12/21/24
February 06, 2015
Jerry Rice Should Catch Some Hell for This: Jerry Rice on deflating footballs: "I'm going to be point blank, I feel like it's cheating. Because you have an edge up on your opponent and its unfortunate that it happened. ... I've played in cold weather, I know how hard the football is and you can grip the leather [if deflated] just a little bit better." Jerry Rice on putting Stickum on gloves: "I know this might be a little illegal, guys, but you put a little spray, a little Stickum on them, to make sure that texture is a little sticky." Stickum was outlawed by the NFL in 1981.
On the one hand - I want sunshine to expose cheaters universally.
On the other hand, it sucks have "yeah, but" added to the memories of guys like Tom Brady and Jerry Rice. It doesn't really matter who you cheer for, even the prospect of the greats needing an edge to be so great is a total buzzkill.
posted by dfleming at 04:32 PM on February 06, 2015
Jerry Rice talks out of his back side. Using stickum on your gloves is cheating too you stupid moron.
posted by Bradyman at 08:06 PM on February 06, 2015
Say it ain't so, Jerry!
It's like when we heard Hank Aaron was on speed:
posted by Hugh Janus at 07:39 AM on February 07, 2015
Florio's gone from chasing the Rice ambulance, to chasing the guys who aren't chasing the ambulance, to splitting hairs with ESPN, who had the feature with the quotes from Rice in it, on who is/is not reporting on it.
posted by dfleming at 02:38 PM on February 09, 2015
And shy, retiring wallflower Cris Carter uses the opportunity to praise himself and show what an old man he is with his hashtags and the heebie-jeebie thingamabobs.
posted by yerfatma at 03:11 PM on February 09, 2015
Not really related, but had anyone ever heard of Jerry Rice and Nitus' Dog Football? I'm thinking of dusting our Wii off just for that.