Sunday, November 19, 2017

Punk'd

Well. At least now we know what Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield's Heisman pose will be.

Hint: Not as cool as Desmond Howard's was.

No, Mayfield's Heisman Un-Moment came during Oklahoma's rout of defenseless Kansas yesterday, when the cameras caught him on the sideline grabbing his crotch and F-bombing the KU sideline. Oh, and when he responded to KU hecklers by telling them to "stick to basketball." (Admittedly, a decent comeback.) Oh, and when he ...

Oh, never mind. That's enough evidence for this trial, which we shall call "Is Baker Mayfield Guilty Of Acting Like a Punk?"

The Blob votes "yes".

It didn't really have an issue with Mayfield dissing Ohio State by planting the OU flag in its midfield logo after the Sooners keel-hauled the Buckeyes in Columbus back in September. That's because it was a clash of equals, and a huge win for the Sooners -- the kind of win where you can excuse a guy for getting a little carried away.

But trash-talking Kansas -- even if the Jayhawks were all kinds of classless themselves, refusing to shake Mayfield's hand during the pregame coin toss -- is crass in the extreme, because it's like taking your 5-year-old nephew out to the driveway and beating him one-on-one, then rubbing it in. Punking someone who can defend himself is one thing; punking someone who can't (and one-win Kansas surely qualified there) is entirely another.

So, yeah, you stand guilty in the court of the Blob. And, no, in case you're wondering, your pro forma apology didn't cut much ice with the jury, either.

Sorry, dude, But if this is how easy it is to get under your skin, the NFL's going to eat you alive.

Something you might want to think about.

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