O.J. Simpson can suck my dick, but that doesn't mean he wasn't a good running back
I'm sure you've all heard by now that FOX has (thankfully) decided to pull the ridiculously titled "If I did it" TV special and book about O.J. Whatever. That was going to be a cash cow, because, well... everyone loves a good tranwreck. O.J.'s appeal, in my opinion, was based on the fact that he was the ultimate "Uncle Tom" for the NFL, broke the Unintentional Comedy Scale in the Naked Gun movies, and then seemingly out of nowhere killed his (white) wife and her lover. The dude made Bryant Gumble seem like the long lost 5th member of NWA, and now he's killing people?? It was insane.
But before that, the dude was a really really amazing running back.... and that brings me to me biggest problem with O.J.'s recent publicity. It has brought up the idea of taking his name down from the Ring of Honour at Ralph Wilson Stadium, home of the Buffalo Bills. Now, yes... I will admit that what he (probably) did, but was never convicted for in criminal court (although he lost the civil suit) was horrible, but that doesn't mean he wasn't an incredible football player! He was the first player ever to rush for 2,000 yards in a season, and that was when a season was only 14 games! Only like 3 other guys have run for more than 2,000 yards, and they've all done it since the schedule was expanded to 16 games. This is about equivalent to Babe Ruth's 60 homeruns in 154 games being eclipsed by other 60+ homerun hitters in a 162 game schedule... but nobody seems to bring that up anymore.
Yes, the dude should probably be rotting in a prison cell, but he's not. Thank the American court system for that one, but it still doesn't mean he didn't do some mindblowing things on the football field.
Random O.J. Fact: Obviously, his nickname was The Juice (not creative, but still pretty decent). But what kills me (poor choice of words) is that his Offensive Line on the Bills used to be called The Electric Company... Why? Because they turned on The Juice! Get it? Get it??
But before that, the dude was a really really amazing running back.... and that brings me to me biggest problem with O.J.'s recent publicity. It has brought up the idea of taking his name down from the Ring of Honour at Ralph Wilson Stadium, home of the Buffalo Bills. Now, yes... I will admit that what he (probably) did, but was never convicted for in criminal court (although he lost the civil suit) was horrible, but that doesn't mean he wasn't an incredible football player! He was the first player ever to rush for 2,000 yards in a season, and that was when a season was only 14 games! Only like 3 other guys have run for more than 2,000 yards, and they've all done it since the schedule was expanded to 16 games. This is about equivalent to Babe Ruth's 60 homeruns in 154 games being eclipsed by other 60+ homerun hitters in a 162 game schedule... but nobody seems to bring that up anymore.
Yes, the dude should probably be rotting in a prison cell, but he's not. Thank the American court system for that one, but it still doesn't mean he didn't do some mindblowing things on the football field.
Random O.J. Fact: Obviously, his nickname was The Juice (not creative, but still pretty decent). But what kills me (poor choice of words) is that his Offensive Line on the Bills used to be called The Electric Company... Why? Because they turned on The Juice! Get it? Get it??
posted by Iain @ 9:51 AM
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