WHITLOCKGATE: A RAPIDLY UNFURLING MESS
We write a post on race at an opportune time, right? On the day we publish the “All-Race Team,” MGoBlog exercises the nuclear option on him following his Tubby-come-lately column about the 4 million year contract extension given to Charlie Weis. Whitlock’s take? Notre Dame is racist for doing this for the 5-2 Weis, while 8-0 Ty Willingham got nothing close to this kind of love from the admin.
Whitlock does himself no favors by Uncle Tomming a black Notre Dame fan in an emailed response. This earns a second shot from Brian and a wave of fury from ND fans who hijacked Whitlock’s ESPN chat this afternoon.
More to follow…
Update! Well, not really. But it is a racially charged story: someone called an Indiana high school player “Nigga” in a game! Because he’s black? No, because that’s his fucking name. (Via Sports By Brooks)
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JacketDan says:
Whitlock is just trying to be the next Ralph Wiley, but there’s that slight hitch of him being a giant fucking moron that can’t write. I didn’t always agree with Wiley, but he was well spoken and obviously intelligent. Whitlock still thinks Jeff George never got a fair shake in the NFL which almost forms a singularity of stupidity in and of itself.
I swear that Bill Simmons’ intern is a better writer than Bayless, Shanoff, and Whitlock combined.
November 2nd, 2005 at 5:18 pm
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rick says:
What kind of racist bastard would name his kid ‘Nigga’ ?
November 2nd, 2005 at 5:49 pm
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Orson Swindle says:
It’s his last name–about halfway down the linked column.
November 2nd, 2005 at 5:52 pm
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Brian says:
well spoken
Watch out, that little idiom is a red cape to stirrers of fecal output. “Articulate” will suffice.
November 2nd, 2005 at 6:21 pm
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rick says:
Orson – I was being sarcastic.
November 2nd, 2005 at 7:52 pm
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JR says:
That’s a real family name… didn’t anybody see Chappelle’s Show??? (Too funny, btw.)
November 2nd, 2005 at 9:06 pm
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JacketDan says:
Thanks Brian, I will be more discerning in the future.
I very much enjoyed your response and reading some of the mouthbreathing responses it generated.
November 2nd, 2005 at 9:32 pm
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Zippy says:
Hahahahhaha!!! Why is all of arryan nation, aka: Notre Dame, panties in a knot. Whitlock exposed the farse that is notre dame. He did it statistically which is so beautiful becasue none of you knuckleheads can refute it. I love it!!!!!! The fact of the matter is that Notre Dame and its cowardily boosters represent what has and will always be the problem in america and that is: “Certain groups get certain privileges, such as sympathy and empathy or the benefit of doubt.
Sincerely,
To hell with Notre Dame
November 2nd, 2005 at 10:41 pm
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Orson Swindle says:
Sorry rick–we were engrossed in an all-important online crossword while reading your comment. Drawbacks of a short attention span.
November 2nd, 2005 at 11:00 pm
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Bill says:
Zippy, will you be my e-friend? You seem like a really special person.
November 2nd, 2005 at 11:13 pm
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Rick says:
That’s right, Zippy. Notre Dame was built and prospered through the toil of the Aryan WASP establishment. Thanks for pointing that out. That statistical proof that Whitlock provided was Rad, Dude! Did you know that Utah was just as good as SC last year? They had exactly the same record, Dude!!! Rock on!!
November 2nd, 2005 at 11:45 pm
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Orson Swindle says:
White Anglo Saxon Pro…er, Catholic?
November 2nd, 2005 at 11:47 pm
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PantsB says:
Man, “Zippy” is clearly the most rational person on the Interwebs.
November 3rd, 2005 at 12:33 am
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Brian says:
I think that was TIC?
November 3rd, 2005 at 1:32 am
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Philly Gator says:
Has anyone considered Weis may have gotten the big contract because he’s a lot more jowlly, er, I mean jolly?
November 3rd, 2005 at 6:38 pm