Comments on: DO NOT EXPLAIN THE PLOT: WHAT WE DO HERE

By: sushil

sushil — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 17:27:06 +0000

we want 25 by 80 plot map

By: tzubear

tzubear — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:43:35 +0000

Let me guess PDXGone Gator,

you were bigger and more confident than most 10th graders? Oh, and you are a guy? If I am accurate in this assesment than it is not suprising at all she went off on you. It was your TONE….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9KQQrNDawM

By: PDXGoneGator

PDXGoneGator — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:32:17 +0000

You know, I went to a Susan Sontag reading as a tenth grader and during the Q&A i asked a question about writing and she totally went psycho on me. Very unpleasant and bullying. I didn’t even say anything about her Cruella Deville hairstyle, God rest her soul.
Not a high point for me.
And she was definitely not wearing that braille-enabled sweater.

By: UFGatorDMD

UFGatorDMD — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:34:35 +0000

Yeah. What you all said. ESPN is cramming the entertainment into your eyeholes and nixing the sports. Sad, very sad. But it’s not the reason I come here…I’m just here because I’m working…yes. Working. And because Nintendo Wii doesn’t have NCAA 2008. I’m sure ESPN is behind that, too. You’ll pay for this ESPN, you’ll pay!

By: Senor Pez

Senor Pez — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:28:18 +0000

Well spoken!

I remember when I used to roll out of bed, snap on the television, and be treated to the drone of sports highlights in the background while I cleaned and fed myself. Now, there’s none of that. Between the torturous “Who’s Now” segment (seriously, whoever came up with that should die), the sponsored “question” segements (”You’re on the Insert Company Here Hot Seat: How are you going to overcome adversity.” “We’ll have to play hard, and drink our Ovaltine.”), the editorials-disguised-as-sports (it’s touching to see a segment on the bouncer paralyized by Pac Man’s (alleged) shooting), now get it the hell off my HIGHLIGHT SHOW), and the other dumb fluff, I don’t think there are 20 minutes of highlights. And 10 minutes of those highlights are whatever the flavor of the month is. First it was A-Rod. Now it’s Barry Bonds and NASCAR. Whee.

That’s why I’m here. Combine a decent community with actual content, and you’ve got gold.

Time to kick back an early morning drink, and settles into his chair. Almost time for football.

By: MCab

MCab — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 04:45:02 +0000

BTW . . .

I swear this site makes the best Schlitz-Sauvignon cocktails . . .

By: MCab

MCab — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 03:50:58 +0000

TCOAN – I have put much of my poetry down the “memory hole.” I even have a keeper that a gf cried over, and I found some of the lines in that one cringe-worthy.

ESPN has become NASCAR: only concerned with the narrative (ie, soap opera), not the technical details of the sport. Sadly, I see this in the fans, and find that they know more on what the AD said to the coach as opposed to what style of defense their team runs.

And when I visit their site and see I have to be an insider to get a preview, I feel like I’ve been asked to pay a $10 cover for a backyard BBQ. Why should I pay for someone’s semi-educated guess? This is in comparison to Phil Steele’s highly educated and insightful guess.

The best football coverage is NFL networks’s “Playbook” Strictly X’s and O’s, lots of superb technical details, total coach porn. If only they had a show like that for CFB.

I’ve noticed the closest I can come to this is the blogs and a few articles on ESPN.com and CFN.com. The blogs have the richest stuff when it comes to this.

And they frickin’ hyped up Beckham all week, even though he’s got a bad ankle, and he ended up playing for about 20 min’s.

By: Meg

Meg — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 03:17:11 +0000

speaking of content- the tour de france is rocking this year- where else does a fan get caught on TV relieving himself on the side of the road, and instead of hunching down to remain off camera, he goes running after the peloton while simultaneously attempting to pull up his pants, remaining center-camera the whole time. This shit is worth getting up for in the mornings.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:53:12 +0000

did you really use the term veldt in a description about the possibilities of the internet? Daily I am impressed with the diversity.

By: JoesDeliGatorTail

JoesDeliGatorTail — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:38:56 +0000

SKLM beat me to it. ESPN has followed the same narrative arc as MTV. Start with something people like, say music videos (sports) and then gradually build up to True Life: Im a transgendered drift racer addicted to video games and plastic surgery (Theisman).

BTW- great piece Orson. Cant wait for Mcgriff tonight.

By: Stacy Keibler Luvs Me

Stacy Keibler Luvs Me — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:28:10 +0000

#44 – I am sure TCOAN’s prose during her teeny bopper – $5 word stage is 95% better than the stuff we write or read around here…

By: Boy Howdy

Boy Howdy — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:12:15 +0000

#18

If leering over Tim Tebow’s girlfriend is wrong, then I don’t want to be right.

By: tzubear

tzubear — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:10:53 +0000

TCOAN,

Very incisive and humorous. I especially like the bit “…from the tops of $5 words used just a hair incorrectly.”

By: Stacy Keibler Luvs Me

Stacy Keibler Luvs Me — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:59:51 +0000

ESPN became to Sports….

what MTV became to Music….(I cannot think of a worse insult)

By: jebushchrist

jebushchrist — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:55:15 +0000

Excellent piece of work.