Talking NFL Investigates “CrotchGate”
I was going to spend today either discussing the unfortunate end to Dwight Freeney’s season, or the internet rumor that Brad Childress could be on his way out as Vikings head coach.
Of course, I just provided you with links to both stories, so I really don’t need to tell you about them now. Besides, how can you pass up a story call “CrotchGate”? That’s class with a capital ass, my friends.
The following picture was taken during Sunday’s Vikings-Packers game, and has been circling the internet ever since (first seen here on Deadspin). Suffice to say, one of the Cheeseheads went a bit nuts with wide receiver Ruvell Martin…
News radio 620 AM in Milwaukee started a man hunt for the handsy-fan, and if you watch the highlight reel over on NFL.com, (3:40 mark) the GameDay crew even highlighted and arrowed the act in instant replay, catching the guy with his hands in the cookie jar.
Except there’s one problem; the fan didn’t actually handle the package.
Upon further review, it’s clear to see that the fan got a piece of Martin’s upper-thigh, and stretched the fabric of his uniform so that it covered his Kibbles n’ Bits. But never did the fan actually pull on Packer pud.
In addition, if said fan had reached the Danger Zone, don’t you think Martin’s reaction would have been slightly different? By different I mean punching the fan in the head until he let go?
Too bad we didn’t have John Madden available to break this one down with the telestrator. He’s old-school and wouldn’t have had anything to do with these silly dick jokes.
(Uh…nevermind)
Anyways, so yet again we have an internet controversy that amounts to a whole lot of nothing. Well, it was pretty funny. Still, it probably makes this the most classless posting in Talking NFL’s short history. Well, OK - the 2nd most classless…
Then again, I’m sure we could fix that will a little roflbot magic:
Much worse better.
Green Bay Packers, CrotchGate, Lambeau Leap, keep your hands of my unit
November 21st, 2007 at 12:31 am
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