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Hey guys...I'm from that area and I've heard a story that realtes to this situation.
I don't mean to speculate (I've heard this from someone very close to the situation) and if I'm breaking any kind of rules please delete this post and don't sue me for libel or slander or whatever it is in legal terms...BUT
When Witten and his brothers were young they moved in with their grandfather....long time Elizabethton coaching great J.R. Rider...because there were issues with this sort of thing...
So they may help to explain the reason for this
it's early July and all we have is MLB. I'd say "really slow" is an understatement.first of all, it's DAVE Rider (who never played for the TWolves...). second, his MOTHER lived there as well.
and third, i can't for the life of me understand what makes this newsworthy. it's the guys mom, not him. i understand it's been on sirius' NFL show all morning as well. must be a really slow news day.
what's next, Bruce Pearl's name gets dragged through the mud because his sister's 3rd cousin sends a letter without enough postage?
I don't mean to come across as condescending, but the tenor of the title of this post is, in my opinion, inappropriate. I don't know what good it does to take glee in the fact that a former college football player's mother ran afoul of the law. Non-story, really, but that's just my opinion.
I'm not sure I'm going to be able to handle this level of class on a rival message board.This may not be popular with some of you, but, personally, I always thought of Jason Witten as a good player with good values. I had a lot of respect for what he did as a tight end. It's a shame that has happened to his family.
I'm not a Vol fan, by any means...but I recognize talent when I see it, and Witten has talent in the tight end position. That son-of-a-gun was hard to bring down.
I just noticed that we had been linked over at Tidefans and checked to see what pot shots were being taken at Witten and the Vols. Much to my amazement I found posts like this:
I'm not sure I'm going to be able to handle this level of class on a rival message board.
first of all, it's DAVE Rider (who never played for the TWolves...). second, his MOTHER lived there as well.
and third, i can't for the life of me understand what makes this newsworthy. it's the guys mom, not him. i understand it's been on sirius' NFL show all morning as well. must be a really slow news day.
what's next, Bruce Pearl's name gets dragged through the mud because his sister's 3rd cousin sends a letter without enough postage?