Semi-OT: Gene Steratore to Referee Super Bowl
January 18th, 2018 at 11:34 AM ^
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January 18th, 2018 at 11:42 AM ^
Hope he brings his index cards along.
January 18th, 2018 at 11:49 AM ^
Not sure it deserves its own thread, but our pitiful acquaintance from East Lansing is having a sad:
In 6-page letter to judge, Larry Nassar says it’s too hard to listen to victim stories https://t.co/5fhLRPcbIT pic.twitter.com/chswDT3gya
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 18, 2018
Poor little snowflake. It must be so hard to be forced to endure something uncomfortable.
January 18th, 2018 at 11:59 AM ^
wishes that Michigan had the death penalty right now and that his offenses qualified him for it.
January 18th, 2018 at 12:01 PM ^
I thought they weren't required to stay if they didn't want to . Maybe it's by County?
January 18th, 2018 at 1:25 PM ^
Apparently it's a condition of his plea bargin.
January 18th, 2018 at 12:05 PM ^
97.1 had a caller into their show (not Valenti's show, the one just before) yesterday at about 1:30 that was obviously a higher-level employee at MSU. He was a neighbor of Nasser, a neighbor of the former MSU gymnastics coach, a personal friend of Simon, and his daughter was a member at the gym where Nasser worked (though I do not think his daughter was a victim). The pain in this guy's voice when describing all this was incredible. It was touching every part of his life. He really believes Simon did not know anything at all, but thinks she should be gone (and will be) soon anyway. He talked about Nasser with that shocked, "I knew this guy well and had no idea" tone in his voice. Said he hadn't seen his neighbor (the MSU gymnastics coach) in months; she's gone into hiding. It was just a pretty moving discussion the guy had with Wojo and Stony.
January 18th, 2018 at 12:11 PM ^
am not making light of the actual converation that was involved, but I am just genuinely curious. What situation/events lead to Stony and Wojo being on the air, together, at 1:30?
January 18th, 2018 at 12:18 PM ^
I should have left their names out. I thought I heard those names used, but really am not sure whose show is on 97.1 at 1:30. Regardless, you are really focusing on the wrong part of my post.
"Hey, I was just at the new taco restaurant down the street and I saw aliens and robots and Godzilla and the US military and Superman fighting and we're all about to die!"
"Oooh, there's a new taco restaurant down the street???"
;-)
January 18th, 2018 at 12:22 PM ^
Faux Mo, Is there a new taco restaurant down the street or not?
January 18th, 2018 at 12:29 PM ^
Yes, ijohnb, yes there is...
January 18th, 2018 at 12:53 PM ^
Buried deep inside a thread-jack is one of the funniest exchanges I've read around here in a LONG time.
Seriously you could read every comment in every thread on RCMB and not come across anything as good as that in a year.
#theMichigandifference
January 18th, 2018 at 1:33 PM ^
January 18th, 2018 at 1:48 PM ^
Now that was fun.
January 18th, 2018 at 2:04 PM ^
I miss Raul...
January 18th, 2018 at 12:56 PM ^
So he doesn't think Simon knew about it? Was this before, or after, the 2014 investigation? I can see where she may not have known prior to that investigation. But once he was a target, she damn well knew there was an active sexualt assualt investigation on her campus.
January 18th, 2018 at 12:06 PM ^
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/954017537536163840
MSU fans should be required to read along if they're still supporting the university's administration.
January 18th, 2018 at 12:10 PM ^
Once other prisoners find out who his is, Nassar will wish there was a death penalty.
January 18th, 2018 at 12:12 PM ^
will almost certainly be in solitary confinement until he dies. For better or worse, I doubt he will ever be in the general population at any prison he is in.
January 18th, 2018 at 12:27 PM ^
Seriously, fuck this guy. There isn’t enough bad shit that can happen to him on earth. Says a lot when even hard core criminals don’t want this type of sub human filth amongst them. A week in gen pop and he gone....
January 18th, 2018 at 12:37 PM ^
Nope, could be taken as political. Nevermind.
January 18th, 2018 at 12:41 PM ^
I get the vengeance thing, but the only thing that truly matters is that Nassar is stopped. It's enough that he is prevented from doing more harm; enacting bad things upon people "because they deserve it" is understandable, but barbaric in practice.
January 18th, 2018 at 12:55 PM ^
Nasser needs to be stopped now, but USAG and MSU needs to be held accountable as well. There are trainers still employed by msu who were made aware by the victims.
Simon should resign now.
Larissa Boyce is scheduled to speak today. She asked MSU pres Lou Anna Simon to attend in person as a favor. She says Simon told her she didn't think it would fit into her schedule.
— Dan Murphy (@DanMurphyESPN) January 18, 2018
Boyce is the woman who says she told MSU coach Kathie Klages about Nassar's abuse 20 years ago.
January 18th, 2018 at 1:15 PM ^
Jeffrey Dahmer was in solitary confinement too but that didn't stop another prisoner from gettng to him. It just takes one other prisoner and a prison guard briefly looking the other way.
January 18th, 2018 at 1:25 PM ^
something doesn't feel right about actively cheering for brutality against another person, anybody, regardless of what they have done. And this makes some other brutal criminal into some kind of hero for raping or killing another person. I don't like this angle.
January 18th, 2018 at 1:37 PM ^
January 18th, 2018 at 12:15 PM ^
The stones on this dude to even bring that up after what he's done. I guess 20 years of invincibility really will have you thinking you get special treatment. 20 years of abuse and this sadsack is getting overwhelmed by a few days of hearing about what he's done
January 18th, 2018 at 12:28 PM ^
January 18th, 2018 at 11:53 AM ^
It doesn't matter who officiates a game. They are all terrible.
"Referees are a sub-human species that is hell-bent on destroying the good and fun in everything" - Aristotle
January 18th, 2018 at 12:06 PM ^
I always thought Champ Kind said that.
January 18th, 2018 at 12:37 PM ^
Chicken of the Cave.
January 18th, 2018 at 12:03 PM ^
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January 18th, 2018 at 12:09 PM ^
Just happened to be rewatching Purdue game-Livers in early 2nd half sparks a 9-0 Mich run...run ends when Steratore calls 2 tick tack fouls on Wagner (Dakich called out refs on both calls) 2 calls at end were bad,especially prolonged review but those 2 Wagner fouls had huge impact and mostly ignored because most attention on end game calls.
January 18th, 2018 at 12:56 PM ^
I don't get the outrage. I think he's a fine ref.
January 18th, 2018 at 1:00 PM ^
January 18th, 2018 at 1:06 PM ^
How common is it for someone to ref both football and basketball in the same season?
January 18th, 2018 at 1:08 PM ^
So, with review time included, the Super Bowl should be over approximately around lunchtime on the following Wednesday before a crowd of about 300 dedicated, malnourished and probably dying fanatics, the balance of the crowd having given up on football altogether by then.
January 18th, 2018 at 1:10 PM ^
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