“I’m the strongest man in the world, I don’t have to make sense.”
-Bill Kazmaier
That’s how things are with the SEC. You’re all over thinking this. Just accept it.
[quote]csulli wrote:
“I’m the strongest man in the world, I don’t have to make sense.”
-Bill Kazmaier
That’s how things are with the SEC. You’re all over thinking this. Just accept it.[/quote]
Lol, hey I posted in another thread that I’m from Johnson City and still have a ton of family in that area. Are you from Knoxville?
Alabama fan, angry about loss to Auburn, guns down woman joking about it, victim’s sister says
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A woman charged with killing a fellow Alabama fan after the end of last weekend’s Iron Bowl football game was angry that the victim and others didn’t seem upset over the Crimson Tide’s loss to archrival Auburn, said the sister of the slain woman.
Adrian Laroze Briskey, 28, was charged Monday with murder in the killing of 36-year-old Michelle Shepherd.
Hoover police Capt. Jim Coker said both Birmingham women were Alabama fans and at the same party for the annual game between intrastate rivals. With no time left on the clock, Auburn returned a missed Crimson Tide field goal more than 100 yards for a 34-28 victory, dashing any hopes of Alabama playing for a third straight national championship.
The victim’s sister, Nekesa Shepherd, said she witnessed the killing and had no doubt it was about football, even though it was unclear to investigators whether the violence was motivated by the game.
“That’s one of the things we are investigating,” Coker said Monday.
Nekesa Shepherd said Briskey flew into a rage when she saw the sisters and others joking that the Crimson Tide’s loss wasn’t as bad as if the NBA’s Miami Heat had lost a game.
“She said we weren’t real Alabama fans because it didn’t bother us that they lost. And then she started shooting,” Shepherd told The Associated Press.
Shepherd said she and her sister were invited to the party by a mutual friend who also invited Briskey. About two dozen people were on hand.
Shepherd, the mother of three, was shot to death in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the Birmingham suburb of Hoover and the women did not know each other before the party, Coker said.
Court records were not available to show whether Briskey has a lawyer. She has only had a couple of speeding tickets in the past, records show.
Coker said alcohol might have been involved, but investigators are awaiting the results of toxicology tests to make a determination.
Shepherd said Briskey drank multiple shots of liquor during the game and “went crazy” when she heard people joking after 'Bama lost.
“It was over a football game,” said Shepherd. “I’m never going to forget it because she died in my arms.”
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/12/alabama_fan_flies_into_rage_ki.html
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[quote]csulli wrote:
“I’m the strongest man in the world, I don’t have to make sense.”
-Bill Kazmaier
That’s how things are with the SEC. You’re all over thinking this. Just accept it.[/quote]
Lol, hey I posted in another thread that I’m from Johnson City and still have a ton of family in that area. Are you from Knoxville?[/quote]
Wahey! Yeah I’ve been in Knoxville since I was like 2 years old. Still here!
Stop by for a beer or a deadlift sometime if you’re in the area.
[quote]csulli wrote:
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[quote]csulli wrote:
“I’m the strongest man in the world, I don’t have to make sense.”
-Bill Kazmaier
That’s how things are with the SEC. You’re all over thinking this. Just accept it.[/quote]
Lol, hey I posted in another thread that I’m from Johnson City and still have a ton of family in that area. Are you from Knoxville?[/quote]
Wahey! Yeah I’ve been in Knoxville since I was like 2 years old. Still here!
Stop by for a beer or a deadlift sometime if you’re in the area.[/quote]
Well I hope to be there sometime in the next year.
My company has a client at Eastman.
Not really relevant, but I found this after I heard something that peaked my interest and was researching its authenticity.
http://www.wwltv.com/sports/Louisiana-has-most-NFL-players-per-capita-224084001.html
[quote]jbpick86 wrote:
Not really relevant, but I found this after I heard something that peaked my interest and was researching its authenticity.
http://www.wwltv.com/sports/Louisiana-has-most-NFL-players-per-capita-224084001.html[/quote]
Never mind. Duh
[quote]jbpick86 wrote:
Not really relevant, but I found this after I heard something that peaked my interest and was researching its authenticity.
http://www.wwltv.com/sports/Louisiana-has-most-NFL-players-per-capita-224084001.html[/quote]
American Samoa- 1 in 1900 people
40 to 56 times more likely to play in the NFL than a non-Samoan American.
[quote]GrizzlyBerg wrote:
[quote]jbpick86 wrote:
Not really relevant, but I found this after I heard something that peaked my interest and was researching its authenticity.
http://www.wwltv.com/sports/Louisiana-has-most-NFL-players-per-capita-224084001.html[/quote]
American Samoa- 1 in 1900 people
40 to 56 times more likely to play in the NFL than a non-Samoan American.[/quote]
Yeah, I read that somewhere too while I was poking around. My curiosity was driven by someone telling me that Mississippi had sent more players to the NFL and Hall of Fame than any other state per capita. Haven’t been able to track that down for sure though.
[quote]jbpick86 wrote:
[quote]GrizzlyBerg wrote:
[quote]jbpick86 wrote:
Not really relevant, but I found this after I heard something that peaked my interest and was researching its authenticity.
http://www.wwltv.com/sports/Louisiana-has-most-NFL-players-per-capita-224084001.html[/quote]
American Samoa- 1 in 1900 people
40 to 56 times more likely to play in the NFL than a non-Samoan American.[/quote]
Yeah, I read that somewhere too while I was poking around. My curiosity was driven by someone telling me that Mississippi had sent more players to the NFL and Hall of Fame than any other state per capita. Haven’t been able to track that down for sure though.[/quote]
Mississippi is #10 in sending players to the hall of fame.
As for Hall of Famers per capita I did the math for the states on the list:
Cali- 8.4 x 10^-7
Penn- 2.1 x 10^-6
Ohio- 2.0 x x 10^-6
Texas- 8.8 x 10^-7
Illinois- 1.3 x 10^-6
Florida- 5.3 x 10^-7
Wisconsin- 1.7 x 10^-6
NY- 5.0 x 10^-7
Virginia- 1.1 x 10^-6
Mississippi- 2.7 x 10^-6
NJ- 8.9 x 10^-7
So yeah I guess Mississippi barely squeaks by Ohio and Pennsylvania for most NFL Hall of Famers per capita.
[quote]GrizzlyBerg wrote:
[quote]jbpick86 wrote:
[quote]GrizzlyBerg wrote:
[quote]jbpick86 wrote:
Not really relevant, but I found this after I heard something that peaked my interest and was researching its authenticity.
http://www.wwltv.com/sports/Louisiana-has-most-NFL-players-per-capita-224084001.html[/quote]
American Samoa- 1 in 1900 people
40 to 56 times more likely to play in the NFL than a non-Samoan American.[/quote]
Yeah, I read that somewhere too while I was poking around. My curiosity was driven by someone telling me that Mississippi had sent more players to the NFL and Hall of Fame than any other state per capita. Haven’t been able to track that down for sure though.[/quote]
Mississippi is #10 in sending players to the hall of fame.
As for Hall of Famers per capita I did the math for the states on the list:
Cali- 8.4 x 10^-7
Penn- 2.1 x 10^-6
Ohio- 2.0 x x 10^-6
Texas- 8.8 x 10^-7
Illinois- 1.3 x 10^-6
Florida- 5.3 x 10^-7
Wisconsin- 1.7 x 10^-6
NY- 5.0 x 10^-7
Virginia- 1.1 x 10^-6
Mississippi- 2.7 x 10^-6
NJ- 8.9 x 10^-7
So yeah I guess Mississippi barely squeaks by Ohio and Pennsylvania for most NFL Hall of Famers per capita.[/quote]
We should have one more, LC Greenwood should be in the Hall of Fame but I digress.
Not really relevant to this thread, but I want to add that this is why I love college football.
I hate the NFL because the players are a bunch of overpaid crybabies, none of them play for the love of their team, school, or city.
NCAA football, is the last vestige of guys playing for something more than only money.
Had someone told me that Bama would lose this season, I would have called bullshit, but now I am eating crow.
[quote]GrizzlyBerg wrote:
[quote]jbpick86 wrote:
Not really relevant, but I found this after I heard something that peaked my interest and was researching its authenticity.
http://www.wwltv.com/sports/Louisiana-has-most-NFL-players-per-capita-224084001.html[/quote]
American Samoa- 1 in 1900 people
40 to 56 times more likely to play in the NFL than a non-Samoan American.[/quote]
Sykeston, ND population 114
Jim Kleinsasser 13 years NFL
Travis Hafner 12 years MLB
[quote]haas wrote:
[quote]GrizzlyBerg wrote:
[quote]jbpick86 wrote:
Not really relevant, but I found this after I heard something that peaked my interest and was researching its authenticity.
http://www.wwltv.com/sports/Louisiana-has-most-NFL-players-per-capita-224084001.html[/quote]
American Samoa- 1 in 1900 people
40 to 56 times more likely to play in the NFL than a non-Samoan American.[/quote]
Sykeston, ND population 114
Jim Kleinsasser 13 years NFL
Travis Hafner 12 years MLB
[/quote]
Kleinsasser is from Carrington, ND not Sykeston. Carrington has a population of just over 2000. Hafner plays baseball so I don’t see what that has to do with the NFL.
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
Not really relevant to this thread, but I want to add that this is why I love college football.
I hate the NFL because the players are a bunch of overpaid crybabies, none of them play for the love of their team, school, or city.
NCAA football, is the last vestige of guys playing for something more than only money.
Had someone told me that Bama would lose this season, I would have called bullshit, but now I am eating crow.
[/quote]
you’re clearly describing FCS and whatever is beneath that. D1 college football is about winning, and money.
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
Not really relevant to this thread, but I want to add that this is why I love college football.
I hate the NFL because the players are a bunch of overpaid crybabies, none of them play for the love of their team, school, or city.
NCAA football, is the last vestige of guys playing for something more than only money.
Had someone told me that Bama would lose this season, I would have called bullshit, but now I am eating crow.
[/quote]
If college players were in it for more than the money than they wouldn’t leave school early to go into the NFL. They wouldn’t be signing autographs for money, taking bribes, having bullshit degrees.
I mean I really like college football for the most part. I don’t like it more than the NFL. There are too many lopsided games in college football.
What you guys are describing is a limited minority IMO.
[quote]strungoutboy21 wrote:
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
Not really relevant to this thread, but I want to add that this is why I love college football.
I hate the NFL because the players are a bunch of overpaid crybabies, none of them play for the love of their team, school, or city.
NCAA football, is the last vestige of guys playing for something more than only money.
Had someone told me that Bama would lose this season, I would have called bullshit, but now I am eating crow.
[/quote]
If college players were in it for more than the money than they wouldn’t leave school early to go into the NFL. They wouldn’t be signing autographs for money, taking bribes, having bullshit degrees.
I mean I really like college football for the most part. I don’t like it more than the NFL. There are too many lopsided games in college football. [/quote]
in addition, if the schools had any academic integrity, 95% of players would be academically ineligible. I say that based on the fact most players speak as tho they’re either stoned out of their mind, or have had a full frontal lobotomy. And the schools say these dudes are able to “pass” all their classes…
On a more positive note, no charges will be filed against Jameis Winston of Florida State University.
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
On a more positive note, no charges will be filed against Jameis Winston of Florida State University. [/quote]
If the glove doesnt fit…
Hope the kid can put this behind him.