Robert Griffin III as a college football analyst is...FIRED BY ESPN

[futureman 22,472]

the most shocking thing about any of this is that people exist who have never heard the word jiggaboo. 

[Ignatius 4,017]

4 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

please explain, in a way someone sober would understand, how these things are supposed to be comparable or analogous?

His cancel culture comment was in response to (my response was based on the ‘single flub’ part):

A persons character — the body of their historical conduct — and what can reasonably be inferred as their intent (did they aim to demean or harm?) matters a great deal more than a single flub 

[Doc Daneeka 6,769]

5 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

Bug vs jig. I have never said jig in place of bug. If he said 'Jugaboo' then maybe. But bug and jig don't sound that much alike to have one slip for the other. This word is in his vocabulary. Bug A Boo is also a word no one uses. I don't really buy his reasoning.

But either way, he said the word on live tv. 

Boo vs boo. 

What law are you positing that would require mistakenly used words to begin the same, rather than end the same, rhyme, or whatever other pattern that might cause the brain to pull up one rather than another while speaking extemporaneously?

[RollLeft 5,045]

 

[52-80 19,162]

5 minutes ago, Ignatius said:

His cancel culture comment was in response to (my response was based on the ‘single flub’ part):

A persons character — the body of their historical conduct — and what can reasonably be inferred as their intent (did they aim to demean or harm?) matters a great deal more than a single flub 

I dont think Chris Beard had the intent of giving someone a warm hug, during which his hands accidentally slipped and fell around their neck instead  

I could be wrong - i didnt follow bball that closely. 

[Pato del Muerto 52,510]

20 minutes ago, Ignatius said:

Man, I guess it was a West Texas thing but I’m 56 and the (unfortunately numerous) racist branches of my family tree used that word (usually in abbreviated form) frequently. It was one of several phrases people used in place of the hard N because good Baptists aren’t hateful….

When I was a kid and watched the cowboys games with my drunk uncle, he called the players every slur in the book. 

[Pato del Muerto 52,510]

25 minutes ago, Ignatius said:

So should Chris Beard get a bogey cuz he only smacked his bitch up that one time?

I believe the word you are looking for is mulligan?  Prepare to be cancelled. 

[MissingInAction 25,105]

59 minutes ago, Ignatius said:

Man, I guess it was a West Texas thing but I’m 56 and the (unfortunately numerous) racist branches of my family tree used that word (usually in abbreviated form) frequently. It was one of several phrases people used in place of the hard N because good Baptists aren’t hateful….

We might be related. Sorry.

[taybo20 2,877]

7 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

I'm kinda surprised you guys hate RGIII as a media personality.  During the ISU/Texas game he acted like he'd been a lifelong Horn just reveling in the greatness and prestige of your various traditions.  I get that what's guys doing his job do, but given the disdain between UT and BU it was jarring.

If I were a Baylor fan/alum (barf) I'd have been apoplectic.

 

Edited December 14, 2022 by taybo20

[Deej 76,820]

 

[Homercles 10,206]

3 hours ago, Cheeseweasel said:

Maybe he was looking at the cheerleaders and meant to say jiggle boobs.

His first wife had great tits.  That’s always occupied the priority 1 slot in my brain when I think about RGIII.  

[Nivek 16,944]

Pointless contribution.

[TexArcher 37,926]

10 minutes ago, Nivek said:

Pointless contribution.

New motto?

[TornACL 7,698]

Whenever something like this happens I wish we had audio from the control truck.

In this case I am sure the conversation started with something like "Wait, what the fuck did he just say? Ahh Christ."

[0xdeadbeef 1,651]

I'm a mid-50 white guy that works in the technology field, and I have _never_ heard that word used in person or seen it in print.  I did, back in the day, see Police Academy, so I as the clip above proves, I have heard that word before.   I'm sure I assumed that they made up a word to use in place of the N word. 

There are probably dozens (hundreds) of old words-of-hate sitting out there... It's not a bad thing that people don't know them anymore.

Edited December 14, 2022 by 0xdeadbeef

[Dahobbs 17,618]

2 hours ago, bullet said:

When has that mattered to cancel culture?

I'm pretty sure people that hate cancel culture are more up in arms about this than anyone else. It was a clear verbal flub. Besides, didn't he say fuck on air during our game against baylor?

[Carl Spackler 3,485]

Eh.  I actually have no problem believing that he was thinking of "bug-a-boo" in the context of what he was trying to say.   Much ado about not much, IMO. 

[0xdeadbeef 1,651]

Education is the key my friends.

I'm now working my way through the Racial Slur Database:

http://www.rsdb.org/full

The more you know. 

You Bird Shit, Bacon Bit, Tiny Tim's.

Edited December 14, 2022 by 0xdeadbeef

[Deej 76,820]

8 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said:

Eh.  I actually have no problem believing that he was thinking of "bug-a-boo" in the context of what he was trying to say.   Much ado about not much, IMO. 

Bug-a-boo can mean hobgoblin. Not cool, man. 

[PRONG HORN 3,146]

 

Why is this a big deal.  That other guy of theirs has dropped the N bomb lots of times.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Carl Spackler 3,485]

8 minutes ago, Deej said:

Bug-a-boo can mean hobgoblin. Not cool, man. 

Maybe he was trying to comment about foolish consistencies.

[TornACL 7,698]

For the record, I like RG3 on the air. He has fun during the broadcast, and this fucking shit is supposed to be fun.

Even if everything he says isn't always funny, at least it's not the generic mealymouthed shit that most announcers bore us to death with.

[HRSchenker 2,270]

[Hermanator 7,081]

When I was a kid we knew the word in the neighborhood but none of us knew it had any racist meaning. I think one kid heard it in a movie, started calling us that, and it's a funny sounding word so we just called each other jiggaboos for fun. Never knew it was racist until I heard it in a movie in that context in my 20s or late teens. 

But that's a weird word to just randomly say. And bugaboo has always meant a mistake but like with stuff like "cap" the black community might have taken it and adopted it into their own language. I have no idea and don't really care, but for purposes of things like tv and media if one person would get fired for saying it everyone should get fired for saying it. 

[Blotto 23,538]

 

[billfromlaketravis 11,510]

Nothing will come from this, but I hope it does because RGIII sucks and I’d rather not see him on TV. 

[Jersey Man10 3,537]

[Beau Vine 54,247]

2 hours ago, Homercles said:

His first wife had great tits.  That’s always occupied the priority 1 slot in my brain when I think about RGIII.  

You have 5000 posts, but don't know Rule #1 of Surly?

3 hours ago, bullet said:

When has that mattered to cancel culture?

Oh, shut the fuck up

[utexas8 1,450]

At first glance I thought it said RGBIII uses slurs. Lmao

[CfRhTxStBobcats 602]

5 hours ago, Helobious said:

I guess I just dreamt Kanye losing all those endorsements then…

Big difference. I don't recall Ye using a derogatory term about his own race. Doubt very seriously if he would have lost all those endorsements if he just used the J word. I guess he got in pretty big trouble for the White Lives Matter t-shirt though.

Dammit RGIII! You brought back a word most people either haven't heard in years or never heard at all.

[CfRhTxStBobcats 602]

1 hour ago, HRSchenker said:

The heart attack is making a lot more sense now.

[USNALonghorn 5,078]

1 hour ago, 0xdeadbeef said:

Education is the key my friends.

I'm now working my way through the Racial Slur Database:

http://www.rsdb.org/full

The more you know. 

You Bird Shit, Bacon Bit, Tiny Tim's.

I’m from Russia and I lost it when I found this one

Edited December 14, 2022 by USNALonghorn

[Jkwellborn 6,708]

I kind of like him too. He generally means well and just tries too hard sometimes with his commentary, which is driven by the incentive structure to stand out in that profession. His line after Roschon hurdled the defender on the way to the end zone in the Baylor game as a “Johnson on Johnson crime” was a good one. 

That sounded like a cock fight.

[gmr548 16,580]

There’s a really interesting generational/cultural split on display here.

[Guadaloopy 10,973]

58 minutes ago, USNALonghorn said:

I’m from Russia and I lost it when I found this one

@USNALonghorn is from Russia?

 

[burntorangebongos 10,745]

His hair looks like shit and his shit is all retarded.

[Bevoette 1,278]

Oh lawd have mercy 

[BigHorn'13 3,368]

12 hours ago, Darth Tron said:

Totally thought I was going to hear something else when I pressed play.

And by a, um, certain important Surly member. Damn you, again, reading comprehension!!

 

Also, it's very amusing seeing posters want him gone that argued with me how awesome it was for him to be an announcer for one of our games instead of Sam Acho. 

[66BUFF 2,564]

8 hours ago, Nivek said:

Pointless contribution.

[Pimphand 5,763]

I mean I laughed but overall....

[nnm 36,419]

10 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

You have 5000 posts, but don't know Rule #1 of Surly?

First wife. 

Traded her in for a different make and model. 

[JBJ 3,655]

8 hours ago, gmr548 said:

There’s a really interesting generational/cultural split on display here.

I definitely heard it growing up, but never as a way to disparage blacks as a group.  I'm not quite sure when I even discovered it was a racial slur.  It was used pretty much exactly like RG3 used it.  Disparaging someone who was a trash-talker, showy, or flamboyant in some other manner.

[TexArcher 37,926]

I'm surprised so many were unfamiliar with this word.  I was well acquainted with it growing up in Houston in the 80s and 90s.  It was only a small notch below the N-word.  If you said it out loud around a bunch of black dudes, there wouldn't be anymore you.

[Huckleberry 32,985]

This thread is funny to read. There is zero public pressure for Griffin to lose his job but you have the typical whiners in here complaining about cancel culture for no reason whatsoever. Well, I guess there's a reason but it's just that they're scared of their shadows because they've been told to be. CANCEL CULTURE IS EVERYWHERE SOMEBODY HOLD ME

[HamsterHookah 112]

I first heard this word because certain fraternity houses on Leon St. would play a song during rush parties where a stanza has the word in it, before something about being in a woodpile looking at you. That fraternity house at 2515 Leon St. will remain KnAmeless. cough cough

['stache 21,818]

15 hours ago, C-Man said:

Don was fired after calling the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy-headed hoes."

And seconds later said their game was “the Jiga___s vs. the Wannabes” referring to the Spike Lee movie. I’ve always been surprised people don’t remember that, I though it was way worse.

Edited December 14, 2022 by 'stache

[freyguy 4,277]

39 minutes ago, nnm said:

First wife. 

Traded her in for a different make and model. 

See?  He dropped the redhead.  He's smarter than I take him for.

[GreenspointTexas 9,609]

One of my top 10 favorite movies, regardless of genre. Thats all i got

['stache 21,818]

11 hours ago, Hermanator said:

When I was a kid we knew the word in the neighborhood but none of us knew it had any racist meaning. I think one kid heard it in a movie, started calling us that, and it's a funny sounding word so we just called each other jiggaboos for fun. Never knew it was racist until I heard it in a movie in that context in my 20s or late teens. 

But that's a weird word to just randomly say. And bugaboo has always meant a mistake but like with stuff like "cap" the black community might have taken it and adopted it into their own language. I have no idea and don't really care, but for purposes of things like tv and media if one person would get fired for saying it everyone should get fired for saying it. 

I went to high school in the mean streets of a poor Tulsa suburb, so I think I’ve heard them all, and I think most people knew what they meant. The only one I learned later in life was the racist term for Brazilian nuts, but I think only really old people used that one. There are also stories like this where the kids don’t know but the grown ups do and never correct it, because they are okay with it or indifferent. 

[C-Man 27,230]

9 minutes ago, 'stache said:

And seconds later said their game was “the Jiga___s vs. the Wannabes” referring to the Spike Lee movie. I’ve always been surprised people don’t remember that, I though it was way worse.