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re: How do guys like Michael Thomas, Antonio brown, OBJ make it through college?
Posted on 7/20/23 at 2:32 pm to AwesomeSauce
Posted on 7/20/23 at 2:32 pm to AwesomeSauce
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He was kicked out of the house and lived in a car and friends places at 16 when his mom remarried.
Bet his mom & step-dad were begging like crazy when he signed that nice extension.
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Posted on 7/20/23 at 2:34 pm to Broski
quote:yeah definitely didn't. But that was the first time in a few years that he actually did something warranting the level of criticism he received.
The airplane incident last year probably didn't help.
Sporting news has a "timeline of Odell Beckham's controversies" and almost none of it is notable outside of the post game stuff from the LSU championship game and the airplane incident.
And the postgame stuff was basically him being a really fricked up fan after his team won a title
Posted on 7/20/23 at 2:43 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
They can’t handle the money and spotlight. You’ll probably see more of it at the college level now that guys are getting paid openly.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 2:47 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Beckham went to Newman and was pretty much a model student athlete at LSU. Made THAT catch against the cowboys and his head went
Thomas isn’t the headcase self deprecating saintards think he is
Brown is nuts
Thomas isn’t the headcase self deprecating saintards think he is
Brown is nuts
Posted on 7/20/23 at 3:09 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Obj is a smart dude actually
Posted on 7/20/23 at 3:18 pm to RummelTiger
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As for their time in the NFL - AB was, I believe, thought of as a normal guy until Vontaze Burfict concussed the frick out of him on a hit, so chalking his antics up to CTE post trauma.
No, he was a headcase before that. You’re just saying that because you see it posted on message boards by other armchair quarterbacks.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 3:20 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Some people don’t know how to deal with life changing money and fame.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 3:35 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
The opportunity to make 50 million + is a powerful motivator. Already having that kind of money is a powerful distraction.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 4:20 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
I can't speak on MT or AB but met OBJ a few times in college. Was never a head case
Posted on 7/20/23 at 4:26 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
OBJ was handled amazingly by LSU. Everyone here loved him like he was a good ole boy. I had several classes with him, played basketball with him at the Rec, he seemed like a genuine dude.
Either the NFL fricked his head or LSU managed him at an elite level
Either the NFL fricked his head or LSU managed him at an elite level
Posted on 7/20/23 at 4:49 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
female tutors and teachers paid to pass them and teach them english 101
Posted on 7/20/23 at 5:02 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
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How do guys like Michael Thomas, Antonio brown, OBJ make it through college?
They don’t. They aren’t actual students.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 5:22 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
OBJ isn’t all that terrible.
Brown is on a planet of his own.
Brown is on a planet of his own.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 5:29 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
College, like classes?
Posted on 7/20/23 at 5:32 pm to RummelTiger
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As for their time in the NFL - AB was, I believe, thought of as a normal guy until Vontaze Burfict concussed the frick out of him on a hit, so chalking his antics up to CTE post trauma.
I don’t think he was ever normal. I think they hid it well and when he was a really young, unproven guy teammates probably told him to STFU
Posted on 7/20/23 at 5:33 pm to JimTiger72
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quote: AB was, I believe, thought of as a normal guy until Vontaze Burfict concussed the frick out of him on a hit, so chalking his antics up to CTE post trauma. Sadly, some people actually believe this
Definitely not the root cause of AB’s craziness but I don’t think it helped things. Dude went completely off his rocker late in his NFL career.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 5:47 pm to High C
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OBJ went to Newman and wasn’t nearly on the level of crazy that he’s shown in the NFL when he was at LSU.
Yeah, OBJ is actually a smart dude. He just started doing stupid shite in the NFL.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 6:31 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
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Michael Thomas, Antonio brown, OBJ
One of these is nothing like the others. Brown is in a class all by himself on the crazy scale. OBJ is definitely a bit throwed off and Thomas is just entitled. But by all account intelligence wise Thomas and OBJ are normal. Who knows how smart Brown is because you can't get past the crazy.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 7:22 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
Thomas did get redshirted his 2nd year at OSU. Something was going on there.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 8:29 pm to Tigertown in ATL
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They don’t. They aren’t actual students.
I can tell you for sure OBJ was in class all the time. I’m sure he had tutors, pre made tests, every advantage on earth.
But he was in class, in the library, doing group projects etc….
Same goes for Peterson, Claiborne, Honey Badger, etc…
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