Jul 22nd 2008 12:25PM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: Bengals, AFC North, NFL Media Watch
Over the weekend, Bengals QB (and former USC Trojan) Carson Palmer laid into The Ohio State University and its fans to Los Angeles radio station KCAL. For a bit of what he was saying:
” I cannot stand the Buckeyes and having to live in Ohio and hear those people talk about their team, it drives me absolutely nuts. We got Keith Rivers out there and we got Frostee Rucker, we finally got a couple other ‘SC guys. It’s amazing to hear what those guys think about that university and what they think about that football program and Tressel and all the crap I got to put up with being back there.”
… and it goes on a bit.
Now, Carson is saying that he hgot caught up in the moment and was just “being a fan”:”I’m a Trojan all the way, and I was talking to a Trojan audience in California. I guess I got a little fired up, as all good fans will do. But I really do respect the Buckeyes, and I know their fans are passionate, too. I hope they all understand I’m just looking forward to a big game for my school against a very tough opponent, and that it’s all in the good fun of a rivalry. You don’t have a real rivalry unless both sides are great teams.”
C’mon, Carson … stick by your guns!
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