBuck]

I'm plenty [censored]ed about it, and I don't give a [censored] if anyone thinks I should be or not.

Eariler in the game, while commenting on the Small situation, Ware laughed it off, saying "we've known Jim Tressel long enough to know the type of man he is, and that he wouldn't do anything intentionally to hurt his players or anything like that". Then, he completely contradicts himself by all of a sudden assuming JT is now the type of guy, despite almost eight full seasons at tOSU proving the exact [censored]ing opposite, that will embarrass an opponnent.

[censored] you Andre, and your stupid new [censored]ing coat. [censored] stick.

You speak for me also. Go get him big guy!

 

[iambrutus]

perhaps Andre forgot that Pryor is a freshman and JT was letting him throw the ball, maybe to help him develop as a player? and maybe, just maybe, JT called a run on the last play so that Boom could get another rep, just to help him develop?