# I'm officially on a Terrell Owens media blockout **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 15, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-on-a-terrell-owens-media-blockout/317145 "2005-08-15T21:07:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-on-a-terrell-owens-media-blockout/317145/1 "2005-08-15T21:07:27Z")
Hey, you, guys in the media. I’ve got my fingers in my ears and I’m going nya-nya-nya-nya-nya. Wanna know why? Because I don’t want to hear another goddamned word about TO. I don’t want a recap of all his stunts. I don’t want to hear moral indignation at how he can’t get along with anyone. Not because I care about Terrell Owens, but because I do not care that much about him and the saturation of coverage has already exhausted whatever energy I had for the topic. So stop it. Franky, I’d almost rather go back to Rafael Palmeiro or Ricky Williams than anything more about TO. Side-rant: What is it about sports media that regrets the lapse of church-going in America and constantly wants to create sermons around this or that athlete. Either “this guy is a class act. His wife has cancer, and you know what he’s going through,” as if only millionaire quarterbacks go to work when a loved one is suffering, or “this guy is a child, he mooned a ref,” etc. When, exactly, when did “class” become a measurable stat in every sport and one that needs to be assessed and reported by any person in the media? When, exactly, did it become obsessively necessary to look for examples and non-examples of model citizenship? When, exactly, did every sports reporter and announcer get ordained as a minister and inited to sermonize to the audience at home? Give me a break. Shut up about it. A good start would be shutting the fuck up about Terrell Owens. Nobody outside of Philadelphia gives a shit. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-on-a-terrell-owens-media-blockout/317145/2 "2005-08-15T21:10:38Z")
Who won the PGA tournament? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-on-a-terrell-owens-media-blockout/317145/3 "2005-08-15T21:12:34Z")
> [@Yeticus Rex](#): > > Who won the PGA tournament? 🙂 Terrell Somebody I think ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-on-a-terrell-owens-media-blockout/317145/4 "2005-08-15T21:13:39Z")
> [@Yeticus Rex](#): > > Who won the PGA tournament? 🙂 Hooray for Phil! Stupid delay meant I couldn’t watch it. I was all settled down with a Martini and five holes left yesterday evening, Phil takes a one shot lead, and before I know it I’m watching 60 fucking Minutes with the match on hiaitus. But still, hooray for Phil. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-on-a-terrell-owens-media-blockout/317145/5 "2005-08-15T21:16:39Z")
Well, just so you’re aware, T.O. thanks you for your [continued and unwavering support](http://www.terrellowens.com/press/news.php?newsid=34). I, on the other hand, would like to thank T.O. for his continued and unwavering dedication to the mission of royally fucking up the Eagles from within. **Go Giants**!! ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-on-a-terrell-owens-media-blockout/317145/6 "2005-08-15T21:19:57Z")
Well, good for Phil…I was rooting for Elkington, but that’s ok. It’s nice to see somebody nut up and sink a birdie on the final hole to win it. That’s the best way to win it. [I found the PGA website, if anyone cares.](http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2005/) ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-on-a-terrell-owens-media-blockout/317145/7 "2005-08-15T21:21:11Z")
> [@Yeticus Rex](#): > > Well, good for Phil…I was rooting for Elkington, but that’s ok. It’s nice to see somebody nut up and sink a birdie on the final hole to win it. That’s the best way to win it. > > [I found the PGA website, if anyone cares.](http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2005/) Man, his wife is hot. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-on-a-terrell-owens-media-blockout/317145/8 "2005-08-15T21:29:19Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > Man, his wife is hot. That’s [Ann Coulter](http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/gallery.cgi)! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-on-a-terrell-owens-media-blockout/317145/9 "2005-08-15T21:30:22Z")
T.O., T.O., T.O. … Isn’t he the guy on that deodorant commercial who can’t break through a line of pasty-ass wusses playing “Red Rover”? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-on-a-terrell-owens-media-blockout/317145/10 "2005-08-15T21:31:13Z")
> [@Yeticus Rex](#): > > That’s [Ann Coulter](http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/gallery.cgi)! :eek: Yeck. You couldn’t have possibly more thoroughly destroyed her appeal to me. But Mrs. Mick doesn’t really have the sharp jaw and narrow mouth of Ann. The resemblence is superficial. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-on-a-terrell-owens-media-blockout/317145/11 "2005-08-15T21:32:48Z")
Well, let’s move on to hockey…which team is loading up from the free agents and draft picks? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-on-a-terrell-owens-media-blockout/317145/12 "2005-08-15T21:35:44Z")
> [@Yeticus Rex](#): > > Well, let’s move on to hockey…which team is loading up from the free agents and draft picks? Hey, baseball season isn’t over yet. (looks at the standings). Yeah, let’s talk about hockey. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-on-a-terrell-owens-media-blockout/317145/13 "2005-08-15T21:35:57Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > Man, his wife is hot. Yeah, what is about money that attracts hot chicks. 🙂 Ever seen David Tom’s wife? Yowsah!! Phil really needed to win that tournament. I mean, after a 4 stroke lead starting Saturday’s round, it was his to lose. And he won it nicely with the flop shot-- one of the things he’s the best at. I’m not a huge Phil fan, but I was glad to see him win. As for T.O., the guy is an idiot plain and simple. What a difference between golf and other sports… The closest golf comes to having someone like this is Sabatini when he got all agro just because Ben Crane was playing slow. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-on-a-terrell-owens-media-blockout/317145/14 "2005-08-15T21:39:26Z")
> [@Yeticus Rex](#): > > Well, let’s move on to hockey…which team is loading up from the free agents and draft picks? The Flames and the Flyers have made the best moves IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-on-a-terrell-owens-media-blockout/317145/15 "2005-08-15T22:00:13Z")
> [@adam yax](#): > > The Flames and the Flyers have made the best moves IMO. So, do you think that adding a right-winger (heh…or left-winger) T.O. to the Flyers would put the Flyers over the top, or would they self-destruct like they always have lately? Would Bertuzzi get back from suspension to lay T.O. out on the ice for good? Would Vancouver cheer wildly or just the NFC cities? 😉 [/dreaming] ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-on-a-terrell-owens-media-blockout/317145/16 "2005-08-15T22:17:09Z")
> [@cricetus](#): > > Man, his wife is hot. Wow, a multi-millionaire golf star has a hot wife. Who’d expect that? 🙂 > [@Hal Briston](#): > > Well, just so you’re aware, T.O. thanks you for your [continued and unwavering support](http://www.terrellowens.com/press/news.php?newsid=34). Well, i’m sure that in TO’s mind, anyone who does not give him “continued and unwavering support” is, by definition, not a fan. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-on-a-terrell-owens-media-blockout/317145/17 "2005-08-15T22:40:58Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > T.O., T.O., T.O. … “His name is T.O. and he dances on the sand…” What? ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-on-a-terrell-owens-media-blockout/317145/18 "2005-08-15T23:59:05Z")
Who’s Terrell Owens? ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-on-a-terrell-owens-media-blockout/317145/19 "2005-08-16T00:04:39Z")
Who is Terrell Owens? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-on-a-terrell-owens-media-blockout/317145/20 "2005-08-16T00:26:26Z")
Apparently he plays golf for the Philidelphia Eagles and has a hot wife. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-officially-on-a-terrell-owens-media-blockout/317145.md?page=2)