Hoge flavored Hateorade

I have been catching only segments of Celtics games due to work commitments. A lot has gone on and I’ll get to that soon. In the meantime I’ve also been preoccupied by the brewing Merrill Hoge/Vince Young feud. In the pre-season Merrill Hoge tore Young apart and the Tennessee Titans for drafting him. Unfortunately someone, I’m assuming the No Fun League, got that clip removed. Alas. However, Young has been frisky over the last several weeks with victories over the Eagles, Giants, Colts and Texans. Of course Hoge refuses to back down and give the former Texas Longhorns star credit. Watch this clip and see how angry Ron Jaworski (probably the best football studio guy alive) gets. It’s fantastic. Also enjoy the Vince Young rebuttal courtesy of someone on YouTube.

Some other points:

1. What is suddenness?

2. I wish the initial Hoge outburst was still online, as he goes out of his way to bash Young despite the anchor giving him a lifeline…twice. It was reminiscent of Bob Lobel trying to talk Bob Ryan down from wanting to smack Jason Kidd’s wife.

3. Reader PNH91 put it best, “The obvious question is: what do you think Vince Young did to Merrill Hoge? I bet he took Merrill's sister out for a nice seafood dinner and never called her again.”

4. For reasons I can't quite explain the Hoge/Jaworski clip reminds me of the infamous "You disrespected him a little bit" scene in Goodfellas. Thankfully Sal Paolantonio did not get beaten to death.

- More on Al Jefferson, Allen Iverson, and Paul Pierce's "No, no, no what the hell are you doing, YEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!" game winning shot.

- On the plus side someone in Texas has already set up www.deathtomerrillhoge.com That was fast.

- Years from now people will talk about "Hoge flavored Hateorade" as the low point of Celtics Bandwagon. In fact it's all down hill from here.

- I hope you clicked on the fake link. Sucker.