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Wherein I rib hooper a little

I was reading this post on Dr. Saturday, which led me to this RTT thread full of Clawfense anticipation. From the comments comes this gem from hooper:

I’m not worried about the system being to hard to grasp, though, considering the success he’s had before UT.

Heh.

(FOOTBAW FOOTBAW FOOTBAW ORANGE SWARM ORANGE SWARM ORANGE SWARM CRUNCHBERRY GO BOOM UP ON YA TAILBACK MOVE THE CHAINS SEAT AT THE TABLE WE AT 75 WORDS YET?)

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Ooh. And that, kiddos, is why you always remember that the internet never forgets anything.

About the only meager defense available is that none of us knew what the Clawfense really was. Heck, I was touting it as this Single-Wingish thingamajig at the time. After that, all I can say is that they never told anybody that installing the Clawfense was a 2-year project. Not much in the way of an argument on either front.

Ah, humility.

by David Hooper on Mar 11, 2009 5:00 PM EDT reply actions  

Don't feel too bad

I lost count of the laughably inaccurate things I’ve said on the Internet long, long ago.

"Florida didnt win their first SEC title until 1991 and now they think they invented football."
-Ron Zook

by rustytanton on Mar 11, 2009 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

Oh, I don't feel bad at all.

Actually, that’s really funny in hindsight. I probably should have added a LOL in there somewhere to indicate my lightheartedness.

So…

LOL

by David Hooper on Mar 11, 2009 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

I remember

Reading those single-wing stories, before my time here, and then telling my friends about it in an effort to sound smart and ahead of the curve. Turns out there was no curve.

When it comes to the Clawfense, everybody loses except Lane Kiffin.

by Will Shelton on Mar 11, 2009 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

I also remember in the back of my head a warning from a UCLA fan.

He gave us a preseason warning about WCO offenses in the college game and how there’s not enough time to learn one (and backed it up with the Karl Dorrell experience). I believe I was at the front of the line for people saying something along the lines of, “Yeah, but this is a different WCO; even D-II teams are able to make it work.”

(I might as well get this all out of the way in one blow.)

by David Hooper on Mar 11, 2009 5:03 PM EDT reply actions  

LOL

Clawfense-brand Kool-Aid.

I bought stock at the IPO, I guess.

by David Hooper on Mar 11, 2009 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

What you meant to say was

Guess, that, falls, to, to; me,.

Wanna hear some music?

by samhitch on Mar 13, 2009 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions  

Yeah, that's my one tick.

A little WIlliam Shatnerism, if you will.

lol

by David Hooper on Mar 13, 2009 6:52 AM EDT up reply actions  

If you want to sound fancy...

You can call it the Oxford Comma. More on that and generally acceptable uses here:

http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutother/oxfordcomma

FYI, the Associated Press Stylebook (which I’m assuming most professional sportswriters are going by) frowns on its usage. Then again, it also says you should print ‘website’ as ‘Web site,’ so I only bring it up for laughs.

"Florida didnt win their first SEC title until 1991 and now they think they invented football."
-Ron Zook

by rustytanton on Mar 13, 2009 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions  

Hmm. Sounds stuffy to me.

And I am currently bound to the Chicago Manual for a print publication, so I’m sticking with that, and the other, and the last one.

;-)

Rocky Top Talk

by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 13, 2009 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'm guilty of it myself.

I’ve been trying to avoid going overboard with the comma usage. Results have been a bit …mixed. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity, though.

by Chris Pendley on Mar 13, 2009 5:11 PM EDT up reply actions  

Understood.

I’ll fight that for my entire life, most likely. I think I do it because it’s where I’d add pauses in conversation.

by David Hooper on Mar 13, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think that's what it's for

It’s not a crutch, it’s to aid communication.

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by Joel Hollingsworth on Mar 14, 2009 8:14 AM EDT up reply actions  

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