You gotta like Aikman
 

I've always liked this guy even though he played for a team Redskins fans despise. A man of his word.

[url=http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-aikman-collegegraduate&prov=ap&type=lgns]Aikman getting college degree 20 years later - NFL - Yahoo! Sports[/url]

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Interesting thread title

Good for him

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Good for him.

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Always liked him anyway

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Can't say many people would do the same thing. The guy is easily the best TV man right now, too.

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great. now he can finally accomplish something instead of just wasting his life away...

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He also loves Portis........which is cool

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[quote=Daseal;526277]Can't say many people would do the same thing. The guy is easily the best TV man right now, too.[/quote]
No doubt....he and Buck are the team
AND, I can afford to like him now that he's not bombing the Skins for 40 yards a crack on Sunday's

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Can anyone picture Troy Aikman sitting in a class taking a final exam and having the "I-have-a-concussion" Troy Aikman face on him? LOL.

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[quote=Ruhskins;526346]Can anyone picture Troy Aikman sitting in a class taking a final exam and having the "I-have-a-concussion" Troy Aikman face on him? LOL.[/quote]


Aikman's Exam:

Q: What is the last thing you remember?
A: The underside of the bench.

Q: What was the name of that bus?
A: LaVar Arrington.

Seriously, he was always a class act (as was Emmitt Smith). Respected adversaries who had terrific careers. This is nice.

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[quote=calia;526351]Aikman's Exam:

Q: What is the last thing you remember?
A: The underside of the bench.

Q: What was the name of that bus?
A: LaVar Arrington.

Seriously, he was always a class act (as was Emmitt Smith). Respected adversaries who had terrific careers. This is nice.[/quote]

LOL. I couldn't help it but I had to bring up the Troy Aikman face.

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I wonder how Fred Couples is dealing with Troy's time away?

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Troy was one of the few people I respected on the old Boy's team(the little I remember). Always a professional and standup guy. Plus he is great on TV, unbias and insightful.

Same can't be said about JT, the real JT.

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good for him. seems like an all around good guy

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I assume I'm the only dissenting opinion here?

Is anyone old enough to remember their super bowl years of the early nineties? I guess I'll abstain from a detailed opinion on this guy but safe to say I don't like him and certainly won't be gushing over him.

Also what kind of non-story is Aikman getting his degree 20 years too late? The only reason this story is interesting is if you give Aikman more pats on the back than he already has.

Nice guy or whatever, I still don't like him no matter how much he or this media source tries.

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[quote=calia;526351]Aikman's Exam:

Q: What is the last thing you remember?
A: The underside of the bench.

Q: What was the name of that bus?
A: LaVar Arrington.

Seriously, he was always a class act (as was Emmitt Smith). Respected adversaries who had terrific careers. This is nice.[/quote]

What Emmitt Smith are you talking about? The guy that no one liked on his own team? The guy that wouldn't sign an autograph for a teamates mom, saying "if i sign an autograph for you mom, i'll have to sign an autograph for everyone's f****** mom." Paraphrased of course.

Troy Aikman, yes. Emmitt Smith, no.

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[quote=Dblock804;526355]I wonder how Fred Couples is dealing with Troy's time away?[/quote]

explain,i'm lost

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Is this a hoax? **** Troy Aikman! Are there any Redskins fans out there?

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Troy is a good announcer and a class guy. Of course Lavar's hit on him is one of my favorite highlights. It's amazing he could go untarnished considering the people he played with. Good for you Troy.

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[quote=Skinny Tee;526397]I assume I'm the only dissenting opinion here?

Is anyone old enough to remember their super bowl years of the early nineties? I guess I'll abstain from a detailed opinion on this guy but safe to say I don't like him and certainly won't be gushing over him.

Nice guy or whatever, I still don't like him no matter how much he or this media source tries.[/quote]

[quote=Carnage;526422]Is this a hoax? **** Troy Aikman! Are there any Redskins fans out there?[/quote]

Look, I’m anti-Cowboys as much as anyone, and it’s my guess that I’ve been hating them much longer than you. I was alive and screaming in the 80s and 90s during the REAL rivalry when we'd beat down the Cowboys in the NFC Championships. I’m sure a lot of us here on Warpath remember it, too.

But you know what? Sometimes you gotta call ‘time’ on the rivalry. Just as Troy Aikman, and many Cowboy fans did after the death of Sean Taylor. He/they were one of, if not the first, to reach out to us during that devastating time. He's also a damn good (and fair!) commentator. I pray we wipe the Cowboys every year; if I saw Aikman, I’d tell him so. But I’d also say congratulations on returning to school, and on your graduation. It’s called good sportsmanship.

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[quote=SkinDogg;526464]Look, I’m anti-Cowboys as much as anyone, and it’s my guess that I’ve been hating them much longer than you. I was alive and screaming in the 80s and 90s during the REAL rivalry when we'd beat down the Cowboys in the NFC Championships. I’m sure a lot of us here on Warpath remember it, too.

But you know what? Sometimes you gotta call ‘time’ on the rivalry. Just as Troy Aikman, and many Cowboy fans did after the death of Sean Taylor. He/they were one of, if not the first, to reach out to us during that devastating time. He's also a damn good (and fair!) commentator. I pray we wipe the Cowboys every year; if I saw Aikman, I’d tell him so. But I’d also say congratulations on returning to school, and on your graduation. It’s called good sportsmanship.[/quote]

This comment has nothing to do with sportsmanship. I guess graduating from college is a really big deal. Do you think he would congratulate you?

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[quote=SkinDogg;526464]Look, I’m anti-Cowboys as much as anyone, and it’s my guess that I’ve been hating them much longer than you. I was alive and screaming in the 80s and 90s during the REAL rivalry when we'd beat down the Cowboys in the NFC Championships. I’m sure a lot of us here on Warpath remember it, too.

But you know what? Sometimes you gotta call ‘time’ on the rivalry. Just as Troy Aikman, and many Cowboy fans did after the death of Sean Taylor. He/they were one of, if not the first, to reach out to us during that devastating time. He's also a damn good (and fair!) commentator. I pray we wipe the Cowboys every year; if I saw Aikman, I’d tell him so. But I’d also say congratulations on returning to school, and on your graduation. It’s called good sportsmanship.[/quote]

And you are not as anti-cowboy as me.

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No i don't...

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[quote=SkinDogg;526464]Look, I’m anti-Cowboys as much as anyone, and it’s my guess that I’ve been hating them much longer than you. I was alive and screaming in the 80s and 90s during the REAL rivalry when we'd beat down the Cowboys in the NFC Championships. I’m sure a lot of us here on Warpath remember it, too.

But you know what? Sometimes you gotta call ‘time’ on the rivalry. Just as Troy Aikman, and many Cowboy fans did after the death of Sean Taylor. He/they were one of, if not the first, to reach out to us during that devastating time. He's also a damn good (and fair!) commentator. I pray we wipe the Cowboys every year; if I saw Aikman, I’d tell him so. But I’d also say congratulations on returning to school, and on your graduation. It’s called good sportsmanship.[/quote]

I don't think that he is fair when he commentates. I am bias though because I dislike him and probably read into some of the things he says.

But him and Joe Buck are capital D douchebags. Buck more than Aikman and Aikman just because he has cowboy ties.

Someone get these guys out of the booth for all the major NFC games.

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Troy Aikman and his two credits twenty years late can eat a fat one.

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[quote=SkinDogg;526464]Look, I’m anti-Cowboys as much as anyone, and it’s my guess that I’ve been hating them much longer than you. I was alive and screaming in the 80s and 90s during the REAL rivalry when we'd beat down the Cowboys in the NFC Championships. I’m sure a lot of us here on Warpath remember it, too.
[B]
But you know what? Sometimes you gotta call ‘time’ on the rivalry. Just as Troy Aikman, and many Cowboy fans did after the death of Sean Taylor. He/they were one of, if not the first, to reach out to us during that devastating time. He's also a damn good (and fair!) commentator. I pray we wipe the Cowboys every year; if I saw Aikman, I’d tell him so. But I’d also say congratulations on returning to school, and on your graduation. It’s called good sportsmanship[/B].[/quote]

Good post. I feel the same way for the most part. Aikman is a solid broadcaster and was a great player. I hated going up against him, but I respect him on and off the field.

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Well it didn't take long for this thread to turn to shit.

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Only how many days to the draft, OTA's, training camp???

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Troy Aikman is a "walking, talking, prick with ears".

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[quote=sandtrapjack;526594]Troy Aikman is a "walking, talking, prick with ears".[/quote]

Damn, if a Cowboys fan dislikes him that much, that's more reason for us to like him :)

Re: You gotta like Aikman..no I don't!
 

[quote=SFREDSKIN;526263]I've always liked this guy even though he played for a team Redskins fans despise. A man of his word.

[url=http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-aikman-collegegraduate&prov=ap&type=lgns]Aikman getting college degree 20 years later - NFL - Yahoo! Sports[/url][/quote]

That long to get it...What was he doing while he was in school? I had two jobs and when to school and recieved my degree. At the very least what was he doing in the off season?

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[quote=sandtrapjack;526594]Troy Aikman is a "walking, talking, prick with ears".[/quote]

What does that make Joe Buck? Oh wait, don't answer that. LOL. :laughing-

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[quote=SFREDSKIN;526596]Damn, if a Cowboys fan dislikes him that much, that's more reason for us to like him :)[/quote]
Ok, I lived in Hawaii for 10 years. And the ONLY football we got there was the Pro Bowl.

I was able to attend 8 of them. And the funnest thing about the Pro Bowl is not the game, but all the fan events leading up to the game during Pro Bowl Week.

One of those events being "Fan Day" at Aloha Stadium. That is when all the players show up in thier Pro Bowl Jerseys and greet fans, take pictures, sign autographs etc.

Yeah, I am a die hard Cowboys fan, and Irvin was AWESOME to the fans there. Emmitt Smith was even better, never missed an autograph, picture or handshake.

Aikman, that pri*k, came out of the locker room, walked straight under the goal posts into the middle of the field and started tossing a football around with some guys on the field. He never, ever even acknowledged that the fans were even there. Folks were calling out to him over and over to come over, and he would not even wave or even look thier way, just did his thing in his little world.

Great QB, and fantastic commentator.

But still a prick.

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^^ haha thanks for the insight sandtrap. my only guess as to why aikman was non-interactive with fans is that he seems very stoic and objective, almost distached from emotion.

go skins!!

ps - aikman is my fav commentator, hard to say but the man knows what he is looking at on the field and how to relay that in words to the viewers.

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Really don't have to love Aikman at all. Theres nothing cool about getting a degree when you're rich already. you get a degree to become rich. not the other way around. Plus He probably sodimizes Joe Bucks who its such a tool. And guess what he's an annoying biased cowboys quarterback. so no i don't like aikman at all.

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[quote=gaudiomatt;526639]Really don't have to love Aikman at all. Theres nothing cool about getting a degree when you're rich already. you get a degree to become rich. not the other way around. Plus He probably sodimizes Joe Bucks who its such a tool. And guess what he's an annoying biased cowboys quarterback. so no i don't like aikman at all.[/quote]


Let the record state that I don't share my dissenting opinion with this person. The views stated in his quote are not shared by me or any other person who rationally dissented against the common affinity shared for Aikman by members of this board during this thread.

While one may find humor in the imagery of sodomy between the two, I can't in good conscious condone the use of such graphic vernacular just to defame the former cowboy quarterback.


Also, I'm no psychic but you may be getting banned soon. Not a sermon, just a thought.

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What is this thread supposed to prove? That UCLA accepts transfer credits from University of Phoenix?

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[quote=sandtrapjack;526615]Ok, I lived in Hawaii for 10 years. And the ONLY football we got there was the Pro Bowl.

I was able to attend 8 of them. And the funnest thing about the Pro Bowl is not the game, but all the fan events leading up to the game during Pro Bowl Week.

One of those events being "Fan Day" at Aloha Stadium. That is when all the players show up in thier Pro Bowl Jerseys and greet fans, take pictures, sign autographs etc.

Yeah, I am a die hard Cowboys fan, and Irvin was AWESOME to the fans there. Emmitt Smith was even better, never missed an autograph, picture or handshake.

Aikman, that pri*k, came out of the locker room, walked straight under the goal posts into the middle of the field and started tossing a football around with some guys on the field. He never, ever even acknowledged that the fans were even there. Folks were calling out to him over and over to come over, and he would not even wave or even look thier way, just did his thing in his little world.

Great QB, and fantastic commentator.

But still a prick.[/quote]

Not surprised by this at all... Aikman always struck me as a patrician type through and through... no time at all for the "lower classes."

... to give props where they're due he's better than most of the commentators.

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[quote=Skinny Tee;526676]Let the record state that I don't share my dissenting opinion with this person. The views stated in his quote are not shared by me or any other person who rationally dissented against the common affinity shared for Aikman by members of this board during this thread.

While one may find humor in the imagery of sodomy between the two, I can't in good conscious condone the use of such graphic vernacular just to defame the former cowboy quarterback.


[B]Also, I'm no psychic but you may be getting banned soon. Not a sermon, just a thought[/B].[/quote]

You sir are a psychic :)

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Seriously though, does anybody else think Joe Buck might actually be in love with Troy Aikman? They remind me of Smithers and Burns.