ReelfootVol
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I enjoy thinking that, too. Just too much bias against southern players by the northeastern, mid-western, and west coast media.Tennessee is exempt from the heijoke trophy...........................lack of media in this part of the country! Real live honest media anyway. Will never be enough votes. Strictly gone political. If you do not believe me ask the Manning family.
There was a pop song 30 years ago titled Rico Suave. since it was so popular not everyone made fun of/ had disdain for it but most masculine guys i hung around with did.I always hate asking these questions. Language is so fluid today, and so many normal and "good" words get appropriated to mean something vulgar.
But this is all I know after 69 years of speaking English:
suave
/swäv/
adjective
1. charming, confident, and elegant (typically used of a man).
So what modern pop reference or urban slang makes this making fun of our own player?
IMO Oklahoma and Louisville are not Southern teams. Just because their now in a conference with other Southern teams. So now do we call USC, oregon etc a Northern team since their in the B1G.I enjoy thinking that, too. Just too much bias against southern players by the northeastern, mid-western, and west coast media.
But every time I get all worked up about it, I do the research, and...it's wrong.
Plenty of football players from southern programs have won the Heisman. In fact, 15 of the past 20: Jayden Daniels (LSU), Bryce Young (Bama), DeVonta Smith (Bama), Joe Burrow (LSU), Kyler Murray (Oklahoma), Baker Mayfield (Oklahoma), Lamar Jackson (Louisville), Derrick Henry (Bama), Jameis Winston (FSU), Johnny Manziel (A&M), Robert Griffen III (Baylor), Cam Newton (Auburn), Mark Ingram (Bama), Sam Bradford (Oklahoma), Tim Tebow (Florida).
In fact, it's harder to find a Heisman winner from the B10 and PAC footprints than it is to find one from SEC lands. Only five of the former in the past 20 years: 3 for USCw, 1 Ohio St, and 1 Oregon.
So yeah, the Tennessee jinx is, I'm afraid, confined to the state of Tennessee. All our neighbors--South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Bama, Auburn, LSU, Oklahoma, Texas, A&M--they all got at least one. It's really just us. Well, and Kentucky, North Carolina, Arkansas, and Mississippi lol.
Go Vols!
Louisville is in Kentucky, you know. Ask any person from the Northeast, Mid-west, or West Coast, and they'll identify Kentucky as a southern state.IMO Oklahoma and Louisville are not Southern teams. Just because their now in a conference with other Southern teams. So now do we call USC, oregon etc a Northern team since their in the B1G.
My bet is he comes in second...the winner will be on a 2-10 team and will be the first special teams player to ever win the award..just sayin'I was scrolling through instagram and saw this. I understand the hype, but 5th highest odds for Nico to win the Heisman next year? Seems a little high and optimistic. I wonder if the sports book is trying to take advantage of the hype from the bowl and strike while the iron is hot. What are your thoughts?
Thanks! I looked it up, listened, watched the video. You're right. It is not for our Nico!There was a pop song 30 years ago titled Rico Suave. since it was so popular not everyone made fun of/ had disdain for it but most masculine guys i hung around with did.
Maybe it's a me thing.... but IMO it's cringy.
Edit: plus if they play the song at the stadium... just no.
Edit 2. I looked up the meaning of the term Rico Suave. Apparently it was slang in some Latin countries for a ladies man that dressed loose clothes. So I suppose the meaning isn't derogatory but please, in the name of all things that are good, do not have a revival for this song. And especially not in Neyland Stadium.
I'm looking at you Mr Henton..8^)
Thanks! I looked it up, listened, watched the video. You're right. It is not for our Nico!
First of all... you don't have to be "woke" to understand that a proud Polynesian would not like being personified as Latin---and visa versa!
I'm also pretty sure his parents (and hopefully Nico himself) would not care to spend his public time explaining that he does not consider himself a gigalo.
I think for people interested in proffering nicknames it's time to dig into the Polynesian dictionary and learn some more about his culture. (I don't yet even know if his family's Polynesian roots are Tahitian, Samoan, Tongan, Māori or Hawaiian?)
But of all people, people in Tennessee ought to know the power of first-name-only recognition of talent and celebrity. Elvis ... Dolly ... Peyton ... Nico.
The one... the only.
In the Heupel system, I think the books always have to account for the possibility of massive Hendon-like numbers at QB.I was scrolling through instagram and saw this. I understand the hype, but 5th highest odds for Nico to win the Heisman next year? Seems a little high and optimistic. I wonder if the sports book is trying to take advantage of the hype from the bowl and strike while the iron is hot. What are your thoughts?
Why do we get our hopes up?I was scrolling through instagram and saw this. I understand the hype, but 5th highest odds for Nico to win the Heisman next year? Seems a little high and optimistic. I wonder if the sports book is trying to take advantage of the hype from the bowl and strike while the iron is hot. What are your thoughts?
JMO, but I don’t consider Louisville and Oklahoma as teams from the South. Old school, but anything west of the Mississippi is suspect to me.I enjoy thinking that, too. Just too much bias against southern players by the northeastern, mid-western, and west coast media.
But every time I get all worked up about it, I do the research, and...it's wrong.
Plenty of football players from southern programs have won the Heisman. In fact, 15 of the past 20: Jayden Daniels (LSU), Bryce Young (Bama), DeVonta Smith (Bama), Joe Burrow (LSU), Kyler Murray (Oklahoma), Baker Mayfield (Oklahoma), Lamar Jackson (Louisville), Derrick Henry (Bama), Jameis Winston (FSU), Johnny Manziel (A&M), Robert Griffen III (Baylor), Cam Newton (Auburn), Mark Ingram (Bama), Sam Bradford (Oklahoma), Tim Tebow (Florida).
In fact, it's harder to find a Heisman winner from the B10 and PAC footprints than it is to find one from SEC lands. Only five of the former in the past 20 years: 3 for USCw, 1 Ohio St, and 1 Oregon.
So yeah, the Tennessee jinx is, I'm afraid, confined to the state of Tennessee. All our neighbors--South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Bama, Auburn, LSU, Oklahoma, Texas, A&M--they all got at least one. It's really just us. Well, and Kentucky, North Carolina, Arkansas, and Mississippi lol.
Go Vols!
I was scrolling through instagram and saw this. I understand the hype, but 5th highest odds for Nico to win the Heisman next year? Seems a little high and optimistic. I wonder if the sports book is trying to take advantage of the hype from the bowl and strike while the iron is hot. What are your thoughts?
Using our pass defense as a litmus for a QB is pretty weak. He’s a terrible QB and if not for auburn having one of the worst pass defending plays in the history of the rivalry, nobody is talking about the guy. He’s a great athlete, he’s a pretty meh QB.He beat us pretty good in the second half this year. What does that say about UT. He may not be prototypical qb but he’s a damn good athlete and a game changer
Imo Penix from Washington should have got it this year.Tennessee is exempt from the heijoke trophy...........................lack of media in this part of the country! Real live honest media anyway. Will never be enough votes. Strictly gone political. If you do not believe me ask the Manning family.
Honest question: do you also not consider the University of Kentucky (in Lexington) as part of the Southern US?JMO, but I don’t consider Louisville and Oklahoma as teams from the South. Old school, but anything west of the Mississippi is suspect to me.