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Peter King will be in Spartanburg tomorrow

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mr beauxjangles Newbie

mr beauxjangles

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I didn't know everybody hated Peter King, I like him. He likes us and Matt Moore too. I guarantee he'll downplay Jimmy Clausen.

His email response to me during the 2008 season essentially read: "I rarely cover the Panthers in MMQB because there just aren't any compelling stories."

Hmmm....just off the top of my head:

  • Steve Smith/Ken Lucas fight
  • Jake to Rosario as the clock hit zero in San Diego
  • Williams/Stewart destroy Lions
  • Williams/Stewart destroy Bucs on MNF
  • 8-2 start
  • 12-4 season
  • Deangelo's 4TD performance against Greenbay
  • Perfect home record
  • Win over New Orleans to close the season on Kasays last second field goal, clinching the divison and a first round bye
  • Deangelo 1500 yds; 18TDs; 0 fumbles

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SorthNarolina Newbie

SorthNarolina

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His email response to me during the 2008 season essentially read: "I rarely cover the Panthers in MMQB because there just aren't any compelling stories."

Hmmm....just off the top of my head:

  • Steve Smith/Ken Lucas fight
  • Jake to Rosario as the clock hit zero in San Diego
  • Williams/Stewart destroy Lions
  • Williams/Stewart destroy Bucs on MNF
  • 8-2 start
  • 12-4 season
  • Deangelo's 4TD performance against Greenbay
  • Perfect home record
  • Win over New Orleans to close the season on Kasays last second field goal, clinching the divison and a first round bye
  • Deangelo 1500 yds; 18TDs; 0 fumbles

NFL didn't choose us as the "game of the week" week 1. They all screwed us.

Everybody destroyed the lions, they had the 32nd ranked rushing defense.

I can objectively say Williams was one of the bigger probowl snubs of the decade. In terms of yardage, ypc, tds, and fumbles nobody in the history of the NFL has had a better season. It's not like King was the only one ignoring him.

That seems a little selfish it's not like we get a whole lot of attention from other writers either. When he does talk about the Panthers he's pretty well informed and overall he's been pretty positive.

Most of those figures were just us being a good team. It's not really "compelling" especially when were not too popular compared to other teams. It's not like he's been writing total crap about us.

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I mean in general these beat writers and national pundits are...basically worthless. Just watch the games and form your own opinion. Some people get so worked up over what some nobody says about your favorite football team because he's on a WEBSITE.

That said, I like that he's probably the only dude out there picking the Panthers to be good this year.

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I mean in general these beat writers and national pundits are...basically worthless. Just watch the games and form your own opinion. Some people get so worked up over what some nobody says about your favorite football team because he's on a WEBSITE.

That said, I like that he's probably the only dude out there picking the Panthers to be good this year.

They all roll with the company line for the big market teams. Every year it's always the Eagles, Cowboys or Bears winning the Superbowl.

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Peter King is deplorable. I defy you to find a national sportswriter who consistenly churns out more vapid, useless and generally unreadable drivel with such consistency.

What a waste of resources. There are sportswriters all over this country who would kill for his credentials and access, but he still cranks out drivel with amazing consistency.

WTF is this? And why would you think anyone would want to read it?

Quote of the Week II

"It's time we all rise up. We've been knocking on the door. Now it's time to blow it up.''

-- Atlanta Falcons fan Samuel L. Jackson, in a video released by the team on Friday.

Cute. Not sure that helps sell a ticket or win a game. But cute.

Quote of the Week IV

"Definitely my pillow. I'm funny about that. If I don't have the right kind of pillow, I have a hard time sleeping.''

-- Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt, asked by Arizona Republic ace beat man Kent Somers for the personal item he can't do without at training camp. "Maybe,'' Whisenhunt told Somers, "it's from being neurotic.''

Umm, WTF is the point of this story other than you got punked down in front of your wife...

The Westin Hotel/Michigan Avenue in Chicago has long been a hotel of choice for me, because of its proximity to everything in such a great city. Last week, on my last travel leg of vacation, it was also the scene of something I never could have expected: an argument that, in 10 seconds, almost escalated into a hotel-lobby brawl.

There are three elevators in the lobby of the Westin, and at rush-hour check-in last Tuesday, two were out of service. So when my wife and I got to the bank of elevators around 6 p.m., there were 15 or so people waiting for the one working lift. We waited two, three, four minutes. Now there were 25 or 30 people waiting. And then a 35ish man wedged in to the left of the crowd waiting for the elevator. He looked at the line of people and looked peeved. We all were, of course. Then the door opened and 10 or 12 people came off. And the 35ish man took three quick steps to the elevator.

"Hey, hey, hey,'' I said. "Come on, buddy. That's not right.''

The guy stopped, looked at me angrily and snarled, "Don't tell me what to do. I wasn't going on.''

"Yes you were,'' I said. "I saw what you were doing. That's not right.''

He took a couple of steps toward me and said angrily, "I'm a Starwood Preferred member.''

Like that made cutting the line OK.

"You're also an a------,'' I said.

I obviously shouldn't have said that, but he deserved it. Now Mr. Starwood Preferred walked the final three steps toward me and said. "You wanna step outside?'' He bumped my chest hard. "People who use that word are looking for a fight,'' he said. "People who use that word to me, I go outside with. You wanna go outside?''

Now the elevator was full, and the door closed.

"No, I don't,'' I said.

He was breathing hard on me. "You're a big talker,'' he said, stepping back a step or two.

"And you're still an a------,'' I said. Oh, so clever.

He stepped toward me again. Almost simultaneously, a front-desk gal near the bank of elevators chirped, "I can take a few people up the service elevator!'' So my wife sidestepped the guy. I walked toward the door, me staring at Mr. Starwood Preferred the whole way. "---- you, ------------,'' Mr. Starwood Preferred hissed at me.

"Have a nice day,'' I said, and boarded the service elevator.

I don't know exactly why -- it's not testosterone, I don't think -- but I almost wish Mr. Starwood Preferred had taken a swing at me. Even if he'd pummeled me (and he may well have), he'd have known that at least one person out of 30 sniffed out the real idiot in the crowd. Then again, I like my nose unbroken.

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I give him a pass. One of the nicer guys out of the national guys. Yes, 70 percent of his column is junk, but if you sift through it he has gems no one else has. And thoughts that aren't regurgitated. Most just pick 10 of the previous year's 12 playoff teams to get there again and the other two are the same two everyone else is trumpeting.

He was one of the few who liked the Fox hire in Carolina.

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