Desmond tells Rece - "Is Desmond Howard gonna have to choke a bitch?"
August 24th, 2019 at 11:44 AM ^
Love Desmond. Hope his punishment for this isn't too severe.
August 24th, 2019 at 11:46 AM ^
And he's already contextualized and apologized on the same show.
August 24th, 2019 at 11:47 AM ^
LOL, gotta be 88+ years old to get away with that without an apology Des.
LC gets away with anything on this show
August 24th, 2019 at 5:06 PM ^
When did his name change from Coach Corso to LC?
Must have been initiated by his homies into the gang. LC has more street cred.
August 24th, 2019 at 5:36 PM ^
August 24th, 2019 at 11:50 AM ^
August 24th, 2019 at 12:21 PM ^
You mean, his role in The Longest Yard wasn't it?
August 24th, 2019 at 11:51 AM ^
Oh man, I missed that. Good on him. Fuck all this shit talk about Harbaugh and OSU. Not like anyone else has had much success against OSU the past 7 years.
August 24th, 2019 at 11:56 AM ^
Sorry, under no circumstances should you say anything about "choking a bitch ".
We wouldnt and shouldnt tolerate it if someone else said it , it shouldnt matter that it was one of our own .
August 24th, 2019 at 11:57 AM ^
August 24th, 2019 at 5:33 PM ^
Well thank god you 2 showed up here to signal your virtue. Most of us were thiiiiiiiis close to thinking it was actually just fine to choke a bitch.
August 24th, 2019 at 12:32 PM ^
In context I think it's prettyfunny. Taken out of context it's not a message I would want to perpetuate.
August 24th, 2019 at 12:32 PM ^
It’s a comedy skit. fucking relax
August 24th, 2019 at 1:27 PM ^
Exactly - the root of the joke is that Wayne Brady, in this case, Desmond, was heretofore known as a polite, wholesome figure. And that's why its so shockingly out of character - and funny.
Obviously there is a lot of touchiness out there with the well-deserved, renewed attention to misogyny and violence against women. But I don't think Desmond, one of the classiest guys in sports media, meant to encourage or advocate for that. I think he was merely making a joke to a classic Chappelle sketch.
August 24th, 2019 at 1:55 PM ^
He's obviously referencing the skit but the majority of the families watching live, and probably the majority of College Gameday viewers, probably haven't seen the skit. Chappelle was popular for a short window of time to mostly men in a narrow age range.
Of the six people I was around watching it with, I chuckled and said "well that'll be news," my parents were appalled, my brothers were too young get the reference, and my girlfriend felt it was unfortunate to hear as a woman. 1/6 knew of the skit, 1/6 chuckled at the comment. But I am a male that likes Chappelle's comedy style and was in college during his peak.
It's just a matter of knowing your audience. Don't make a dead baby joke in the NICU. Don't make a hitler joke at a synagogue. Don't make a violence toward woman joke on a football show. It's insensitive. It's not a story. It doesn't change who Desmond is as a person or what he stands for. Just apologize and move on.
August 24th, 2019 at 2:12 PM ^
Yeah, no matter his intention, it's just not an appropriate term to use on the air with kids watching. Most people won't get the reference and it doesn't matter anyway. It's not a matter of PC-ness. Joking about "choking a bitch" is just offensive and inappropriate, and he will rightly be disciplined for it.
August 24th, 2019 at 12:33 PM ^
Yeah, because that's what he meant. Geee-zuz, when are people going to lighten the fuck up.
August 24th, 2019 at 1:52 PM ^
It’s 2019 people are offended by anything and everything.
August 24th, 2019 at 2:05 PM ^
As Seth Macfarlane said, "we live in a post joke world."
August 24th, 2019 at 4:06 PM ^
I'm sure he didn't intend it literally, no one's saying he did, but there will probably be half a dozen stories about domestic violence/sexual assault in CFB and the NFL this year, as there are most years. So while I normally agree that people should "lighten up," this is one context where people can be excused for cringing a bit at that language, IMO
August 24th, 2019 at 1:10 PM ^
It's from the Chappelle Show, re-fucking-lax.
August 24th, 2019 at 2:35 PM ^
One guy out of dozens is (or pretends to be) offended by it.
So this is why he had to apologize.
August 24th, 2019 at 3:48 PM ^
He apologizes so his wife will give him his balls back.
August 24th, 2019 at 5:09 PM ^
(or pretends to be)
Virtue signaling.
August 24th, 2019 at 5:09 PM ^
Lighten up.
Desmond != Ray Rice.
August 24th, 2019 at 5:12 PM ^
Choke who you wanna choke. HA!
@DesmondHoward Hey brother! pic.twitter.com/HPPpHV3iTZ
— Wayne Brady (@WayneBrady) August 24, 2019
August 24th, 2019 at 5:37 PM ^
August 24th, 2019 at 11:01 PM ^
You should stop watching football. There's got to be something else for stick up the butt sensitive types.
August 24th, 2019 at 12:02 PM ^
Really smooth segment to end the show. Kudos, Gameday. Corso picked Miami, put on a UF hat and did the Nole chop, LOL
August 24th, 2019 at 12:08 PM ^
Hahaha, I was cracking up over that as well.
LeBatard said it well when he stated that no one at ESPN is allowed to age as gracefully as Corso is. It is really cool to watch the other hosts work around him and pay him the respect he deserves for all he has done for that show and College Football.
That being said, we have to be able to laugh when he makes those cringe worthy mistakes.
August 24th, 2019 at 12:40 PM ^
Makes it even better that he said it at Disney World.
August 24th, 2019 at 1:45 PM ^
People will talk about how Michigan hasn't beaten OSU til Michigan beats OSU. It is what it is.
August 24th, 2019 at 2:41 PM ^
In his defense there are some bitches out there that need to be choked.
August 24th, 2019 at 4:31 PM ^
I thought he said Djokovic and his tweet right here proved it!
https://twitter.com/desmondhoward/status/1165356136943509505?s=21
August 24th, 2019 at 8:43 PM ^
Apparently he did say Djokovich. It’s, so I understand, a running joke at espn to reference Wayne Brady skit but not use the actual line. Video from deadspin slows it down to make it pretty clear:
August 25th, 2019 at 9:34 AM ^
I'd like to think most of the comments in this thread would be the exact same if Herbie said it and not Desmond.
August 25th, 2019 at 5:33 PM ^
A comment meant for ‘just the guys’; Desmond has got to know in today’s climate that it won’t be taken well, though I’m sure he was just trying to make a joke.
August 26th, 2019 at 10:39 AM ^
Step three, with bitch drop the T
Because bich is Latin for generosity.
i am sure it was just a misunderstanding.