Mailbag Dave Neal Spurns Me?
Monday, November 24, 2008
Brian Rice writes:
Clay,
Just wondering if the legendary Dave Neal of F'n JP/LF/Raycom caught up with you at the Vandy game. Talked to him for awhile before the UT/UVA basketball game and he mentioned he was going to seek you out, but didn't want me to tip you off ahead of time.
No, I didn't see him. I might have cried if I did. I know this might come as a shock to y'all (and perhaps it's just the emotions of a collapsing season catching up with me) but I'm starting to think I'm going to miss JP/LF/Raycom. Why? Because suddenly I'm terrified that ESPN is going to put all of UT's games on ESPNU next year. And I don't get ESPNU.
The only thing more frustrating than shelling out $250 a month to Comcast (this is my bill each month, seriously) is shelling out $250 a month and still not being able to even pay even more money to get all the channels I want. Given that UT is definitely not going to be the top draw next season for television, we would have been on JP/LF/Raycom a ton. Worst case scenerio, I could watch those games. Now? I'm not so sure I'll be able to see the games at all.
So, yeah, this is irony. One of the many things I was thinking as I watched UT set back offensive football about five decades during the game against Vandy. Has our offense really gotten to the point where the Auburn passing performance is three-times as good as we can do against Vandy?
Anyway, now that I'm rereading this email, what if Dave Neal was going to blindside me with a folding chair or something? He didn't want me to know he was coming? Maybe I've buried the hatchet too soon? I'll reach out my hand to shake Dave Neal's hand and he'll come up Gladiator Emperor style and stab me? Et tu, Dave, et tu?
And to be fair to JP/LF/Raycom, they have pulled off the HD and updated their scores. I like to think the scoring update was a direct response to the column I wrote what seems like aeons ago, but who knows?
Anyway, my palm is extended. Warily.
Greg Payne writes:
Clay,
I watched our Vols on the network formerly known as JP (can’t remember wtf it’s called now, so that will have to do) on Saturday. Even though I could not make out each exact player on the field (looked like Tecmo Bowl graphics), I did clearly see Jonathan Crompton standing on the sidelines sans helmets. I was appalled. Crompton is BGID? It may be time to add some pre-requisites to that illustrious club.
I am Goatee, Kinda Getting it Done, but my dad has been BGID for over 30 years, so I have a deep respect for beards.
Crompton, BGID? Think about it.
I've been thinking about Jonathan Crompton entirely too much lately. Right now as part of my book, I have an interview with Jonathan Crompton's right arm included. It is, if I may be extremely presumptuous, the greatest interview ever with a right arm. But it also makes clear that I'm an asshole.
So does my other treatment of Crompton on the field in the book. At one point I blame him for Fox's college fund being negligible. So I've kind of come around on Crompton. Not as a quarterback but as someone who is trying as hard as he can and just isn't any good. We've all tried hard at something and sucked at it. Like me when it comes to skiing or having a threesome in college.
So now I'm wondering whether I can crticize the guy for going beard. Some of the guys on the football team are fans of Dixieland Delight and the column. I haven't talked to Crompton about the book because it's been easier to be disgusted by his play from afar, but now I'm wondering whether he might be growing out the beard expressly because he wants the BGID power. In other words, how ever small the percentage, he might be acting on my advice. Which, to be fair, is probably better than acting on Dave Clawson's advice. Plus, let's be clear, Crompton can't play worse with the beard than he did without the beard? Can he?
Which is sort of the position I've come to adopt, I'm not blaming Jonathan Crompton anymore for the offense sucking. Anyone who watched the Vandy game knows that the Clawfense has been a disaster. Our offense is less explosive than a girl's powder puff reject squad. At this point I think we could take Manning off the Colts, put him under center, and we'd still have to pray that he could throw for 100 yards.
But, next season, if Crompton comes out BGID and plays worse than he's already playing, then we'll have to reconsider things. Until then, I'm inclined to applaud the Crompton beard experience. At least he's not Pick Nick in practice. (I have it straight from several UT DB's that this is Nick Stephens' nickname on the team.) Labels: Dave Neal jonathan crompton bgid
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