Comments on: Get Back in This Bag, You Stupid Cat! http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2008/04/30/get-back-in-this-bag-you-stupid-cat/ It's always football season somewhere. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:48:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Tom http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2008/04/30/get-back-in-this-bag-you-stupid-cat/#comment-82657 Tom Thu, 01 May 2008 18:11:09 +0000 http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2008/04/30/get-back-in-this-bag-you-stupid-cat/#comment-82657 Deadspin=The Death of Civilisation! Nobody distinguished themselves on that panel (though Braylon survived it well). Buzz obviously made a complete fool of himself; he looked like he was juiced up on something, but ranting wildly on TV about the rants on blogs was absurd. Leitch's subsequent post on Deadspin strikes me as spin. I felt it was more he couldn't formulate coherent sentences in that situation (and I'm not sure I could have either) than that he took the High Road deliberately. But he was in a tough spot. Brian, I agree entirely about Costas. He was either under-prepared or being disingenuous, and neither makes him look good. At the end of the day, though, I can't really get worked up about what Buzz Bissinger thinks about blogs. It doesn't matter much. Deadspin=The Death of Civilisation!

Nobody distinguished themselves on that panel (though Braylon survived it well). Buzz obviously made a complete fool of himself; he looked like he was juiced up on something, but ranting wildly on TV about the rants on blogs was absurd.

Leitch’s subsequent post on Deadspin strikes me as spin. I felt it was more he couldn’t formulate coherent sentences in that situation (and I’m not sure I could have either) than that he took the High Road deliberately. But he was in a tough spot.

Brian, I agree entirely about Costas. He was either under-prepared or being disingenuous, and neither makes him look good.

At the end of the day, though, I can’t really get worked up about what Buzz Bissinger thinks about blogs. It doesn’t matter much.

]]> By: Brian http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2008/04/30/get-back-in-this-bag-you-stupid-cat/#comment-82539 Brian Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:40:52 +0000 http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2008/04/30/get-back-in-this-bag-you-stupid-cat/#comment-82539 Dave, great post. What's even sadder about the Bissinger tirade when you see it is that he's done all this research---he has a little file folder full of Deadspin printouts, which is almost heartbreaking to see---but he's starting so completely from scratch that he doesn't even seem to understand basic concepts like the difference between posts and comments. It's like listeing to an RIAA executive who not only hates the iPod, but doesn't understand why he can't touch an mp3. Costas is even worse on that score, actually. I feel like Costas isn't absorbing nearly enough internet bile over this today: yes, Bissinger carried out the hit, but Costas almost certainly knew what was coming when he set up the show. Even Will seemed to have an idea! Dave, great post. What’s even sadder about the Bissinger tirade when you see it is that he’s done all this research—he has a little file folder full of Deadspin printouts, which is almost heartbreaking to see—but he’s starting so completely from scratch that he doesn’t even seem to understand basic concepts like the difference between posts and comments. It’s like listeing to an RIAA executive who not only hates the iPod, but doesn’t understand why he can’t touch an mp3.

Costas is even worse on that score, actually. I feel like Costas isn’t absorbing nearly enough internet bile over this today: yes, Bissinger carried out the hit, but Costas almost certainly knew what was coming when he set up the show. Even Will seemed to have an idea!

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