Friday, January 25, 2008
Sacred religious figures and college football do not mix
ESPN has suspended one of it’s anchors for saying something rude and crude at a roast. Dana Jacobson was at a roast for ESPN Radio personalities Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic. Why these two knuckle heads were getting a roast is beyond me. I like Mike Golic, but Mike Greenberg gets on my nerves and I wish he would just go away.
Jacobson was suspended for making fun of Notre Dame’s Touchdown Jesus. Mike Golic is a former Notre Dame football player. Jacobson went to Michigan where they have a heated rivalry with Notre Dame. She is also Jewish.
This caught the attention of the Catholic League. Overreacting to every little thing is what the Catholic League does best. Bill Donahue, the blow hard in charge of the Catholic League makes sport of getting people fired that say or do anything negative concerning the Catholic church. It’s what he does.
I’m not trying to defend Dana Jacobson. I think what she did was incredibly stupid. Saying You know what else I think is stupid? To allow a religious icon that is cherished by over a billion people to be associated with the word “touchdown”. It was only a matter of time before something stupid like this happened. I’m only surprised it didn’t happen sooner.
I don’t think Bill Donahue would have had a problem if Dana Jacobson said something retarded or insulting about the Syracuse Orangeman mascot or the Maryland Turtle. That’s not to say that Jesus is the mascot for Notre Dame. I think they have a red headed boy dressed like a leprechaun. The thing is, they haven’t done anything to discourage people from referring to the mural as “Touchdown Jesus”.
Maybe they should.
The Notre Dame website even refers to the mural as Touchdown Jesus. It states that artist Millard Sheets was commissioned to create a work large enough to cover the southern face of the tower, visible from the football stadium. The artwork never made much sense to me. If Jesus isn’t signaling a touchdown, what is he doing?
I think it’s meant to look as though Jesus is signaling a touchdown, but it’s meant to be oh so subtle. Why else would they have required it to be seen from the stadium?
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This might be slightly off topic, but I’ve never been able to fully grasp why college sports are so popular.
I get why pro sports are- but it just baffles me that so many people get so hyped up about college athletics. A huge portion of those people never even went to the colleges that they root for.
And fuck Notre Dame.
In many areas, the college team is the only team the city or region has. When I lived in upstate New York people there lived and breathed Syracuse football and basketball.
In a lot of ways, college sports is more entertaining to watch. I think the the pros, the level of skill is so high at every position that the actual play can get boring.
I would rather watch college basketball then the NBA, but then I would rather watch English Premiere League football (soccer) then anything going on in the United States.
I would rather watch paint dry.
What did she say? I must know!