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re: Was John Heisman an epic D-bag?
Posted on 8/16/26 at 10:37 pm to BurnsideStyle
Posted on 8/16/26 at 10:37 pm to BurnsideStyle
quote:Well, in his case he was never absolved either. He severely exacerbated a famine in India into a genocide that killed upwards of 2 million people in the Bengal Famine of 1943, which more than a billion people today still hold him directly accountable for.
Churchill
And he as my 26th cousin, I can for damn sure say what I want about this family member of mine
Posted on 8/17/26 at 7:19 am to BOSCEAUX
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He is being portrayed as a gigantic a-hole.
Too much barner in him.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 7:52 am to BOSCEAUX
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I had never heard the story of Auburn greasing the tracks when G Tech was coming to play. Slid past the station by 5 miles. Had to walk back.
A classic cfb prank…. And Tech went on to lose the game, possibly from dead legs lol
Posted on 8/17/26 at 7:54 am to BOSCEAUX
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Was John Heisman an epic D-bag?
any man that would willingly lead auburn, clemson, and ga tech has the d-bag gene firmly implanted at birth.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:05 am to WG_Dawg
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any man that would willingly lead auburn, clemson, and ga tech has the d-bag gene firmly implanted at birth.
Still bitter about that first game I see.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:24 am to Demosthenian
Churchill is a hero and the only people who disparage him for the famine are people looking through hindsight lenses
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:25 am to Gifman
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Lots of great sports figures were absolute assholes. This isn’t news.
Lots of sports figures in general.
I was talking to a high school coach who played under Chip Kelley at UCLA the other day, and he almost turned bright red talking about how much a titanic a!!hole Kelley was to almost everyone all the time.
He assumed he was a sociopath that somehow found a career path that excused his insanity.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:34 am to Demosthenian
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Well, in his case he was never absolved either. He severely exacerbated a famine in India into a genocide that killed upwards of 2 million people in the Bengal Famine of 1943, which more than a billion people today still hold him directly accountable for.
He should have asked Germany and Japan to pause world war II so he could attend to India.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:44 am to BOSCEAUX
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Was John Heisman an epic D-bag?
Coached at Tech, Auburn, and Clemson.
I'd have to say yes.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:55 pm to captdalton
Stick to your bad takes on football
Posted on 8/17/26 at 1:10 pm to NC_Tigah
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Correct
Yet ESPN is the source you're continuing to parrot. It is a network which would generally prefer climbing a tree to tell a lie, than to stand on the ground and tell the truth. Here they are "reimagining" a story that was previously well researched, well documented, and fixed in history for 100+yrs.
You don't know the story, because you're happy enough to chew on the cud ESPN regurgitated for you. Under the Disney umbrella, ESPN has consistently sucked as an unverified source of information about nearly anything. As with the Heisman story, if you didn't know that before, you do now
I think you're being harsh here. ESPN may have its issues, but the SEC documentary series was a good watch.
Ken Burns' Baseball series was great, but it repeated the lies about the Black Sox from Eight Men Out and also the lies about Ty Cobb. He was wrong about those, but it doesn't take away from the series as a whole. Sometimes, stories about things from 100 years ago get embellished and improperly told. Plus to do a series like that you're pulling in things from 1000 sources, so if your source material is off then the doc will be off.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 7:36 pm to GTnerd
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I had never heard the story of Auburn greasing the tracks when G Tech was coming to play. Slid past the station by 5 miles. Had to walk back.
A classic cfb prank…. And Tech went on to lose the game, possibly from dead legs lol
Also the genesis of a long running Auburn tradition - the Wreck Tech Pajama Parade. When the two teams played annually, the Friday before the game in Auburn the students would dress up in pajamas and parade through town, ending at the old train depot for a pep rally.
This picture is from the 1956 edition.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 7:38 pm to PJinAtl
I hate it that Dodd fcked this up
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:25 pm to BOSCEAUX
Always remember things were very different 100+ years ago. What people said meaning no harm is now considered hate speech.
But yea, he does not seem like a great guy.
But yea, he does not seem like a great guy.
This post was edited on 8/17/26 at 10:26 pm
Posted on 8/17/26 at 11:15 pm to BOSCEAUX
Only time I watch ESPN is when they’re airing a game I care about. Their other content is garbage. I’m old enough to remember Sports Center being essential viewing. It’s unwatchable now. They should work on giving their main audience a reason to watch. Instead they paint a college football icon as toxically masculine. The Megan Rapinoe mindset has ruined ESPN. They can f*ck right off.
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