I’m watching the Vince Young documentary on Netflix… and I had an epiphany… with a chance to clinch the National Title over Texas, Pete Carroll called a vanilla run up the middle for Lendale White and it got STUFFED…
… could that be why - years later - he threw it with Russell Wilson from the 2 yard line, instead of ramming it in with the great Marshawn Lynch against Belichick’s Patriots?
In the end… Carroll lost BOTH games.
🚨Andre Pirlo on critics about Lionel Messi calling out Marc Cucurella for covering his mouth in a crucial moment at the World Cup final.
🗣️“I don’t think people still understand who Lionel Messi is or why he was asking the referee for that incident, if Marc Cucurella wasn’t saying something offensive why covering his mouth in that situation, Lionel Messi wouldn’t lie to get him sent off for no reason other than the fact.
“And I bet every player will report it to the referee because it’s a World Cup final and you need to win at all cost no matter the situation or outcome of the incident.”
“Throughout the knockout stages Argentina has been criticized many times that the referee and VAR always get things in their favor and they always deliver to get that meaningful result at the end.”
“Looking at the incident and imagining it was an Argentine player who had his hands covering his mouth and there was no any reaction from the referee like he ignored it then I think the media would’ve had this conversation for many weeks as topic but because it’s Argentina the hates are much worse than the truth.”
“We should be doing better than just being bias all time.”
The recent hate campaign towards Argentina 🇦🇷 is one of the most despicable things I have ever seen.
AI images, conspiracies, double-standards, and legit racism have all driven this narrative they are bad & evil.
I've seen how people are so easily propagandized and it's scary.
Zlatan Ibrahimović on Hossam Hassan's claim that Argentina were favoured because of World Cup marketing:
🗣️ “Every time Messi wins, people suddenly start talking about conspiracies. It's the same story over and over again. Instead of accepting defeat, they look for excuses.
“If you're leading 2–0 and still don't win the match, don't blame marketing, the referees, or the tournament. Look at yourselves first. Football doesn't forgive mistakes, especially at the World Cup.
“I have no respect for excuses like that. A national team manager should be setting the example by taking responsibility, not creating narratives that take attention away from what happened on the pitch.
“Argentina fought until the end and earned their result. If you lose, accept it, learn from it, and come back stronger. That's what football is about.”
We have @NBCSPhilly analysts pontificating how nice it would be to injure Sidney Crosby and knock him out of the series.
And wouldn’t you know it, @Hartsy43 is on the panel. You can’t even make this stuff up.
Philadelphia is classless from the media down to the fanbase.
It’s a nasty series and both teams have crossed lines. But no one has been cheaper/more dirty in this series than Konecny, whose cross check of Crosby after the game had ended was clear intent to injure. Earlier in this series, Konecny tried to kick Rust. Very dirty player.