Herschel Walker NFL Talk Doesn't Even Get Strikeforce in the Story
by Nate Wilcox on Jan 25, 2011 6:29 PM EST
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PrintHerschel Walker brings one huge asset to Strikeforce -- his ability to garner mainstream media attention. He hit a rich vein today by hinting he wanted to come back to the NFL:
Herschel Walker says he's thinking about making a football comeback. At age 48. After not playing for 13 years.
"I want to be the George Foreman of football," Walker said during a conference call promoting a Mixed Martial Arts event in which he'll participate.
Notice anything missing from that quote? Unfortunately for Herschel and Strikeforce the name of the promotion isn't even notable enough for the Sporting News to report.
[UPDATE] - Of course that's better than what the Dallas Morning News reported: (HT: BE reader nottheface)
"I've told everyone that at 50 I might try football again to show people I can do that," Walker said on Monday during a conference call to promote his upcoming UFC fight. "I want to be the George Foreman of football, come back and do that one more time."
Of course other major sports outlets that have dedicated MMA writers covered the event properly and named Strikeforce, most notably ESPNand SI. (HT BE reader Fitefan)
But it's more revealing that the non-MMA writers don't know UFC from MMA.
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hiring walker is marketing genius
not strikeforce’s fault that these reporters don’t do their jobs
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by nostraboris on Jan 25, 2011 8:38 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Herschel Walker is looking out for Herschel Walker
Everything he’s doing is a test for himself. Thus the money going to charity. His motivation is to be the best so what promotion he’s in probably never crossed his mind.
They made a video game about Yakuzas. It’s called Yakuza. And it’s about Yakuza
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I don't understand all the hate for Herschel.
He brings in viewers, and is competing at a high level in yet another professional sport at his age. I have nothing but respect for him.
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I don't hate Herschel.
But…
competing at a high level
Being in Strikeforce does not mean you are at a high level.
It could be worse. They could've ESPN'd that article.
Texas A&M got beat so bad in the Cotton Bowl there was a 21 gun salute at the end of the 4th quarter.
by DayGeaux on Jan 25, 2011 4:59 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
i still don’t get how it could be ufc ppv AND showtime overal still fail
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As bad as the UFC error is,
I think it’s more that Showtime does provide PPV content. Same as when you see HBO/PPV for boxing matches. But I could be wrong and ESPN just doesn’t give a fuck.
by black dragon on Jan 28, 2011 8:55 AM EST up reply actions
this should serve as a reminder
that the average schmuck has no idea what Strikeforce is. Throwing the name out is far less expository than just saying “mixed martial arts.”
We should just count our blessings they didn’t call it “cagefighting” or “death matching.”
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by judonerd on Jan 25, 2011 5:00 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Mixed martial arts gets a lot of blank stares too. I’m gonna be so happy when I can stop saying “…you know, like the UFC.”
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Yeah. You always hope you won’t have to go there, but you always end up doing it anyway.
by Horselover Fat on Jan 25, 2011 5:38 PM EST up reply actions
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by inadvertentgroinstrike on Jan 25, 2011 6:14 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I always thought it was
StrikeBox
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by Chris Barton on Jan 25, 2011 6:39 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Mixed martial arts is a silly name anyway.
Try calling it ‘cage fighting’ and you won’t have that problem any more.
Don't know why "cage fighting" is so maligned.
I mean, the two biggest organizations in North America use cages. Can’t really fault anyone for saying that. MMA is one of those words/abbreviations that fans get used to because they’re fans and not because it’s the best name someone could come up with.
by black dragon on Jan 28, 2011 8:58 AM EST up reply actions
That’s better than what the Dalls Morning News gave them:
“I’ve told everyone that at 50 I might try football again to show people I can do that,” Walker said on Monday during a conference call to promote his upcoming UFC fight. “I want to be the George Foreman of football, come back and do that one more time.”
Ouch.
I realize, it’s just one newspaper. But still, that’s got to hurt.
by Lauren J Darkbloom on Jan 25, 2011 5:31 PM EST up reply actions
Where is that story?
Couldn’t find it on their site.
He was on the front page of philly.com today with a shot of him fighting.
This one mentions Strikeforce briefly:
It's a bit of a mess too
“If I continue to stay in the shape I’m in now, I know I can play when I’m 50,” Walker insisted yesterday during a teleconference to promote his Saturday bout with 27-year-old Scott Carson in a Strikeforce event in San Jose, Calif.
Scott Carson is 40 not 27. The fact that Walker is fighting someone close to his own age doesn’t perpetuate the story line that he is fighting guys 20 years his junior. I guess a 48 year old fighting a 40 year old doesn’t really fit in with the big story of him saying he could still play in the NFL at his age.
I think he is buying into his own hype. He is forgetting the point tho… he is good for a guy in his 40’s. Emphasis on “in his 40’s”. He thinks he is just a good ahtlete in general, but that time has passed.
They need to play him the footage of his strikeforce fight where he used frankenstein’s footwork.
Herschel Walker is a good athlete
There is no need to put for his age at the end there. On soup and salad this man looks like Ronnie Coleman, and he’s around fifty.
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by rockied on Jan 25, 2011 5:33 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Are you talking about the fight where a nearly 50-year-old man showed better cardio than 99% of heavyweights in his debut?
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by Anthony Pace on Jan 25, 2011 6:04 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
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Texas A&M got beat so bad in the Cotton Bowl there was a 21 gun salute at the end of the 4th quarter.
by DayGeaux on Jan 25, 2011 6:07 PM EST up reply actions 8 recs
I remember talking to a co-worker about this fight...
…I had to explain to him that most fighters don’t stop to catch their breath like that.
by black dragon on Jan 28, 2011 9:01 AM EST up reply actions
Sport Illistrated
Put Strikeforce in the head line.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/jeff_wagenheim/01/25/herschel.walker/index.html
ESPN
Didn’t put it in the headline but did put it in the body of the story.
http://espn.go.com/extra/mma/blog/_/name/mma/id/6055029/herschel-eyes-nfl-return
I also noticed...
that here in NYC, Rex Ryan’s flipping off of the fans at Strikeforce Miami gets the same treatment- no mention of Strikeforce, just “MMA event.”
by John Danaher's Hair on Jan 25, 2011 5:14 PM EST reply actions
Hahahahahaha
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by Derek Suboticki on Jan 25, 2011 5:16 PM EST reply actions
Fitefan,
You just linked to ESPN and Sports Illustrated’s MMA blogs – of course they will mention Strikeforce by name, ha. That is significantly different than ESPN and/or Sports Illustrated actually mentioning SF by name.
KNBR here in the Bay Area
Has mentioned Strikeforce every time they mention Walker. Then again, it’s in Strikeforce’s backyard.
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by Ryan Tical on Jan 25, 2011 5:23 PM EST via mobile reply actions
He has to save the World first.
Then let him run for president
They made a video game about Yakuzas. It’s called Yakuza. And it’s about Yakuza
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Fuck that.
I’m hiring John Cussack and a black limosuine.
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by Ryan Tical on Jan 25, 2011 5:38 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Kornheiser on ATH just did the same thing
Said Herschel expressed interest in an NFL return “at an MMA conference call”, then completely focused on the ridiculous notion of Herschel Walker dying on an NFL field in 2011.
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by Derek Suboticki on Jan 25, 2011 5:36 PM EST reply actions
Sadly I have it dvred but dont know how to get it from tv to pc unless I use a cell phone camera recording.
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by Tokyo Sandblaster on Jan 25, 2011 6:14 PM EST up reply actions
The top local sports station here in Dallas did a segment on Walker wanting to come back and didn’t even mention his MMA career much less mention Strikeforce.
by troutki on Jan 25, 2011 5:39 PM EST via mobile reply actions
The man is a beast
If he thinks he can do it, why not let him have a shot. He’s in peak physical condition and I’ll bet could definitely still roll for at least a season in the National Football League. I’d be very curious to see what team if any would be interested in him…
On a separate note, I’m looking forward to seeing him this weekend. He’s a real class act.
I'd rather he stay in Strikeforce.
He was lucky to get out of pro football with his original knees intact. He should stay away, except in his memories.
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It’s weird how these things happen. A few months before this fight was supposed to happen, he was on WFAN in NY and he talked a lot about Strikeforce in particular, as well as his claims about running those ridiculous 40 times, but it didn’t get picked up at all.
Now he says he wants to play football and it gets picked up, but the SF part gets dropped.
George Blanda played at 48 but he was a quarterback and then later on a kicker.
I have trouble seeing Herschel becoming a successful running back(again), but if anyone can do it at 48, it is him.
Absolutely impossible
The kind of quick twitch muscles you need to be an elite running back can’t just be maintained in gym. He’s a strong guy and in fantastic shape, but its just physically impossible that he still has the burst to be any kind of RB in the NFL. When those guys fall off a cliff, it happens fast and never comes undone.
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by Dave Strummer on Jan 25, 2011 7:36 PM EST up reply actions
so right
gaahhhhh, why where the Jets fucking using LT and Tony Richardson (FB) at the end of the game when they have two 24yo monster-beastmode-crushers in Shonn Greene and John Conner (FB). soooooooooo stupid, letting the fucking Steelers win.
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by eastcoastatlas on Jan 25, 2011 11:34 PM EST up reply actions
IM sorry but...
I find this to be hilarious… Maybe next time he is interviewed they should make him say strikeforce every few words just so they dont get left out.
I think this says more about Sports Writers than anything
UFC is Boxing with kicks. Makes perfect sense. And you can choke people.
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Not a chance I'n the world
He plays football at that level again. Brett Favre is a qb he didn’t and doesn’t take hits that a rb would take and I don’t believe Walker could take those hits at his age. I understand mma you get hit, but in the NFL they say a good tackle can sometimes resemble getting into a small car wreck. His body could not take that punishment I’n practice and at game time. Even if he was used on certain formations fir certain plays would a team be willing to give up a roster spot for a 50 yo man? He might be a physical phenom but there is still a difference between him and a 25-30 yo man. Even if a dr said he has the body and cardio of one, it’s still far different from being one.
by Bloodsport on Jan 25, 2011 6:22 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Why does the iPhone correct stupid crap. In they keep treating like I’m.
by Bloodsport on Jan 25, 2011 6:23 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Innovative!
Funny that it would change the work “in” to “I’m” but it wouldn’t fix your use of “fir” instead of “for”……functional AND stylish!
does iphone let you download keyboard replacemen’t apps? if not, thats super lame. get a droid and get swype, ultrakeyboard, slideit, or swiftkey. iphones suck.
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by eastcoastatlas on Jan 25, 2011 11:36 PM EST up reply actions
Hey Nate off topic I apologize just got an email alert from MediaBistro most likely having to do with the Comcast NBC deal
“NBC is letting John Miller do what he does best: create an agency within the Peacock. Miller, who ran the NBC Agency from 1999-2010 will develop the NBC Sports Agency as the network looks to ramp up its sports broadcasting game… "
by Papercut Elbow on Jan 25, 2011 6:33 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Jim Rome talked about this on his show.
They showed some footage of Walker at AKA traininbg his Jits, but no mention of SF or any fight footage.
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He wasn’t that stellar an NFL back his first go ’round. No chance
by disinferno06 on Jan 25, 2011 6:40 PM EST via mobile reply actions
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What?
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by Chris Barton on Jan 25, 2011 6:43 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
What?
He’s top-10 all-time for all-purpose yards, and that’s despite the fact that Donald Trump wrote him a fat check to not spend 3 years of his prime in the NFL.
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by Anthony Pace on Jan 25, 2011 9:23 PM EST up reply actions
yeah that's crazy
Not the bit about him having no chance. That’s true. Old people can’t be NFL running backs. But Herschel was one of the best in the business…and I’m a lifelong Redskins fan.
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by Dave Strummer on Jan 26, 2011 10:31 AM EST up reply actions
I’m a lifelong Redskins fan
I’m sorry.
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by Chris Barton on Jan 26, 2011 2:24 PM EST up reply actions
Just a question.
If the UFC felt like it, can they sue? I mean they went through hell and back trying to brand themselves as what they are today, but they don’t want any association to competition like this. So if they wanted to, can they sue ESPN?
Eh, even if they could
That would be counterproductive to the big picture. That’s not an enemy the UFC wants.
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I don't see why they would
They’re getting free press time, Strikeforce was never mentioned, and Dana solidifies his marketing plan of making UFC synonymous with MMA.
Who's the only one here who knows illegal ninja moves from the government?
More than anything, I think this would actually make the UFC brass happy. They WANT the UFC name to be synonymous with MMA and that is exactly what we have.
Imagine how happy they will be next month when ESPN is showing a KO on plays of the day from the UFC HW Gran Prix
Root for the home team jack ass
just as happy as the 20 more times this year that a UFC clip will be shown.
People need to stop getting all riled up at every little connection between mma and the mainstream sports world, it happens all the time, it’s not a big deal any more.
Not riled up
I find it funny that folks can’t grasp that UFC is a orginazation that promotes MMA. Imagine saying here is Oregon and Auburn playing NFL for the national championship.
Root for the home team jack ass
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This was said in sarcasm, obviously, but I imagine a lot of people feel this way.
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The Minnesota Vikings just offered Strikeforce three draft picks for him.
by Jonathan Snowden on Jan 25, 2011 7:20 PM EST via mobile reply actions
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by The Omaplatapus on Jan 25, 2011 7:27 PM EST up reply actions
If anyone it would be the Deadskins
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by eastcoastatlas on Jan 25, 2011 11:38 PM EST up reply actions
If Strikeforce could finagle their way into the NFL draft they'd have a great heavyweight division
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yea this sport isnt mainstream yet....
and the mainstream sports media is really really dumb/old
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and its not like the dallas morning news is very good at promoting mma......
http://cowboysblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/08/chuck-liddell-offers-cowboys-s.html
…….. yea that headline calls chuck liddell a “trained professional killer”
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You mean a mainstream article makes mistakes? You don't say
Happens all the time for a small niche sport.
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by S.C. Michaelson on Jan 25, 2011 8:20 PM EST reply actions
>implying people are suprised
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