Jameis and A.J.'s mom

I heard what he was saying last night. He was rambling, for sure, but didn't think it was incoherent.

 

As I posted on the Bowl-a-Rama thread, the only upside of AJ leaving Alabama is that his spotlight-hogging mother will disappear.

 

On a board full of people who value the English language, grammar and syntax, it's easy to find it difficult listen to interviews with Winston (and many other athletes of all backgrounds).

Last night, as he exited the field, he was excited and overwhelmed and there's no question he wasn't making much sense. When asked how FSU turned things around, he said, "We had to go back to playing Florida State football. We came out here, we was - we were letting us be bigger than the game. We were bigger than the game. Then we had to say, 'Hey, let's play Florida State football,' because can't nobody be bigger than this game. And we did that, and we came out victorious."

I shut the TV off at that point because I had no idea what he was talking about.

Mrs. McCarron? I don't know her well enough to say she's a racist, and I suspect there was likely a racial component to her motivation for the tweet, but this is a nothing story. He doesn't need to say a word to respond to her. He can simply hold up his crystal football and Heisman trophy and smile.

 

I knew exactly what he was saying. FSU thought they could win on their reputation, and when they suddenly figured it out they came back and won the game.

Winston is a 20-year-old black kid from rural Alabama. The combination of his accent and the fact he talks using a lot of slang terms and y'alls don't present him as the most eloquent player out there. But he is passionate and confident, and I can respect that.

 

Oh, and I certainly expected something a bit more titillating when I clicked on this thread.

 

This thread had so much possibility based on the title. But it was not meant to be.

Dee Dee just wonders why he can't be articulate like that boy in Washington D.C.

 

In the spirit of accuracy, Winston is from Hueytown, which is a suburb of Birmingham. It's not rural by any means.

 

Was it Michael Graham who was criticized for his speaking ability immediately after Georgetown won their national championship in '84?

Pretty similar incident to this.

 

Reggie Williams.

Because he didn't speak. At all. Frozen.

 

I knew someone would point that out. No idea where Hueytown is geographically. Teh Google told me it was a town of 16,000 or so. Should have done further homework.
As a side note, I certainly am not disparaging Alabama, as nearly my entire family was born near Montgomery. And aside from my sisters, who left the state as infants, they also have very noticeable accents.

 

Can't find the interview. Couldn't remember the guy's name either, but was pretty sure it was Michael, and that he was a freshman, who never played again, which describes Graham.

This article says it was both of them: