CURSING: ALIVE AND WELL IN NCAA FOOTBALL
by Orson on Oct 22, 2007 9:27 AM EDT
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PrintBasketball coaches will be technical'd if they use expletives on the sideline, per a new initiative by the NCAA going into effect this season. One curse word is a warning and a technical foul; a second would lead to an ejection. We look for Bobby Knight to coach exactly three games this season for Texas Tech with the introduction of this rule. He will be substituted for in these games by football coach Mike Leach, who will lead the highest scoring offense in NCAA basketball in his absence.
We think this is bullshit, of course, but don't necessarily fear for the great sideline profanity artists of NCAA football. There's more people on the sidelines at a D-1 football game than at a Wu-Tang or Gogol Bordello concert, making such a rule completely unenforceable in practice. Plus there's a direct correlation between coaches who curse and quality, we think. Examples:
1. Pete Carroll's cross-field chat with Mike Bellotti.
2. Will "BOOM" Muschamp's "encouragement" of his defense against Arkansas.
3. Jim Boeheim, Syracuse basketball coach, emphasizes just how important Jerry McNamara is to Syracuse basketball.
4. And, of course, the greatest secondhand coaching profanity-laden tirade ever, Wesley Woodyard's imitation of Rich Brooks.
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Orson – it’s Gerry McNamara, with a ‘g.’ Don’t mean to nitpick but probably better to get that right before angry Syracuse fans, if there are any left, jump all over you. Love the site.
by benny j on Oct 22, 2007 9:38 AM EDT reply actions
Penalty for a pirate’s vocabulary. Does this mean that college basketball coaches will start learning how to curse in other languages?
Merde!
Bollocks!
Wang ba dan! (“bastard” in Mandarin).
Sign language! How cool would that be? Well, it would be kinda nifty for about five minutes because I’m sure representatives for some national organization would object and possibly make someone pay a fine or apologize publicly. O!o
by stina on Oct 22, 2007 9:44 AM EDT reply actions
Nick Saban doesn’t have time for this [CURSE REDACTED].
by PW on Oct 22, 2007 9:45 AM EDT reply actions
Holy shit. That Orgeron face, deep chuckle was fucking scary.
by Biggus Rickus on Oct 22, 2007 9:46 AM EDT reply actions
#1
Giving up that Damn Fieldgoal. Pardon my language.
by Dave(not that one, the other one) on Oct 22, 2007 10:18 AM EDT reply actions
Is “chair-throwing” still going to be illegal? I mean, I love to see that shit.
by SunDawg on Oct 22, 2007 10:26 AM EDT reply actions
Definitely doesn’t look like “You’re all just sweet angels” to me. Maybe he’s speaking Swahili or something.
by BurritoBrosShits on Oct 22, 2007 10:26 AM EDT reply actions
Wow – Gogol Bordello. Orson’s indie colors showing on that one. Spending alot of time at The Paste Magazine offices lately?
by Gentleman Masher on Oct 22, 2007 10:26 AM EDT reply actions
To be fair, Carroll did enunciate and repeat three times for the fans at home. That’s got to be worth something.
by Class of 2007 on Oct 22, 2007 10:28 AM EDT reply actions
Props for the Gogol Bordello shoutout.
Start wearing purple motherfuckers!
by Jack on Oct 22, 2007 10:42 AM EDT reply actions
Before halftime of the UA/UT game, when Saban went apeshit, i thought he was going to have a stroke. That made me think of Jim Brown in ‘Any Given Sunday’
Jim Brown: [Curse laden tirade, calling his players female reproductive organs]
Player: Coach, calm down. You’re gonna have a stroke.
Jim: I don’t get strokes motherfucker, i give em.
by SpookyJuice on Oct 22, 2007 10:52 AM EDT reply actions
Boeheim’s semi-rant was way more impressive than Mike Gundy’s, I thought.
by Doug on Oct 22, 2007 10:53 AM EDT reply actions
I still want to hear what Les Miles was saying when they called his player for a helmet-to-helmet hit in the 2nd half. He was making very simian motions with his arms and screaming at the top of his lungs…
I like to think he was cursing in some language he didn’t even know he spoke.
by Gentleman Masher on Oct 22, 2007 10:54 AM EDT reply actions
what’s a purple motherfucker? i may already be wearing one…
by PW on Oct 22, 2007 10:54 AM EDT reply actions
I forget the specific reason, but there was a play in the second half that nearly caused Les Miles to have a aneurysm on the sideline while he was screaming at a referee. Whatever it was, it was quite funny. unfortunately didn’t see it on youtube
by haybeav on Oct 22, 2007 10:58 AM EDT reply actions
17 – that was the play i was trying to think of. He was going crazy!!
by haybeav on Oct 22, 2007 11:05 AM EDT reply actions
at the risk of basketball threadjacking, boeheim has even less time for this shit than saban. that guy is a human soundbite. day in, day out one one of my favorite interviews in sports.
and orson, #1 is right, it’s “gerry” with “g” dammit!!
by gerry dorsey on Oct 22, 2007 11:18 AM EDT reply actions
I love dwaybe bowe and laron landry’s impersonation of Les Miles
“Take the field”
by haybeav on Oct 22, 2007 11:30 AM EDT reply actions
No tirade post would be complete without a little Jim Mora.
by Jeff on Oct 22, 2007 11:46 AM EDT reply actions
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It’s not so much about tirades as it is about cursing.
by PW on Oct 22, 2007 11:58 AM EDT reply actions
True – I guess “diddly poo” doesn’t rise to the level.
by Jeff on Oct 22, 2007 12:31 PM EDT reply actions
Did Chuck Amato’s balls ever drop?
That man could sing soprano.
by Signal to Noise on Oct 22, 2007 12:32 PM EDT reply actions
Lloyd Carr on Mike Hart’s 54-yard run vs. Minnesota:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U7WGjTlvaU
“That was a fucking great call.”
by Jeremy on Oct 22, 2007 12:36 PM EDT reply actions
I looked for a video of Rick Trickett (FSU o-line coach)during the FSU-Clemson game, but was foiled again. There was a shot of him during the game yelling and repeating “f-you” in one of his player’s faces on the bench.
by Gatorpilot on Oct 22, 2007 2:09 PM EDT reply actions
I forget who said it: “If a hemorrhoid could talk, it would sound just like Jim Boeheim.”
by Raider Red on Oct 22, 2007 2:25 PM EDT reply actions
Saban dropped a “damn” at the half-time interview during the Tennessee butt whoopin’.
by fotodog on Oct 22, 2007 3:10 PM EDT reply actions
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