Special thanks to reader Jim A for the tip. On yesterday's Around the Horn, the following situation (allegedly, we don't have any visual evidence, but fuck it, this is a blog, we don't have to substantiate anything as far as I'm concerned) took place.
Woody, obviously, is based in the Denver/Boulder area. And anyone who has lived there for the past 10 years or so will never forget the backstabbing the University of Colorado received at the hands of a certain current UCLA football coach. He basically packed his bags in the middle of the night and left for Washington after promising over and over again that he wanted to stay with CU for life. People there are just a little bit sore about the whole deal, even to this day. And subsequently, that coach has earned himself a couple degrading nicknames. I think that's about all the background you need. The rest I'll just leave in Jim's words:
That Woody Paige guy called Rick Neuheisel "Neuweasel," and the next sound was the voice of Jay Mariotti saying, "stop holding a grudge". I actually watched the replay of the show on ESPN2 just to make sure I heard right. It's a good thing Mariotti is such a fair and reasonable person who would never use his position and access to public media to hold a grudge against a guy like, say, Ozzie Guillen. What a fucking hypocrite.
Don't hold grudges, Woody. That's unprofessional.
NO BURRITO DISCUSSIONS PLEASE
ReplyDeleteRemember when I made that post telling Ken Tremendous not to nitpick other people's sports journalism articles?
ReplyDeletejust to clarify i am pwning myself in the above comment.
ReplyDeleteI was not done with the burrito discussion...but I will stop regardless. I liked that post Chris, so I don't think it was out of line.
ReplyDeleteI wish Woody Paige had told Mariotti not to be such a piece of shit and learn to how to write an article without repeating himself 100 times. Of course, then Woody would be the pot calling the kettle black.
Quick! What's The Blizzard's record since July 2, 2006??!!
ReplyDeleteMariotti, you crazy rapscallion, you.
Even beyond Ozzie Guillen.....let's ask Ken Harrelson if he knows of any JayGrudges.
ReplyDeleteThis is the worst damn burrito post I've ever read.
ReplyDeleteWe need a burrito label.
ReplyDeleteAs a hijack, Tim Keown wrote decent article about the recent spurt of shootings/killing of NFL players, and athletes in general. He makes a nice point that athletes need to expect now that they are being targeted when they go out to clubs. Wish he had done a more indepth article, since it feels like the first 5 minutes before commercial of a tv program. Kinda left hanging.
ReplyDeleteMariotti is the the Pot, Woody Paige is the Bowl
ReplyDeleteMariotti is the Pot, Woody Paige is the Bong.
ReplyDeleteIn case you are interested, it is on espn.com, at http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/videopage?videoId=3565740&categoryId=2957349&n8pe6c=1
ReplyDeleteIt's about halfway through The First Word For September 2. I do remember the grudge against the Hawk, Williams and Reinsdorf, plus Jerry Angelo, and every other Chicago sports figure that doesn't treat him like the Only Columnist That Matters.
cb, it's 187-196 since July 2, 2006
i hold a grudge against all of you femmes who supported the NBA playoffs.
ReplyDeleteWoody is the pot and grudge-holding Buff fans are the kettle.
ReplyDeleteIf I remember correctly, Gary Barnett had 9 or 10 years left on his Northwestern contract when he bolted to CU.
and either El Famous or La Bamba rule the burrito world