Sports fans, it's that time again to call out those idiots, miscreants, and all around dumbasses that so #### you off. I KNOW you have several that you want to throw under the Bus! Call them out for their idiocy. This is your forum to throw these idiots under the Bus. Remember, you can call out a player, coach, team, owner, a team's fans, or any sports personality and throw them under the Bus. I know I have my share!
NFL
Brett Favre: ENOUGH about coming back already! You made your decision to retire, stick with it!! Brett, I loved watching you play, you were one of my all-time favorite players, but when you made the decision to retire, it was time to move on. Aaron Rodgers is ready to helm the Packers' ship. Just by HINTING at a comeback, you threw Rodgers under the bus. Now it's Rodgers' turn to throw YOU under the Bus.
Reagan Mauia: this will most likely be the only time in the history of the world that Mauia and Favre will show up on the same blog. For those who don't know who Mauia is, he is the Miami Dolphins' starting FB. This bozo punched a man in the face without provocation and fled the scene. A witness took a picture of Mauia's license plate with his phone. Mauia was tracked down and arrested. I don't have to wait for more information to throw Mauia under the Bus.
NBA
Detroit Pistons: losing to the New York Knicks is bad enough, but at HOME? You lost to the Knicks when you ABSOLUTELY had to WIN in order to stay alive for home court advantage? AND on a night where the all-time greats of the Pistons franchise was honored? For all that, you get thrown under the Bus not once, not twice, not three times, but FOUR times! Hopefully we won't hear the worst chant in the history of the world, "Detroit Basketball!" in the Finals when the Celtics work you.
New York Knicks: they have begun the annual Save Isiah campaign. Donations are accepted. They are playing their BEST basketball of the season in order to Save Isiah. I imagine there are buildings all over New York that say, "Save Isiah." (Much like in the movie, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, there were signs painted all over Chicago that said, "Save Ferris.") The Knicks get thrown under the Bus.
Miami Heat: just quit already. D-Wade has. Oh wait, he's out for the year with injuries. Pat Riley has. He spent the NCAA Tournament scouting Michael Beasley and Derrick Rose. He hearts D-Rose. He hearts him MUCH more than coaching the band of misfits known as the Heat. Mercifully, the season will end this week for the Heat. Until then, the Heat get thrown under the Bus yet again.
MLB
Tampa Bay Rays: for all the hype that went into the Rays this year, the more things change, the more they stay the same. The Rays are looking up at the FREAKING Orioles this year. For that matter, they're looking up at everyone else in the division. This was supposed to be their breakout year. It also doesn't help when a veteran pitcher like Al Reyes gets into a fight in a bar. On his birthday, no less. Some veteran leadership there, Al. He not only got into a fight, he got his #### kicked. Then he got Tasered TWICE. Reyes gets his #### kicked, gets Tasered, AND gets thrown Under The Bus all in the same week. The Rays get thrown under for letting us down.
Fox Sports: for treating the NASCAR fans of this nation to a slap in the face. Yes, it wasn't your fault that the Yankees-Red Sox was delayed by rain. But you could have switched the game to FX and kept the NASCAR fans and the baseball fans somewhat happy. But NOOOOOOOOO, you had to milk the Yankees-Red Sox for every moment AND you had the game SIMULCAST on FX!! AND you pre-empted the NASCAR pre-race show! Because it was Yankees-Red Sox, you cut into the ACTUAL RACE. Ryan Newman was going into Turn 3 of the first lap of the race when Fox switched from the game to the race. For poor planning and for pissing a LOT of race fans off, Fox Sports goes under the Bus.
Yankees-Red Sox rivalry: yes, I get that it's a historically bitter rivalry. Yes I get that both teams are good. But they're not the only two teams in baseball!! It's an endless and breathless hype machine! For my money, the NL West rivalry is just as good, if not better, than Yankees-Red Sox. Yankees-Sox rivalry goes under the Bus.
NCAA
#### Vitale haters: been drinking the anti-Dickie V grape-flavored Haterade again? There was one guy (Fox Sports' own Mark Kriegel) that got drunk on it. Love or hate #### Vitale, his contributions to college basketball as a commentator and ambassador to the game cannot be denied. I admire Vitale's enthusiasm and passion for the game of college basketball (even though he's too much of a Duke homer). All the Dickie V haters (Kriegel included) are to be thrown under the Bus of Dickie V's choice.
Jeff Ehrhardt, QB, Murray State: this genius was charged with second-degree robbery for "a prank gone bad." So now that's what we call pushing and assaulting a campus police officer and taking his book away, a "prank gone bad"? If it were up to me, dude would be in the clink for a MINIMUM of five years. He won a $20 bet for the "prank gone bad". Sure hope that $20 was worth it, E. My bet is that he skates like Dorothy Hamill. He'll probably be suspended for the first play of the season. For such a #### prank, Ehrhardt gets thrown under the Bus.
Amen to the Vitale legacy, Fox Sports fumbling of the baseball to NASCAR transition and having to be continually subjected to the Yanks vs. Red Sox. Heck those games are on local TV in those markets why to the rest of us have to watch too?
I will take exception to the Rays. As of this writing they are at 6 - 6 tied with the Yanks and Red Sox at 1 game out of first. Not bad for the perpetual cellar dweller (BTW the Dodgers are running along at 5 - 7...) I know, that's not nice...
Hey Dwindy! The Yanks-Red Sox is enough to make you want to give up baseball altogether. The Rays have a lot of season left. While they're not in the same class as the Yankees and Sox, they SHOULD be better than they have. They brought up the Longoria kid--looks like he's going to be all that is advertised about him. And the Dodgers crack hurt--they lost a tough one to the Padres 1-0. They've had to start out against the two teams that gave them fits last year (aside from the Giants, but the Giants gave them fits at Dodger Stadium). Thanks for reading and commenting.
Nice read, but I don't understand what you mean by "thrown under the bus". I thought it meant to sacrifice someone else in order to save yourself. And I don't see how you are applying it to these circumstances.
I'm a dolphin fan, and I've never heard of, starting fullback, Reagan Mauia. If only he showed that much aggression on the field. Brett Favre will come back like cooked crack.
sisko....I always thought 'to throw someone under the bus' meant to blame someone for something, warranted or not.
Jon- You've got my vote this week for FOX's contract obligations to show baseball instead of NASCAR. I am sorry but there are MANY more NASCAR fans across the US than Yankee's and BoSox fans...BOOOO
jon No one said that you had to be an apparent genius to be a apart of your Who'd You Throw Under The Bus series . But apparently it does help if you're not. And those mentioned within your post are most definately not geniuses . I'd dare say that both Simpson sisters and Paris Hilton combined have a higher IQ than the individuals mentioned ? And that's not saying a lot at this juncture.
Throw Detroit under the bus...for What? Resting there aging starters and giving there young guns some much needed PT.
Detroit wasnt going to earn home court advantage anyways. What? Bostons gonna go on a record season long losing streak at the end of the season? Chances for that were slim to none and slim had already left the building before they even played.
Detroits young bench play of Rodney Stuckey, Arron Afflalo, Jarvis Hayes, Amir Johnson and Jason Maxiell is better than some NBA teams starting 5!...so they lost to the Knicks, big whoop! I
It wont matter in the Con Finals when a rested up Detroit team meets a tired Celtics team that just went 6-7 games against either Cleveland or a fully healthy Wizards team...
this Piston team is their best team since they were last in the Finals
PS. RedSox-Yankees IS gettin out of control...they can be good games to watch, but why do they think so many of us care? Its gotta be this Red-Sox Nation thing...whatever does that mean anyways? they are the new feel good team or what?
jon, you know how i feel about the Yankees & Sox and what did i tell you about isiah and the knicks? your bus is going to need more than tires before isiah is shown the door.....
i'd give the Rays a little more time, its early, and you know the O's aint gonna stay there.
Farve, not bus worthy, but yeah, move on already!
Last edited by blue@orange on April 14th at 1:03 PM.
jaysisko, "throwing someone under the bus" means to 1) put someone in an awkward situation; 2) blame someone for something that is unwarranted. How I use it is to call an athlete or team out for doing something stupid and/or tanking. Thanks for reading and commenting.
Rainman, LOL. If they get Derrick Rose and a few other key pieces, the Heat can be contenders again. They need an athletic big man as well.
Hanahan, LOL@the cooked crack blast. Good one!
Kristen, I couldn't WAIT to throw Fox Sports, and Yankees-Red Sox under the bus! The viewers missed the green flag waving to start the race! In fact, when Fox went to the race, Ryan Newman was going into Turn 3 in the opening lap. Thanks for reading and commenting!
Tophatal, MANY of those that go under the bus aren't exactly the brightest bulbs in the drawer. I'd lump in the Spears sisters with the Simpson sisters and Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan. Thanks for the read and the comment.
Dezz, at the time, the Pistons still were mathematically alive to win the #1 seed in the Eastern Conference. They should have beaten the Knicks by double digits. Even their second stringers should have beaten the Knicks. I see the Pistons going to the Eastern finals but the Celtics beating them fairly easily. Red Sox-Yankees have gotten WAAAAAAAAAAAY out of control. It's not even the best rivalry in baseball--the NL West rivalries are. Yankees-Red Sox are a hype show, a soap opera, if you will. Thanks for visiting and the comments.
Volfan, thanks!
b@o, looks like Isiah is going to get whacked, after all. We need those NASCA
Underage, no problem. I'll continue to throw the Kobe haters under the bus (the ones that dare to rear their heads). Like I said, he was an innocent man that was being railroaded. Frankly, I was glad Mountain Trash's case fell like a house of cards. I'd say the same thing if it was Alex Rodriguez or Kevin Garnett instead of Kobe Bryant.
Thanks again.
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I am from Central California. I am passionate about sports, particularly the NFL and NASCAR. My favorite teams are: Panthers (NFL), Lakers (NBA), Flyers (NHL), and Dodgers (MLB). I am also a Kevin Harvick fan in NASCAR. I am a Fresno State honk. (I'll admit it!) And I am also a fan of MMA. Jackie Robinson to this day represents what is right about baseball. I also enjoy discussing the relevant (and sometimes irrelevant) issues of the day pertaining to sports. I will never understand why televised poker is so popular. Who wants to see a bunch of people sitting around a table, muttering to themselves? I do my best to keep politics out of my sports discussions. That is why I recently created a nonsports blog, cencalscribe. blogspot.com. That is where I post my nonsports topics.
