Fightingtowin
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I was watching the Michigan State football game with a DWF (drunk white friend) who is a crazy MSU football fan. After Blair White made a reception he says "Blair White is a nice receiver, but we need Dell, Cunningham or Martin to be our #1." They are all black of course.
When I asked why, he said because they were more athletic. When I pointed out that White had the best vertical and only one had a faster 40 he was surprised, but said White doesn't have the overall raw talent to dominate like the others. As he's saying this a black reiever catches a pass, turns around and immediatly gets tackled in the open field. My friend seriously says, "See, that's the type of raw talent I'm talking about!" I say, "are you kidding me? All he did was catch a pass and get tackled right away." He responds, "yeah, but you can just see the talent."
Almost on cue, B. White catches a pass in the flat and puts a Barry Sanders like juke move on the CB, who falls to the ground, and White rushes up field for a gain of about 30.
My friend kind of sheepishly looks at me (realizing he eating a little crow now) and jokes, "that DB must be pretty bad."
So a couple series go by without the black players doing anything special, then B. White catches another pass and does an amazing spin move, leaving the DB grasping for air, then runs another 20-30 yards. I say "that didn't take any athletic ability at all. He's clearly just a possession receiver who knows how to get open."
By this point he's kind of laughing and scratching his head, wondering how he never saw athletic ability in him before. After the game he said "you're making me re-think the whole white skilled position player."
White clearly made the two most athletic plays during the game, whereas no black player really made any type of athletic move. However, if White didn't make those two spectacular plays with me pointing them out, my friend would still be absolutely certain he was not athletic. It's mind boggling that a rabid fan like him, who saw White make many athletic plays last year (often out running black DBs) had to be spoon fed the fact that he's a top athlete. We have a long way to go.
When I asked why, he said because they were more athletic. When I pointed out that White had the best vertical and only one had a faster 40 he was surprised, but said White doesn't have the overall raw talent to dominate like the others. As he's saying this a black reiever catches a pass, turns around and immediatly gets tackled in the open field. My friend seriously says, "See, that's the type of raw talent I'm talking about!" I say, "are you kidding me? All he did was catch a pass and get tackled right away." He responds, "yeah, but you can just see the talent."
Almost on cue, B. White catches a pass in the flat and puts a Barry Sanders like juke move on the CB, who falls to the ground, and White rushes up field for a gain of about 30.
My friend kind of sheepishly looks at me (realizing he eating a little crow now) and jokes, "that DB must be pretty bad."
So a couple series go by without the black players doing anything special, then B. White catches another pass and does an amazing spin move, leaving the DB grasping for air, then runs another 20-30 yards. I say "that didn't take any athletic ability at all. He's clearly just a possession receiver who knows how to get open."
By this point he's kind of laughing and scratching his head, wondering how he never saw athletic ability in him before. After the game he said "you're making me re-think the whole white skilled position player."
White clearly made the two most athletic plays during the game, whereas no black player really made any type of athletic move. However, if White didn't make those two spectacular plays with me pointing them out, my friend would still be absolutely certain he was not athletic. It's mind boggling that a rabid fan like him, who saw White make many athletic plays last year (often out running black DBs) had to be spoon fed the fact that he's a top athlete. We have a long way to go.
