Randy Moss

[WilliamPitt]

Poll question: Randy Moss

[kikiek]

1. So what the crap the Packer fans spew they deserve it.

I would do it myself.

[whodiedandmadeUSgod]

26. Wasn't he doing that in front of a sign that said

YOU CAN LEAVE ANYTIME? Go Randy!

[hijinx87]

27. yeah, a sign that was a "tribute" to LAST WEEK'S brainless,

bullsh*t stunt. and if signs are his problem, for heaven's sake, wanna bet there will be another sign next week? the boy is his own worst enemy.

[kikiek]

35. He isn't a "boy". Why would you care if he left 2 seconds early.

Funny thing that people are just as vunerable to media hype with sports as they are with politics. Far worse players have come and gone. We had a quarterback that beat his wife regularly, but you didn't hear about that. Much more offensive are the sex and violent ads Fox takes in for revenue. They have far more reaching affects on behavior in real life. If football players do you're not spending enough time with your kids.

[hijinx87]

37. he behaves like a child; I will refer to him as a child. n/t

[kikiek]

36. Yea They taunt him even when he isn't playing like the 1st game

in Green Bay. I haven't heard from anyone that they were upset about it. People thought it was funny. I think the news is trying to decide for us how we should feel about it.

[chimpymustgo]

2. I definitely didn't find it disgusting or disgraceful as Joe Buck did.

geez.

[Emboldened Chimp]

43. Yeah, Buck's reaction was over-the-top

Bombing civilian areas and killing children is disgusting; pretending to moon GB fans is just silly.

[HuckleB]

49. Actually...

it is the opposite of graceful, so calling it disgraceful is technically accurate.

[LudwigVan]

3. Not as bad as the Basketbrawl but...

I still like professionalism in professional sports. If he was in high school, he'd never play again.

[kikiek]

7. Fans manage to have a little more decorum and less booze in HS sports.

[AngryAmish]

39. You didn't go to my HS

[jakefrep]

44. Oh really?

Come to some high school games around where I live. Lots of inebriated, washed-out, know-it-all ex-jocks to add to the atmosphere.

[BlackCoffeeSound]

4. douuuuuche

Class act. Wow. Raising the bar, Moss.

[BrainRants]

5. Douchebag without a ring on his finger

of any kind!

[HuckleB]

8. Hopefully, he'll remain ringless forever.

[HuckleB]

6. I won't blindly defend an eternal adolescent.

We've got one in the White House. Why do we need to see it on the field? I'm mean, it would be ok in Pop Warner, but this is the pros. You've got to bring your "A" game, even to "celebrations." No?

[dolo amber]

9. All I wanna know about Randy is HOW

he gets that enormous 'fro into his helmet. That thing's friggin' HUGE! :wow:

[BrainRants]

12. He reminded me of Freddie "Boom Boom" Washington

of Welcome back Kotter fame!

I always enjoyed Barry Sanders "helmet head" afro too. It was perfectly formed to the inside of his helmet, pads and all.

Edit: Randy Moss Smiley: :silly:

[Baclava]

10. Keep it up, Randy, you only make the jock-suckers look bad.

I thought it was stupid, but not anything worth a fine. A 15 yard excessive celebration penalty would have been appropriate though.

But, hearing Joe Buck squeel like a pig was worth it.

I hope he embarrasses every fucking announcer that's been hugging his balls.

[KitchenWitch]

30. Joe Buck is a talentless hack

who is only in his position because of his daddy, Jack!

[Politiclo8]

11. I don't understand..........

.....the problem?
It's sports and it's called entertainment. Lighten up!!!!
Maybe he was just responding to some of the crap the Packer fans were calling him. Whatever the case may be there are a lot more important things that actually involve life and death. LOL

[chimpymustgo]

15. Will, how 'bout another option: neither.

It's not as though he actually pulled down his pants.

[fearnobush]

13. Ahwaa just let em play the game.

Got to love that frow.

[Spiffarino]

14. BFD

Yes, he's an enormous douche. And a great athlete. And a lousy role-model. This is baby-shit stuff.

One thing it does do is make me appreciate Marvin Harrison so much more. It also makes me miss Barry Sanders. I love guys who'll just hand the ball to the ref and go sit down. Real pros.

[kispoko]

56. wha?

-One thing it does do is make me appreciate Marvin Harrison so much more. It also makes me miss Barry Sanders. I love guys who'll just hand the ball to the ref and go sit down. Real pros.


huh? maybe barry sanders, but marvin harrison? man, the media has done a job making these colt players into golden boys.....

harrison is a selfish athlete. last year, when his team was *winning*, he complained because he wasn't getting the ball! and he had said before that he'd take a pay cut, just to make sure he could stay with peyton manning (colts are in a bit of cap trouble)..... but did you see this 32 year old's new contract this year? completely went back on his word.

and the worst part was, while we heard the opposite of harrison's actions attributed to him, we heard no corrections from these bullshit announcers, once he demonstrated otherwise.



this little celebration of randy's, is the last i can ever remember him doing anything other than handing the ball to a ref, or finding a kid or some disabled person to give the ball to, in the last 7 seasons. did you not know randy did that, or just don't give a shit?

earlier in the year, he gave *2* touchdown balls, to a man in a wheelchair, who was dying, and there as part of the 'make-a-wish foundation.' and not only did he give 'em to the guy, but he stayed both times and grabbed this guy's arms a bit and celebrated with him.....

i fucking cried after watching that, and i tear up everytime i see a picture of that or think of it, to be honest..... i saw my best friend in that man, and to see the smile randy put on that man's face..... he forgot he was dying, for just a moment, as he had the attention of a superstar, and forgot he was even in a wheelchair, you can bet..... it was beautiful.

my best friend and his family, would give anything to forget all that, for even just a second, and have just a moment where it doesn't consume them, and isn't even in the back of their mind.....


yet that shit didn't get any media play. and neither did the other myriad times randy's done those things.


stop being lazy folks. you should realize more than others how the media can affect perception..... so go and do your own work, instead of relying on them, if you're to have such opinions.

[cybildisobedience]

16. Seriously.....

are we going to start that "what about the children" crap with this or something?
I thought it was funny -- exactly the kind of moment that all those commentators who feigned such outrage LIVE for.
What I DID think was offensive was the commercial for a computer game titled "Mercenary," that showed animated characters saying things like they "shoot first and ask questions later," or don't use a small bomb when a big one will do.
THIS is the kind of thing we should worry about with children -- but watch all the columnists and pundits come out and criticize Moss for this possibly tasteless, but ultimately harmless act, like it's the second coming of Janet Jackson's nipple.

[Spiffarino]

17. Yes, but...

...it was a titty for goodness' sake! Don't you understand the implications? We can't have the fact that we are mere mammals exposed to the world, y'know. Get yer priorities straight! :eyes:

[CatholicEdHead]

18. Some people are

Expect FCC complaint letters to be mailed bright and early by "family groups" in the morning. This can be spun as a political "moral issues" to deflect from what BushCo is doing.

[BrainRants]

19. If it was any channel but FOX, no.

And I caught the Mercenary commercial too and thought it was offensive and inappropriate as well.

As were the commercials for FOX's other moral values show with the Hilton skanks.

I'm just as tolerant as the next guy (and still mourning the Packer loss) but my problem is that this is on FOX, and they have an echo chamber over in their news (loose term) division that likes to glorify this kind of shit when it's on other networks. How many diatribes about a partially exposed nipple consumed their airwaves for the first two months of the year?

Because of that they should be held to a higher standard.

Not trying to pick a fight, just trying to noodle through my opinion publicly.

:)

On edit: Moss is still a douchebag.

[Mojambo]

20. There was nothing wrong with it from a decency standpoint

It was just a really classless, immature punk who doesn't know the meaning of sportsmanship. Not exactly a rarity in professional sports.

Moss made himself the coverboy for it with his little performance. I hope the giggles were worth it.

[MrSlayer]

21. I liked it. That's entertainment.

I think a lot of this "outrage" is simply because it's Randy Moss who did it. Touchdown celebrations are fun. Telling the fans who rip you all game long to get fucked is fun. Will I like it if he does it to me next week? Hell no, but it will be because he scored that I'm pissed not because of whatever celebration he does. If Al Harris wasn't such a crap corner we wouldn't even be talking about this.

[Berserker]

22. Unsportsmanlike?

You must mean when the warrior got mad and tossed 3 hits at the face mask of a Vikings player and not even one flag was tossed. That little media darling favray gets away with that sort of thing where NO one else could. As for the moon shot it was great I Loved it.

[KitchenWitch]

31. Love the graphic in your sig line!

[sportndandy]

23. Not "funny" but not worth getting worked up over either.

Certainly not as good as T.O.

[nickgutierrez]

25. Aye, stupid, but not "disgraceful" n/t

[hijinx87]

24. classless. but then what do you expect from a cretin . . .

like randy moss.

even when he does something great, he has to ruin it with something idiotic and disgusting.

in the first qtr, he was on camera screaming "look on the mother-f***ing scoreboard" at the crowd again and again. you didn't even really have to read lips to make it out; you could hear it.

[catzies]

28. How about both?

I saw it live. I also think Faux's outrage is as authentic as their news.

[vikegirl]

29. The Packturds....

... deserved it. :evilgrin:

[Berserker]

32. Speaking of which

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[kispoko]

57. berserker

just thought i'd let you know, purple pride is owned and run by a batshit insane rightwingnut..... he used to own the vikes board on the insider/scout.com network, and still posts there on occasion.

that's why i don't go to his site.

[HuckleB]

40. Is the Randy Moss virus striking all of Minnesota?

It's tempting to retract my congratulations when one reads the ugly, adolescent venom being spewed forth by Vikings fans.

[vikegirl]

46. After being called "ViQueens"....

...by various posters, I think we've earned some good-natured name calling retorts.

Good God, chill. It's just a game. We'll lose next week, and everyone (including this Vikings fan) can poke fun at MN.

[HuckleB]

47. Thanks for the laugh.

Almost all I see on these boards are Vikings fans who take themselves way to seriously, and you want me to chill?

Oh, that's funny! LOL! I guess that's what one should expect. But it is funny!

:)

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[theboss]

33. When does Moss pull a Mike Tyson?

You have to assume that some high profile arrest is simply inevitable at this point?

Was the celebration that bad? No. But nothing Moss does can be taken in isolation. If it as any other receiver on the Vikings, it wouldn't be that big a deal. But no other receiver has pulled the amount of nonsense that Moss has over the years.

[DinahMoeHum]

34. Sorry, Moss, but Terrell Owens does those antics much better.

Unfortunately, Owens had the bad taste to get injured before the playoffs. So Moss is just Terrell's stand-in.

:evilgrin:

[HuckleB]

38. LOL! Yes, TO at least comes up with something new.

[underpants]

41. Funny hilarious knee slapper

deflects all the media attention towards him for his team.

[wellstone dem]

42. I have to tell you

I was looking away when it happened, and thought he had actually mooned the crowd based on the commentary. While not classy, I think the commentator's reaction was a bit excessive.

[trotsky]

45. Every commentator that has been "disgusted by it"...

is no doubt thanking his lucky stars that ratings are WAY UP because of the stunt & people wanting to see a reaction to it. Media whores are hypocrites if nothing else.

[Qanisqineq]

48. Neither, it was just retarded

The kind of thing I roll my eyes at and forget about 5 minutes later. The people that are SOOOOO offended by it and afraid for their children should think about the commercials usually aired during football games... beer commercials with big chested, barely clad women; drugs for erections; video games for killing people. These commercials are played over and over again, the few seconds of Randy Moss acting dumb probably wasn't seen by most kids and will soon be forgotten.

This whole thing isn't worth the paper it will be written on in today's newspapers.

[Penndems]

50. The poster child for douchebags

It's not the faux mooning I have a problem with - hey, I'm an adult, I can handle it.

What sticks in my craw is that he feels he has the right to walk off the field while the clock's still running. VERY low-class.

[MrSlayer]

51. I thought people overreacted to this as well.

There were 2 seconds left before an onside kick, the game was over. Even if they recovered the ball the clock would have been expired. It's not like the Scottie Pippen incident where he refused to go on the floor for the final seconds because the last shot wasn't his. That's classless and selfish. People just love to hate Moss.

[Revolucionario83]

52. I thought what Moss did was hilarious

:evilgrin: I cant stand the Packers, I was freakin irritated by Faux's broadcasters. All they did was kiss Favre's ass through out the whole game, it was disgusting.

[TroubleMan]

53. It was hilarious and harmless

I thought Joe Buck's reaction to it much more offensive.

[bamacrat]

54. Oh come on there are a lot worse things to be fining people for.

Barry Bonds
to name one

[davidinalameda]

55. he has no class

he's never had any class

I was at Marshall the same time he was--it's amazing that the NCAA never investigated them because he was there for one reason and one reason only--to play football

I had a friend who had a class with him--he was enrolled and the whole class was shocked when he did decide to show up one day

they never saw him after that