Prisco article on Drew Brees' record

He must be from Atlanta.

Pete Prisco was born on Long Island, which might be part of the reason he has that New York mentality as a reporter: right to the point. After living for a time outside of Philadelphia, where his first NFL game was the Eagles and Steelers at old Franklin Field, Prisco moved south with his family and spent his high school years in the warmth of South Florida.

It was there that he realized that he wanted to become a sportswriter, but he also happened to be on his high school football team. That means he sometimes had the audacity to actually put his own name in his story after the coach praised his play. Tells you something about him, doesn't it?

The reality that 5-foot-6 guards don't make it in college football forced him to attend Arizona State University, where working on the school paper and questioning coaches became one his favorite things to do.

Upon graduation, Prisco bounced around the country working in various capacities for several newspapers. It was while working for the Tulsa Tribune that he infuriated then-Tulsa basketball coach Nolan Richardson, which led to Richardson and his assistants mocking him during a press conference.

"Prisco, disco, cisco,'' Richardson said as he pointed at Prisco.

The fans didn't like it, either. He received threats on his phone from angry fans telling him to go back to New York.

He didn't go back to New York, but eventually found his way back to Jacksonville where he covered the University of Florida, and then the NFL. When the Jaguars came to town, he was the first beat writer covering that team at the Florida Times-Union. It was then that he built a warm and fuzzy relationship with Jaguars coach Tom Coughlin (yeah, right).

In November 2000, Prisco joined CBSSports.com as a senior writer covering Florida and the NFL. He is married to wife, Casey, and they have two cats, one named Maggie and the other Mookie after NBA player Mookie Blaylock. Mookie, though, is more like J.R. Rider -- crazy as a cat.




-----Seems he just likes to get people mad at him. And probably hates Louisiana if he covered UF.

The goal wasn't to score, the goal was to get brees the record, in primetime, on MNF. He's the best player in saints history and deserved that moment, and no one should have a problem with that.

The TD was simply a byproduct.

The people who are upset, wouldn't be, if their team and QB did exactly the same thing. Of course Falcons fans are upset over it. They were blown out on national TV, and gave up the record to Brees in the process. I'd bet they wouldn't feel the same way had the shoe been on the other foot and Matt Ryan had been breaking some record on the Saints. The hypocrisy in sports is comical that way.

The thing is, the Saints always seem to pass, even in the final minutes of games. I've actually been critical of that, how they come out throwing with 3 minutes in a game, rather than running the ball. If I remember correctly, that is part of how the Falcons got back into the first game, leading it to OT. With less than 2 minutes, the Saints threw, rather than running, and with imcomplete passes, gave the Falcons the ball back with 1:55 left. The game last night may have seemed out of reach, but at the same time, teams can score quickly. Anything can happen. You play for 60 minutes, regardless. I remember watching that Monday night game between the Dolphins and Jets when the game seemed out of reach, and back came the Jets to win. You don't stop playing in professional sports, until the game is over. I guess Payton and Brees were supposed to pull a Les Miles and start kneeling with 5 minutes left, as not to upset the Falcons?

People need to get over it if they have a problem with it. This is professional sports. They could have stopped Brees from getting the record. They didn't. That is one them! It doesn't matter if they had one more game left. I actually agree with them getting the record over with, so it doesn't hang over them going into the last game of the season, and into the playoffs.

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The goal wasn't to score, the goal was to get brees the record, in primetime,

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If the Falcons had punted on fourth instead of getting stopped, Brees would not have needed the TD, they left him 33 yards to pick up 31 no way the TD wasn't necessary. They have no one to blame but themselves.