we all know bob griese was suspended recently for his taco comment referring to nascar racer juan pablo montoya.

well, on sunday gus johnson was doing the titans game and when chris johnson broke away from everyone on an 80 yd. touchdown run he said, "hes got break away from the cops speed!!!"


why is there no backlash over this?

11/3/2009 8:34:04 PM

I NEED SOMETHING TO BE OUTRAGED BY

11/3/2009 8:36:09 PM

Gus Johnson could take a dump on my mom's face and I wouldn't find it offensive.

11/3/2009 8:36:33 PM

^^i really couldn't care less either way; i just heard packman talking about it on his radio show the other day and thought i would see the reaction around here

11/3/2009 8:37:16 PM

Chris Johnson: Black
Gus Johnson: Black

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11/3/2009 8:37:27 PM

Also

Quote :

"we all know bob griese was suspended recently for his taco comment referring to nascar racer juan pablo montoya. "

I didn't

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""hes got break away from the cops speed!!!""

What's there to be offended about? Chris Johnson is black? You sure your latent racism isn't clouding your judgment here?

[Edited on November 3, 2009 at 8:38 PM. Reason : ]

11/3/2009 8:38:13 PM

^as i said above i just heard this being discussed on the packman show and he was talking about the double standard

i couldn't care less; i just wanted to see what people thought

if you don't see anything wrong with it then you agree with me; i just wanted to see what people thought

and referring to montoya, he was talking about the nascar chase and somebody asked what happened to montoya and griese said "he was probably out eating a taco" and is now suspended

11/3/2009 8:42:41 PM

Taco comment is funny

11/3/2009 8:44:43 PM

People are allowed to make vaguely racist comments about their own race

Duh

11/3/2009 8:49:08 PM

I'll only get offended if Jessssay Jackson and Al Sharpton get involved.

11/3/2009 8:54:17 PM

^^that was what one caller on the show pretty much stated

packman didn't think it should make a diff. when you are on national tv.

[Edited on November 3, 2009 at 8:55 PM. Reason : ^]

11/3/2009 8:55:26 PM

griese was suspended? i thought he just apologized and that was it. montoya didn't even know who he was

11/3/2009 9:00:23 PM

ftr Montoya said he, too, thought the taco comment was funny

11/3/2009 9:02:55 PM

^^was suspended indefinitely if i remember correctly

11/3/2009 9:04:10 PM

neither one of these comments should have had backlash


but why gus johnson didnt get it and bob griese did???

gus johnson is black

11/3/2009 9:19:17 PM

Maybe because they're related? They have the same last name and they look alike.

11/3/2009 9:37:44 PM

i don't think it has anything to do with his skin color, he just meant the guy went to ECU

11/3/2009 10:06:51 PM

Would he have been suspended if the driver was from England and he said he was eating some fish and chips? or if he was from Germany and he said he was eating some Brats and Kraut.

11/3/2009 10:45:21 PM

just shows the reaction to the taco shit was way overblown

11/3/2009 10:48:32 PM

maybe he thought he would enjoy a taco. if you assume that he likes tacos specifically bc he is columbian, you are a racist.

11/3/2009 11:03:52 PM

I think the biggest difference is that Juan Pablo wasn't eating a taco, but Chris Johnson was running with "break away from the cops speed"

11/3/2009 11:20:11 PM

If Joe Buck said that, he'd be gone.

11/3/2009 11:23:39 PM

It seems like the current pattern is:
1) Someone makes a comment
2) A few people worry that someone, somewhere will be offended by the comment
3) Those few people push for the punishment of the person that made the comment to appease the person that has yet to be offended

Kinda reminds me of the whole NCAA indian mascot thing.

[Edited on November 4, 2009 at 8:17 AM. Reason : -]

11/4/2009 8:17:25 AM

^^i do agree with that

^and agree with that as well. usually how it goes nowadays.

11/4/2009 9:53:45 AM

to even think this is racist, you have to associate breaking away from the cops as being a "black" thing. Therefore, its racist to think what Gus said was racist.

11/4/2009 10:52:40 AM

Quote :

"Chris Johnson: Black Gus Johnson: Black [/thread]"

11/4/2009 11:03:29 AM

http://twitter.com/jpmontoya/status/5263804281

11/4/2009 4:49:43 PM