Is Teague the new Brewster?

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Dr.Don said:
What the hell does the idea that the people writing the bios have to do with anything? They are writers, that is all.
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Both Brewster and Teague either wrote their bios or vet them (much more likely). Teague's uses way too many descriptive adjectives to oversell himself much like Brewster's probably did (apologies Tim- I am one of the few who will admit liking you to the end).
 



Oh no, another excuse to blame writers. Please, we're overly sensitive and live on the edge as it is.
 

FWIW, I have come to like the excess. He is overselling (note the only VCU sport he mentions is men's basketball and bragging of a 4 million project reeks of a small college) but at least he wants to succeed. If he is successful he will move on but so be it- better than the Maturi alternative.
 

Winnipegopher said:
Both Brewster and Teague either wrote their bios or vet them (much more likely). Teague's uses way too many descriptive adjectives to oversell himself much like Brewster's probably did (apologies Tim- I am one of the few who will admit liking you to the end).
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You need a hobby.
 



Of Brew's many faults, his super-tremendous over-inflated biography didn't crack the top 50.
 


Winnipegopher said:
Hope not but they seem to employ the same people to write their bios.

http://www.gophersports.com/ot/ad.html
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No worries. Just another example of language inflation in our culture. Count how often you hear "awesome" in a day. Seeing the face of God in a cloud just before a lightning bolt destroys your enemy's army would be awesome. A chicken sandwich at Burger King might warrant a "good." I don't know if Teague will lift, depress, or have no effect on our athletic programs. But I am sure that English will continue to degrade until no words have any meaning -- and sports lingo will speed that decline.
 





Going off-subject a little bit, but the use of language affords me a lot of humor.

I hear a lot of things in the news media that make me laugh. For example, a report of a "heinous" triple murder - as opposed to all those run-of-the mill ordinary triple murders.

I'm beginning to think that people who write news copy have some deal where they get paid based on the number of adjectives they use.
 

short ornery norwegian said:
Going off-subject a little bit, but the use of language affords me a lot of humor.

I hear a lot of things in the news media that make me laugh. For example, a report of a "heinous" triple murder - as opposed to all those run-of-the mill ordinary triple murders.

I'm beginning to think that people who write news copy have some deal where they get paid based on the number of adjectives they use.
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So that's what Spudfly does for a living.
 

I read the bio and I thought that I was reading about a former Soviet leader.

I thought it was well beyond super spectacular.
 

short ornery norwegian said:
Going off-subject a little bit, but the use of language affords me a lot of humor.

I hear a lot of things in the news media that make me laugh. For example, a report of a "heinous" triple murder - as opposed to all those run-of-the mill ordinary triple murders.

I'm beginning to think that people who write news copy have some deal where they get paid based on the number of adjectives they use.
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That is a very average analogy.
 


FanSinceTheFifties said:
No worries. Just another example of language inflation in our culture. Count how often you hear "awesome" in a day. Seeing the face of God in a cloud just before a lightning bolt destroys your enemy's army would be awesome. A chicken sandwich at Burger King might warrant a "good." I don't know if Teague will lift, depress, or have no effect on our athletic programs. But I am sure that English will continue to degrade until no words have any meaning -- and sports lingo will speed that decline.
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I enjoyed you're awesome post. It was well written to.
 


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