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Just pulled this week's SI out of the mailbox

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Armchair_QB, Sep 14, 2011.

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  1. UPChip

    UPChip Well-Known Member

    I hate regional and alternate covers, normally, but I'm looking forward to seeing Justin Verlander in my mailbox tomorrow (my SI rarely gets delivered on Wednesday).
     
    UPChip, Sep 14, 2011
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  2. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    I see what you did there.

    Really hated this week's cover, and I try not to be a fuddy-duddy with such things. It's a trying-too-hard headline and the photo (Sanchez scrambling/looking downfield, defender a couple yards behind) is absolutely nothing special for an SI cover. Want to put that headline with Rob Ryan's crazy hair? That's at least a try at packaging.
     
    playthrough, Sep 14, 2011
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  3. Kato

    Kato Well-Known Member

    I hate, hate, hate, hate it. I am hardly a prude but SI simply has to be better than that, plain and simple. You can't put that on your cover. It's the magazine my 13- and 10-year-old boys read. Do they say the word, "ass"? Most likely. But I'm going to try to discourage it or at least talk to them about appropriate language. Cover of SI? Come on.

    We listen to KFAN in the car from time to time and "ass" gets used a lot. Sometimes I can live with it, and there is a time and a place. But some, like Paul Allen, uses it gratuitously all the time. Not that I enjoy listening to him much anyway, and I'm probably not his core audience but time and place, people! Sports Illustrated? Come on.
     
    Kato, Sep 14, 2011
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  4. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Not only is the headline stupid they screwed up the cover choice. Should have been Michigan-Notre Dame.
     
    Armchair_QB, Sep 14, 2011
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  5. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Eh, not sure about that. Michigan Stadium under the lights was cool, but it was merely an entertaining game with two mediocre teams. NFL Week 1 is pretty tough to argue against, though they could have done it better in any number of ways -- Chicago? Baltimore? My 1-0 Cincinnati Bengals? (heh)
     
    playthrough, Sep 14, 2011
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  6. holy bull

    holy bull Active Member

    It reminded me of a kid tattling to his parents that his brother just said "shit," simply to get away with saying "shit" in front of his parents.
     
    holy bull, Sep 14, 2011
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  7. joe

    joe Active Member

    Bravo, Kato! I also have a problem with commercials using curse words. Shit, I cuss all the time, which my daughter will probably pick up soon to her mother's horror, but come on. There is never a need to use curse words — even mild ones like "hell" and "damn" — in advertising. It shows a stunning lack of imagination and sophistication. If you can't get your message across without resorting to curse words, you're not smart enough to get my business. And, in the end, I just find it distasteful.
     
    joe, Sep 14, 2011
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  8. Bulldog Smoltz

    Bulldog Smoltz Member

    I agree 100 percent. I think it carries over to TV and movies as well. I was watching an episode of Rizzoli and Isles on TNT the other night and it seemed they forced a few curse words in for no good reason.
     
    Bulldog Smoltz, Sep 15, 2011
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  9. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Concur. It's weak and lame. And using quote (and question) heds is a bad crutch. Show some creativity.
     
    MileHigh, Sep 15, 2011
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  10. buckweaver

    buckweaver Active Member

    C'mon, SI would never do that.

    (Would they?)
     
    buckweaver, Sep 15, 2011
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  11. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    Bingo.

    First night game ever trumps Sanchez.

    Headline (if ND-UM) was on the cover should have been "HELL OF A NIGHT"
     
    Chef2, Sep 15, 2011
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  12. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    It's the first weekend of the NFL season, that's gotta be the cover. A good case could be made for picking the wrong game, unless SI got hooked up in 9/11 hoopla and felt they needed to be in the NYC area.
     
    HanSenSE, Sep 15, 2011
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