Heads22 Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Jan 24, 2007 -> 10:29 PM) Generally, the Colts fans I've met are obnoxious (which isn't a shot at you or anyone on this board) and I don't care for Peyton Manning. I just find it silly that so many people have an irrational hatred of Peyton because he's one of the best out there, primarily cause he works as hard as anyone else. You're also going to find obnoxious fans for any team. Hell, I hated the Bears last year and I've learned to not hate them. I don't like them, but I don't hate them either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 I think a part of it is that I'm a Tom Brady, Bill Belichick kind of guy. Especially Belichick. I love his cheap ass sweatshirts, no matter how much he gets mocked, and I love the way he dissects other teams, and makes the most out of bad personnel. I don't have a lot against Manning. I respect his abilities and all, but I don't care for him, either. I prefer Montana to Marino, Brady to Manning. If you get what I'm saying. If I've said that I hate Manning, I take it back. I certainly don't. I just don't particularly like him, or his hype, or his team, and him being the face of that franchise, he gets the brunt of the criticisms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodAsGould Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Idonno how someone who isn't a diehard patriots fan or a fan of a team in the Colts division can really hate them. I hate their dome because I hate all domes but the Colts team is all classy not really 1 bad apple on it, the only one they had was cut for a better kicker. Also every single fanbase is full of obnoxious fans, especially on gameday. Even the St. Louis Cardinals, "Classiest fans in sports" have a s***load of obnoxious fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Here’s what I want to know: When did the notion of shaking hands before jogging off to the locker room become must-see TV? For that matter, when did the post-game handshake become a tradition in the first place? I don’t recall Vince Lombardi shaking hands with Tom Landry after the 1967 Green Bay “Ice Bowl” concluded with the thermometer reading minus-13 degrees. I don’t recall Chuck Noll ever shaking hands with Bud Grant. George Halas once shook the hand of George Allen, the former Bears defensive coordinator, but that was in a courtroom. Halas challenged the legalilty of Allen breaking his contract to accept the head coaching position of the Rams. “I had to take his hand,” Halas later wrote, “but there was no high regard in my eyes …” Halas and Allen had two chances to exchange a post-game handshake before Halas retired, but I can’t recall any commotion about their too-close-for-comfort encounters. My suspicion is that making nice in the middle of the field didn’t occur to them. I can pinpoint the player who first spiked a ball in the end zone. (Elmo Wright of the Kansas City Chiefs), and the first to perform an early version of a touchdown dance (Billy “White Shoes” Johnson, of the Houston Oilers). The high five – pioneered by Dodgers outfielder Glenn Burke in 1977 – found its way to the NFL in 1978. The Gatorade victory bath? That was born in 1986. Its original victim was Bill Parcells, then of the New York Giants. But I can’t trace the roots of the post-game handshake. A photo in an illustrated history of the Super Bowl shows the 49ers’ Bill Walsh smiling as he’s standing in the end zone with his protégé, the Bengals’ Sam Wyche. But the snapshot was taken before kickoff. And yet, in 1992, a Washington Post article on the Redskins’ divisional-playoff victory over the Falcons points out that Atlanta coach Jerry Glanville eschewed the “traditional” handshake with Washington’s Joe Gibbs. (For those of you NFL head coaches too young to recall Jerry Glanville, think of Bill Belichick, except with a twang in his accent, and a bunch of losing seasons next to his name in the record book.) Perhaps everybody should take a cue from the NHL. Opponents are regarded as mortal enemies until the last game of each round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, when a line is formed and both players and coaches congratulate each other. Until then, there are no fake smiles, no surly glares, no awkward incidents with cameramen. Leave it to hockey to show how civility in pro sports ought to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted January 25, 2007 Author Share Posted January 25, 2007 So jealous... http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti.../LOCAL/70125043 http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti...INESS/701250427 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Jan 25, 2007 -> 04:05 AM) Even the St. Louis Cardinals, "Classiest fans in sports" have a s***load of obnoxious fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 QUOTE(knightni @ Jan 25, 2007 -> 11:22 AM) that is wonderful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 On a sidenote, on Inside the NFL last night the quartet really really ripped into Belliceck for what they called his lack of losing in a respectable manner. They were talking about how he's no doubt one of the greatest coaches in the league but that it shows a lot about his character when you lose the way he did. In addition they really made it seem like Belliceck never in fact talked to Peyton and that Peyton just mentioned his name in passing because Peyton probalby didn't want it to be a story during these next 2 weeks. And I got to admit, after seeing the clip a couple times, it was a pretty crappy job Belly did. In addition the analysts on Inside the NFL ripped into him for the way he treated the media during the post game conference. Take it for what it is worth though. Afterall, Carter called the Bears a terrible team earlier in the year (and apparently ripped into Grossman big time off the set and the other three really let him hear it about that). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jan 25, 2007 -> 04:48 PM) On a sidenote, on Inside the NFL last night the quartet really really ripped into Belliceck for what they called his lack of losing in a respectable manner. They were talking about how he's no doubt one of the greatest coaches in the league but that it shows a lot about his character when you lose the way he did. In addition they really made it seem like Belliceck never in fact talked to Peyton and that Peyton just mentioned his name in passing because Peyton probalby didn't want it to be a story during these next 2 weeks. And I got to admit, after seeing the clip a couple times, it was a pretty crappy job Belly did. In addition the analysts on Inside the NFL ripped into him for the way he treated the media during the post game conference. Take it for what it is worth though. Afterall, Carter called the Bears a terrible team earlier in the year (and apparently ripped into Grossman big time off the set and the other three really let him hear it about that). Yeah, I mentioned that segment yesterday. I'm amused by the whole situation. It's silly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Jan 25, 2007 -> 04:48 PM) On a sidenote, on Inside the NFL last night the quartet really really ripped into Belliceck for what they called his lack of losing in a respectable manner. They were talking about how he's no doubt one of the greatest coaches in the league but that it shows a lot about his character when you lose the way he did. In addition they really made it seem like Belliceck never in fact talked to Peyton and that Peyton just mentioned his name in passing because Peyton probalby didn't want it to be a story during these next 2 weeks. And I got to admit, after seeing the clip a couple times, it was a pretty crappy job Belly did. In addition the analysts on Inside the NFL ripped into him for the way he treated the media during the post game conference. Take it for what it is worth though. Afterall, Carter called the Bears a terrible team earlier in the year (and apparently ripped into Grossman big time off the set and the other three really let him hear it about that). Wish I was able to see it, because it would have been an interesting piece to see. They are right on the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 If Belichick decides to try and stick with the run a little more than he did, I think he wins that game. Something like five run plays against the Colts D in the second half is simply retarded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 I believe that the Patriots had a couple of injuries in the second half that caused them to stop running as much. -- http://www.playfuls.com/news_10_10777-Bear...ed-Tickets.html A diehard Chicago Bears fan is attempting to make safety Chris Harris deliver on a videotaped promise to give him Super Bowl tickets. Construction worker Bryan Lange spent two days sitting beside the road to Halas Hall with a sign reading "Chris Harris You Promised" after the player promised during an interview on a public access television show in June that he would provide Lange with tickets if the Bears made it to the Super Bowl, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Thursday. Lange said Harris told him Tuesday, the second day of his one-man protest, that he could not help him get tickets to the game. Albert Elias, Harris' agent, told the Sun-Times that he was unaware of the promise and that Lange's demands constitute "a very unreasonable request considering Chris has over 40 family members trying to get tickets and he's only offered 15." On the public access program "Psycho Babble," Lange told Harris he would sell his Harley to buy Super Bowl tickets if the Bears made it. Harris replied: "You won't have to sell it. I will give you tickets." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Construction worker Bryan Lange spent two days sitting beside the road to Halas Hall with a sign reading "Chris Harris You Promised" after the player promised during an interview on a public access television show in June that he would provide Lange with tickets if the Bears made it to the Super Bowl, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Thursday. get a life, dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 I happened to be flipping the channels last night and he was interviewed on Best Damn and apparently Harris offered him tickets to a game next year and an autographed jersey (which is pretty classy, imo) and the guy was like I am a season ticket holder to I don't need tickets. If you ask me the guy is an asshole for trying to start this. I could see it if he was joking around with Harris but its another thing when you start going on TV saying how he deserves this tickets. He doesn't deserve s***. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 I'm of the opinion that people shouldn't offer things insincerely like that, and certainly not atheletes on TV, public access or not. He should give him the tickets he told him he'd give him, but he won't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Harris' agent should work something out in private with the guy to shut him up. Negative PR that's factual can be a killer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSoxfan1986 Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 From that quote it sounded like Harris was just joking around. This guy doesn't need to make an asshole of himself. It was nice of Harris to give him a jersey and tickets for next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxbadger Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 The guy should get nothing. It sounds like Harris was just goofing around on a show. Stuff like this will make people not want to appear on public access shows. Because I doubt that Harris was even paid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Jan 26, 2007 -> 12:38 PM) I'm of the opinion that people shouldn't offer things insincerely like that, and certainly not atheletes on TV, public access or not. He should give him the tickets he told him he'd give him, but he won't. Bulls***. Harris should tell this guy to blow him. He was more than generous by offering him a signed jersey and tickets to a game next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Maybe, but he shouldn't have been running his mouth in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Jan 26, 2007 -> 03:05 PM) Maybe, but he shouldn't have been running his mouth in the first place. Running his mouth? For the love of God, he was almost certainly just playing around. I'm pretty sure at some point in my life I said, "I'd give my left nut for the Sox to win the Series." And luckily nobody has ever come to collect on that "promise." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 QUOTE(Milkman delivers @ Jan 26, 2007 -> 08:09 PM) Running his mouth? For the love of God, he was almost certainly just playing around. I'm pretty sure at some point in my life I said, "I'd give my left nut for the Sox to win the Series." And luckily nobody has ever come to collect on that "promise." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkBomber Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 If this guy has enough money to be a season ticket holder he sholdnt be crying about this. There are lots of people who deserve to go to the game more then this idiot. If he was such a great fan he wouldnt try to drown the team in negative publicity right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thedoctor Posted January 29, 2007 Share Posted January 29, 2007 (edited) hopefully, at this very moment next week the bears will be applying an ass-whipping. Edited January 29, 2007 by thedoctor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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