Wait, didn't we play this game once already?

I guess he doesn't have his 25 million reasons to be alive anymore.

bulldg4life: I guess he doesn't have his 25 million reasons to be alive anymore.

He doesn't have many reasons left. He's spent all his reasons recently, and had to beg the court to decrease he child support payments b/c he's running out of reasons, and not playing for reasons in the NFL right now.

Unless he's getting ownership stake by playing, and putting his own cash into the team, I'm sure the judge is going to monitor this situation.

Does the IFL have a Hall of Fame?

lajotu: Does the IFL have a Hall of Fame?

Yes, it's in the restroom foyer at the Country Griddle off I-40 in Abaline.

"He's a great player, a winner, and I'm a big fan," Frankel said. "I want to make the Allen Wranglers the No. 1 attraction in Collin County.

This can't be real?
It's an Onion article, right?

H31N0US: I-40 in Abaline.

Mister, you trying to get me lost?

It's really going to suck when he has to release himself in a couple of years.

So we have to put up with more TO links?
Is it too late to change my SOPA vote?

lajotu: H31N0US: I-40 in Abaline.

Mister, you trying to get me lost?

I-20. Sorry. I drove through there about 20 years ago, subsequently confused Abiline with Amarillo.

Sure it's funny and all, but it's going to end poorly for TO. It's a shame that he was never able to find and/or trust the right person to help him overcome his obvious mental issues. And I don't mean he's crazy, I just mean that he had a very difficult childhood and that he had some major trust and abandonment issues that have never been resolved and which played a large part in creating his persona.

H31N0US: lajotu: H31N0US: I-40 in Abaline.

Mister, you trying to get me lost?

I-20. Sorry. I drove through there about 20 years ago, subsequently confused Abiline with Amarillo.

First "Abaline," then "Abiline"; you're getting warmer.

TFA claims that Wyoming, Nebraska, and New Mexico are cities

*approves*

/Callie Thorne is hot
//even with that nose

Owens' agent, Drew Rosenhaus, didn't return a call seeking comment.

Either the decision is so humiliating that not even Rosenhaus can spin it or T.O. has so little money coming in that he can't be bothered. Awesome.

Maybe they could pick up Tiki Barber as well.

H31N0US: Country Griddle off I-40 in Abaline.

whew. i spent a week there one night.

WTF is the IFL? Is the Arena League defunct?

Le Bomb Suprize: Sure it's funny and all, but it's going to end poorly for TO. It's a shame that he was never able to find and/or trust the right person to help him overcome his obvious mental issues. And I don't mean he's crazy, I just mean that he had a very difficult childhood and that he had some major trust and abandonment issues that have never been resolved and which played a large part in creating his persona.

I don't fell sorry for him at all. And here's why.

Lots and lots of people had tough, messed up childhoods...very few of them ever had access to $70 million. Money doesn't buy happiness...but it makes life easier and can solve a lot of problems. Except one...

TO's biggest problem....which is that he doesn't learn. After the second or third baby momma...maybe he should have done something? Nah...it's not his fault....Maybe after the second or third time he was released becuase no one could stand him he would have learned to just shut his mouth...Nah...I'm TO baby...I need a TV show to show my greatness....

If I'm going to feel sorry for someone...It'll be for someone like JaMarcuss Russell (I'm not saying I do feel sorry, but that it would be someone like him). He got drafted #1 by a terrible team, with a terrible GM/owner who was out of touch with everything....it was just a terrible situation that was (more or less) destined to fail.

Granted, Russel's work ethic and expanding waistline didn't help...but that's not the point. He got one chance, blew it, and is now out of the league (likely forever). No second chance. Never apart of a playoff contending team...never part of a medicore team...

So no..I don't feel sorry for TO....at all.

Super Chronic: H31N0US: lajotu: H31N0US: I-40 in Abaline.

Mister, you trying to get me lost?

I-20. Sorry. I drove through there about 20 years ago, subsequently confused Abiline with Amarillo.

First "Abaline," then "Abiline"; you're getting warmer.

Misspelled twice? Sorry. I assure you I'll never be there again, whatever the spelling. We pulled in on a Sunday afternoon, went to a restaurant and they were giving a 10% discount if you had a program from church that morning. Not the Catholic church, mind you. They were specific. So we ate, paid cash so as not to expose the vowel at the end of our name, went to the hotel, woke up and headed east.

That's my A-b-i-l-e-n-e story.

H31N0US: Super Chronic: H31N0US: lajotu: H31N0US: I-40 in Abaline.

Mister, you trying to get me lost?

I-20. Sorry. I drove through there about 20 years ago, subsequently confused Abiline with Amarillo.

First "Abaline," then "Abiline"; you're getting warmer.

Misspelled twice? Sorry. I assure you I'll never be there again, whatever the spelling. We pulled in on a Sunday afternoon, went to a restaurant and they were giving a 10% discount if you had a program from church that morning. Not the Catholic church, mind you. They were specific. So we ate, paid cash so as not to expose the vowel at the end of our name, went to the hotel, woke up and headed east.

That's my A-b-i-l-e-n-e story.

I would totally run to the church, grab a stack of programs and hand them out right outside the restaurant.

Well, I would if I had time on my hands, anyway. Being in Abilene, there's a good chance of that.

To be fair, it's not like this guy has a fallback skill set like accounting or project management in IT. He's doing what he knows how to do, and he really doesn't know how to do anything else. Sure, he's been the subject of numerous threads highlighting his shenanigans in the past, but that does not bar him from trying to earn a living.

I'm sure he has far more monetary resources than I do, and while he may have wasted them in the past, none of us are getting any younger. I wish him the best in his resurgent career.

Having said that, I'll be waiting for the inevitable media feeding frenzy when he goes ballistic for not getting the ball enough after the Cowboys' first loss.

qsblues: Having said that, I'll be waiting for the inevitable media feeding frenzy when he goes ballistic for not getting the ball enough after the Cowboys' first loss.

Is "Cowboys" some kind of affectionate nickname for the Allen Wranglers?

Frankel said. "I want to make the Allen Wranglers the No. 1 attraction in Collin County.

Tricky. They'll have to move past the Allen Americans hockey team. And every high school football team in Plano, Allen, Frisco, etc. And "Amazing Jake's" at the Collin Creek mall. And being stuck in traffic on 75. Of course, none of it can really compete as top attraction with outlet mall right across US 75 from the arena where TO will be playing.

Super Chronic: qsblues: Having said that, I'll be waiting for the inevitable media feeding frenzy when he goes ballistic for not getting the ball enough after the Cowboys' first loss.

Is "Cowboys" some kind of affectionate nickname for the Allen Wranglers?

beat me to it

It's not even Dallas, it's a suburb of Dallas - which makes it even more pathetic.

/that side of the Metroplex is to be avoided at all costs

johnnyq: Tricky. They'll have to move past the Allen Americans hockey team. And every high school football team in Plano, Allen, Frisco, etc. And "Amazing Jake's" at the Collin Creek mall. And being stuck in traffic on 75. Of course, none of it can really compete as top attraction with outlet mall right across US 75 from the arena where TO will be playing.

That corner of Stacy and 75 is wicked bad. The NE, NW and SE quadrants all suck.

The SW quadrant, however, is epic cool.

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lajotu: That corner of Stacy and 75 is wicked bad. The NE, NW and SE quadrants all suck.

The SW quadrant, however, is epic cool.


Yeah, but how long will it look like that? I think the NE and SE quadrants looked kind of like that the first time I ever went up that direction.

/Has made far too many trips up to Allen with Mrs. Q.
//The splash fountain in front of Purple Cow in the NE quadrant is kinda fun.

Super Chronic: H31N0US: lajotu: H31N0US: I-40 in Abaline.

Mister, you trying to get me lost?

I-20. Sorry. I drove through there about 20 years ago, subsequently confused Abiline with Amarillo.

First "Abaline," then "Abiline"; you're getting warmer.

This one time, I went to sleep in Shreveport and woke up in Abilene, wondering why the hell I was wanted at some town halfway between.

johnnyq: Yeah, but how long will it look like that? I think the NE and SE quadrants looked kind of like that the first time I ever went up that direction.

I love how the power and telephone lines all end right there at his house. I hope he never sells.

UNC_Samurai: It's not even Dallas, it's a suburb of Dallas - which makes it even more pathetic.

/that side of the Metroplex is to be avoided at all costs

Fortunately the shiatty roads in the rest of the Metroplex make it really hard to get to any other part of the area so you shouldn't have much of a problem. That and if you survive the gang shootings and cattle stampedes and the piles of gay sex everywhere.

Poor Di
Shes gotta start defending TO again

rufus-t-firefly: Super Chronic: H31N0US: lajotu: H31N0US: I-40 in Abaline.

Mister, you trying to get me lost?

I-20. Sorry. I drove through there about 20 years ago, subsequently confused Abiline with Amarillo.

First "Abaline," then "Abiline"; you're getting warmer.

This one time, I went to sleep in Shreveport and woke up in Abilene, wondering why the hell I was wanted at some town halfway between.

I'm more of an "If I had a gun for every ace I've drawn, I could arm a town the size of Abilene" kind of guy.

Trackball: UNC_Samurai: It's not even Dallas, it's a suburb of Dallas - which makes it even more pathetic.

/that side of the Metroplex is to be avoided at all costs

Fortunately the shiatty roads in the rest of the Metroplex make it really hard to get to any other part of the area so you shouldn't have much of a problem. That and if you survive the gang shootings and cattle stampedes and the piles of gay sex everywhere.

As a life long DFW resident, I cant help but chuckle at the full spectrum of stereotypes down here you managed to fit in to a 2 sentence post.

/On the other hand if you start at I-35 in Ft.worth drive to 30 and take it to 75 in dallas, you actually will pass, in one form or another, everything you threw out there.

Trackball: UNC_Samurai: It's not even Dallas, it's a suburb of Dallas - which makes it even more pathetic.

/that side of the Metroplex is to be avoided at all costs

Fortunately the shiatty roads in the rest of the Metroplex make it really hard to get to any other part of the area so you shouldn't have much of a problem. That and if you survive the gang shootings and cattle stampedes and the piles of gay sex everywhere.

All untrue stereotyping of the DFW area. Except the gay sex, of course.

mrtoadswildride: Le Bomb Suprize: Sure it's funny and all, but it's going to end poorly for TO. It's a shame that he was never able to find and/or trust the right person to help him overcome his obvious mental issues. And I don't mean he's crazy, I just mean that he had a very difficult childhood and that he had some major trust and abandonment issues that have never been resolved and which played a large part in creating his persona.

I don't fell sorry for him at all. And here's why.

Lots and lots of people had tough, messed up childhoods...very few of them ever had access to $70 million. Money doesn't buy happiness...but it makes life easier and can solve a lot of problems. Except one...

TO's biggest problem....which is that he doesn't learn. After the second or third baby momma...maybe he should have done something? Nah...it's not his fault....Maybe after the second or third time he was released becuase no one could stand him he would have learned to just shut his mouth...Nah...I'm TO baby...I need a TV show to show my greatness....

If I'm going to feel sorry for someone...It'll be for someone like JaMarcuss Russell (I'm not saying I do feel sorry, but that it would be someone like him). He got drafted #1 by a terrible team, with a terrible GM/owner who was out of touch with everything....it was just a terrible situation that was (more or less) destined to fail.

Granted, Russel's work ethic and expanding waistline didn't help...but that's not the point. He got one chance, blew it, and is now out of the league (likely forever). No second chance. Never apart of a playoff contending team...never part of a medicore team...

So no..I don't feel sorry for TO....at all.

I think it's tragic, but I agree ... I don't feel sorry for TO. Especially considering he's perpetuating the cycle himself by not financially supporting his kids and according to his recent article in GQ he barely maintains any contact with any of his kids (and completely uninvolved with one).

In the end, he never owns up anything. His bad blowups around the league? The organization or ex-teammate or media. Being flat broke less than a year out of the NFL? Someone else's fault? Not being involved with his children? His baby mommas are to blame. The man has absolutely no accountability.

lajotu: That corner of Stacy and 75 is wicked bad. The NE, NW and SE quadrants all suck.

The SW quadrant, however, is epic cool.

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"Quadrants?" Where the fark is Dallas? Japan? SimCity?

Super Chronic: I'm more of an "If I had a gun for every ace I've drawn, I could arm a town the size of Abilene" kind of guy.

"All that I'm askin'/is for ten gold dollars..."

Have this song running through my head every time I visit a casino.

/CSB, and all that

Pontious Pilates: lajotu: That corner of Stacy and 75 is wicked bad. The NE, NW and SE quadrants all suck.

The SW quadrant, however, is epic cool.

Link (new window)

"Quadrants?" Where the fark is Dallas? Japan? SimCity?

To be fair, if you'd ever seen the intersection of Stacy and 75, you'd know that "corner" doesn't quite do it justice.

However, the real point is this:

NW Corner - 100 store outlet mall
SE Corner - Shops at Allen - large outdoor mall
NE Corner - Shops at Fairview - even larger outdoor mall
SW Corner - Empty field with a 400 square foot wooden home.

Le Bomb Suprize: Sure it's funny and all, but it's going to end poorly for TO. It's a shame that he was never able to find and/or trust the right person to help him overcome his obvious mental issues. And I don't mean he's crazy, I just mean that he had a very difficult childhood and that he had some major trust and abandonment issues that have never been resolved and which played a large part in creating his persona.

Pretty much. What happened to the post where someone (rightly) called Terrell Owens -- and Terrell Owens telling GQ he has no friends and doesn't want any friends -- clinically depressed? Fark blows my mind. Some kid kills himself and it's evil to talk shiat about him because he's a suicide, his home life sucked and he had a chemical imbalance. Terrell Owens is alive and that means his behavior is of his own creation under his own control and not a symptom of any chemical imbalance, therefore he gets no sympathy. Ponderous.