Comments on: ND Football Players Disheartened To Learn “Totally Awesome” Cheer They Developed Not Being Described as “Totally Awesome” By Some

By: AbbyAnn

AbbyAnn — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:22:55 +0000

If we are going with the Pogues then I would have to say “Fairytale of New York”. But that isnt quite scary enough to me…

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By: Sean F

Sean F — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:17:15 +0000

Flogging Molly? It has to be the Pogues’ “Sick Bed of Cuchulain”

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By: domer.mq

domer.mq — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:57:34 +0000

BJ, I don’t think he should lose his job over it or anything, but I go by a general rule of thumb for things like this, or racism, or whatever: If you throw around such terms in public, you probably do so in private. This stuff today about all of it “being unlike McMackin” is crap. Anyhow, after this weekend, I’m sure it’ll die down a lot.

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By: BJDomer

BJDomer — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:13:43 +0000

Does anyone else think this incident has stirred a bit too much controversy? Immediately after he said it, he expressed his regret at having done so. He didn’t just issue an apology after he found out people were mad about it. He felt genuine remorse. What he said wasn’t even an attack against homosexuals. It’s one thing to use a derogatory term like that to describe a particular group of people. But as applied to the ND football team, I think the term has to lose some of its sting. I hope this story doesn’t last beyond today.

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By: Nate

Nate — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:25:40 +0000

2 observations:

1. When the All-Blacks do the Haka, it’s scary because they’re actually good. Hawaii’s not horrible, and it fires them up, but I wouldn’t really consider them “scary”. If a team like Washington did the Haka, it’d be downright laughable.

2. This is a classic case of winning the battle and losing the war. I’m glad McMackin can take solace in the fact that his team won the “dance off”. Did that make the evisceration of his team’s defense through the air any easier to swallow? Smart people don’t talk s**t when they’re on the wrong end of an ass-whuppin’.

McMackin is obviously not smart people.

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By: AbbyAnn

AbbyAnn — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:48:47 +0000

I was scared when i watched the team do the Haka, when i went to see the All Blacks play. Then again I am a 5’2″ girl and I am very aware that anyone of those guys could pick me up and throw me. However I would very much like to see the ND football team do the Haka to a Flogging Molly song. I think that Drunken Lullabies or Fuck You I’m Drunk, would be best!

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By: BigE

BigE — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:16:15 +0000

Obviously ND was not scared or intimidated by dancing men.

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By: The Biscuit

The Biscuit — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:52:04 +0000

wow, mcmackin is a dipshit.

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By: san diego irish

san diego irish — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:41:23 +0000

I have to disagree. Men dancing, even big ugly men, are just not scary. There is nothing scary or intimidating about dancing men. This is goofy.

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