I have been a cracker since the summer of '42. Yep; that beach cottage. Sent from my HTC Inspire™ 4G on AT&T
----- Reply message ----- From: "Woody Bass" <gatorrr...@gmail.com> To: "gatortalk@googlegroups.com" <gatortalk@googlegroups.com> Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [Rivals.com]: Buckeye linebacker calls foul on race-baiting Gators Date: Wed, Jan 4, 2012 4:20 pm Doesnt it also reference someone from fla too? Woody (via iPhone) On Jan 4, 2012, at 4:11 PM, "Jerry D. Belloit" <bell...@clarion.edu> wrote: This is too funny. Obviously, the poor guy lacks education. There is nothing racial about calling someone a cracker. In Florida, the term may have originated with the Florida cattlemen who used their bull whips to “crack” near the animal’s ear to move them out of the swamp. The other origin of the word which is still used in some parts of Britain is “braggart.” Jerry From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatortalk@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve McKibben Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 2:27 PM To: GatorTalk Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [Rivals.com]: Buckeye linebacker calls foul on race-baiting Gators Please. In the context of normal interaction, there is no place for racial slurs. But this is a football game, and in the heat of battle, things are said, will be said, and always have been said that cross the line as to what is acceptable in normal human interaction. Is it nice? of course not. Did Tim tebow take part in it? Highly unlikely, but holding all players to that standard is ridiculous. If the players were still yelling any kind of insults at each other long after the game was over I think that would indicate a problem. I think this bucknut is just being a wuss. Steve McKibben <~WRD000.jpg> Tue Jan 03 01:39pm EST Buckeye linebacker calls foul on race-baiting Gators By Graham Watson (Rivals.com) http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Buckeye-linebacker-calls-foul-on-race-baiting-Ga?urn=ncaaf-wp12427 <~WRD000.jpg> Trash talking is as old as football itself. A player baiting another player with a taunt or threat is usually par for the course during any game, especially a game between rivals or with championship significance. So, it was no surprise that Monday's Gator Bowl between Florida and Ohio State — two teams that have loved Urban Meyer — had a little more vitriol than usual. What was surprising was the type of caustic comments being said. Ohio State linebacker Tyler Moeller said Florida players hurled racial slurs at him throughout the game and that that sparked some of the chippiness during the 24-17 Florida win. <~WRD000.jpg> "They're classless. That's the way I'd put it," Moeller said, according to Marcus Hartman from Buckeye Sports Bulletin. "I've never seen more people swing at our players and call us racial slurs. I've never been called a 'cracker' more in my life than I have today. So I don't really have much respect for them in terms of that but they're a good team. They came out and outplayed us today." I'll be the first to admit I've never heard a player complain about this in terms of reverse racism (which is still just racism) and really, you rarely hear about this type of thing at all on the collegiate level, though it probably exists. I'm sure there was a slew of unsavory things said on that football field, but who knew the "C-word" was still a racial slur that anyone used? I'm not trying to make light of the situation, but I thought it went out of style after comedian Chris Rock ran the slur into the ground during his HBO special in 1999. The word is probably as relevant now as some of the words used in the infamous 1975 "Saturday Night Live" skit "Racist Word Association Interview" with Chevy Chase and Richard Pryor. I do wonder what other things he and other players were called and what they might have yelled back? I'm sure there was some profanity dropped that probably drew more anger — and some colorful rebuttal — than the "C-word." Ohio State defensive back Travis Howard, who is from Miami, told Hartman that that kind of trash talk is common in the state of Florida. It's interesting that in other leagues, especially soccer leagues where there are many different ethnicities on one field, this kind of stuff is severely punished. Unfortunately, this will probably go relatively unnoticed. Moeller actually doesn't have the best luck in the state of Florida. In 2009 while vacationing with his family, Moeller was punched in a Florida bar and suffered a skull fracture and a serious brain injury. Doctors told him he'd never play football again, but he returned to the field a year later. -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007 - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
