Posted May 13th 2008 12:46PM by Brian Cook
Filed under: Michigan Football, Ohio State Football, West Virginia Football, Big 10, Featured Stories
[The number #1] has belonged exclusively to a wide receiver since 1979, dating back to Chris Carter.There is something wrong with this sentence: it's "Cris Carter." Oh, and here's a picture of the Wolverine legend donning the precious #1:
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 2)
1. I'm sure he meant Anthony Carter.
Posted at 12:54PM on May 13th 2008 by paul
2. LOL, what a dumbass you are. It's generally a good rule of thumb that if you are going to make fun of someone for misspelling a word, it would behoove you to spell the FIRST DAMN WORD of your post correctly.
Posted at 12:56PM on May 13th 2008 by Kustie the Klown
3. hahahahaha Kustie the Klown
GREAT COMMENT!
Posted at 1:19PM on May 13th 2008 by Rick
4. Bob Hertzel did not misspell anything. He didn't call the Michigan legend Anthoni Carter. He used the name of a wide receiver who happened to be quite good himself at Michigan's arch-rival.
That's not something a squiggly red line can fix...
Posted at 2:46PM on May 13th 2008 by Paul
5. Wow Paul. We're laughing AT you, not with you.
Hey, here's a hint kid--> go look up the word "Clevelan".
LOL. I love how you rose up to stick up for, well, whomever, against my scurrilous and unwarranted attack.
And did nothing but make YOURSELF look very, very dumb in the process.
Posted at 2:50PM on May 13th 2008 by Kustie the Klown
6. Brian Cook has changed his article, without making note of the change.
He originally misspelled "Cleveland".
Now he's trying to cover it up.
. . . just sticking up for honesty/accuracy in media.
Brian, you need to note any substantive changes/edits you make after the fact. Your stupid misspelling of "Cleveland" in an article whose point is to rip on someone else's apparent inability to spell, is a MAJOR SUBSTANTIVE issue.
Posted at 3:38PM on May 13th 2008 by Kustie the Klown
7. Actually, Kustie, it's not a "MAJOR SUBSTANTIVE" issue because the point of Brian's post was not "to rip on someone else's apparent inability to spell," but to rip on that person's apparent inability to tell the difference between Anthony Carter (born in 1960, played in college from 1979-82) and Cris Carter (born in 1965, played in college from 1984-86). See, Cris Carter would have been only 14 years old in 1979 when the #1 jersey was first handed out - far short of college (short of high school, even).
The extra "h" is incidental to Brian's point. Your missing the point of Brian's post is nearly as funny as Hertzel's screwup.
Posted at 3:55PM on May 13th 2008 by G
8. No, I was correct.
Here is the quote:
"There is something wrong with this sentence: it's "Cris Carter.""
Brian Cook is making fun of the original author's spelling. Getting a dig in, ridiculing the guy because he can't spell.
And yet, Brian Cook spells Cleveland "Clevelan" in the FIRST FRIKKIN WORD of his post!
So, rightly, i ridiculed Brian Cook. Because he deserved it, for misspelling the FIRST WORD of a post in which he purports to ridicule someone else's inability to spell.
Rick, who came after me in the comments, seemed to "get it". I.e., it's hilarious to watch a writer beclown himself.
Brian Cook, not wanting people to see how stupid he made himself look, "disappeared" the part of his post that made him look stupid.
As a result of his having made this substantive change to his post, MY comments look misplaced and, well, as stupid as Cook's original comment.
You had best believe i'm going to come back and stick up for myself, and in turn point out Brian Cook's dishonesty.
Posted at 4:11PM on May 13th 2008 by Kustie the Klown
9. Kustie -
Dude. Really.
If you can't tell the difference between an "h" and someone who played FOR AND ENTIRELY DIFFERENT TEAM, then you might want to have your DNA checked against homonid species.
Cris Carter was a STAR at OSU. It's common knowledge to anyone that's ever seen a highlight of AC and his dance in the end zone that the man doing that is NOT named Cris or Chris Carter.
Posted at 4:39PM on May 13th 2008 by Scalz1
10. blah blah blah, at least the folks in WV werent dumb enuff to vote for Obama.
Posted at 4:40PM on May 13th 2008 by Chunk
11. I wasn't aware that I even commented on where Cris Carter played, or even the substance of who the receiver in the picture was.
All I ever did was (rightly) hold up Brian Cook for ridicule because he committed a stupid spelling error in the FIRST WORD of a post in which he ridicules another writer for a FAR LESS STUPID LOOKING misspelling.
I mean, "Cris" is the one with the weird spelled name. To spell it "Chris" is perfectly understandable (if erroneous).
However, there is NO SUCH THING as "Clevelan".
MY POINT, which Rick gets but nobody else seems capable of, is that Brian Cook LOOKS MORE STUPID than the person he is ridiculing.
That, in my book, is kind of funny. That's why i pointed it out.
Only to the reading impaired is this an issue about WHO Cris Carter is or WHERE he played, or ANYTHING ELSE.
The issue has taken on an added dimension, however, because Brian Cook has gone back over his article and committed the FRAUD of un-misspelling the first word of his post. While at the same time, his knock on the other writer's spelling STANDS.
So Brian Cook affords for himself a power and ability to correct his own misspellings, while apparently he does not think other writers should be afforded the same.
Posted at 4:46PM on May 13th 2008 by Kustie the Klown
12. @Kustie
First, lay off the meth. Second, you don't seem to understand that Hertzel didn't just leave out one letter; he messed up the whole name. The WR in question is Anthony Carter, not some guy named Chris Carter. Hertzel misspelled the name of the guy with whom he was confusing Anthony Carter, so that's two mistakes right there.
Or at least I am assuming. Perhaps he wasn't thinking of Cris Carter and just accidentally wrote Chris instead of Anthony. Whatever happened, the fact remains that Hertzel and all the other bitter WV sports columnists are a bunch of hacks.
Posted at 5:18PM on May 13th 2008 by Tim Waymen
13. Kustie the Klown: writing 3-page treatises on the misspellings of the names of crappy cities (by bloggers who couldn't give less of a damn, no less) since 2008.
Did Brian beat you in the district spelling bee in 6th grade or something?
Posted at 5:28PM on May 13th 2008 by poguemahone
14. Kustie is what happens when you post angry comments about a subject you know nothing about.
Posted at 5:30PM on May 13th 2008 by GCS
15. It would be the equivalent of calling Keyshawn Johnson by the name "Chad Johnson."
A misspelling is an editing mistake.
A mis-naming is a question of journalistic integrity. You should question a guy's football knowledge if he thinks Cris Carter and Anthony Carter are the same person. You should only question his use of spell check if he forgets the "d" on the end of a city name.
Posted at 5:50PM on May 13th 2008 by Ryan
16. Ryan,
Minor correction. It would be the equivalent of calling Keyshawn Johnson "Chadd Johnson."
Posted at 5:59PM on May 13th 2008 by GCS
17. LOL @ you tools.
Okay, you're right. Ridiculing another writer's spelling in a post in which you yourself misspell the first word is okay and beyond reproach, and not at all worthy of having others point and laugh at you.
I haven't even mentioned how Brian Cook's title "S-M-R-T" hammers MY point home.
And yes, I am aware that it is a Simpsons reference.
Posted at 6:00PM on May 13th 2008 by Kustie the Klown
18. Kustie,
Did you even read the replies? Brian is NOT MAKING FUN OF THE AUTHOR'S SPELLING!!!
He is pointing out that the Hertzel doesn't know the difference between Cris Carter and Anthony Carter.
Anthony was the receiver from Michigan who first wore the #1 jersey in 1979.
Cris was a reciever who wore a #2 jersey for Ohio State in the 80's.
Stop trying to use spelling mistakes as the crux of your argument.
Posted at 6:11PM on May 13th 2008 by GCS
19. WRONG, gcs.
"There is something wrong with this sentence: it's "Cris Carter." Oh, and here's a picture of the Wolverine legend donning the precious #1:"
Focus here, man, i know you can follow me if you think real real hard.
Brian is making fun of 2 things, IN ORDER -->
(1) The other writer's misspelling of "Cris" as "Chris"; and
(2) The other writer's complete ignorance regarding Cris Carter, where he went to school, what number he wore, etc.
My comments had NOTHING to do with (2). ZILCH. They had only to do with (1).
And they were only relevant because, hilariously, the FIRST WORD of Brian's post had a misspelled word.
That means either he is incompetent as a proofreader, or is himself very stupid.
And thus my comment.
See, GCS, it's called IRONY, SUBTLETY, HUMOR. The kind of little witty comment that, if you have a good sense of humor (as Rick does above) you "get" and get a little chuckle about. But if you humor-impaired, probably flies right over your head.
GCS, you are obviously in the latter group.
Posted at 6:40PM on May 13th 2008 by Kustie the Klown
20. I believe the quotes around "Cris Carter" are because the WVU author spelled it wrong and Brian didn't want to make the same mistake. But keep fighting the good fight Kustie, Jesus still loves you.
Posted at 7:36PM on May 13th 2008 by Sidesow Mel