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Time to start over from scratch

As a Pats fan of (insert believable number of years here) and season ticket holder for (some other number of years), I believe it is time to make ridiculous claims about how horrible the Pats front office, coach, quarterback, and entire organization are.

Star-divide

 

Tom Brady is the worst quarterback in NFL history despite completing nearly two-thirds of his passes this year for almost 4400 yards and 28 touchdowns against the toughest passing defense schedule any QB in the league faced -- with a broken finger and busted ribs -- and winning the NFL Comeback Player of the Year award. He sucks and must be traded right away, because why would you want a quarterback like that playing for you? Yeah, we'd better trade Brady, and we'd better get a kajillion first round draft picks for him because an offer for any less would be lowballing us, but he sucks and is overpaid (cap value a full million higher than JaMarcus Russell's -- JaMarcus Russell!!!) so we'll be lucky to get a seventh rounder.

Bill Belichick should be fired too, and for lots of incredibly stupid reasons. I doubt he'd be able to get even fifty first round picks for Brady, who sucks, so he's obviously not very good at managing the team's personnel. He should be fired for that. He got totally ripped off for Richard Seymour, who had a very mediocre season in Oakland. And what was he thinking holding a gun to Tedy Bruschi's head and forcing him to retire? And he only got an early second round pick for Matt Cassel, who sucked this year for a team that couldn't protect him but whose skill level is obviously much closer to what he showed last year when he was the awesomest quarterback ever and won seven Super Bowls for a team that didn't even make the playoffs because Belichick is a horrible coach. And he threw in Vrabel, who only had two sacks this year but would have had seventy-twelve if he was still in New England -- everyone knows that!

Speaking of which, have you noticed that Bill Belichick is a horrible coach? The man has never won anything in his life. Super Bowls don't count. Any other coach would have won 20 games this year, even with the sixth toughest schedule in the NFL, injuries to starters at QB, RB, WR, OT, OG, C, LB, DT, DE, S, and CB. And did you see how much they lost by and to what teams? They lost by 7 to the Jets, who wouldn't have made the playoffs if some other team had instead; they lost by 3 in overtime to a hot Denver team that only fell apart later in the season; they lost by 1 to the Colts, who are just the worst team in NFL history; they lost by 21 to a then-undefeated Saints squad in New Orleans -- but they would have won with Cassell, Seymour, Vrabel, and Bruschi; they lost by 1 in Miami to a team that wouldn't have won the division last year if Belichick didn't hand them 11 wins; and they lost by 7 in Houston to a team that always loses 39 games a year. Because teams with lots of rookies and second year players -- guys who don't have a lot of experience -- always win close games, right?

And then they got crushed in the playoffs today. Belichick should be fired for that too. Did you see him miss the tackle on that 83 yard touchdown run? And did you see the way he missed his block when Brady fumbled (which is also a reason to trade Brady because good quarterbacks don't ever fumble when they get blindsided thanks to poor blocking)? And did you see all those other blocks Belichick missed when he was playing center and guard all day? And all the other tackles he missed on defense? And did you see where he made Slater have the pass bounce off his hands and get intercepted by the other team? Yeah, we'd better fire Belichick. He sucks.

But that's not really good enough. I mean, Randy Moss is practically 73 years old! He'll be retiring soon, so why don't we have an all-pro receiver all set to replace him? I mean, come on -- all-pro receivers are a dime a dozen! We should be able to get one to walk in off the street! And Wes Welker's career is over -- no one has ever recovered from a knee injury before! Oh woe are we! And have you noticed that the Pats don't have a single running back who wasn't alive when the NFL was founded? And there just aren't any decent players on either the offensive or defensive lines. And something about Brandon Meriwether's hair and thugs. Not because such a comment makes any sense, but rather precisely because it's the kind of stupid thing you really ought to expect to read in a post like this.

But that's not good enough either. No, Robert Kraft should immediately announce he's moving the team to Los Angeles, selling it to al-Qaeda, and using the proceeds to fund a groundbreaking study on which came first -- the chicken or the egg?

Oh yeah, and something about SpyGate and cheating and OMG MARSHALL FAULK AND HELMET CATCH AND THE REFEREES RIG GAMES FOR TOM BRADY BECAUSE HE SUCKS AND WE HAVE TO TRADE HIM AND ANY OTHER COACH WOULD CRAP SUNSHINE AND SPIT LOLLIPOPS AND UNICORNS WOULD FLY OVER THE FIELD AS THE LOS ANGELES VAPORS WIN THE SUPER BOWL.

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Yeah, I find the bandwagoners annoying

Seriously, either STFU or have the guts to use your real account to post this BS. Don’t sign up for a new account to post it just because you’re too cowardly to stand behind the nonsense you post.

by RSNexile on Jan 10, 2010 11:12 PM EST reply actions   2 recs

recd

Non Sibi Sed Patriae.
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum!

I bleed Scarlet and Grey...A Buckeye for Life

by NinjaZX6R on Jan 11, 2010 12:07 AM EST up reply actions  

Your satire is very well-played.

Seriously, I can’t believe how many tarded douchenoids there are wanting to break apart this great thing we have an starting over from scratch. Far as I’m concerned, all we need is to improve greatly on our weak spots (O-Line, another linebacker could help) and we could get back to another run to the Super Bowl.

Thanks for the post. Great to read.

Beer is good! And stuff!

by R_Adragna on Jan 10, 2010 11:15 PM EST reply actions  

That being said

may we please have Wilfork, please?

He should come home to FLA.

goo goo goojoob

by Tunaflipper on Jan 10, 2010 11:41 PM EST reply actions  

since ur a fin fan...jets thing they are the best team in the division...must be smokin crack

the best team in the division doesn’t go 2-4.

Non Sibi Sed Patriae.
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum!

I bleed Scarlet and Grey...A Buckeye for Life

by NinjaZX6R on Jan 11, 2010 12:34 AM EST up reply actions  

At least they made it past Wild Card Weekend...

…sucks to say, but they earned some respect on the field.

Their fans, on the other hand…

Offensive Coordinator > Guard > Tackle > DE > OLB > RB > WR > CB

by Richard Hill on Jan 11, 2010 12:42 AM EST up reply actions  

true but their last 2 wins in the reg season were handed to them

Non Sibi Sed Patriae.
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum!

I bleed Scarlet and Grey...A Buckeye for Life

by NinjaZX6R on Jan 11, 2010 12:43 AM EST up reply actions  

The romped over a team they were handed a win by in Week 17...

…and I think they match up well against the Chargers. I wouldn’t count out the #1 defensive and #1 rushing team in the league- especially when they’re limiting their Quarterback’s mistakes.

Offensive Coordinator > Guard > Tackle > DE > OLB > RB > WR > CB

by Richard Hill on Jan 11, 2010 12:49 AM EST up reply actions  

they romped?

More like they ‘Shane Graham’ed over them.

"These players, a lot of other people didn't believe in them, but they believe in themselves. And that is all that matters."- Bill Belichick

by Mainiac on Jan 11, 2010 8:56 AM EST up reply actions  

Yeah, I'm dying by degrees

(temperature pun not intended) till they get knocked out next weekend.

The fans? I can only hope to feed them to Ravens fans…

goo goo goojoob

by Tunaflipper on Jan 11, 2010 12:46 AM EST up reply actions  

I saw the title and went "Another one?"

And then I saw who wrote and went, “Really? Him?”

And I laughed when I read the thread. I totally agree. This is a REBUILDING year. It happens to EVERY team and every non-bandwagon fan will have to put up with it. It’s unsatisfying to make the playoffs and go no where, especially when the pre-season media was handing us the Super Bowl trophy. In reality, though, we were lucky to get this far and we did very well with what we had.

Why is this a rebuilding year?
1. No Offensive Coordinator
2. Warren, Wilfork, Meriweather and Mayo were the only defensive starters who were starters last year
3. Our O-Line is old
4. 8 of our 12 drafted rookies made contributions this season
5. Brady is coming back from one of the worst knee injuries in the past decade of the NFL
6. We have the 3 oldest RBs in the league. IN THE LEAGUE.
7. All of our entire defensive leaders retired/were traded

We’ll be “back”.

Offensive Coordinator > Guard > Tackle > DE > OLB > RB > WR > CB

by Richard Hill on Jan 11, 2010 12:25 AM EST reply actions  

me too

Non Sibi Sed Patriae.
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum!

I bleed Scarlet and Grey...A Buckeye for Life

by NinjaZX6R on Jan 11, 2010 12:40 AM EST up reply actions  

Troll logic.

Belichick and Brady aren’t allowed rebuilding years. Only Superbowls, every season. No exceptions. And even then they get in trouble for blowing people out. Or not blowing people out. Have to complain about something.

To recap: only Superbowls count for New England. Because the salary cap, coach reshuffles, scouting staff loss, player retirements, injuries, draft vagaries, trades, contract holdouts, rule changes, referee decisions, sunshine, ponies and babies (I’m looking at you, Junior Brady) don’t count for the Pats, Belichick, Kraft, et al. Umm. Yeah. Superbowls only. Unless we’re discussing why Belichick and Brady should be fired, then they count for nothing. Unless it’s why they didn’t win this year. The it counts for everything.

If this post makes no sense… well, you get the picture.

Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.

by Comedic.Sans on Jan 11, 2010 5:56 AM EST up reply actions  

I know... talk about setting impossibly high standards for the home team

Brady and Belichick are SO overrated (stamp foot here)! I mean, the LAST time they won three out of four Super Bowls was FIVE YEARS ago. Do you believe it’s been THAT long? Fire the pair of them NOW!

A bit spoiled maybe?

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Jan 11, 2010 7:02 AM EST up reply actions  

I was laughing so hard, it was hard to hit the Rec button.

You forgot one though:

Trade Welker, 123 catches don’t count for jack if you’re going to injure yourself before the post-season. Did you see how happy he was to be off the field? Axe him and get someone who’s tough to play receiver. Maybe Hines Ward has a brother or something, or a sister – anything would be better than that slacker, Welker. Trade Welker now while there are still 31 teams that want him.

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The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

by SlotMachinePlayer on Jan 11, 2010 8:51 AM EST reply actions  

No, I got Welker

And I quote:

And Wes Welker’s career is over — no one has ever recovered from a knee injury before! Oh woe are we!

by RSNexile on Jan 11, 2010 10:33 AM EST up reply actions  

LOL!! Funny stuff.

Welcome to our world. At least you guys didn’t start getting this till around now, we’ve had douchenozzels posting crap like this since the bye week. One of our guys even made a catch-all thread because he was tired of seeing a million posts about the same stupid crap.

Lets see, here’s a quick summary:

Around 10 “Trade for Brandon Marshall!!” posts a day.
A few “Draft Golden Tate!! He will be the best receiver in the league!!” posts.
A handful of “Get Miles Austin!! Dallas will totally let him become a free agent and not pursue him!!”
A bunch of “Tyler Thigpen should be our starter!! He will be better than Henne!!”

And my personal favorite, “Draft Tim Tebow!! He will make the Wildcat unstoppable and will be good enough to be the starter too!!”

"Why don't you put that in a memo and entitle it 'Shit I Already Know'!" - Sarge from Red vs. Blue

I can't brain today, I have the dumb.

28 "Phinsider Feud" Points

by Chupathingy on Jan 11, 2010 11:28 AM EST reply actions  

I can understand the "get better players, even if logic states you won't get them!" threads...

…because that’s just wishful thinking. However, we made the playoffs and won the division. Some fans are just too spoiled.

Offensive Coordinator > Guard > Tackle > DE > OLB > RB > WR > CB

by Richard Hill on Jan 11, 2010 12:51 PM EST up reply actions  

Well, I definitely understand the wishful thinking (I'm picturing Wilfork in aqua and orange right now)

but the problem is, most of this stuff seems like it’s just said without thinking whatsoever. I mean, the whole Marshall thing. Ok, I understand that he is a good receiver, but he has always seemed to me to be more of a “me” player, and just half asses it when things aren’t going his way. And since that’s more of a personal opinion than fact, there is also the fact that he has repeatedly had off the field legal issues. I’m all for wishful thinking, but you have to be a little realistic about it. These people act like when they hear that a guy is a free agent he is immediately the fix it all that will take us to the big game next year. I bet half of them would jump on the “Sign Ryan Leaf!!” Bandwagon if they thought he was a free agent.

And the whole “Make Thigpen the starter!” and “Draft Tim Tebow!!” ideas are just too ridiculous to even take seriously.

"Why don't you put that in a memo and entitle it 'Shit I Already Know'!" - Sarge from Red vs. Blue

I can't brain today, I have the dumb.

28 "Phinsider Feud" Points

by Chupathingy on Jan 11, 2010 1:17 PM EST up reply actions  

Wilfork can't wear aqua and orange

It would make him look fat.

My life has been a trivial pursuit. Trivia: where three roads meet.
The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

by SlotMachinePlayer on Jan 11, 2010 1:23 PM EST up reply actions  

Alright alright.

Just for him we’ll call the orange “coral”.

"Why don't you put that in a memo and entitle it 'Shit I Already Know'!" - Sarge from Red vs. Blue

I can't brain today, I have the dumb.

28 "Phinsider Feud" Points

by Chupathingy on Jan 11, 2010 1:27 PM EST up reply actions  

Ha ha!!

It should balance out though, I hear aqua is very slimming.

"Why don't you put that in a memo and entitle it 'Shit I Already Know'!" - Sarge from Red vs. Blue

I can't brain today, I have the dumb.

28 "Phinsider Feud" Points

by Chupathingy on Jan 11, 2010 2:23 PM EST up reply actions  

I would suggest, as I do to unreasonable Red Sox fans, that there is only one possible response --

You must trade for Pujols. It matters not for the Dolphins that he is a baseball player and they are not — if they are to have any hope for the future, they must trade for Pujols.

by RSNexile on Jan 11, 2010 2:17 PM EST up reply actions  

LMAO!!

Nice. I would not step foot outside my doors if the Cardinals traded Pujols, there would be rioting in the streets. And knowing my luck, I would happen to be downtown by Busch Stadium in the middle of a crowd when the news broke.

"Why don't you put that in a memo and entitle it 'Shit I Already Know'!" - Sarge from Red vs. Blue

I can't brain today, I have the dumb.

28 "Phinsider Feud" Points

by Chupathingy on Jan 11, 2010 2:21 PM EST up reply actions  

Can we sign Lebron James as a TE?

That would solve our TE problems. Hell, let’s sign him to DE or OLB.

Offensive Coordinator > Guard > Tackle > DE > OLB > RB > WR > CB

by Richard Hill on Jan 11, 2010 2:55 PM EST up reply actions  

OLB

He’d be like Adalius Thomas without the severe allergy to performing well.

by RSNexile on Jan 11, 2010 5:16 PM EST up reply actions  

A 6-7 260 OLB...

…would be insane.

Offensive Coordinator > Guard > Tackle > DE > OLB > RB > WR > CB

by Richard Hill on Jan 11, 2010 6:33 PM EST up reply actions  

OLB? MLB

Have him jump OVER Vince Wilfork and sack people. That’d be hilarious.

Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.

by Comedic.Sans on Jan 11, 2010 6:36 PM EST up reply actions  

from watching him play...i could see that

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Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum!

I bleed Scarlet and Grey...A Buckeye for Life

by NinjaZX6R on Jan 11, 2010 8:05 PM EST up reply actions  

I did my best to attempt to stick with pure stats

My only real stretch might be when I just made the predictions for next year’s season.

If Mini Anden and Percy Harvin had a kid, and that kid grew up to play Syracuse basketball….ragnarok.

by Farorefox on Jan 17, 2010 9:22 PM EST up reply actions  

Utter drivel.

But I will be EXTREMELY disappointed if BB doesn’t reach outside for an experience OC. As The Hill so intelligently noted on another thread, there is no offensive brainpower in the organization. Scarnecchia is a O-Line man, not an offensive generalist. Beyond Dante, there’s nothing. Someone needs to come in to right the offensive side of the Pats’ proverbial ship.

So it’s ridiculous to suggest that BB and TB need to go. It’s less ridiculous to suggest that O’Brien and some of the offensive supporting staff need to go.

by nbradley07 on Jan 11, 2010 11:39 AM EST reply actions  

Wow sorry.

I posted this on the WRONG forum. I def caught on that it was satire…for some reason, I thought I was posting on JayMorey’s post about trading Tom Brady or some nonsense….

SORRY!

by nbradley07 on Jan 12, 2010 12:17 PM EST up reply actions  

This might just be...

The greatest post ever.

If Mini Anden and Percy Harvin had a kid, and that kid grew up to play Syracuse basketball….ragnarok.

by Farorefox on Jan 17, 2010 9:18 PM EST reply actions  

I agree whole-heartedly

especially with MARSHALL FAULK MARSHALL FAULK HELMET CATCH. I’d only add RUNNING UP THE SCORE! RUNNING UP THE SCORE! and SPYGATESPYGATESPYGATE whilst tapping your magical ruby slippers three times.

Trade Brady for a sixth-rounder. I guarantee there’s another Brady in the next draft in the sixth round, because I like unicorns. Hmpf.

Umm. Trade Belichick for lollipops. I heard they make running backs faster.

Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.

by Comedic.Sans on Jan 17, 2010 9:38 PM EST reply actions  

Ryan Leaf is available to replace BB

and why not Brady at the same time? Save 2 positions. And why not bring in Barry Sanders, he hasn’t lost a step, and he’d love to play with a winner like Leaf.

If Mini Anden and Percy Harvin had a kid, and that kid grew up to play Syracuse basketball….ragnarok.

by Farorefox on Jan 17, 2010 9:45 PM EST up reply actions  

Who wouldn't?

Besides Seau and Harrison, of course.

My life has been a trivial pursuit. Trivia: where three roads meet.
The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

by SlotMachinePlayer on Jan 17, 2010 9:47 PM EST up reply actions  

And don't you miss Joey Galloway

what were the coaching staff thinking when they sold him, shoot pick him up and grab Ginn while your at it. Nobody changes a game like Ginn.

If Mini Anden and Percy Harvin had a kid, and that kid grew up to play Syracuse basketball….ragnarok.

by Farorefox on Jan 17, 2010 9:49 PM EST up reply actions  

You're right. With the leadership and catching ability that Galloway shows,

Ginn could become All-Pro next year under his tutelage.

My life has been a trivial pursuit. Trivia: where three roads meet.
The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

by SlotMachinePlayer on Jan 17, 2010 9:55 PM EST up reply actions  

Al Davis for General Manger

and VP of Operations
and Mangini as the next owner

If Mini Anden and Percy Harvin had a kid, and that kid grew up to play Syracuse basketball….ragnarok.

by Farorefox on Jan 17, 2010 9:57 PM EST up reply actions  

Not quite!

Al Davis as owner, GM, VPO, and general pain in the butt.

John Madden as Head Coach.

Brett Favre as QB, and just win baby!

My life has been a trivial pursuit. Trivia: where three roads meet.
The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

by SlotMachinePlayer on Jan 17, 2010 10:09 PM EST up reply actions  

Ryan Lead and Willie Parker are upset

Brett can be 3rd string

If Mini Anden and Percy Harvin had a kid, and that kid grew up to play Syracuse basketball….ragnarok.

by Farorefox on Jan 17, 2010 10:12 PM EST up reply actions  

*Leaf

If Mini Anden and Percy Harvin had a kid, and that kid grew up to play Syracuse basketball….ragnarok.

by Farorefox on Jan 17, 2010 10:12 PM EST up reply actions  

Lead is how he throws ... Freudian slip?

Which brings to mind the question of what was he doing wearing that slip in the first place?

My life has been a trivial pursuit. Trivia: where three roads meet.
The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

by SlotMachinePlayer on Jan 17, 2010 10:18 PM EST up reply actions  

He did have a slimming figure

And was missing half his jaw, which is how Favre talks. Bam, full circle.

If Mini Anden and Percy Harvin had a kid, and that kid grew up to play Syracuse basketball….ragnarok.

by Farorefox on Jan 17, 2010 10:21 PM EST up reply actions  

Whatever happens

As long as they use Brady’s freed salary to clone a host of Mini Anden Cheerleaders, I’ll be fine.

If Mini Anden and Percy Harvin had a kid, and that kid grew up to play Syracuse basketball….ragnarok.

by Farorefox on Jan 17, 2010 10:22 PM EST up reply actions  

I saw you mention that name to Uncle Finster

Is this who you mean?

My life has been a trivial pursuit. Trivia: where three roads meet.
The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

by SlotMachinePlayer on Jan 17, 2010 10:31 PM EST up reply actions  

Hell yes

If Mini Anden and Percy Harvin had a kid, and that kid grew up to play Syracuse basketball….ragnarok.

by Farorefox on Jan 17, 2010 10:32 PM EST up reply actions  

both of u...dont make fun of my buckeye

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Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum!

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by NinjaZX6R on Jan 17, 2010 11:04 PM EST up reply actions  

I never make fun of anyone's handicap.

No matter what kind of eye you have….

My life has been a trivial pursuit. Trivia: where three roads meet.
The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

by SlotMachinePlayer on Jan 17, 2010 11:29 PM EST up reply actions  

Perhaps I should

make a “Fantasy Roster”?

If Mini Anden and Percy Harvin had a kid, and that kid grew up to play Syracuse basketball….ragnarok.

by Farorefox on Jan 17, 2010 11:41 PM EST up reply actions  

always have to be the smart ass huh? lol

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Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum!

I bleed Scarlet and Grey...A Buckeye for Life

by NinjaZX6R on Jan 17, 2010 11:44 PM EST up reply actions  

As an Illini graduate, I couldn't resist the little jab. ;-)

I don’t follow the team at all anymore, though.

I’d have said the same thing for a hawkeye. lol

My life has been a trivial pursuit. Trivia: where three roads meet.
The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

by SlotMachinePlayer on Jan 18, 2010 12:11 AM EST up reply actions  

i always pronouce the IS in Illinois

just to piss off people from the state

Non Sibi Sed Patriae.
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum!

I bleed Scarlet and Grey...A Buckeye for Life

by NinjaZX6R on Jan 18, 2010 1:19 AM EST up reply actions  

...but there's no noise in Illinois. It's such a quiet state. :-)

I always thought the two letter abbreviation for Ohio should be oO.
See you have the o, then the high O. Make sense?

At least I know what buckeyes are (a bunch of nuts). That hoosier thing still doesn’t make sense. It sounds like someone who sells panty-hose. I guess someone’s got to do it, but why brag about it?

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by SlotMachinePlayer on Jan 18, 2010 4:18 AM EST up reply actions  

Must not... cast... aspersions... on... USA... craziness

but… so… tempting.

Phew.

Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.

by Comedic.Sans on Jan 18, 2010 4:13 PM EST up reply actions  

I paid for my first year of law school

with money I earned de-tasselling corn-fields. I have a unique appreciation of just how crazy children of the corn… non-‘city folk’… are.

Token southern hemisphere guy - 14,688km from Foxboro. That's 9128 miles, for you heathens.

by Comedic.Sans on Jan 18, 2010 5:35 PM EST up reply actions  

found out

hoosiers is also a derogatory term used for white trash in Missouri…LMFAO…white trash in Indiana…how is that possible???

Non Sibi Sed Patriae.
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum!

I bleed Scarlet and Grey...A Buckeye for Life

by NinjaZX6R on Jan 19, 2010 8:46 PM EST up reply actions  

As a fellow Illini grad who still lives in the area

I refuse to get left out of any Illinois football bashing! You talk about a team that brings me no joy…

by jctsai12 on Jan 19, 2010 6:40 PM EST up reply actions  

The days at Shampoo-Banana were a lot of fun.

Nowadays I have to work for a living. :-(

My life has been a trivial pursuit. Trivia: where three roads meet.
The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

by SlotMachinePlayer on Jan 19, 2010 10:51 PM EST up reply actions  

living here as a professional

Is significantly different than living here as a student, I’ve found. The University is always present, and it’s always there, but it’s amazing how little I think about it or how minimal the (apparent) impact on my day-to-day life is.

Not sure when you graduated (I was in the late 90s), but the area has changed too. Increasingly commercialized, more strip malls, more national retail chains, more restaurant chains and fewer mom-and-pop places. The school and the town will inextricably be tied forever, but U/C is starting to develop its own identity separate from the students.

(Not necessarily a unique, great identity, but there’s more going on here than just football games now).

by jctsai12 on Jan 20, 2010 8:55 PM EST up reply actions  

Started in '82 took a military hiatus for a while, finished up in '94.

12 year senior ? I was a Beckman researcher, so that was there, and they had just built the new Engineering library. I’ve visited once sice ’94, and it north part of the campus had changed considerably.

I always lived off campus and walked/biked/bussed/drove in. Besides rent being cheaper, you always got the taste of “normal” people living “normal” lives. It’s a nice change of pace from campus-centric “life”.

Engineering is different from the pure sciences in that everything is applied. Living off campus you can ask the question, “How can I take what I’m learning and help these schmoes.” On campus it tends to be more “knowledge for Knowledge’s sake.” In Engineering, if you can use it, it’s useless.

My life has been a trivial pursuit. Trivia: where three roads meet.
The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

by SlotMachinePlayer on Jan 21, 2010 5:25 AM EST up reply actions  

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