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interesting Statement By Skip

 

I was recently watching a video on espn.com. it was a clip of the show espn first take and they were talking about a

statement Packers Head Coach Mike Macarthy made about the Cowboys Offense and how is the best offense they

faced to date. Which was weird because they have faced the vikings twice. (it was like a shot at  the vikings  and

brett farve). So not surprisingly Skip Bayless agree's with Macarthy and says the cowboys offense in more of a

threat than the vikings offense. Then he proceeds to make a simply outrageous statment saying how he would

Rather take Marion Barber, Felix Jones, and Tashard Choice over Adrian Peterson and how peterson in not a make

miss guy. then he also says he would take Miles austin and Jason witten over an two vikings receviers along with

taking the coyboys chemistry over the Vikings because of the Preseson Schism. and I'm like WTF! I wish I had the

video to show you but I cant find it on the site anymore. so what do you think? i remind you this was be fore the

Cowboys and Packers game like the week before.



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I think the one thing we can all agree on

Is that Skip Bayless is an idiot that hasn’t been intelligent or relevant in a very long time.

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by Gonzo on Nov 15, 2009 9:28 PM CST reply actions   1 recs

skip bayless

Is irrelevent he would probably take tony homo over brett also.Sorry i’m a saints fan posting on this sight but i’m from Mississippi near Brett’s home town and i follow the vikes this year also.Good luck to ya’ll but not to much hope to see you in the dome (our’s of course) come nfc championship time

by simone219 on Nov 15, 2009 9:47 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

New Orleans has been sqeaking by lately

I could easily see MIN finishing 15-1 and NO 14-2

by mjmrad on Nov 16, 2009 2:17 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Definite loss when New England pays them a visit I think.

"If you're gonna shoot, shoot, don't talk."
"That is the craziest sonofabitch I ever saw, how many more like him do you think are up there?"
"We have clearance Clearance. Roger Rodger, what's our vector Victor?"

by VikesFaninNM on Nov 16, 2009 7:26 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Inevitible

New Orleans will lose 1 of their 4 remaining away games:

@Tampa – they’ve been looking MUCH tougher lately
@Washington – look how they dismantled the Broncos yesterday
@Atlanta – even through Atlanta’s struggles, they’re still perfect at home
@Carolina – this is a team on a MISSION – I fear them in a few weeks on Sunday Night Football

Plus, they still have to play Dallas and New England at home.

I could EASILY see 2-3 losses coming from the likes of all these teams on the rise. Plus, the more wins NO gets, the bigger the target to ruin their perfect season…

by mjmrad on Nov 17, 2009 11:48 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Skip also said that Romo and Favre was a wash. haha.

by dsludo on Nov 16, 2009 11:11 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

What a bunch of idiots

I wonder, if the Cowboys O is so much more p[potent then ours, why did they only score a whopping 7 points against the Packers? Why did ours score a combined 68 points against them? Why do we have a RB who is well within the rushing lead, a WR who just nailed 200+ yards today, Harvin who is looking at Rookie of the year? Let’s see, Williams has been ho hum, Barber, eh, ok and Romo is Romo. Time to lay off the crack. No wonder why the Packers arent going anywhere anytime soon with a coach that makes stupid statements like that trying to cover his ineptness. Also, it’s just another sign of the anti-Vikings love at ESPN.

"If you're gonna shoot, shoot, don't talk."
"That is the craziest sonofabitch I ever saw, how many more like him do you think are up there?"
"We have clearance Clearance. Roger Rodger, what's our vector Victor?"

by VikesFaninNM on Nov 15, 2009 9:58 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

It tells you a lot

when Adrian is asked to comment about runs, one of his criteria for judging them is whether the defenders actually touch him. There have been plenty of Slackers defenders sliding around grabbing at him as he goes by. I can remember Woodson and Collins off the top of my head.

Forget McCarthy. He’s in an impossible situation. They were around a .500 team last year, look like they will be again this year and probably next year as well with all the players entering free agency. That isn’t good enough. Both he and Teddy won’t be around that long, but they were smart enough to get their extensions, so they’re set for life.

by Salty on Nov 15, 2009 10:31 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Not An Idiot

Skip Bayless is not an idiot—he is a contrarian. That is, he made his name in sports journalism by taking the un-popular-questionable-just plain wrong position on any debate. Bayless does not make outlandish statements because he believes in the un-popular position (that would make him an idiot), but because it makes him a lightning rod for controversy, and hence gains him attention.

Anyone remember how Bayless first gained national attention? He announced in the mid-90s that Troy Aikman was struggling at QB for the Cowboys because Aikman was gay. Bear in mind Bayless had zero evidence to back this up. That bit of scandal-mongering got Bayless a gig on ESPN.com’s Page 2, where Bayless honed his skills at disagreeing with everyone else for the sake of disagreeing with everyone else.

by Midnight Rambler on Nov 16, 2009 6:42 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

i guess...

that would make ESPN the IDIOTS for actually giving that guy a job. that is what is wrong with the journalistic world today. it doesn’t have to be true to report it. as long as it sells. kind of puts me in mind of politicians and their smear-campaigns. ESPN should leave that kind of crap to rags like the national enquirer, and just stick to actual sports reporting.

by indianavikesfan on Nov 16, 2009 8:25 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

ESPN stands for...

Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.

No ‘NEWS’ in that description…

I BELIEVE...

by ArizonaVikingsFan on Nov 16, 2009 9:05 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

it wouldn’t sell if people didn’t buy it.

by iseepurplepeople on Nov 17, 2009 11:42 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

They have a name for it

It’s called “advocacy journalism”, which is a fancy way for saying that the reporter is heavily biased and is trying to convince the audience to his point of view. Most of the news outlets are rife with it, it’s not surprising that it’s filtering down into the sports arena.

What is surprising is that the public remains mostly ignorant of what the media is doing, and most of those who are aware it, don’t raise a bigger stink about how much it ruins things when you can’t rely on the ‘Fourth Estate’ to do the job it was enfranchised to perform.

Ah, ah,
We come from the land of the ice and snow,
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow.
The hammer of the gods will drive our ships to new lands,
To fight the horde, singing and crying: Valhalla, I am coming!
SKOL!

by DCPurple on Nov 18, 2009 10:46 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Skip Bayless a.k.a. "The Diabolical Hater"

This tops that! This morning, not five minutes ago Skip Bayless (who is reputed to be a Cowboys fan) gave all of the credit for the Packers win to the Packers (defense). Continuing to say this was the game that turns around their season which results in a playoff spot and which he sees ending after the superbowl via defeating the Vikings along the way. ’It’s hard to beat a team three times in a season…blahzy blahzy blah!’

Side Note: He also said that the Packers were his preseason pick to represent the NFC. So…he gets credit for sticking to that anyway.

by LoveHate on Nov 16, 2009 9:59 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Remember he gets payed to speak and he has to speak something even if it is retarded..

"If at first you don't succeed - Skydiving isn't for you"

by Zoxide on Nov 16, 2009 10:13 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Bayless......

             has always thought that A.D. is overrated. He has never given A.D. credit for anything. He is clueless!

by PurpleCrush on Nov 16, 2009 10:24 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Don't like the guy

He always seems to let his likes or dislikes for players or teams get in the way of reality. I remember seeing him with Ochocinco on ESPN a while back and he wouldn’t tell Ochocinco that the Bengals were a good team.

I also remember him talking about how Kevin “Gar-NOT”, as he likes to call him, had nothing left along with the rest of the Celtics and then they went on to win it all.

The guy really doesn’t know much about sports in general. And I can’t believe McCarthy said the Cowboys offense would be the best offense we have faced so far this year. Though I have to say it doesn’t surprise me. The guy definitely isn’t the brightest bulb in the box.

by packallday555 on Nov 16, 2009 3:15 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Nice to see you again Pack

and congrats on the win. Hate to say it but I was rooting for the pack. Yeah I wore a bad over my head :D

by Grime on Nov 17, 2009 8:16 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Skip's plan for each episode of First Take
  1. Get a list of topics from the producers.
  2. Write down every logical argument that will make the most sense for each topic.
  3. Go on the air.
  4. Shout very loudly arguing for the exact opposite point of view you wrote down from Step 2.
  5. Look and act as smug as possible.
  6. Watch everyone get pissed off at you, and count your money while realizing all press is good press.

Skip Bayless can’t possibly truly believe half the crap he says, but he knows how to stay on the air. I personally change the channel every time he’s on my TV, but he manages to stir the pot enough to remain pathetically relevant.

by ericj69 on Nov 16, 2009 5:01 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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