ODE TO OWEN SCHMITT

Well put, my friend.

100 tankards of mead served by valkyries in Valhalla to Mr. Schmitt.

That, ladies and gentlemen, is why fucking college football kicks ass.

Was anybody else hoping he’d drop a West F’ing Virginia during the interview?

No mention of him curing cancer? Shame on you Orson, Shame on you.

Wow, that video just gets better and better the longer it goes.
Can’t see Atlanta Falcons or Miami Dolphins fans making something like that.

Great video. Great moment….but that annoying bitch almost ruined it. She should go back to reporting the weather….

Yeah – Okmin was spectacularly awkward when she threw in her “what?” when he was pausing, clearly trying to gather himself.

I could have done without her amazingly uninsightful reporting, and also listening Pat Haden and Terry Donahue giving each other hand shandys under the desk while Matt Vasgersian tried to act like nothing was going on.

Kudos to Mr. Schmitt – never before has a man with what appears to be both a cleft palate and herpes afflicting his lips had a better shot of winning the Thighsman Trophy.

Wenches! Bring me your finest meats and cheeses!

Gotta give it to Fox for squandering Television gold in a way that might surpass JP/LF. First they ruined Johnson’s marriage proposal on national tv. Now they had to interrupt this guy just as he is losing his shit. Amazing.

Okmin takes it in the ass for good coke.

Somehow “Schmitt-faced” needs to be added to the lexicon.

In a karmicly-balanced world, that guy suits up for the Steelers next fall.

Schmitt shouldn’t have to wait to die and go to Paradise before getting his 72 virgins. Somebody hook this guy up now.

His nickname is “runaway beer truck”.

…red meat, boobs, and cash…

No mention of booze? Aww hell, 3 of 4 ain’t that bad I guess.

Okmin didn’t come nearly as close to blowing it as Chris Meyers did with the marriage proposal last year. Still the gold standard for horrible sideline reporting.

I don’t think Owen needs to be “hooked up”. I see him more caveman-like when he grabs his women by the hair and takes them when he wants.

After last night, he and his various paramours can flatten every haystack in Monongalia County.

son of a…

Huzzah!

Let’s not be hasty and leave Jim “So Tony Dungy, how does this feel in light of your son killing himself?” Nantz and his interview of the Colts’ head coach right after the trophy presentation.

But that Fox dude sucks as well.

The Oompa Loompa from last night is a distant 3rd.

The redneck lady screaming whilst taping the video and at the end is more annoying than interviewbabe.

1. - DG – Damn skippy! And then Kreider can retire and wait for his spot in the Hall.

My take is that West Virginia will not be invaded by Latinos or anyone else anytime soon….those people love their states and are real patriots…..probaly have their own militias in lieu of National Guards…..
I hope Mr. Schmitt has a pro career rather than a coal mining future like the rest of the role players

Let’s not get too carried away. Schmitt played his high school ball in the DC ’burbs.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/11/AR2007091102204.html

That, gentlemen, is a ballplayer. Someone pls forward the clip to Tebow & Urban who only seem to cry after big losses.

That is the greatest thing I have ever read in my life.

I think he was getting through the interview fine until WVU’s band struck up the opening chords of “Country Roads”. I think that put the Runaway Beer Truck over the edge emotionally. A very cool moment indeed. This is but one example of why college football > NFL.

(I would have told Oompa Loompa she’ll have to wait until the song ends to continue the interview. Think about it. This was a single moment in time that will never be relived. Never reproduced. It will be something he will be trying to replay in his mind for the rest of his life. And, he’s got some stupid bitch from Fox cramming a mic in his face and haggling him with stupid questions as he tries to soak it all in. I’d be pissed.)

#23, I love Kreider to death but there aren’t a lot of fullbacks in the hall. I wouldn’t mind the Steelers taking Mr. Schmitt though.

Big O is the man. Your name will be lettered in Mountaineer Field beside of Sam Huffs by the time you get back to Motown. You’ll also be governor in absentia while kicking tail in the NFL

I’ve always heard the term “hard nosed” football player growing up…..watching Owen Schmitt play ball and that interview is the living embodiment of that term…
I am sure if you look up that word, you will see that image of a mohawked, multiple surgery scarred, bloody faced Owen Schmitt

As a West Virginian, I’m extraordinarily embarrassed by the ending of that video. Holy shit.

I’d like to say that I am only 16, and I lived in West Virginia until I was 8. Then, we moved over here to Virginia. I have been a Mountaineer since the day I was born, as are just about any of our natives. Moving to Virginia, living 30 minutes from Virginia Tech really brings out the West Virginia in you, let me tell ya.

All these VT fans have nothing but trash to talk about WV and there’s only the true few who are there to back it up 110%.

This post is beautiful, the whole game in general was beautiful. Schmitt is a beautiful player, they all are.
I’ve gone to all the bowl games since I can remember, there to support my mountaineers. Unfortunately, we couldn’t go to this one. But, that’s alright..the moment at the end wasn’t only lived by Schmitt. It was lived by all of us, true fans.

Ode to Schmitt for sure, and props to who ever posted this. Fraudregez is for sure.

Born a Mountaineer, Die a Mountaineer.

Long live the legend baby.

:)

ive known owen since i was in seventh grade. he used to date my cousin. i went to fairfax high school innorthern virginia, owens alma mater, and all anyone talked about was owen. although im a diehard virginia tech fan, i had a new love for the mountaineers, and rooted for them always. seeing as they didnt play tech, i didnt feel to guilty. haha. and i cant think of a more perfect culmination of owens career then an underdog win in a bcs game. go owen, good luck in the nfl, and go wvu

Thank you Owen for coming from Fairfax, Virginia and playing like a true champion and hero. Your heart is solid gold, now get out there and break some more masks on Sunday NFL football. From just a walk on to Wvu Legendary Half back. John Riggins would be pround. Old school players still live.