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Cal Goat
09-20-2007, 01:40 PM
I can't believe I didn't start the title with "welp..."!

The T.O. thread got me thinking about this. Kind of divisive topic, but let's hear from the GTO crowd.

My take: The touchdown celebrations, and celebrations in general have just gotten out of hand. They used to be kind of cool (Icky shuffle, etc), but now they're just ploys for attention from egotistical pricks.
Bottom Line for me - football is a team sport, and nobody ever got to the end zone without help from 10 other guys.

I love guys like Marvin Harrison, Tim Brown, Jerry Rice. They played their positions well, and never did anything as remotely arrogant as TO and Chad Johnson.



BIGGIE.azGTO
09-20-2007, 01:48 PM
Fine those guys 50 grand a pop, and it would stop real quick. I think we just need to bring back the superbowl shuffle !
Midnight
09-20-2007, 02:02 PM
I agree it got out of hand, but without it, the game is missing something. I put it in the same category as a hockey fight - I don't necessarily "like" it, but when I don't get one, I'm disappointed.
BrokenGoat
09-20-2007, 03:22 PM
http://www.nbc5.com/2007/0920/14155587.jpg
drowssap
09-20-2007, 03:25 PM
don't like 'em, never did. Barry Sanders FTW
Krazy
09-20-2007, 04:38 PM
Can't stand them either- rarely creative and done by attention whores.

There's a reason why the NFL doesn't like celebrations in general- look what happened last year in the playoffs between the Chargers and Pats when the Pats players were mocking Merriman's retarded sack dance: there was almost a fight.

Same thing with TO getting smashed at mid-field on the Dallas star when he was with the Niners. I think Teague should've ripped TO's helmet off and bashed his skull into the star. Whatever Cowboys player (or any player in the NFL) wasn't offended by that should've handed his jock strap over to the equipment manager.
Scurvy
09-20-2007, 04:45 PM
i think some are funny but it definately got out of hand, but now its no fun
Napoleon_Tanerite
09-20-2007, 05:38 PM
25 seconds, do what you want short of touching another player. make it funny. What i'd REALLY like to see is a LB wreck a QB, and while the QB is down the LB pulls out a sharpie and signs the down QB's helmet. That would be A-W-E-S-O-M-E
Midnight
09-20-2007, 05:49 PM
25 seconds, do what you want short of touching another player. make it funny. What i'd REALLY like to see is a LB wreck a QB, and while the QB is down the LB pulls out a sharpie and signs the down QB's helmet. That would be A-W-E-S-O-M-E

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc170/tsherick/ rofl_1.gif
WTF? I've been agreeing with you waaaaay too much recently.
Napoleon_Tanerite
09-20-2007, 06:09 PM
kinda creepy
Lorider680
09-20-2007, 06:38 PM
Old timers hate em but I love them, especially the creative ones. The ICky shuffle sucks compared to today's antics. I liked Prime Time better than the shuffle.
Ghost!
Krazy
09-20-2007, 09:40 PM
Leon Lett's TD celebration against Buffalo in the Super Bowl was AWESOME!!!!

Too bad he started the TD celebration before 6 points were added to the scoreboard.

****ing dooshes have been making asses of themselves for years, it's not just "old school" fans that could care less for this crap. Again, athletes that do this are ATTENTION WHORES and think they're :-pimp: . Todays hip-hop=TD celebrations < my diarhhea. :soapbox:
Spyral
09-20-2007, 09:52 PM
Dumb, wish they were banned.
elpuerco
09-23-2007, 07:47 AM
Most of the players doing the celebrating are attetion whores and it's verging on unsportsmanlike conduct.

I think it's funny as long as te guy that I'm rooting for is the one doing the celebrating. I officialy have a double standard.

That being said.... I'd love to see Marc Bulger get knocked to the ground and his helmet get signed.
malcum
09-23-2007, 07:52 AM
I can't say what I want to. Let's just say it's ______shit.
Hot Sauce
09-23-2007, 07:57 AM
My take: The touchdown celebrations, and celebrations in general have just gotten out of hand. They used to be kind of cool (Icky shuffle, etc), but now they're just ploys for attention from egotistical pricks.
Bottom Line for me - football is a team sport, and nobody ever got to the end zone without help from 10 other guys.


I love TD celebrations.

But since you said its a team sport and it takes 10 guys to get into the endzone, would you rather have this :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR89YByD9LE
Shocker
09-23-2007, 07:58 AM
Chad Johnson :ftw:
littlemissGTO
09-23-2007, 07:58 AM
Most of the players doing the celebrating are attetion whores and it's verging on unsportsmanlike conduct.

I think it's funny as long as te guy that I'm rooting for is the one doing the celebrating. I officialy have a double standard.

That being said.... I'd love to see Marc Bulger get knocked to the ground and his helmet get signed.

I think that was pretty close to happening last week. How many times did he get knocked onto his :bootyshak?


Attention whores FTL. Creative sportsmanship FTW
Midnight
09-23-2007, 07:59 AM
I love TD celebrations.

But since you said its a team sport and it takes 10 guys to get into the endzone, would you rather have this :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR89YByD9LE

Reminds me of the early 80s when the Deadskins were pissing people off with the Fun Bunch.
malcum
09-23-2007, 08:50 AM
I love TD celebrations.

But since you said its a team sport and it takes 10 guys to get into the endzone, would you rather have this :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR89YByD9LE

Classy. But you know pro FB and BB have become nothing but video games and trash sports that the video looks normal.
noob
09-23-2007, 09:38 AM
Dumb, wish they were banned.

QFT. At the very least it should be a personal foul for unsportsmanlike conduct. These guys are not paid as entertainers. They are paid as athletes, to make plays and win games. Touchdown celebrations are like the player saying, "Hey, look at me! I did my job!"

I love guys like Marvin Harrison, Tim Brown, Jerry Rice. They played their positions well, and never did anything as remotely arrogant as TO and Chad Johnson.

A+ players with class. :judge:
Midnight
09-24-2007, 04:21 AM
Most of the players doing the celebrating are attetion whores and it's verging on unsportsmanlike conduct.


No argument here, but just like this one
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc170/tsherick/ look-at-me2.jpg
we still enjoy the scenery - at least for a second or two.
Twitch
09-24-2007, 05:02 AM
http://www.nbc5.com/2007/0920/14155587.jpg

when i saw that durring the game i just about died laughing, TO in the past has been an ASS, but that was just funny. Look at his eyes...
malcum
09-24-2007, 06:10 AM
No argument here, but just like this one
http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc170/tsherick/ look-at-me2.jpg
we still enjoy the scenery - at least for a second or two.

I don't have any problem with that kind of celebration.
stillgreedy
09-24-2007, 09:02 AM
Hey as long as they are doing their jobs then its fine. Cant stop a guy from enjoying his job.
1969 SS
09-24-2007, 09:57 AM
when i saw that durring the game i just about died laughing, TO in the past has been an ASS, but that was just funny. Look at his eyes...
his eyes look like that because he's looking for "the man" to come down and repress his antics

that being said, I think they have gone way over board. no props or disgracing the other team are ok by me.