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The SEC is so lucky to have Wright Thompson
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:52 pm
Just watched him on SportsCenter and he is their primary writer for the World Cup. During his explanation of the Brazilian stadiums and soccer environments he made 2 SEC football references.
A GREAT writer and awesome SEC ambassador. Really nice guy in person too.
A GREAT writer and awesome SEC ambassador. Really nice guy in person too.
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Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:53 pm to TheCaterpillar
yeah he's pretty cool
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:55 pm to TheCaterpillar
Definitely one of my favorite writers
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:56 pm to ProjectP2294
who does he actually root for? Missouri?
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:57 pm to TheCaterpillar
I could listen to him talk for hours...
Posted on 5/16/14 at 12:59 pm to bbap
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who does he actually root for? Missouri?
Lives in Oxford so I always thought Ole Miss.
I went to Ole Miss and I would see him relaxing at City Grocery's upstairs bar by himself reading on random afternoons enjoying what looked like scotch.
Just an interesting and intelligent dude.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 1:00 pm to TheCaterpillar
Lost respect for him after that self serving documentary he narrated.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 1:01 pm to TheCaterpillar
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Lives in Oxford so I always thought Ole Miss.
maybe. for me it wouldnt matter where i ended up living in life, i would always root for my alma mater first.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 1:01 pm to TheCaterpillar
He's a choad, FWIW.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 1:03 pm to TheCaterpillar
Nowhere near as cool as Hunter S.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 1:06 pm to TheCaterpillar
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I went to Ole Miss and I would see him relaxing at City Grocery's upstairs bar by himself reading on random afternoons enjoying what looked like scotch.
Just an interesting and intelligent dude.
He's a desperately deliberate cliche and so is his writing style. His work is "literary" to semi-retarded sports fans, so there's that.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 1:07 pm to TheCaterpillar
Everything I know about Ole Miss I learned from Wright Thompson
Posted on 5/16/14 at 1:08 pm to bbap
quote:Also grew up in Oxford. I understand what you are saying and would imagine he has some inclinations to Mizzou but I don't think athletics and "rooting" were a factor in college choice. He went to one of the best journalism schools in the country and now he is a pretty good journalist. I would imagine he gives money to academic funds at Mizzou and not to Ole Miss. If he donates money at all.
maybe. for me it wouldnt matter where i ended up living in life, i would always root for my alma mater first.
This post was edited on 5/16/14 at 1:09 pm
Posted on 5/16/14 at 1:09 pm to wmr
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He's a desperately deliberate cliche
ahh, like your wise and witty opinions on females.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 1:11 pm to piggilicious
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ahh, like your wise and witty opinions on females.
Only if I wore a fedora and held a glass of scotch whilst giving them.
frick you, dummy.
This post was edited on 5/16/14 at 1:13 pm
Posted on 5/16/14 at 1:12 pm to wmr
frick you, ugly.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 1:12 pm to TheCaterpillar
University of Missouri product.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 1:41 pm to zou_keeper
He's got a voice that resonates, whether we're talking his literary one or his literal one, LOL.
I read his story about the favelas in Brazil and the sort've feudal justice administered by organized crime years before the World Cup stuff came out. Been a fan ever since.
He's the kind of guy that can talk to you about the finer things in life, but would be just fine with a Natural Light and some Crawfish...
He's always struck me as someone uniquely self aware. Of both where he came from and the outside world. That he's from here, chose to write, and chose sports to write about is for me a true pleasure.
Catching up with what he's done every few months is like reading emails from a friend abroad as they're keeping up with your team's recruiting class online from far away.
His Twitter feed is also excellent.
I read his story about the favelas in Brazil and the sort've feudal justice administered by organized crime years before the World Cup stuff came out. Been a fan ever since.
He's the kind of guy that can talk to you about the finer things in life, but would be just fine with a Natural Light and some Crawfish...
He's always struck me as someone uniquely self aware. Of both where he came from and the outside world. That he's from here, chose to write, and chose sports to write about is for me a true pleasure.
Catching up with what he's done every few months is like reading emails from a friend abroad as they're keeping up with your team's recruiting class online from far away.
His Twitter feed is also excellent.
Posted on 5/16/14 at 1:47 pm to GFunk
I remember a couple of weeks ago he was tweeting about cricket and said if anybody needed help understanding the rules to tweet him their number and he'd call. Apparently he called a bunch of folks because next thing you know people were tweeting about Wright Thompson calling them 
Posted on 5/16/14 at 1:51 pm to wmr
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He's a choad
IMO, he comes off as a bit douchey and cliche and times, but his actual writing of words is solid.
What is your exact issue with Thompson?
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