Down for the Count: Bikini-ball, everything Petrino touches and ‘Real Housewife of Flowery Branch’
The Count didn't mind showing some leg.
The Count never had a problem when the whole “sex sells” thing hit sports. Shirley “Cha Cha” Muldowney was one his earliest crushes. Then came Dororthy Hamill. Then Jan Stephenson, because really, when you get right down to it, what’s hotter than a girl talking about a manifold, or a flying camel, or a 5-iron off the pine tree? And I realize by now you’re all wondering: Does every one of the Count’s dream girls date back to the Dust Bowl? Well, yeah. Especially now. The epitome of the “sex sells” sports tours just folded. I mean, if hot, sweaty girls in bikinis on the beach can’t sell, what possible chance does the WNBA have? We count down . . .
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10. Bye bye to the AVP (that’s volleyball) and their dancers
Maybe it was the name. The Association of Volleyball Professionals just didn’t work, but I guess AVP figured “Hot Babes in Bikinis” was too obvious. The league just folded. It didn’t really have teams, as in cities, but the tour passed through Atlanta. A news release on the tour’s website reads: The AVP Tour today announced it has closed its doors due to financial hardship, cutting short the 2010 season. The AVP has been unsuccessful at finding new investors,” which is stunning. I mean, tanning products, strip clubs, bars, strip clubs, any place where guys frequent, strip clubs — nobody would buy ads? The AVP did everything but have mud wrestling between matches. (Wait a minute. I think I just figured out what could get me to a WNBA game . . .)
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9. The girls in bikins had bikini’d cheerleaders
These were the players.
These were the dancers.
The AVP didn’t stop at women competitors in itsy-bitsy suits. The tour had an entire AVP dance team wearing itsy-bity suits. They could’ve scratched ticket sales altogether, filmed the matches in a studio and put it online with one of those “secure” webpage fronts that read: “Are you 18? Click here” (wink, wink).”
As of now, the AVP will be closing the doors,” the tour said in an e-mail to its players from CEO Jason Hodell and commissioner Mike Dodd. “It is with a heavy heart that we must tell you that despite a valiant effort by all and a flurry of investor interest, we have been unable to secure the necessary financing to continue the season.” But if they couldn’t sell this, this might be a good time to get out of sales.
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8. The must-see fight: Holyfield vs. Canseco
Jose Canseco's next stop on the Humiliation Tour: Laredo.
Just a few days after 47-year-old Evander Holyfield confirmed his next fight, Jose Canseco one-upped him. He just signed with the United Baseball League’s Laredo Broncos, a team so low that even Jordan Schafer’s not there yet. The assumption is that Canseco, 46, needs the money. TMZ reported (I use that loosely) that he has been evicted from the Los Angeles home he was rented. Apparently, helping uncover steroid use in baseball doesn’t pay that well. According to a story in the Laredo Morning Times: “Canseco, who played 17 years in [the major leagues], will play designated hitter and fill in as bench coach and spot pitcher for the Broncos.” This should be priceless YouTube video forthcoming. Canseco already has been clocked by MMA giant Hong Man Choi and more recently was outboxed by a 60 year old. But we here The Countdown wish Mr. Canseco and all of his personalities well. We’ve called the great Marty Robbins back from the great beyond for this special sendoff:
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7. Bobby Petrino doesn’t have a sense of humor? Who knew?
And then Petrino said, "Take off the hat or I'll smite thee."
There are a few things that generally come natural to members of the sports media, and by sports media I mean people who actually took a journalism class at some point in their life, can put together complete thoughts without the aid of 64 Crayolas and did not hone their craft after guzzling a six-pack of Old Milwaukee at 2 a.m. by posting anonymous nonsensical ramblings under such screen names as GODZILLADOGG74!!!! Anyway, one thing a media type shouldn’t do is wear a hat or shirt representing an opposing team (or any sports team, for that matter). Now, that said: Is it a fireable offense? No. Which leads to reason No. 879 why Bobby Petrino is a dirt bag. Below, you’ll see video of a Petrino news conference. He’s taking a question from an Arkansas radio personality, whose station’s allegiances are fairly clear (name: “Hog Sports Radio”). It turns out Ms. Renee Gork was wearing a Florida Gators hat when she asked the question. Petrino actually answered the question, then told Gork he wouldn’t answer another question from her as long as she was wearing that hat. Well, when Petrino speaks, apparently the entire state shakes because Gork was fired. Gork, a Florida alum, said she only grabbed the hat at home because it was raining. “If I’d really thought he was serious and was very upset and mad at the situation I would have taken it off,” she said. “I really did think it was a joke and just kind of a jab. It wasn’t until after the press conference that one of the [media relations staff] members told me it wasn’t.” Here’s the thing. She was wrong. But to lose your job over it? Quarterback Ryan Mallett saw the hat and made a joke of it. Petrino, as we know, doesn’t have a sense of humor. Or a sense of much else.
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6. Dumb Media Story No. 2
This isn't the Cincinnati reporter. Just another credentialed chucklehead, probably.
Apparently two other members of the media committed cardinal sin No. 1: They were honest on their expense account. Wait. What I meant to say was they committed cardinal sin No. 2: They asked for an autograph. A writer and photographer, reportedly from Cincinnati but still unidentified as The Count went to post, asked Tim Tebow for autographs in the locker room after the Denver Broncos’ exhibition game Sunday night. Tebow obliged (of course) and then a Broncos PR person kicked them out. In this case, the rest of the media would’ve supported a public stoning. On a related note, Petrino tried to fire the writer and photographer but it turned out Ohio was outside of his jurisdiction.
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5. Jim Mora given a microphone (this won’t end well)
An embrace, Falcons' fans, between two of your all-time favorites.
Given his general lack of people skills, leadership ability, emotional stability, vision and occasionally common sense — that about covers it — The Count doubts Jim Mora ever will be an NFL head coach again. But his next career venture could prove interesting. Fox just named Mora, the former Falcons and Seattle coach, as an analyst on the network’s No. 3 broadcast team. There’s no word on which of Mora’s partners, Dick Stockton and Charles Davis, is responsible for holding the fire extinguisher. But here’s something worth noting: Fox is carrying 13 of the Falcons’ 16 games (including the Dec. 19 game against Seattle). Odds are Mora will be working at least one of the games. Maybe he can interview Arthur Blank at halftime, and Blank can ask Mora if he ever landed that gig at Washington.
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4. Johnson blew it, but PGA blew it more
Dustin Johnson is behind Fred Sanford, hitting out of a bunker.
Congratulations to the PGA, which not only is is suffering from declining ratings (thanks in part to Tiger Woods’ career plummet) but managed to turn one of its majors into a sideshow. Yes, Dustin Johnson did a stupid thing by grounding his club in a bunker (assuming that was a bunker because that looked a lot like Fred Sanford’s front yard). Seriously, that course in Wisconsin was a joke. And would it have been so wrong for an official to remind Johnson, “That’s a bunker”? So now the Tour has to live with a disastrous ending to one of its signature events. Who’s fault is that?
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3. The Real HouseTwits Invade Falcon-land
Apparently there was a catfight. Kim said NeNe choked her. I dunno.
I realize Kroy Biermann is just a simple dude from Hardin, Montana (population: 3,384) and this whole concept of “celebrity life” is probably really cool to him. But dude — careful here. The Falcons’ defensive end, as you may have heard, is dating Kim Zolciak from another one of those braincell-burning reality shows (”Real House Wives of Atlanta”) that screams to the rest of the world: “Hey, look how stupid we are.” Now, what Kroy wants to do in his personal life is Kroy’s business, even if what Kim does with her personal life has been pretty much everybody’s business (feel free to Google; I just washed my hands and I think I went blind). But when it starts to potentially affect the Falcons’ season, that’s something else, and Ms. Z showed up at Falcons’ practice Monday in Flowery Branch. Fortunately, there were no Bravo TV cameras with her or hidden in the trees, as far as anybody can tell. This would be a good time for Blank to beef up security. This organization has had enough TMZ moments.
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2. Rodriguez punches a grandfather (not a save opportunity)
Francisco Rodriguez found a way to get out of the Mets' season.
In further proof that even God likes a good New York Mets joke once in a while, reliever Francisco Rodriguez apparently suffered a torn thumb ligament on his pitching hand after punching the father of his baby momma. The funniest remark may have come from manager Jerry Manuel, who said: “We seem to continue to have difficulties in having these type of injuries or setbacks.” Question: How many decades was Manuel covering? Of course, we have heard nothing from baseball commissioner Bud Selig, who presumably is napping. Think NFL commissioner Roger Goodell might be issuing a fine, a suspension or maybe leg chains? Rodriguez’ injury might crack the top 10 of all-time sports injuries, but No. 1 is safe: Former NFL quarterback Gus Frerotte head-butted a padded concrete wall after a touchdown. He suffered a sprained neck, a concussion and a lifetime of humiliation.
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1. Slumber time . . .
Feel free to send up a signal after the season.
Did you know that bats can hibernate for over six months? Fear not, it shouldn’t be that long. But The Count is going night-night for a while. The football season and Weekend Predictions are almost upon us, and there’s room for only so many hallucinations in one week. We hope we’ve added a few laughs to your Tuesdays.
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Mike S
August 17th, 2010
2:22 am
Great stuff as always. We’ll miss you Count…
Innocent Bystander
August 17th, 2010
2:25 am
Great read, Jeff.
And I completely agree that the PGA really blew it. Not helping their cause, that’s for sure. I’m just glad he didn’t sink the putt for the “win”… that would’ve been a really awkward conversation telling him that he didn’t actually win.
Supes
August 17th, 2010
2:27 am
Jeff, I think you missed a major point on why the AVP Crocs Tour (see, they had a sponsor) folded…I went to the tournament in Atlanta a few years ago and it was a packed house (esp. for the finals on sunday). The faces of the female side of it (main draw) were Misty May and Kerry Walsh, they both took time away from that tour to start their family lives, which meant they were going to miss at least 1 full season maybe more. Ever since they stopped playing (I think it was 2 years ago), attendance on this tour started to drop. They had nobody equal to advertise around, and lets face it…even someone who doesn’t follow sports like World Cup or Olympics has heard of Misty May and Kerri Walsh who are 2 time gold olympic champs in beach volleyball.
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Festus
August 17th, 2010
4:48 am
I heard that the count is involved with some sort of fantasy league and cannot be trifled with such distracting appearances for the football season. It seems that either he or Oscar had won the league championship every year until last season when Elmo took it all by drafting Drew Brees. Word is that Elmo had been talking trash all winter and has taken out a restraining order on Oscar after the green one tried to beat him to death with a rake. … Nice work Jeff. Love the cool photo of Shirley Muldowney. She looks like Penelope Pitstop on that old Saturday morning cartoon.
F-105 Thunderchief
August 17th, 2010
6:22 am
If there were ever a countdown that needed a click to enlarge feature on its photos, it’s this one. Oh well.
I think at this point, Jeff, you can just write dirt bag and we’ll know who you mean. It’ll save you time and letters.
Kim Z is delicious looking and all, but she is surely a headache. I mean, she was dating another woman about three months ago. There are lots of hot babe options for any NFL player, so Kroy, please find one with less drama, if you know what’s good for you.
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Southside Dawg
August 17th, 2010
6:48 am
Numb nuts Petrino gives even Arkansas a bad name. Will there be any Count mental juices left for picks? My unemployment has run out and I need some locks or maybe even a middle.
Tommy
August 17th, 2010
7:01 am
So much good material, so little time! Great read!
Larry
August 17th, 2010
7:27 am
Jeff,
Funny and entertaining, but I wholeheartedly agree with your more than underlying point about Biermann. If I were the coach or GM I would pull this second string, mountain man aside as say “this city has had enough drama with Vick and Hall in recent years, and the last thing we need right now is to lose focus or have an unnecessary distraction at our practice sessions as we try to propel this team back into the playoffs. No more side shows!”
The above is the diplomatic approach. My approach to Kroy were I his friend or relative would be: “What in the hell is wrong with you, you stupid f___ing idiot? This broad has absorbed the highest variety of sperm since Madonna and do you think she completes you or will make your momma proud?”
Personally, I hope any player this dumb and irresponsible gets cut!
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
August 17th, 2010
7:37 am
Good Stuff JS- we’ll miss the count, hopefully he can keep his white blood cell count up. Maybe Mora & Petrino can join him??
bugman
August 17th, 2010
7:43 am
Enjoy your snooze Count.
Bring on Fridays!
GODZILLADOGG74!!!!
August 17th, 2010
7:44 am
Jeff, absolutely love the stuff – never fails to make me laugh. I’m even forwarding your opening Mutts line to a friend with unfortunate taste in sports teams. But you also provided an inadvertent chuckle shortly after admonishing bloggers for incoherent ramblings when you wrote this: “Given his general lack of people skills, leadership ability, emotional stability, vision and occasionally common sense — that about covers it — The Count …” And yes, I do realize this comment will go wayyyy over the heads of 99.9 of your blogging audience (”He he, he said ‘dangling’”), but couldn’t pass on the easy jab. Hate to see the Count head into hibernation, but that’s a fitting way to check out!
John
August 17th, 2010
7:46 am
Don’t let your disdain for Bobby Petrino cause you to mislead the readers on what happened in Arkansas concerning the reporter for Hog Sports Radio being fired. Hog Sports Radio caved in to numerous fan complaints. Petrino only told her that he wouldn’t take another question from her with the hat on and that was the end of it as far as he was concerned. The broadcast station took it a step further. I think it’s silly to have fired her, but we all know there would be similar uproars if the same situation happened at other campuses. Imagine if a reporter for the official Florida Gator broadcast outlet showed up at Florida press conference after two-a-days wearing UGA attire or vice versa, or if a reporter with the official Georgia Bulldog media outlet showed up at a UGA post two-a-day press conference with Ga. Tech attire. Or better yet try the same situation at an Auburn/Alabama post practice press conference. I’m sure Saban, Richt, Meyer, et. al. wouldn’t appreciate it just as Petrino didn’t. Also fans affiliated with those campuses would probably complain just as the folks did at Arkansas.
Barnacle Bill Bavasi
August 17th, 2010
7:47 am
Jim Mora Jr. = Kim Zolciak
Bob Didier Caught Here
August 17th, 2010
7:47 am
Count why is it that you always come and go in the night like this? I mean come on dude……..one day you’re here for awhile and the next you’re gone?
Anyway, word to Mr Biermann. I know how easy it must be to get sucked into the big life of living in Atlanta and all (I know…….I once owned the town but now I enjoy the peaceful and quiet times living in Jacksonville Beach) but please be careful with this narcissitic piece of tripe. As long as this woman can find someone to buy her act then she will never change.
Anyway Count, I wish you peaceful dreams in your hibernation!
Paul in RDU
August 17th, 2010
7:52 am
Bravo Jeff – definitely one of The Count’s best.
MightyQuinn
August 17th, 2010
7:57 am
NOOOOOOOOO! Say it ain’t so! Oh, well. Good things never last forever. Adios and Vaya Con Dios, Count! Or should I say, Hasta La Vista?
Out in the West Texas Town of El Paso
August 17th, 2010
7:59 am
Bobby Petrino rocks! I hope he falls in love with a Mexican gal.
Matt
August 17th, 2010
8:09 am
Petrino is an absolute MISERABLE excuse for a human being. What an a$$-hat.
Chris
August 17th, 2010
8:12 am
Did Petrino have to check what hat he was wearing before he said anything? I mean, it’s hard to keep track of where you’re at some days with all the bridges being on fire behind you.
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater
August 17th, 2010
8:18 am
me thinks Holyfield will tear Canseco apart.
Unsettling visual
August 17th, 2010
8:20 am
That photo of the guy assuming the position with Tim Tebow is, uh, disturbing.
JDW
August 17th, 2010
8:21 am
Jeff, it would not hurt you to do a bit of research before you start spouting. The PGA of America runs the PGA Championship and is responsible for the recent debacle. The PGA Tour is a seperate and unconnected organization and runs the PGA Tour. While the PGA Championship is a major golf event it is not a “signature Tour event”. I imagine had the Tour actually been running last weeks championship we would not be having this discussion.
Mike Lum fan
August 17th, 2010
8:29 am
Pretty good Jeff, thanks. Was it Grammatica that hurt himself one time celebrating a made FG? That has to be number 2.
dean
August 17th, 2010
8:30 am
Jim Mora? Huh? Hackers. My anti-virus subscription must have expired.
Joey
August 17th, 2010
8:30 am
A “Countdown” worth waiting for. Good stuff, Jeff.
Wo Fat
August 17th, 2010
8:45 am
JS….I gotta admit, ole’ B Petrino really is a piece of work and what’s worse, is the Arkansas fans (most Arkansas fans) worship him, but little Ms Gork (or is it Dork) shows what I’ve know for better than 45 years..Florida fans are the most gracious in defeat and the most obnoxious when winning and yes her arrogance showed and it cost her job. Good riddance to stupidity.
Joey
August 17th, 2010
8:48 am
Jeff, I don’t know about the hibernating-thing with vampires. My wife, after reading the entire “Twilight” book series (and she doesn’t like anything “scary”) forced me to take her to all three movies to date (only one to go, she promised) (unless more are written, I fear). Anyway, in the first one, a vampire tells the central character that “vampires don’t ever sleep.” Just thought I’d let you know that . . .
Also, is it just me, or is Jeff getting funnier with age? I predict a stand-up career when he tires of making fun of Canseco.
Paddy
August 17th, 2010
8:48 am
I heard the Count lost a ton as one of the first investors of the Volley Ball League? Who is his financial advisor, the Butler/ Mechlinburgh County School System of South Carolina?
Russ the Not-So-Temporary Mascot
August 17th, 2010
8:51 am
Well, good to see the Count disappearing for a while. I don’t need the competition. I want all the attention right now. See, I’m being exploited. Seems I’m good enough to be the mascot to start another season but not good enough to be in the running to be UGA VIII. So they’ll be slapping a can of white paint on my nether parts and trotting me out there on game day, while they tell TV people I’m old and sick. Oh the humanity!—er, Oh the caninity! Or something like that.
Rise up, Dawg fans! While Schultz is preparing to show his bona fides for the 100% Wrong Club for the coming season, write letters and make phone calls demanding Russ’s appointment as UGA VIII. You’ll feel a lot better about yourself, even if we do end up in Shreveport together in December.
Paddy
August 17th, 2010
8:52 am
JDW…great point about PGA America. That golf course could have been a real beauty if Mr Santa didn’t help design it. He should stick to designing toilet fixtures. The only thing missing from that course is the Clown’s Mouth and Windmill holes.
Joey
August 17th, 2010
9:00 am
Russ, go fetch a stick in the middle of I-75! Your stuff has gotten repetitive, and silly.
Mr. Phil
August 17th, 2010
9:02 am
Wow. Sometimes I forget how valuable the count is. Anytime you can get a Gus Ferotte reference into a conversation, you are doing some quality work.
Paddy
August 17th, 2010
9:02 am
The good thing about Petrino’s personality is that it is keeping him out of Georgia and recruiting HS players. HS coaches across the State have pretty much shut the door on Mr. Coward. Arkansas used to do some damage in this state, not any more! In fact, they have all but quit in being taken serious around here.
juice
August 17th, 2010
9:03 am
Man the PGA really blew it. Just rediculous.
washedup
August 17th, 2010
9:09 am
Well said, Paddy. I kept hearing the announcers talk about “this great course”, and I thought the audio and video were somehow out of sync, because the golf course they were showing on TV looked like a goat track you might find in Hahira. . .Chicpee Woods, now that’s a great golf course!
Walker, Texas Ranger
August 17th, 2010
9:09 am
What was Marty Robbins thinking when he put that shirt on? “If singing doesn’t work out, I can be a jockey” No wonder El Paso was his only hit. Country fans don’t take kindly to folks that dress like Boy George.
PMC
August 17th, 2010
9:10 am
Why would she apologise to Petrino for wearing her own school colors?
When has Petrino shown loyalty to anything in his snakelike existance?
He’s got one of the best QB’s in football again this year and again they are going to get killed because he can’t do anything with the defense.
For the life of me, I don’t get why people think he should be a head coach. He’s an OC. He has NO people skills whatsoever. He should be banned from public speaking.
He’s not going to bring Arkansas any success they weren’t able to attain under Houston Nutt. The guy is a legend in his own mind. His last good year was in the Big East. He’s too small time to be big time.
meh
August 17th, 2010
9:10 am
10/9 – chicks in bikinis rule
8. Canseco is worthless
7. Petrino is also worthless. I hope UGA destroys Arkansas and their Lurch looking QB.
6. at least somone with a promising career’s autograph
5. Mora was the worst falcons coach until Petrino came along
4. the PGA has too many stupid rules that don’t matter
3. I hate reality shows and everyone involved with them
2. who cares, the Mets blow
1. see on the flip side Count
meh
August 17th, 2010
9:11 am
6. at least get …
Tim Tebow's Tears
August 17th, 2010
9:23 am
Great read Jeff. Glad there’s someone with talent at the AJC!
savannahdawg
August 17th, 2010
9:24 am
Petrino is an ass! I know wearing the hat wasn’t the coolest thing to do, but to lose her job is just stupid!
Joey
August 17th, 2010
9:25 am
meh, so, if you were a gambler, and gambling were, you know, legal, and you could place a bet on whether or not Teabow would be a successful NFL QB, you would really bet against him?
As a UGA grad, I’m not a Teabow-lover, but Teabow-haters amaze me. He is humble, he loves to play, he has a great attitude (quote: “I’ll do anything or play anywhere the coach asks me to”), he is big and fast, can throw the ball, and has a coach who is known for developing QBs.
He won’t be the next P Manning, but he can do things Manning can’t do. Did you see him run over the safety on his TD last weekend?
I’m one Dawg who will be pulling for him on Sundays.
Idot
August 17th, 2010
9:27 am
Jim Mora can’t be any worse than Tony Slobagoosey, and his broadcasting crew mates.
Their work in the Falcons vs 49ers game last year, was disgraceful. They should have been fired.
I still remember the Slob and that old Fullback from the Cowboys rambling on for 5 minutes about the great timeout that the 49ers coach called in the 1st period, “one of the greatest timeouts ever called, in the history of the NFL.
Idot
August 17th, 2010
9:30 am
Walker@9;09……..Marty Robbins, was one of the greatest C&W singers of all-time.
Paddy
August 17th, 2010
9:41 am
Walker Texas Ranger….don’t disrespect a great hall of fame C&W singer like Marty. He’s no George Jones but he is still one of us!
ugamsudawg
August 17th, 2010
9:46 am
Jan Stephenson, cover of SPORT magazine, what memories! thanks Count for bringing a smile to my face this morning.
boots
August 17th, 2010
9:47 am
Great reading, Count. I find myself wishing Bobby Petrino would date Kim Zolciak. They deserve each other. (Didn’t Lane Kiffin hang out in a hot tub with her already?) As for the AVP, I guess I will have to sell my jersey collection on eBay.
SimpleDawg
August 17th, 2010
9:55 am
The funniest thing about your “article” is all of the gaffs that could’ve been corrected by proof reading before publishing……
I think I know what Kroy is after in dating Kim……and it’s probably not stimulating conversation.
I don’t see how the PGA can refer to a patch of ground where people have been walking and standing as an area where you can’t ground your club…..maybe ground under repair, but certainly not a bunker or hazard. Allowing traffic through the area in essence negates the whole concept behind not grounding your club. Just stupid.
Booby Putrid not having a sense of humor is about as surprising as Barry Obama supporting a mosque at Ground Zero.
Little Jimmy Mora and Jose Canseco need no comment….they may be the only clowns funny enough to make Booby Putrid laugh.
The AVP folded? Wow, another sign of the Apocalypse.
Bobby C
August 17th, 2010
10:09 am
Bats can hibernate as long as six months? Does that explain the Braves power drought?
Joey
August 17th, 2010
10:10 am
SimpleDawg, watch the replay of Johnson’s shot. There were fans in the “bunker” WITH HIM! I get to play at Sawgrass a couple of times per year and the TPC course has sand everywhere also, but the rules are simple – if it is raked, it is a sand bunker/trap. If it ain’t raked, it is a waste area and you can ground your club.
I have to say the TPC’s “waste areas” are better kept than Whistling Straits’ “bunkers.” I hate hypotheticals, but I’ll bet nobody woulda said a damn thing if Dustin would have been Tiger Sunday. Tiger woulda been right in the middle of that playoff . . .
WildHog
August 17th, 2010
10:12 am
Read John’s post @ 7:46am. The fans are the ones who got the media person fired not Bobby. He certainly didn’t bully her the way Urban Meyer did that reporter in Florida.
You’re no better than the Internet hacks you’re criticizing. You’re making an armchair QB judgment about a situation you only read about – you weren’t there when this happened and I’m sure you haven’t spoken to other reports who were at the practice and subsequent press conference or live in the area to tell you how many people flooded that station with calls and emails.
What’s amazing is that Petrino’s been gone longer than he was here, but you can’t let it go.
Idot
August 17th, 2010
10:17 am
Yesterday’s post about the Braves sighing Manny Rameriz, looked like it took you 3 or 4 cocktail, and about 10 minutes to complete, and got you 3 pages of comments in about 3 hours.
Today’s post is pretty good and looks like you had to put some time into it’s construction, but you only have around 40 hits in about the same amount of time.
I was wondering if today’s blog required too much reading, or if it isn’t dumb enough for the majority of your readers to agree with.
Idot
August 17th, 2010
10:18 am
what is wrong with the AJC?
Idot
August 17th, 2010
10:24 am
It is pretty stupid for a reporter to wear a rival teams hat, to another team’s press conference. The radio station should have let her apologize to the Ark. fans, though and see if she could smooth thing out.
Idot
August 17th, 2010
10:27 am
The greatest thing that Bobby Petrino did while he was the Falcons headcoach, was to resign, and sneak off into the night.
Ted M
August 17th, 2010
10:33 am
Bobby Petrino is a freakin jerk.
Asheville Dawg
August 17th, 2010
10:35 am
Alas, my Tuesday morning’s will be boring for the next six months. But Fridays will be cool with the Weekend Predictions, good job Jeff. Especially with the r.i.p. for the AVP.
Joey
August 17th, 2010
10:36 am
WildHog, just be patient. You Hogs will wake up one morning and find out Bobby’s phone is dead, his house is for sale, his players will have a note on the bulletin board saying “Bye!”, and he’ll already be singing the fighting song of the University of _____________(take your pick). It’s coming . . .
hogfan
August 17th, 2010
10:37 am
Arkansas will kick Georgia’s A$$ next month. Petrino will see to it and he will run up the score.
wxwax
August 17th, 2010
10:42 am
Nice job calling out Petrino and Whistling Straights.
Petrino is an ass.
And that golf course is a bizarre, unnatural concoction.
JDW’s right though, it’s not a TOUR event. It’s run by the pro golfer’s own association. Ironic, huh?
Ed
August 17th, 2010
10:43 am
Pretty clear to me.
She was inconsiderate of the folks that sign her paycheck every week.
The young lady learned a life lesson that her Gator diploma didn’t prepare her for.
Hillbilly Deluxe
August 17th, 2010
10:47 am
Of course, we have heard nothing from baseball commissioner Bud Selig, who presumably is napping.
Actually, I believe that Bud has been dead for at least 15 years, if not longer.
A hat tip to Jeff for working in Marty Robbins.
Ole Smoky
August 17th, 2010
10:48 am
As usual the Count’s spot on… Only thing missing is a Lame Kiffin comment.
ShutUpSchultz
August 17th, 2010
10:50 am
Good for Petrino, good for Hog Sports Radio, and tell me the same thing wouldn’t happen if a reporter showed up at a Dawgs presser in a Gators hat. If you knew the inside story you would know that the reported in question was an unabashed Gator fanatic and took time to remind anyone of that any chance she got. Too bad it couldn’t happen to CLOWNS like you Schultz.
Joey
August 17th, 2010
10:58 am
Yeah, kinda like the last………………….. wait, I forget, when exactly did Arkansas beat UGA last?
gdawginkalamazoo
August 17th, 2010
11:02 am
I think Petrino was intimidated by the hat, or the woman, or possibly both.
cat
August 17th, 2010
11:07 am
Hot summer,
http://www.voguesale.com
Give you a cool feeling,lol…
reason
August 17th, 2010
11:15 am
I read that Canseco is worthless, that’s what happen when one try’s to clean up the game, and uncover the vase use of steroid in baseball. Bond lied and still treated like a hero even if he cheated. It just doesn’t pay. Just like a politician, it doesn’t pay to be truthful or leave the septic tank uncovered. Mac was forgiven and so many others. But Canseco has been the escape goat of baseball. Liking or disliking him has nothing to do with confronting a negative situation, wish stain the name of baseball for decades to come. At least he’s not hiding. So let the guy be. Like all the others they will never get rid of the monkey on their back.
SimpleDawg
August 17th, 2010
11:21 am
Yeah, it’s one thing to make a course for a Major Golf Tournament a severe test of golf, but it’s something else completely to make the course a severe test of Goofy golf.
Where’s the Windmill hole….or the Dinosaur statue and cave….or maybe have a waterfall to serve as a water hazard…..
Whistling Straits will forever be known as the Goofy Bunker Course.
TiredofHaters
August 17th, 2010
11:28 am
Bobby Petrino didn’t fire her and if you had done your research you’d know there were other issues. AND…I’m pretty sure if someone from Gator Nation Sports Radio (or whatever) showed up to interview Urban Meyer wearing an LSU or USC hat, or someone wearing an Ohio State hat showing up to interview Paterno, or a reporter in a Steelers hat interviewing Landry, back in the day, the same thing would have happened. It showed a lack of common sense and it was disrespectful. What reporter in their right mind would show up to interview Glen Beck wearing an Obama “Change” or “Yes We Can” shirt? Seriously.
Gene
August 17th, 2010
11:29 am
Dororthy Hamill was cool, but she’s no Peggy Flemming.
GT Alum
August 17th, 2010
11:49 am
What reporter in their right mind would show up to interview Glen Beck wearing an Obama “Change” or “Yes We Can” shirt? Seriously.
I don’t know, but I’d pay to see how that played out.
Jeff Schultz
August 17th, 2010
11:52 am
Thanks Mike S.
Jeff Schultz
August 17th, 2010
11:52 am
Thanks Innocent Bystander. We agree — PGA didn’t handle it well.
Jeff Schultz
August 17th, 2010
11:53 am
Supes — If a league or Tour is dependent on one or two players for fans and sponsorships, then there’s a problem.
1eyedJack
August 17th, 2010
11:53 am
Boy, Tebow’s hair sure does grow fast. Last week he was sporting the Friar Tuck cut and Sunday night he’s got a full set of locks adorned with hair jelly.
Jeff Schultz
August 17th, 2010
11:54 am
Festus — Love the Penelope Pitstop reference. You must be as old as me.
Jeff Schultz
August 17th, 2010
11:54 am
F 105 — Sorry. Maybe instead of “enlarge” features I can just mail you a foldout?
Jeff Schultz
August 17th, 2010
11:55 am
Larry — Thanks. I’m sure Falcons won’t let this get out of hand.
Tmac
August 17th, 2010
11:55 am
If the Dancers were the contestants in the AVP instead of the other way around…
They might have had a chance. But their problem is the ladies (players) were butt ugly wearing tiny bikini’s.
Jeff Schultz
August 17th, 2010
11:55 am
Dr. Ken — Thanks. Platelets are fine.
Jeff Schultz
August 17th, 2010
11:56 am
Bugman and Gozilladogg74 — You rock.
GT Alum
August 17th, 2010
11:57 am
reason, Bonds has lots of detractors. When reporting on A-Rod’s 600th HR, even ESPN was saying that a lot of people still consider Hammerin’ Hank the HR king (implying that they share that opinion).
As far as Canseco, let’s not pretend his exposure of steroids in baseball was an altruistic endeavor. He went from being one of baseball’s biggest stars to a joke, then had to watch his fellow steroid-enhanced Bash Brother take part in one of the biggest spectacles in the history of baseball. He wanted to shame the MLB and make the sport endure some of the same humiliation he has, and was trying to return himself to the spotlight and make a lot of money in the process. I for one am glad to see he failed in the second regard. Doing the right thing for the wrong reasons doesn’t make someone a hero.
Jeff Schultz
August 17th, 2010
11:58 am
John — A member of Arkansas PR department came over to talked to the radio reporter. Who do you suppose told the PR person to go there? And don’t you believe the station is also caving to the desires of the school (and Petrino) since they’re business partners?
Jeff Schultz
August 17th, 2010
11:59 am
Bob Didier and Paul in RDU — Thanks. The Count will you see down the road, or in the afterlife.
Jeff Schultz
August 17th, 2010
12:01 pm
Mike Lum — yes, Grammatica’s injury is pretty close to the top.
Jeff Schultz
August 17th, 2010
12:01 pm
Thanks Joey.
Jeff Schultz
August 17th, 2010
12:02 pm
Walker Texas Ranger — What I want to know is, did the other 3 guys get paid for that video?
Jeff Schultz
August 17th, 2010
12:02 pm
Tim Tebow’s Tears — Thank you, kindly.
Ned @ Ivy Gates
August 17th, 2010
12:03 pm
Bobby Petrino doesn’t have a sense of humor? Who knew?
I thought our constitution guarnteed our freedom of relion?
Go Gators, beat hogs!!!!
Jeff Schultz
August 17th, 2010
12:03 pm
Bobby C — Nicely done.
matt
August 17th, 2010
12:05 pm
KIm Z is delcicious looking?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! C’mon man, how drunk are you?????????? Reggie Bush as KK and this a hole is dating KIm Z????????????????????????????????? WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Big
August 17th, 2010
12:37 pm
Arkansas could turn the incident into a PR coup by employing Ms. Gork in its sports information department.
GIVE ME A BREAK
August 17th, 2010
12:44 pm
Who knew Petrino was a “PUNK?” Bunker my azz.
Don't hate
August 17th, 2010
12:47 pm
All of you ATL fans who hate on Petrino can shut your mouths! You all are just mad he realized the team was nothing but crap and left for a better program.
wxwax
August 17th, 2010
12:56 pm
Petrino expects more loyalty out of a reporter than he’s willing to show his own employer, by bailing on the Falcons in mid-season.
Both the fired reporter and the radio station’s general manager say that Arkansas (the university) leaned on the station pretty heavily about the hat.
Doesn’t the University of Arkansas in general, and Bobby Petrino in particular, have anything better to do? Nasty, unpleasant and vindictive.
Habersham Dawg
August 17th, 2010
12:56 pm
At least Kroy isn’t resuming an old Falcons defensive end tradition.
In the late seventies a really ugly woman pulled up in a beat up car and dropped Jeff Merrow off at the Falcons training camp. Van Note asked who the woman was and Merrow told him it was his girl friend. Van Note was shocked and told him that he played for the Falcons and why was he dating such an ugly woman. Merrow just smiled and said, “Someone has to.”
jawga boy
August 17th, 2010
1:53 pm
The journalist lady for hawg radio…… was she blonde by the way?
Dawgbonz
August 17th, 2010
2:20 pm
Let it go- Petrino left a Vick-timized, poorly staffed, awful team for greener pastures and everyone was the better for it- JUST LET IT GO. If a reporter showed up in front of Richt in a Gators hat I would first hope he force fed them it, then booted their jaded bum out the door as well. Good for the Hog program.
BirdDawg24
August 17th, 2010
2:21 pm
hey , sometimes people get to absorbed in this whole my sports team thing.just think if we were as dedicated to the real problems going on in the world, instead of someone wearing a florida gators hat.That went from having team spirit to being ridiculous. its a hat , just a hat.
RussDawg
August 17th, 2010
2:34 pm
Petrino who? ArKansas? does anybody give a …
AVP could not find a sponser? Really?
used to be #2 draw on ESPN (After College FB)
Fox Sports wouldn’t give them a TV deal? Really?
Pago Pago DAWG
August 17th, 2010
2:43 pm
Did I read this right…a woman reporter doing college football? Probably a male producer wrote the questions for her!!
Kneecap
August 17th, 2010
2:44 pm
3/5ths of the ‘real housewives of atlanta” have either been married to,or dating a Falcon or ex-falcon.
INSTEAD of ‘hard knocks’, the Falcons could be on Bravo TV.
Beast from the East
August 17th, 2010
2:50 pm
It was a blessing in disguise getting fired from that job. Who the hell wants to have to spend their days trying to interview the second biggest scumbag in all of sports? I can’t call him the biggest…..Kiffin takes that prize. Hey Hogs, good luck with your “coach”! Hope he takes you all the way to nowhere, just like he has at every other pit-stop he’s made.
Ted Striker
August 17th, 2010
3:03 pm
1) I’m just glad all those guys standing next to Marty Robbins had their hands visible because some of them were looking at him kinda “longingly” in the video.
2) You have just ruined the pleasure I receive posting via my alter ego GODZILLADOGG74. Ouch. That hurt. That was below the belt, dude. Next time the chips are down, you won’t have ole Ted Striker (aka GODZILLADOGG74) to kick around.
azcat225
August 17th, 2010
3:04 pm
Have to agree with Gene—Peggy had it all over Dorothy.
Nice to go on hiatus with a great performance, Count. Thumbs up!!
Richard
August 17th, 2010
3:09 pm
That was pretty good. Especially the part about Jim Mora…
dagnabit
August 17th, 2010
3:21 pm
Marty Robbins, unlike Boy George, was a real singer.
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Go Dawgs
August 17th, 2010
8:30 pm
Jeff, I know that you take issues like journalistic ethics and journalistic integrity seriously. I’m a little surprised about all of the outrage about the firing of Ms. Gork because I also take those issues seriously.
Is it harsh to get fired over wearing a hat? I’m not sure it is. A lot of people seem to take the stance that sports journalism isn’t “real” journalism, and, granted, it’s not like sports reporters go out there and cover wars or dead bodies. But the same issues of impartiality and integrity apply, and appearances matter just as much. When I was in journalism school, I was told that if I served as a journalist, I would be giving up certain luxuries that other people take for granted. Among those luxuries, I was told that there were newsrooms out there that didn’t allow reporters to belong to politicial parties, to completely avoid any appearance of bias or slander. Perhaps it’s rare to take things to that extreme, but ask yourself this: what do you think would happen to one of your political reporters if he or she went to a Nathan Deal rally wearing a big ol’ Roy Barnes T-Shirt and hat and started asking questions of candidates and staffers? Do you think that reporter would get to stay on that beat for very long? I think not. Perhaps that reporter can still do a great job and be impartial. John Stossel says that reporters ought to embrace their biases. I think that’s baloney. I think that even if what you produce nothing but completely unbiased reporting, from that moment forward, your credibility is destroyed. Nobody’s going to see you as anything but a flack for the other side.
How is this any different? The most painful loss the University of Arkansas suffered last year came at the hands of Florida. The Hogs not only lost a tight game, but they thought that they got jobbed on some bad calls. I’m sure it’s stuck with Bobby Petrino. He may not care about leaving a team, but he seems to be fairly engaged when he’s actually on the job. So now you’ve got a reporter coming to his practice and his press conferences wearing a Florida Gators logo on her hat. It’s unprofessional. Look around the next time you go to a UGA presser or a Tech presser. Count up how many rival logos you see on reporters’ gear. He’s probably asking himself, if she’s this unprofessional, how do I know that she’s not so unprofessional that she’ll tell people in Gainesville what she sees in my practices? So he tells the SID staff that he doesn’t want her in his practices anymore. Well, how does she do her job anymore? The station managers don’t have much choice than to find someone else to cover Arkansas football, do they? And how about her credibility with fans? Let’s say she gets back in UA’s good graces and gets back on the sidelines. Speaking as a sports fan, if I know that one station has a reporter who has not only pulled that kind of stunt, but also Tweeted online about how much she’d rather be covering Florida football (go listen to Dan Patrick’s interview with her and her station manager at cnnsi.com/danpatrick) then do you think I’m going to take her seriously? As a sports fan, if it’s me, I’m going to listen to her competitors.
If you think that sports journalism is just for fun, that it’s fake reporting and that things like ethics… or at least, the appearances of ethics… and reporter credibility actually matter, then you’re going to think that the Gork story is completely unjust. But if you recognize how important a reporter’s credibility is, regardless of if they cover politics, wars, or football, then you’re not too surprised that she is paying a high price for a big mistake.
Not a Falcon fan
August 17th, 2010
9:47 pm
Bobby Petrino is my favorite Falcon’ s coach.
heartofdarkness
August 17th, 2010
10:02 pm
Maybe the young lady with the Gator cap showed poor judgment if she hoped to keep working for the humorless boors who own the Arkansas radio station, but I would take issue with your statement that she was wrong. After all, without opponents, a college football team is mostly only good for keeping the local members of the criminal bar employed. When did it become mandatory for everyone around a college program to assume the qualities of the sorrowful creatures who populate the myriad of zombie movies in circulation these days? I think a real university might have some trouble with Mr. Petino’s example to the people of the state he represents as well.
heartofdarkness
August 17th, 2010
10:23 pm
Note to Go Dawgs: I think you have journalism confused with a vocation in the clergy. While sports provide a repository for the investment of emotional attachment, it would hardly be worth our attention if everyone were emotionally invested in the same object. Retaining poise under pressure is one of the worthwhile qualities coaches seek to establish in their charges. If that poise melts at the sight of someone in the audience wearing an opponent’s ballcap, I’d say the whole exercise was little more than masquerade.
Journalists are charged with observing events and characters and getting the details reported accurately. It could be done by someone wearing a monkey suit.
But, I sense the odor of ex-communication in the Arkansas air, which suggests to me the football coach may have his role confused.
Go Dawgs
August 17th, 2010
10:29 pm
Even a monkey would know that what this reporter did was stupid, and would put her credibility with the people she covers in jeopardy, and thus compromise her ability to do her job, Mr. Conrad.
heartofdarkness
August 17th, 2010
10:38 pm
Explain why her credibility would be suspect if she displays her allegiances openly. It’s her questions about the upcoming season, and their basis in observable fact that should concern the individual’s at the podium. Fair minded people wouldn’t have a problem with fair minded questions. And how does a radio audience know what was on her hat anyway?
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Go Dawgs
August 18th, 2010
12:30 am
Conrad, if you wear a hat or a shirt into a room full of athletes or coaches that says, “Hey dude, I’m rooting against you”, what do you think the reaction of those guys is going to be? Let’s say that there’s a quarterback controversy at Arkansas this year. Or a running back controversy. She goes in, starts asking questions about it. Does the team think that she’s just reporting it because it’s a story, or do they think she’s trying to stir up distractions because they just happen to be playing HER team that weekend? Let’s say that she starts criticizing one of the team’s star athletes. As a fan of that school, am I going to take it with a grain of salt? Or am I going to say, “she’s a Florida fan, she’s running him down because he hung 200 yards on Florida last year.” I know where a lot of sportswriters went to school. The difference is, you’d never know it with the real professionals, though. This person WORE HER GEAR TO WORK. You do NOT do that. Think of the best sports reporter you know. Now… what school does he/she root for? Exactly. Tony Barnhart went to Georgia. I’ve had many conversations with him in press boxes, and I can honestly tell you that I’m still not sure if he actually roots for Georgia inside of his heart. Completely can’t tell.
By the way, this person’s story about it being an “accident” that she grabbed the Florida hat on the way out of the door is bogus. You don’t make that kind of a mistake. She told Dan Patrick that she makes no secret of where she went to school because she’s proud of her education… right. She makes no secret of being a Gator fan because she wants to stick it in people’s faces. Let me ask you this, when’s the last time you showed up for work with no idea what you had on?
Gary S.
August 18th, 2010
2:41 pm
Jeff, do you really think any coach in the SEC would have tolerated a reporter wearing a rival hat to their press conference? A reporter in Gainsville Florida wearing a Razorback hat would have been placed under arrest! You”re obviously still still upset about Petrino leaving a pathetic Falcons program. Get over it!
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