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04-12-2011, 12:18 AM
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| | Wagon Wheel
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| Kenbrell Thompkins must be a soldja
reminds me of a TE from miami: i was all happy for him that he was being a leader even tho sitting out a year... til i read his quote from the end of the article Kenbrell Thompkins up to challenge of replacing Armon Binns | Cincinnati.com | cincinnati.com
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04-12-2011, 12:05 PM
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| | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by JTrainDavis  Meh, its just part of the language, and its been used for a long time, in describing football. Nothing meant by it, imo the feigned outrage is pretty stale.
Just my $.02
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Nearly every football player has used similar language. I don't think they're trying to take anything away from real soldiers. | 
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04-12-2011, 01:26 PM
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| | Harding Vol
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Originally Posted by StoVol | There's nothing wrong with his quote at all. | |
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04-12-2011, 02:21 PM
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| | Valid Victorian
| If you have a problem with one sentence relating football to war, how do you feel about the "Rommel" diatribe?
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04-12-2011, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by VolinArizona If you have a problem with one sentence relating football to war, how do you feel about the "Rommel" diatribe?
Posted via VolNation Mobile | Kembrell Thompkins didn't go to Tennessee, duh. | |
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04-12-2011, 11:53 PM
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| | @insidetweeter
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Originally Posted by IPorange I love threads like this, where it goes completely in the opposite direction that the OP intended. | The Rex Effect
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04-12-2011, 11:57 PM
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Originally Posted by IPorange I love threads like this, where it goes completely in the opposite direction that the OP intended. | You're not going to war about the outrage about Thompkins going to war? | |
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04-13-2011, 12:16 AM
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| | Chief Slapahoe
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Originally Posted by IPorange I love threads like this, where it goes completely in the opposite direction that the OP intended. | Yep, and eventually watching the OP dissapear, never to be seen again in the thread. | |
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