tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post8480955571588230996..comments2023-10-31T06:31:41.395-04:00Comments on Bottom of the Barrel: Gregg Easterbrook Again Points Out Where Everyone, Except Himself, Was WrongBengoodfellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-3309473047171332852011-03-01T11:34:22.103-05:002011-03-01T11:34:22.103-05:00Rich, if Gregg had merely attended college then he...Rich, if Gregg had merely attended college then he would list the high school he went to. Matter of fact, Gregg doesn't list the college he attended in his ESPN bio. Clearly, he is trying to deceive us into believing he graduated college. <br /><br />Graduating college is something to be excited about, but I really don't know if a football player would worry too much about a graduate school he attended. He didn't go to play football, so it doesn't really matter that much. <br /><br />Sun, I may actually do that. I am sure he called Darren McFadden a highly paid, lazy player at some point. Thinking McFadden would bust out this year wasn't exactly a popular thought. It is not like running backs take a few years to mature in the NFL like receivers or quarterbacks do. That's the kind of thinking that annoys me. Gregg thinks because McFadden turned into a good player in 2010 then the prediction was bad. It was a logical prediction, McFadden playing well wasn't logical based on his past performance. <br /><br />I am guessing that is a typo, but I wouldn't be shocked if he really thinks he should take credit for that. I predict the NLCS will have the Phillies and Giants in it. I have gotten one of those teams right the last three years!Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-22801713674528164442011-03-01T03:57:10.298-05:002011-03-01T03:57:10.298-05:00He had 1,386 yards from scrimmage combined the two...<b>He had 1,386 yards from scrimmage combined the two years prior to 2010. So these two guys were wrong (why is Gregg picking on Celizic? Way to pick on the dead guy, Gregg), but before the beginning of this season they would have been fairly correct.</b><br /><br />Before this season he would have bashed anybody who said McFadden was a good choice. I wouldn't be surprised if you went into his archive he did exactly that, drudge up some pre-'08 draft quotes that were positive and mock them. He would never walk it back, though. That's what gets so obnoxious.<br /><br /><b>I foresaw a Super Bowl of Packers versus Colts; before the 2010 season, I forecast a Super Bowl of Saints versus Colts. So I've called three of the last four Super Bowl entrants correctly -- not too shabby.</b><br /><br />Either this is a typo or he's bragging that he predicted the Colts and Saints to repeat in the Super Bowl, then gives himself credit for identifying the previous year's SB entrants after the fact. Uh, well done? By this logic, I can predict this year's World Series to be between the Giants and Rangers, and no matter what happens I can claim to have guessed at least "two of the last four entrants correctly."<br /><br />I'm assuming it's a typo, but either way he tried patting himself on the back here and failed.your favourite sunnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-47831330235560227722011-03-01T01:53:37.330-05:002011-03-01T01:53:37.330-05:00It's too bad Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs or Bill...It's too bad Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs or Bill Gates merely "attended" college. If they had only stayed in school they could have made small fortunes for themselves.<br /><br />I'm happy Myron Rolle got to attend Oxford and get his masters, but considering his job is to play football, it doesn't exactly mean anything.<br /><br />I mean, Matt Leinhart graduated from college, is it really something to be impressed about?<br /><br /><b>Not only did none of them go in the first round -- none of them was drafted at all.</b><br /><br />"Not only did none of them"... Someone get him a copy editor and slap him until he realizes that this sentence hurts to read. Okay, it was bad, but it can't get worse can it?<br /><br />"None of them was drafted." Man, now I know why Gregg wants to know who went to college and who didn't. He's accepting applications for a proof-reader. "None of them was drafted" from a guy who has a masters in Journalism. Oh wait, did he graduate or merely attend?FormerPhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12837594679660975599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-33994445034099340422011-02-28T22:22:03.907-05:002011-02-28T22:22:03.907-05:00Pat, I think Gregg should buy a helmet for every E...Pat, I think Gregg should buy a helmet for every ESPN employee so they don't hurt their head banging it against a wall after reading his latest column. <br /><br />I would be mad too. I know I complain ESPN should change the way they do things but an ESPN employee is criticizing other ESPN employees for their predictions. He does this every year though. <br /><br />Dylan, I find it to be mean. Gregg doesn't make any predictions other than records at the beginning of the season and 4 sentences of mocking himself doesn't make up for taking a couple sentences (without links of course) out of a prediction and mocking a person for it. <br /><br />Gregg has a right to do this but I think it is a pointless column.Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-1300503383251054182011-02-28T21:59:02.604-05:002011-02-28T21:59:02.604-05:00This is just a mean column. There's a differen...This is just a mean column. There's a difference between playfully pointing out everyone's mistakes and being just a mean dude, and Easterbrook has clearly crossed this line.Dylanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02521399272029891606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-75623861496061764582011-02-28T19:40:24.827-05:002011-02-28T19:40:24.827-05:00I feel like if I were an ESPN.com executive I woul...I feel like if I were an ESPN.com executive I would be pretty pissed that I was paying Gregg Easterbrook to openly criticize and belittle a good deal of our other "talents." On the other hand, Its very likely that most ESPN executives suffer from the same concussion like symptoms as those who don't have access to the $200 helmets that Gregg demands they wear.Patnoreply@blogger.com