theCarr Hall of Fame

For a blog with 44 posts, this may be quite a leap, but what the hell. I'll post a HoF nominee every so often.

tCHoF Nominee #1 - Emmitt Smith (the Wordsmith)

Walterfootball.com did the dirty work for me, but Emmitt Smith is a first ballot HOF. Congratulations, Emmitt, you've successfully removed all of my images of you as a football player and replaced them with this. Can you even remember when Emmitt played football?

Like Ruth or Chamberlain, Emmitt the Wordsmith achieved legendary status in my mind. It could be:

Grammatical - "He turn around and go deep on Dre' Bly"

Factual - Attempting to quote Jimmy V's "Don't give up. Don't ever give up." "Don't quit. Don't ever quit."

Biting analysis - "The leadership definitely have to come from the leaders."

!$)%# - "Eli Manning has been given the rice of passage."

HOF worthy -

"Don't worry about the game you just won or the team that we just blew out... uhhh... blown... blown out... Let's think about what we need to do going forward, and they had... blown out. "

"You cannot change the stripes of a leopard."

"...Go to Arizona, sharp as a whistle, and do some finishing touches, so we can go down in the Super Bowl and play our best football of the whole entire season."

"The strength of the Patriots, their offense, got... DEBACLED."

Congratulations Emmitt, you set the bar high

More Emmitt and Berman

Here is the L Cool JJ reference.

I liked Chris Berman 15 years ago but he's doing the same schtick over and over again quoting 70's music and giving dumbass nicknames. But here is a monumental meltdown. It is NSFW.

Thanks to Awful Annoucing for the treats!

Mama said knock you up by L Cool JJ

Those who know me, know how much I despise Emmitt as a commentator. Jimmy Kimmel put together a best of.

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Shooting fish in a barrel

On Saturday's "Sunday NFL Countdown"??? , when talking about the Patriots legacy, our favorite announcing whipping boy shorted the '72 Dolphins, twice.

Since when were they 16-0? I suppose they were before the Superbowl, but I doubt that's what he wanted to say.

I grew up in Dallas, but I can't take it anymore. How much can ESPN take? Emmitt, they talk to you maybe five times in the show to make a point. Collect your thoughts before they throw to you and stop making me hate you. It's just comical now.

Emmitt, you're dead to me

I loved you Emmitt, now get off of my TV. Emmitt you gave us 12 glorious years with the Cowboys. 17,162 rushing yards with the Boys and three titles. You were the king. Now since then:

Staying on too long and hurting your team to break the NFL rushing record
2 years with the ARIZONA CARDINALS!
Dancing with the Stars

Almost forgivable.

But you suck at TV. Mixed metaphors, Theismann-like comments, stumbling through your words, its just embarrassing. You were always a me-first, stat-hungry player and now your an awful "commentator".

Maybe you should just go run a Ford dealership, but just go away. Give me the Playmaker any day.