Desmond Howard is an ignorant moron

Aug 24, 2016
11:16:03pm

YIsForBrigham All-American

Interesting choice of words by ESPN's Desmond Howard referring to #BYU players serving missions as a "hustle" pic.twitter.com/qRRdLrADOQ
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) August 25, 2016

https://twitter.com/Mitch_Harper/status/768674276551503873

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Desmond Howard is an ignorant moron

YIsForBrigham All-American

8/24/16 11:16pm

But once again Paul Finebaum is the smartest guy in the conversation

YIsForBrigham

8/24/16 11:17pm

He almost seemed disgusted at desmond.

District

8/25/16 1:19am

It's because he's one of the few (very few) real professionals in sports media

YIsForBrigham

8/25/16 1:28am

So does the woman.

Revolution

8/25/16 7:37am

David Pollack was perplexed by Desmond as well.

Gerald-DeGroot

8/25/16 7:22am

For the 1st time*

RedlandsCoug

8/25/16 7:34am

Thanks for posting. I was listening to that and shaking my head. If it truly is a "hustle" I'm sure Harbaugh will be all

Bubba Gravity

8/24/16 11:22pm

And Saban would have incorporated it into the process years ago

YIsForBrigham

8/24/16 11:25pm

If it was a real hustle Harbaugh would have had Taysom back at Stanford playing

BYUFam1

8/25/16 7:00am

Yep, ignorant sums him up.

cougarnerd

8/24/16 11:30pm

"Sometimes maybe 20." That's a great line right there.

shimmy

8/24/16 11:31pm

The teams that rarely play 20 year olds

BYU '80

8/24/16 11:39pm

and somehow guys going to all the other schools are getting there at 17

Y05

8/25/16 5:21am

And even if they were 17...add 4 years that is still 21. "Maybe 20". what a joke

Galileo5

8/25/16 9:15am

Go on missions earlier? What an idiot, does he want them to skip high school?

IceCreamButt

8/24/16 11:40pm

Is this the next thing Houston and others are throwing out there

BYU '80

8/24/16 11:41pm

RE: Desmond Howard is an ignorant moron

devcougar

8/24/16 11:47pm

Most of them know it is idiotic but they say it anyways as a way to undercut BYUs success - ala

YIsForBrigham

8/24/16 11:57pm

Whit really played the mission/age card?

Y05

8/25/16 5:45am

You can add a couple more things

Zenoch

8/25/16 12:03am

Yep. Good comments. Howard is likable but clueless on this issue

cajuncoug

8/25/16 4:14am

and follow players their first year back to see how out of shape they are

Y05

8/25/16 5:48am

Good suggestions. He could also just read this 1985 SI article

NewMexiCoug

8/25/16 6:32am

Amd some get hit by cars. Twice.

cougaman

8/25/16 8:06am

Just trying to position himself for when Mark May is finally gone

Gustav

8/24/16 11:59pm

Taysom was gone during two of BYUs worst years for QB play. We could've used him

dYrtbYkerYder

8/25/16 12:14am

Sidenote: David Pollack gets my respect. That guy seems to always come at things

FierceArc

8/25/16 1:29am

He also does his homework

YIsForBrigham

8/25/16 1:36am

Can't go sooner on missions because they're still in high school dummy!!

blucosmos

8/25/16 2:05am

Hard to say something new here, but....

cajuncoug

8/25/16 4:06am

I hate so much when people compare our super-seniors to true freshman. So

RugbyCoug

8/25/16 4:26am

Why don't people like him get fired for saying bigoted things like that?!

Circaman12

8/25/16 4:43am

Guys, remember this is the man who picked UCLA to win it all last year

pistol12

8/25/16 4:49am

with a true freshman QB, so does that mean younger is better?

Y05

8/25/16 5:51am

The absolutely best response is to point out that many, many other schools have

Ty10s_WinGames

8/25/16 5:05am

He's an idiot. BYU players are only 1 to 2 years older

Big Time 55

8/25/16 6:14am

RE: He's an idiot. BYU players are only 1 to 2 years older

devcougar

8/25/16 5:30pm

Like it has been said before, if it works, why isn't anyone else doing it?

MajorZeus

8/25/16 6:22am

LOL-honestly how many players are 17 and are they 17 for 4 years of their life

monsterdave

8/25/16 6:30am

this is one of these dumb shows where it has to have controversy

Avery

8/25/16 6:53am

Yup. This is why sports radio and tv and generally so lame.

Y'zFan

8/25/16 7:31am

Agreed

deliciousmocha

8/25/16 10:12am

Exactly my first thought

deliciousmocha

8/25/16 10:08am

Desmond has been pretty kind to BYU in the past... I'd go easy on him. These

Yakov

8/25/16 7:08am

He said he thinks it's been a "hustle" for a long time...

Gerald-DeGroot

8/25/16 7:26am

What a freaking tool....

MoMoney88

8/25/16 8:19am

If it's such an advantage, why aren't teams sending kids to the military for a

DoidoCougar

8/25/16 8:34am

RE: Desmond Howard is an ignorant moron

Cookiecoug

8/25/16 10:11am

Not arrogant, just ignorant.

SoValleyCOUG

8/25/16 10:28am

RE: Desmond Howard is an ignorant moron

Raider88

8/25/16 10:47am

dont think so

Y05

8/25/16 10:57am

i think Riley rule only applies if you enrolled before mission

Y05

8/25/16 10:59am

RE: i think Riley rule only applies if you enrolled before mission

Raider88

8/25/16 11:05am

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