tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post8569193211649244163..comments2023-10-26T09:24:06.206-05:00Comments on The Hawkeye Compulsion: Cue the obligatory overreactions about FacebookJHChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17825560592134094124noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-20165791665521307882007-08-23T19:34:00.000-05:002007-08-23T19:34:00.000-05:00@corn nationI can confirm that the gophers are act...@corn nation<BR/><BR/>I can confirm that the gophers are active tea drinkers. It's Mason's legacy: he believed in the consumption of gallons of loose-leaf green tea as a cleansing measure. These efforts were to prevent obstruction of the chi (or ch'i/Qi). Mason felt very strongly about fielding a team whose running game flowed from the chi instead of in spite of the chi.Deaconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12363377660058784099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-80654783367722339412007-08-23T18:15:00.000-05:002007-08-23T18:15:00.000-05:00After the Gophers had their problems and suspended...After the Gophers had their problems and suspended four players due to rape charges, one of the cheesy stations in town ran a piece on Gophers' players on MySpace with much the same content. <BR/><BR/>Oh the outrage. One such photograph appeared for a split second on the news of a Gopher player holding a pitcher up and appearing a little deranged. <BR/><BR/>After it was shown, the Gopher athletic department complained that the particular Gopher player in mind didn't even consume alcohol and that it was a pitcher of tea (and for all we know that may have been the truth, give the kid the benefit of the doubt, the picture was literally on-screen for less than a second). <BR/><BR/>The station's reaction? They felt justified using the pictures because the Gopher Athletic Department failed to respond to them. <BR/><BR/>What a bunch of shit, but that's the news, ain't it? If there's smoke, let's create some fire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-77439177274917556812007-08-23T16:40:00.000-05:002007-08-23T16:40:00.000-05:00Football players drink?Next breaking news story: f...Football players drink?<BR/><BR/>Next breaking news story: football players have sex with women!<BR/><BR/>Gasp!dmbmeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04066785220947109829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-46052376540366524952007-08-23T15:23:00.000-05:002007-08-23T15:23:00.000-05:00Well, I was trying to think of the most offensive ...Well, I was trying to think of the most offensive group possible, and what's more offensive than a bunch of pre-teen suburban white kids posing in front of expensive cars? I submit, nothing.<BR/><BR/>Weird thing about black culture, the emphasis on wads of loose cash. I never did understand it, but a white guy from the mountains of Pennsylvania.Scrappledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13703068188765182906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-25726681167406944912007-08-23T14:58:00.000-05:002007-08-23T14:58:00.000-05:00Icy Hot Stuntaz? Wow, I was thinking of Juvenile ...Icy Hot Stuntaz? Wow, I was thinking of Juvenile and the Ca$h Money Millionaires. Just goes to show, I haven't listened to hip hop since 2002.Hawkeye Statehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894608148962290244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-85609736707715203742007-08-23T14:28:00.000-05:002007-08-23T14:28:00.000-05:00OPS -- I think that's a very good point, because p...OPS -- I think that's a very good point, because people just don't realize the context of these sorts of photos, and I mean that in a sincere way. Nobody takes pictures of themselves and their friends studying for exams, working out, or just generally sitting around doing nothing. <BR/><BR/>For people to look at these photos and leap to the assumption that, "oh my god, [Football Program _______] is out of fucking control!" is ridiculous. It's certainly not worthy of any publication that purports to have any sort of journalistic integrity. It's lazy tabloid shit, nothing more.<BR/><BR/>The pictures of the Iowa players holding the cash are funny because they got busted trying to use fake credit cards. Without that context, they're just a couple of douchebags pretending they're in an Icy Hot Stuntaz video.Scrappledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13703068188765182906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-55802056531007701632007-08-23T14:20:00.000-05:002007-08-23T14:20:00.000-05:00I could not have said it any better. What a freaki...I could not have said it any better. What a freaking tool. I am sure Bill OReily will be all over this outrage.Mac Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03562419748252157914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-24859793951121501192007-08-23T13:38:00.000-05:002007-08-23T13:38:00.000-05:00I hope this doesn't damage our burgeoning relation...I hope this doesn't damage our burgeoning relationship with the Press-Citizen. You know <I>they</I> linked to <I>us</I> this week for more info on The Douglas/Bowman Affair. <BR/>Oh, well. We'll always have the DM Register!JHChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17825560592134094124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-22854495235301259672007-08-23T13:28:00.000-05:002007-08-23T13:28:00.000-05:00Please everyone flood this D-Bag with wall posts.Please everyone flood this D-Bag with wall posts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-16706941305747941632007-08-23T12:50:00.000-05:002007-08-23T12:50:00.000-05:00I think the more pertinent issue is expectations o...I think the more pertinent issue is expectations of conduct, not privacy. The notion that athletes are drinking to intoxication before they're 21 is far too obvious to even warrant mention. This Puritanical tattlefest bullshit serves two purposes: to (unsuccessfully) create trouble within the athletic department, and to (again unsuccessfully) let the reporter think he's a bona fide investigative journalist. Both, I assure you, miserable failures. Nobody with an ounce of common sense is either surprised or upset that this behavior goes on. It happens everywhere all the time, and life goes on.Adam Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13534623548107383465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-34185122104204109962007-08-23T12:36:00.000-05:002007-08-23T12:36:00.000-05:00Hi, I was wondering what your opinions are of Bria...Hi, I was wondering what your opinions are of Brian Morelli. Thanks in advance.<BR/><BR/>I asked the question yesterday <A HREF="http://runupthescore.wordpress.com/2007/08/22/jim-harbaugh-rests-his-case/" REL="nofollow">over at my place</A> -- what expectation of privacy should people have regarding Facebook and Myspace?<BR/><BR/>Obviously, it's a big university in which kids are going to fuck around. I mean, this stuff?<BR/><BR/><I>Two photos show players drinking shots of alcohol. Another photo shows a player "shotgunning" a beer. In another, a player and a group of friends are posing in front of someone vomiting. One shows a player posing next to a table of liquor bottles. Two photos show players holding someone up during a keg stand. Another photo shows a player sitting beside four pitchers of beer.</I><BR/><BR/>Not to brag too much, but that's the least I did in college, and look at me! Lawyer with an MBA! No jail time, ever! Not particularly wealthy, but still a mildly functional part of society! How did I ever escape that web of hedonism and depravity? <BR/><BR/>I mean, college kids drinking and taking pictures of their drunk asshole friends? THE HORROR.Scrappledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13703068188765182906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-46140208108788437852007-08-23T12:34:00.000-05:002007-08-23T12:34:00.000-05:00Amen, OPS. What a douche rocket.Amen, OPS. What a douche rocket.Hawkeye Statehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02894608148962290244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637181995607225218.post-10916316760852391942007-08-23T12:28:00.000-05:002007-08-23T12:28:00.000-05:00Best. Entry. Ever.Best. Entry. Ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com