Jason Whitlock is an ASS

[jiggafini19]

and the ever-lovable phrase "my heart pumps piss for Urban."

Patent pending. I remember that making your day, RR.

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[IndyIrish]

Apparently Whitlock got his just desserts during his online chat today. I don't have an ESPN Insider subscription so I didn't get to see the whole thing, but the sampling on the website below is pretty funny. Of course, this is just the type of reaction he was hoping for. No one knew who the guy was until he wrote that column. After doing a little research on him I found out that I went to the same high school as the guy and that he was the captain of the football team that won a state championship (with Jeff George as the quarterback). Given that proximity, and the fact that I'd never heard of him until yesterday, his career clearly wasn't going as well as he'd hoped. Nothing like a little controversy to get your name out there. Of course, that's probably not going to work out either because as people read the rest of the garbage he has written it will become apparent, rather quickly, the guy is a two-bit hack.

http://www.deadspin.com/

 

[jiggafini19]

http://www.deadspin.com/[/url]

Scroll down this link and read the story about the SC kid getting arrested.

TW offered him. Linebacker guy whose name I don't really care to try and spell. Fourth arrest this year for the Spoiled Children.

 

[Domer95]

'tis official. We need to start an IrishEnvy lexicon for such notable gems as this and others, including the often-used "four-letter network" and the ever-lovable phrase "my heart pumps piss for Urban."

How about DimWitlock...

 

[kickerbg31]

FWIW, Ivan Maisel of ESPN completely disagrees with Whitlock in his "For Argument's Sake" column. While I dont completely agree with Maisel, I think his article is more reasonable and well-researched than Whitlock's.

Also, the simple fact that we are talking about this story justifies Whitlock in writing the article. He was looking for a reaction and got one. I think we can expect more of this crap from him.

 

[kickerbg31]

Here is a link to Maisel's column from my previous post

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/story?columnist=maisel_ivan&id=2211259

 

[IndyIrish]

For a football team "that isn't relevant anymore" there sure is a lot of Internet space being devoted to it this week. Here's another African American columnist taking exception to the race card. A quote, "It's hard to accuse the administration of racist thinking when it was color-blind enough to hire Willingham in the first place."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/phil_taylor/11/02/hotbuton1102/index.html

 

[Rip Rap]

For a football team "that isn't relevant anymore" there sure is a lot of Internet space being devoted to it this week. Here's another African American columnist taking exception to the race card. A quote, "It's hard to accuse the administration of racist thinking when it was color-blind enough to hire Willingham in the first place."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/phil_taylor/11/02/hotbuton1102/index.html

This article, and similar attacks, are based on revisionist history:

"Willingham was undefeated after the first eight games of his Notre Dame career, and he was getting the same kind of love that Weis is receiving now. By the end of his third season his career record was 21-15 and the Irish couldn't get him out of town fast enough."

Any one of these clowns not hiding behind selective memory will note that ND was proclaimed a pretender during Willingham's first season. A non-existent offense forced the defense (and fluke turnovers) to save the day in a slew of last-minute defensive plays, and every talking head in the media said we were all "smoke and mirrors." That was, in fact Trev Alberts weekly quote during those (rather enjoyable) games.

Also, that defensive backs coach from Willingham's first year, in all fairness, deserved the jump to the NFL he earned from that team's performance.

 

[jiggafini19]

Mike North will have Jason Whitlock on this morning at 9:20 AM CST as a guest on The Score 670 AM in Chicago.

Wish I could hear this. North ripped Whitlock yesterday morning.

 

[IndyIrish]

Colin Cowherd was just talking about the Whitlock issue. He didn't rip him (called him "talented" and "interesting", in fact) but took issue with the racism charge. He said it wasn't racism, but "leverageism". That is, the NFL wanted Weis and that's why he got a new deal. He had leverage...Willingham didn't.

I suspect Dan Patrick will have a similar take this afternoon. It seems to be the company line (given Maisel's similar article yesterday). ESPN is making it known that Whitlock was wrong, but they're not going to take him to task for it. In fact, why would they? ESPN is in the business of generating $ and everytime an irate fan (or anyone else, for that matter) clicks the link to Whitlock's column, it generates cash (long-term) for the network.

 

[Irish Envy]

Colin Cowherd was just talking about the Whitlock issue. He didn't rip him (called him "talented" and "interesting", in fact) but took issue with the racism charge. He said it wasn't racism, but "leverageism". That is, the NFL wanted Weis and that's why he got a new deal. He had leverage...Willingham didn't.

I suspect Dan Patrick will have a similar take this afternoon. It seems to be the company line (given Maisel's similar article yesterday). ESPN is making it known that Whitlock was wrong, but they're not going to take him to task for it. In fact, why would they? ESPN is in the business of generating $ and everytime an irate fan (or anyone else, for that matter) clicks the link to Whitlock's column, it generates cash (long-term) for the network.

Exactly.

I made mention in my blog that Whitlock had a different agenda here, which was to promote himself and ESPN. He did his job, even though the article was a complete and total joke.

Do you think anyone really cares about Ty anymore? *crickets*

 

[IndyIrish]

Another defense of Notre Dame locking up Charlie Weis long-term (from SI, no less):

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/writers/jimmy_traina/11/03/the.rant/index.html


When I first heard that Notre Dame gave Charlie Weis a 10-year contract extension, my first thought was, "Damn, that's a long time." My second was, "I guess the Irish realize they have a good thing." It never crossed my mind that the contract was foolish, outlandish or shortsighted. And I certainly didn't think that there were racial undertones to the deal.

Now there seems to be a growing number of people who have a problem with the extension. While I agree that 10 years is a long time, I can understand why Notre Dame would do it. The school has been through a couple of embarrassing situations (George O'Leary, Urban Meyer) in recent years and I'm sure it didn't want to go through something like that anytime soon.

As for other people who point out that Tyrone Willingham started 8-0 in 2002 and got canned two seasons later, while Weis has gone 5-2 and scored a windfall, I say you can't even compare the two coaches.

First let me mention a small factor: Weis is a Notre Dame alum. Willingham went to Michigan State. While this does not seem like a big deal to you or me, it is a big deal to the honchos at ND and I think this definitely played a role in Weis getting a new deal so fast.

Now the big factors.

Weis was the offensive coordinator for a team which won three Super Bowls. He ran an innovative offense and helped make Tom Brady one of the best QBs in the NFL. While Willingham did a nice job at Stanford, he didn't have the credentials that Weis did, so he had no chance landing an extension after eight games. Weis is not only winning in his first season, he's also already transformed Brady Quinn into a first-round pick. In 12 games last year, Quinn completed 191 passes for 2,586 yards, 17 TDs and 10 INTs. In just seven games this season, Quinn has completed 175 passes for 2,352 yards, 20 TDs and just four INTs. Meanwhile, the Irish are averaging 37.9 points per game, up from 24.4 last season under Willingham.

I think another big reason why the Notre Dame powers-that-be wanted to lock up Weis was because he's also done something that Willingham couldn't do during his tenure (including in that 2002 season_: Weis has made the Fighting Irish entertaining. Their games against Michigan, Michigan State and USC were all thrillers. Under Willingham, the Notre Dame offense, relying on the dink and dunk, was inept and the team was a bore to watch. Weis -- and Weis alone --has brought a buzz back to South Bend, and that may be the biggest reason why the people in charge at Notre Dame want him around for the next decade. I don't see how that's a mistake or a bad thing.

 

[IndyIrish]

In haiku form (haikund.blogspot.com):

Jason Whitlock is
Someone who should Volunteer
For a brain transplant.

Jason Whitlock: more
Useless than Willingham? Well,
Won't go quite that far.

Whitlock's delusions:
Hurts the cause of equality
Like Hoyte on Clausen.

 

[irishtexan]

does this sound familiar to anyone? this was taken after washingtons loss to oregon state:

"It's like we're singing the same old song," White said. "We're losing the same way. We're making some of the same mistakes over and over again. We're not making enough crucial plays at crucial points to push over to the other side."

"We gave 60 minutes of effort," Willingham said. "But we didn't have 60 minutes of execution. If we do a couple things right there, we have some big plays.

"Our biggest problem was we didn't execute offensively. The basics: The blocking, the catching, the things you have to do, we didn't do that. That's what our problem was

same excuses, no changes. and ND is the stupid one right whitlock? last night down here in austin the local sports radio show guys were talking about this and absolutely thrashed whitlock. they were singing Weis's name, and said it was the smartest thing ND has done since they fired willingham.

 

[jiggafini19]

6-2, BCS bound with three more wins, more proficient offense I've ever seen...

Ding dong the Ty is dead.