SEC Media Days: funny things to say while in Alabama

by Joel on Jul 24, 2008 8:36 AM EDT in Tennessee Volunteer Football Comment 1 comment

Tennessee's up this morning at the SEC Media Days. Did anybody get the audio or video feeds to work yesterday? Me no luck.

Interview Schedule for Thursday, July 24
ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE (8:40 - 10:40 am) Nick Saban OL Antoine Caldwell S Rashad Johnson	GEORGIA BULLDOGS (8:40 - 10:40 am) Mark Richt WR M. Massaquoi DT Jeff Owens	OLE MISS REBELS (10:40 am - 12:30 pm) Houston Nutt DT Peria Jerry OT Michael Oher	TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS (10:40 am - 12:30 pm) Phillip Fulmer RB Arian Foster DE Robert Ayers

Busy day yesterday, so mere bullets:

Les Miles apparently made some comment to a group of LSU fans about how they shouldn't be over-excited about LSU beating Alabama because (paraphrasing here) "it seems like a lot of teams from Louisiana beat Alabama." That's an obvious reference to 'Bama's loss to Louisiana-Monroe last season and an absolutely hilarious thing to say while in Birmingham, Alabama.
Urban Meyer, oy. Florida, oy. Meyer apparently wants to have the "fastest team in the nation." It seems the Gators have just recruited some guy who either set or came close to a world record in the 100 or something, so current Gator Chris Rainey challenged him to a race and beat him. According to Meyer, had ESPN College GameDay known about the contest, they would have been there. Oh, and Florida could have sold 10,000 tickets, too. Okay, then. Settle.
How many years has M. Massaquoi been playing for Georgia, anyway? Does "M." stand for Methusala? Whether it does or not, that's what I'm calling him from now on. Join me, won't you?
Anyone have an idea why Robert Ayers is representing Tennessee today rather than unanimous All-SEC first teamer Anthony Parker? Need one from defense and one from offense? If so, then that makes sense. Otherwise, it's a hmm. No offense to Mr. Ayers.
All right then. Carry on.
[Note by Joel, 07/24/08 8:45 AM EDT ] Update. Do not miss Garnet and Black Attack's take on the Tim Tebow Phenomenon, including this amusing bit:

He was smooth. He was suave. He was charming. (The official transcript of his remarks has him "smiling" five times and audience "laughter" four times. The transcriber did not note when the audience was "fawning," though it would have lost its meaning since the entire room practically swooned whenever he spoke.)

Go read the whole thing.

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Methuselah Massaquoi

Has a nice ring to it. It fits into a nice cadence. me-THU-se-lah MAS-sa-quoi. Nice triplet. It could probably fit into limericks. Must stop typing in blunted sentences.

As far as Tim Tebow goes, here’s my official stance (just to get it out of the way):

I like the guy. A lot. He’s a rare type that has the whole world waiting for him: money, fame, health, talent, charm. The NFL talent is obvious, and he could be what the Falcons had hoped Vick would have been. Given his current trajectory, he could have a second career in politics, broadcasting, acting, you name it. It’s his. And the sports media worships him with at least as much fervor as the political media worships Obama.

But he’s a classy guy. He lives his faith and spends a lot of time trying to make the world a better place. The only negative thing I’ve heard/seen of him is his baiting of LSU fans in Death Valley; if that’s all anybody has on him, that’s nothing.

All said, it’s getting very, very hard to block out the mediagasms over him. He’s a great guy and a great player, but they’re beginning to lose perspective. It’s not Tebow’s fault, but it’s hard to dissociate him from that.

All that said, I really, really, really hope he loses in Knoxville this year. :)

by Hooper on Jul 24, 2008 9:06 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs