Funny ESPN Page2 Aritcle...

[SoonerStud615]

about coaches and text messaging...

Bill Callahan: "Bet U haven't gotten a txt msg from Oklahoma yet, huh? Those rednecks don't know how 2 txt! LOL.":rolleyes:

[Flagstaffsooner]

There's some funny stuff there.

What are they texting about?

By DJ Gallo
Special to Page 2

Indiana men's basketball coach Kelvin Sampson was punished by the NCAA last week for placing -- along with his staff -- 577 impermissible cell phone calls to recruits while at Oklahoma. Because of that, Sampson is not allowed to make off-campus visits or call recruits for an entire year.


http://espn.go.com/i/page2/photos/060601/textmessaging_ap_195.jpgThe newest weapon in a coach's recruiting arsenal.But that doesn't mean Sampson is prohibited from contacting recruits. Thanks to a loophole in the NCAA's recruiting guidelines, coaches can text message (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2461072) prospects as much as they want.


Now, the days when I was being heavily recruited by every major college program for sports ranging from basketball and football to water polo and lacrosse came just before text messaging really took off. So I have no firsthand knowledge of what it might be like to receive a text message from Mike Krzyzewski or Joe Paterno.


I can only imagine …


Mike Krzyzewski: "[profanity deleted] [profanity deleted] [profanity deleted] [profanity deleted] i want u armed with not just a jump shot or a dribble. [profanity deleted] [profanity deleted] [profanity deleted] i want u armed 4 [profanity deleted] life."


Sidney Lowe: "if unc and duke don't want u, u should consider nc state. Please?"



Bruce Weber: "I prefer txting 2 talking on the phone. This way recruits don't have to get creeped out by my weird voice. LOL."


Bruce Pearl: "Do me a favor and save all of your txt msgs from Illinois in case I can use them somehow to get Illinois suspended by the NCAA for recruiting violations."


http://sports.espn.go.com/photo/2006/0601/pg2_a_roy_195.jpg"Yes! Another one's followin' me to Carolina!"Roy Williams: "i hear u have verbally committed to Kansas?! I hope that's not true. Just go back on your word and tell them ur leaving for UNC … just like me! ROTFL"


Thad Matta: "U will be a great replacement for Greg Oden when he leaves after his freshman year."


Rick Pitino: "Larry Bird isn't going to walk through my door. Kevin McHale is not walking through my door and Robert Parish is not walking through my door. U R walking through my door! Please come to Louisville!"


Steve Alford: "U might B 2 young 2 remember this, but I actually used 2 B a very highly-regarded young coaching prospect. No, really!"


Jay Wright: "I just caught a reflection of myself in my cell phone screen and -- damn! -- I'm looking handsome 2day."


Larry Eustachy: "Do U like 2 party?!"


Jim Calhoun: "I see U on tape and U look like just the kind of player I'd love to scream at and cuss out for even the littlest things. And then in 2 or 3 yrs you'll grow to hate me so much you'll jump to the NBA. So come to UConn and fulfill your NBA dream!"


Bobby Knight: "i hate these [profanity deleted] cell phones. [profanity deleted] roaming charges. And [profanity deleted] txt msging, too. I'm not doing this [profanity deleted]. Come 2 texas tech or don't. I don't give a [profanity deleted]."


And, of course, football coaches text message recruits just as much as their basketball brethren:


Charlie Weis: "I really like cake. do u like cake?"



Bobby Bowden: "Don't worry bout that arrest. You'll always be welcome at FSU. We know it wasn't your fault -- at least, assuming you can still run a 4.3 40, that is."


Larry Coker: "The 7th Flo' Crew has a space for u! Come to Miami and get muddied by the whole dang crew!"


http://sports.espn.go.com/photo/2006/0601/pg2_a_spurrier_275.jpgTexting is a great way for Spurrier to keep up with people on the golf course.Steve Spurrier: "OMG -- you should see this 5 iron I just hit. Totally nutted it. I could really help yer swing if u come here."


Jeff Tedford: "I can make u in2 an nfl qb! A terrible nfl qb, but that's better than not making it at all, right?"


Jim Tressel: "U R the playmaker we need at Ohio St! Someone with your skills I would definitely get the ball to 3 or 4 Xs a game!"


Lloyd Carr: "Did u know that Tom Brady played at Michigan? Of course, it took Charlie Weis to make him great, but … how do you clear txt on these things? Please txt me back and let me know. Oh, and please don't go 2 Notre Dame."


Ralph Friedgen: "It's hard for me 2 txt msg. My sausage fingers hit 2 or 3 buttons at a time."


Chuck Amato: "I coached Mario Williams -- the #1 overall pick in the nfl draft! Sure, the Texans were morons 2 pick him and he's nowhere near as good as R. Bush, but I still coached him! Just think -- U could b the next ill-advised #1 pick!"


George O'Leary: "I am the right coach 4U. Not only have I won 15 Super Bowls and 25 ncaa titles, but I was a 2-term president and also cured polio in the minutes after I became the 1st man 2 walk on the moon. C. Fla is the best program in the country. I wouldn't have willingly left Notre Dame 4 here if it wasn't!"


Bill Callahan: "Bet U haven't gotten a txt msg from Oklahoma yet, huh? Those rednecks don't know how 2 txt! LOL."


Joe Paterno: "What the heck is a text message?"


DJ Gallo is a regular contributor to ESPN The Magazine as well as the founder and sole writer of the award-winning sports satire site SportsPickle.com. He also contributes headlines to The Onion.

[Collier11]

Pretty accurate, ha!

[Octavian]

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/4771/nebraskainfominister10gm4td.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Flagstaffsooner]

Bobby Bowden: "Don't worry bout that arrest. You'll always be welcome at FSU. We know it wasn't your fault -- at least, assuming you can still run a 4.3 40, that is."

I love this one.

[OKC-SLC]

very nice stuff. eustachy and tressel were good, too.

[Seamus]

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/4771/nebraskainfominister10gm4td.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Launching positive spek Scud storm ... :D

[Big Red Ron]

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/4771/nebraskainfominister10gm4td.jpg (http://http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/4771/nebraskainfominister10gm4td.jpg)Funniest thing round here in a while.