Barkley and Galippo think Notre Dame quit...so what!
by Paragon SC on Oct 24, 2011 5:19 PM PDT
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The twists and turns of this story have been interesting over the pat 24 hours...
It all started when Chris Galippo thought the Irish "quit" (or gave up) towards the end of the game on Saturday...
"At the end there, when they didn't call those timeouts, they just quit," USC linebacker Chris Galippo said. "And that's what Notre Dame football's about. They're not anything like USC."
Galippo has a history with Notre Dame. He has often mentioned, during his USC career, his official visit to Notre Dame as a prep, when he came along with Jimmy Clausen and felt virtually ignored by then-coach Charlie Weis and his staff, and he'd kept that moment with him throughout his college career and used it as motivation Saturday.
OK, so Galippo has an axe to grind...but the winner gets to talk trash.
Welcome to big-time college sports!
Then, Galippo and Kiffin apologized for those comments...
"If I offended anyone with my postgame comments Saturday, I do apologize," Galippo tweeted. "I have great respect for their players and their program. It was a great game by both sides. Time to focus on Stanford!!!"
Kiffin called Notre Dame Coach Brian Kelly to apologize.
"On behalf of our football program, I apologize for Chris Galippo's statements after the game. I've addressed this with Chris and he is remorseful," Kiffin said in a statement. "I also called Coach [Brian] Kelly to personally apologize. As I said to the media immediately after the game, I thought Notre Dame played extremely hard throughout the game. It was another classic rivalry game and we feel fortunate to have won."
Only to have Barkley reaffirm those comments later...
"I would agree with that," Barkley said in an interview with Max Kellerman and Marcellus Wiley on 710 ESPN. "I was shocked that they didn't use the timeouts because we got on the field with … about seven minutes left, and I thought they were planning on stopping us and saving their timeouts for the end when they had the ball. …
Color me perplexed...I mean, really, who cares?
We all saw Kiffin asking Pat Haden on the sidelines...."what is he doing?"
I realize Kiffin is probably worried about said comments being used as bulletin board material next year, but Galippo will be gone and Barkley may be gone as well.
Look, Kiffin can't control everything. These kids have been beat down for 18-months with all the negative press. This was a huge win for them, so if they blow off some steam then fine.
They earned it.
The only ones that seemed bothered by it are some UCLA fans because they have nothing better to do with their joke of a program and joke of a coach.....who they are desperately trying to get fired. And some ND fans who are pissed that they ain't there yet.
Got a problem with it then go win the game...
Final thought....
Does Pat Haden want to rethink those comments about the players not taking this rivalry seriously???
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Yup!
Probably Haden is analyzing what’s been said and will come out with some ruling with regards to “rivalry trash talk” after the game – “How to talk/comment when you win the right way”.
I believe talking when you "win the right way" goes like this:
My fellow footballers and I were pleased to be allowed to participate in the great tradition that is Notre Dame football. Despite our scoring more “points” during the match, I truly believe that Notre Dame showed us what winning and student athletics are all about. I for one am inspired by the fact (clearly stated by informative not at all propaganda like commercials) that Notre Dame has cured concussions and 3rd world poverty. I have the utmost confidence that Ron Paulus was robbed when he did not receive 5 Heisman trophies, and my experience has confirmed that next year the Irish will be undefeated and win not only the National Championship but eternal heavenly grace.
by ilium55 on Oct 24, 2011 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions 6 recs
Rec him up!
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
-R. Zimmerman
LOL!
A Quick Note for the Quitters
No comment from this thread will be deleted. You will have to own them when we get it turned around and beat Southern Cal. You will never ride the bandwagon when we come back. Not on BN. GO BRUINS.
by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
NnnnnIiiiiiCccccEcccccc
Who--What--Slim Shady---Thats the duckies and Kelly maybe they should put their plays up in brail..
by so.cal.native1952 on Oct 25, 2011 12:12 AM PDT up reply actions
Yawnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn! If you want trash, check out the Iwish Pep Rally
Professor Teo expounding on Churchill & Kiffen & chapter writing……starts @ the 7:00 mark
http://www.searchingforbillyedelin.com/2011/10/24/2511674/mike-brey-crowd-surf-notre-dame-usc
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
-R. Zimmerman
Penitent Patrice strikes again!
And, kudos to ESPiN for stellar yellow journalism based on the innocuous comments of 20 year olds. They manufactured a sensationalized headline to get web hits on their front page. Sports Journalism is dead. ESPiN rules!
A Quick Note for the Quitters
No comment from this thread will be deleted. You will have to own them when we get it turned around and beat Southern Cal. You will never ride the bandwagon when we come back. Not on BN. GO BRUINS.
by Nestor on Sep 4, 2010 9:24 PM CDT
by DFWTrojan on Oct 24, 2011 8:09 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
The End of The World Draws Nigh!
Actual real to life Trojans apologize for the hurting Domers’ feelings? I’m gonna start digging that shelter out in the desert, stock up on ammo, MRE’s, kerosene and a urine recycling system :P
W
T
F
?
On a more practical level. Andrew Luck and his merry band of Indians must be laughing their asses off at these sensitive new age Trojans.
And for the record, the tender eared Domers “lawyered up” rather than apologize to the families of Lizzy Seeberg and Declan Sullivan.
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin
U feeling Loco?
by M. AGRIPPA on Oct 24, 2011 9:44 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
Actually, last time I checked Rule of Tree
A few posters actually said they were “scared” of USC now, because we played such a complete game. And our last three outings, we’ve scored 48, 30, and 31 points, which means we could possibly win a shootout with Everyone’s Favorite Quarterback, Andrew Luck.
At the very least, a few RoT posters were now predicting the game would be close, which is pretty nice to hear from the #4 team in the country.
It would be so nice if we disrupted Andrew Luck's Heisman campaign
Oh so nice
by DFWTrojanTuba on Oct 25, 2011 12:40 PM PDT up reply actions
We will knock him on his Harbaugh and he will wilt.
Who--What--Slim Shady---Thats the duckies and Kelly maybe they should put their plays up in brail..
by so.cal.native1952 on Oct 25, 2011 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
OH YEAH! We'll give them a game alright!
Remember, last year they squeaked it out with an end of game field goal (courtesy of our swinging gate defense)
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin
U feeling Loco?
And their game clock operator!
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
-R. Zimmerman
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin
U feeling Loco?
by M. AGRIPPA on Oct 25, 2011 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
If we didn't let the clock run out we would have score 38 one point of my prediction, but remember I said we would score a 2 point conversion.
But even if we get that 5th td you know Lane wouldn’t go for 2, but who knows since Heidari was injured.
Who--What--Slim Shady---Thats the duckies and Kelly maybe they should put their plays up in brail..
by so.cal.native1952 on Oct 25, 2011 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
The Furd's nefarious clockmeister did it!
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin
U feeling Loco?
I don't have a problem with any of it...
The comments or the apology.
But I’m not sure how accurate it is that they ‘quit’. There was little point in calling the timeouts when USC got inside the 10 with 2 minutes left, quit or not. The timeouts should have been called no later than 2nd and 3rd down on USC’s first set of downs with 6 minutes left. Perhaps Kelly quit then, or perhaps he’s just that incompetent of a game manager that he doesn’t know any better… thought the timeout would be better spent when/if ND got the ball back. And now he’s too egocentric to admit the mistake…so he sticks to his script that it’s the player’s fault that ND lost. It’s a strategy that’s doomed to fail…you can’t fire an entire team of volunteer players.
no one "volunteers" to play for Notre Dame , , ,
each player is drafted by God.
by uscdude on Oct 24, 2011 11:24 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Volunteers of America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SboRijhWFDU
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
-R. Zimmerman
Well since the appeal is done!
Missy and the boys can’t really hurt USC anymore, glad to see Chris G come out. Really apologize that is a laugh, I guess the statement by Kelly after the game that they basically beat themselves, not giving USC any credit was just grand. But I will admit that Kelly isn’t that mad since he hasn’t assigned anyone for Camera duty—-that I know of.
Who--What--Slim Shady---Thats the duckies and Kelly maybe they should put their plays up in brail..
by so.cal.native1952 on Oct 25, 2011 12:11 AM PDT reply actions
Zazazing!
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin
U feeling Loco?
Kelly also told the press Saturday night that there was nothing wrong with the plan and practicing, the players just blew it… and then backed off quickly on Sunday. I can understand not giving any credit to the opponent, but delegating the blame? Come on man, you get paid to take the blame.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
In Haden's defense, we all would have a different
perspective of ND if we made seven figures from them.
You're not trying if you're Quitting
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
-R. Zimmerman
"Die, You Yellow Dogs!"
Our P.C. age is endlessly depressing. Chris Galippo can’t talk trash about a hated rival after defeating said hated rival?! It reminds me of how Washington Redskin TE Chris Cooley was criticized by the press for saying that he always roots against their hated rival, the Dallas Cowboys. You see, kiddies, nowadays it’s not niiice to root against hated rivals. It leads to hurt feewings and the like. (Cue the eye-rolling.) So much for the days of George Allen’s Redskins and his players yelling “Die, you yellow dogs!” at the Cowboys during the 1972 NFC Title Game. (Now cue the wistfulness.)
Wishlist Item: John Wayne's boogieboard from his USC football days. :-P
We have become a Nation...afraid or worried about offending or annoying anyone.......sad
no more dodge ball :)
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
-R. Zimmerman
Sobocracy
That’s the word I’ve coined for it. Nowadays, if one has a good enough sob story, then the usual rules don’t apply to that person. In fact, if anything, that person is regarded as “more equal” (to borrow George Orwell’s phrase) than everybody else.
Wishlist Item: John Wayne's boogieboard from his USC football days. :-P
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