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Desmond Howard (traitor and whiny btch)

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His comments about the Big 12 deal were the first time I've ever enjoyed his commentary. He called UT "gangsters" and said they "punked" the lesser teams. He elaborated on the "gangsters" comment by saying they, "...laid the tommy guns on the table and said 'Empty your pockets'."

His point was the same one that's been made in the Expansion thread a hundred times -- that conference's shaky foundation was just reinforced with quicksand. (That last bit is my metaphor, not his)
 
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I'm just happy people are calling it for what it is. He was right, and so was everyone else on that segment. Texas comes out of this looking like some thug mafia kingpin that demands payment for protection--in this case a legit conference to compete in. After this fiasco it will only get worse. Now that the other school shave showed they have no spines, the inequity of revenue in the Big XII is about to get real ridiculous.
 
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His comments about the Big 12 deal were the first time I've ever enjoyed his commentary. He called UT "gangsters" and said they "punked" the lesser teams. He elaborated on the "gangsters" comment by saying they, "...laid the tommy guns on the table and said 'Empty your pockets'."
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I have avoided ESPN most of this offseason, but this sounds like a sharp diversion from the company line at Disney (not surprising given their ownership of the b12 and history of hyperbole in these situations). The nebraska boards posted quotes from ESPN about Texas saving the conference, Texas standing up for what is right in a time of greed, and then continuing on with a segment about how Muschamp can foil any offense.
 
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BuckeyeNation27;1718704; said:
How can you possibly hate the best thing to happen to the Ohio State/Michigan rivalry?
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That isn't that plugged, spray tanned, Jimmy Crum jacket wearing used car salesman up in ann arbor. The best thing to happen to this rivalry is James Patrick Tressel (with a nod to Troy Smith).
 
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DaddyBigBucks;1718709; said:
His comments about the Big 12 deal were the first time I've ever enjoyed his commentary. He called UT "gangsters" and said they "punked" the lesser teams. He elaborated on the "gangsters" comment by saying they, "...laid the tommy guns on the table and said 'Empty your pockets'."

His point was the same one that's been made in the Expansion thread a hundred times -- that conference's shaky foundation was just reinforced with quicksand. (That last bit is my metaphor, not his)
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One problem with strong-arming your way to becoming King of the World...



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...is where your throne sometimes ends up:


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DaddyBigBucks;1718709; said:
His comments about the Big 12 deal were the first time I've ever enjoyed his commentary. He called UT "gangsters" and said they "punked" the lesser teams. He elaborated on the "gangsters" comment by saying they, "...laid the tommy guns on the table and said 'Empty your pockets'."

His point was the same one that's been made in the Expansion thread a hundred times -- that conference's shaky foundation was just reinforced with quicksand. (That last bit is my metaphor, not his)
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Hah, I missed that one. Once in a blue moon he'll serve up a decent point or turn of phrase. He doesn't contribute much substance otherwise (yeah, I know, call me Captain Obvious), and inevitably winds up spouting something that irritates the hell out of me.

Case in point: the day after the USC story broke, Cowherd played an audio snippet from the studio where he'd asked DH about Reggie Bush and whether or not his Heisman should be stripped. Howard went on a sympathetic-sounding rant about how financially difficult life is for scholarship recipients, closing with "I don't care if he lived in a crack house or the White House, what he did on the field speaks for itself." I don't have particularly strong feelings either way on that subject... but my eyes rolled back uncontrollably hearing his defense of the situation.
 
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When Rich Rod was hired he and Herby were talking about his(rr) defense...(almost always having an extra db in and going small).... Herby asked what he thought and they looked at each other and started laughing... He said somthing to the tune of..... have fun in Maddison in November with that.
 
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Considering the TV/Radio network and website are built on analysts and talent that routinely say things just for shock value (regardless how absurd the statement is), I'm surprised that people aren't confronted more often.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/nfl/02/05/simms.howard.ap/index.html?eref=sihp

DALLAS (AP) -- Desmond Howard says he felt threatened by Phil Simms during a confrontation about comments the ESPN analyst made about Simms' son, Tennessee quarterback Matt Simms.

Howard tweeted that Simms said "he wanted 2 take a swing at me" during an exchange Saturday at an NFL venue in downtown Dallas.
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