WCS 50: Aaron Rodgers’ heel turn is over
w/: Trump’s humanity + Cam Ward’s Heisman hopes + No porn for Kamala
The New York Times could both sides herpes.
That was my thought as I caught up with a spring piece that laid out the conspiratorial ideas spread by Aaron Charles Rodgers of Chico, California. He’s back as starting quarterback for the New York Jets, who play in San Francisco on Monday night, and poised to launder his misdeeds with a playoff run in the world’s media center.
Not sure that I’ll be getting onboard with this. Dude’s too irresponsible. The psychedelics that Rodgers extols are obliged to take his mind to strange and interesting places. His superego has the job of reminding Rodgers that the fact of his having these thoughts doesn’t make them gospel.
Even before factoring in head trauma, this is a tough task for the superego of a star quarterback. Americans have cheered these men—by the thousands—since they were in their teens. Throw a little Ayahuasca in the mix and suddenly you’re thinkin’ you and the guy from Fear Factor know more than everyone else.
Rodgers ain’t all wrong. The former Cal Bear is largely on point in his corporate media critique. But his batting average with ideas is not the issue. The worst of Rodgers’ conspiracy play has been strenuously anti-vax, Newtown shooting skeptical, and accusing Jimmy Kimmel of being on the Epstein plane. Just stupid shit.
Of all that bugs me about Rodgers and his conspiracy crew, its the bad name that it’s lazy thinking gives psychedelics.
Let’s do the 10 thing!
10 Hurricane Cam was buried in Pullman
On Saturday I toggled between Washington State’s formulaic beat down of Portland State and the University of Miami’s road win over Florida. There was nothing much to learn about the Cougars’ performance because of the program size disparity.
That game down in Gator country though? It told you a lot about Washington State.
Sun-Sentinel
In a dominant road performance, last year’s QB Cam Ward looked like a Heisman candidate. He calmly read through his progressions and appeared happy to have first-class athletes to throw to.
Ward was among the most pressured and sacked quarterbacks in that conference Washington State used to belong to. What was it called again?
No one, not even ’Canes Coach and former Ducks leader Mario Cristobal could have seen such an impressive Hurricane debut, except perhaps Ward. (He was planning to enter the NFL draft.)
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