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Plenty of discussion yesterday on Michael Vick's apology following his guilty plea for that whole dogfighting business. Frankly, we were a little taken aback by Vick's press conference; as SI.com put it, it was "among the most apologetic remarks ever heard by a professional athlete." We had been expecting some sort of talking out of the side of Vick's mouth. But that's not what happened. He took full responsibility, blaming only himself. It is perhaps a level of fans' cynicism that we were all so surprised.
Fortunately, we cynics did get a reward; Vick started talking about Jesus. We don't remember Jesus coming up that often when he was bringing weed on planes — ahem — and electrocuting dogs, but apparently that was when there was just one set of footprints in the sand. We want to give Vick the benefit of the doubt and believe this transformation, but it's not really our decision anyway. Vick's going to have a lot of time to figure out what's real and what isn't. Football is the least of his concerns, and, frankly, since we weren't gonna draft Joey Harrington anyway, it's the least of ours.
Michael Vick ... Born Again? [Ballers, Gamers And Scoundrels]
Michael Vick Q&A [SI.com]
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Zach Johnson thinks Vick has been talking to the wrong Jesus.
Jesus does not allow us to comment negatively about Michael Vick.
Vick is a con artist who does not believe he was wrong. He's sorry that he got caught. He and his ilk (thug athletes who think they're above the law) are garbage.
Zach Johnson is ready to give Vick a hug.
@Unsilent Majority: ....sorry. Damn slow computer.....
The real question is, How into Michael Vick is God?
I like to think of Jesus as a ninja.
Didn't see the video til last night, but dude seemed authentic.
Does Jesus love my neighbor, Nushuktan Tulyiagby?
He must go to the church of Thomas Weeks:
[www.ajc.com]
Keep me out of this shit.
--Jesus
I wish I could wager on him discovering Islam while serving his sentence. Maybe he'll change his name to...
(lobbing softball out to the masses)
I hope Michael Vick finds a way to make a shank out of a toothbrush in the slammer as quickly as he found Jesus.
Didn't Jesus tell a parable about dog fighting?
If Ookie was trying to keep from getting pounded in the ass in prison, he should have hooked up with the Muslims. At the very least, he would have learned to play chess.
LIES! Everybody knows Jesus is a 'Skins fan.
I, for one, get tired of athletes/celebrities following an apology with "I have found God." It may have worked for the first few to do it, but now it always sounds like a heavy handed play with nothing behind it. Vick didn't find God; he got caught. There is a difference.
@tentimesodds: You voted against 2/1/2007, didn't you!?!?!
Nice to see we have a mind reader
I think Nibbles needs to find Jesus.
I like that Vick said that finding Jesus "was the right thing to do as of right now."
So...next week, it might be someone else who has his back.
@tentimesodds: AGREED.
Like I said, for this entire situation I never pointed the finger at anybody else ...
This is the same man who initially said, "I have no idea what my family members do at that house; I just own the property," right?
@Senators Lost Cojones: Yes, that explains the past few years.
Ookie should have known that God is too busy deciding the outcomes of every high school football game in the country, as well as the winner of the veto competition on Big Brother, to save him too.
@public enemy #1: "Mohammad Mexico"
You think he has time to worry about Michael Vick? GAYS ARE GETTING HEALTH BENEFITS!
@Senators Lost Cojones: If that is true, my entire belief system, in both religon and football, is turned completely upside down. How can Jesus hurththe ones he love so much?
If All Dogs Go To Heaven, then Ookie's in for a biiiig surprise in the afterlife.
@Matt_T: I think he'd be more welcome in Nate Newton's church.
@DamnSkippy: eh?
@tentimesodds: Bess?
@Senators Lost Cojones: Sorry, I don't think even Jesus has that much faith these days.
The law is telling Vick to go to jail; whether or not he learns any big lesson is not really the issue.
I think he is genuinely contrite, but that's just me.
"I am highly offended by Notre Dame's Touchdown Jesus.
Because, as far as I know, Jesus never even kicked a field goal, much less score a motherfucking touchdown..."
@tentimesodds: Well I'm glad you cleared that up. Now can you tell me how I feel about pasta salad, because I fear that I'm just lying to myself.
@Jen P: That was before his agent told him he'd look better if he took the blame.
It's ALL an act, folks. Apologetic? Nope - just sad he's going to jail.
@Unsilent Majority: After the photo over on KSK, you shouldn't bring up anything related to pasta.
@Unsilent Majority: You think you love pasta salad, which is why you always order it when offered as a substitute for chips. But, deep down, you loathe it. And yourself.
There are far too many Vick apologists afoot. And I plan to un-feet them.
i like to think of jesus as a little baby pit bull, all cute and cuddly, and ready to rip some bitches throat out
@MerryLander: @Detective Bunk:
It is a test. A test of faith.
"Lo, and I will send unto you the vilest of wealthy philistines to lead you into the wilderness so that you may know my mercy and rejoice when thou shalt find me again. Um...sometime in 2018 I think." Lev. 18:29
@Jen P: That's more of a dismissive wave of the hand.
Surprise! I'm a pit bull.
-Jesus
@tentimesodds: It's good to have a mission in life.
He found Jesus? I guess Jesus didnt see him coming first.
Isn't it funny how so many people find God only after they have painted themselves into a moral corner and made life a living hell for those around them. Nobody finds Jesus on prom night.
It's only after no one else will talk to these arseholes.
- Dennis Miller (back when he was funny)
@tentimesodds: How did my dog learn to type. Back in the cage!
@tentimesodds: Damn, allies come from the unlikeliest of places.
@Matt_T:
It's been a great week for fake religious piety. Sen. Craig wants in on some of that, too.
@lieutenant winslow: we all know that he's a mischievous badger
That press conference was the biggest joke I've ever seen. It was almost as bad as your typical Vegas pre-fight weigh-in.
@lieutenant winslow: I like to think of Joey Porter as Joseph.
@lieutenant winslow: Damn you, Winslow, and your slightly quicker posting finger....