Man, We’ve Got Some Nutty Readers
Athletes and Celebrities, Email, NFL, Random January 16th. 2008, 3:37pm
Subject: THE tackle.
To: Chris Berman
You have mentioned THE Pass by flutie.
No one ever mentions THE tackle. The steelers were going in for a short yardage touchdown when Jerome Bettis fumbled. Ball recovered and going the other way for a winning touchdown. Rothlisberger was the last man and he made THE tackle by barely grabbing the runners foot.
That tackle made the superbowl win possible for the steelers and also saved Bettis from disgrace since it was to be his last game. That disgrace might have negated his career as a color man on TV as well.
It was the greatest tackle ever.
Bob xxxxxx
Newport Beach, CA
It’s us again. Hi. We have no idea what this email is about, but are there humans who actually believe this tackle saved the broadcasting career of ebullient, charasmatic, Jerome Bettis? For the love of fruit roll-ups, the man had a guest spot on The Office! Furthermore, was Bob under the impression that Chris Berman was running the show here? Fact: Bob added his phone number to the bottom of this email, as if maybe Chris Berman would give him a ring in between taking a peek at Salisbury’s cell-phone and slapping Emmitt Smith around. Further proof our readers are slightly off-kilter: three people sent us this email, all with the subject ‘WTF’ – Man sues hospital over unwanted rectal exam. On the plus side, one reader sent us this video of Rachel Bilson at that GQ shoot, and for that, we are eternally thankful. The things women do to promote movies.
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January 16th, 2008 at 3:39 PM
Wait…TBL isn’t a tool of the boys in Bristol?
January 16th, 2008 at 3:41 PM
Sure, its always “unwanted” after the fact.
January 16th, 2008 at 3:43 PM
I’m sure the unwanted exam went something like this.
January 16th, 2008 at 3:44 PM
House, Cuddy needs to see you.
January 16th, 2008 at 3:44 PM
I’m so afraid to click that link.
January 16th, 2008 at 3:44 PM
I don’t know what Dave MN linked, but there’s no way in hell I’m clicking it.
January 16th, 2008 at 3:45 PM
I am not clicking that Dave
January 16th, 2008 at 3:52 PM
It’s safe – family guy prostate exam
January 16th, 2008 at 3:53 PM
Safe if you consider nude fat cartoon guy safe…
January 16th, 2008 at 3:53 PM
Anyone wonder if Nick Harper wasn’t stabbed in the knee by his wife a day before that game, he would’ve avoided being TACKLED BY A FUCKING QUARTERBACK, and taken that ball for six?
January 16th, 2008 at 3:54 PM
BTW…Jerome Bettis has a restaurant a stone’s throw from Heinz Field. He’s loved in this city, but not so much that he’d be selling 36 oz steaks in The 412 if Roethlisberger hadn’t made that stop. No effing way.
January 16th, 2008 at 3:54 PM
Your girl Bilson is the 20Q interview this month in Playboy…she says at this point in her life she’s just looking for a guy who makes her laugh (I’d really like to put that to the test…funny I can do, Hollywood looks are the problem)
January 16th, 2008 at 3:54 PM
And let’s be honest about that “tackle”. Roethlisberger kind of got in the guy’s way. That is how he “tackled” him.
January 16th, 2008 at 3:55 PM
great, now all I hear is Berman’s highlight real voice in my head…
January 16th, 2008 at 3:56 PM
That play always seemed rigged to me. The guy who recovered the fumble had the entire field to work with and he ran smack into Roethlishotdog (love that name), something is very fishy about that. The replays I have seen show no one even close to the defender. Also, how in the hell was Roethlishotdog that far in the back field? Did he hand it off and immediately sprint towards the bench?
January 16th, 2008 at 3:57 PM
Well, he is right about THE pass. ESPN cued up that play at least once for what seemed like every Boston College game it had this year, and it was brought up what seemed like every time Flutie did a game this year.
After that, I lost him.
January 16th, 2008 at 3:57 PM
Am I the only one who thinks that Bilson needs to eat a sandwich? She has always been skinny, but she was a little too skinny in that video.
January 16th, 2008 at 3:58 PM
Greatest tackle ever?
Mike Jones (Who? No, not that one, the other one.) called from some place called the One Yard Line.
The world would be a much better place without Steeler fans.
January 16th, 2008 at 4:01 PM
Fixed.
January 16th, 2008 at 4:01 PM
yes against the titans
yes longlive, more important than this tackle brought up
January 16th, 2008 at 4:10 PM
I find it fishy that the Colts got all the calls in that game against the Steelers and then got all the calls against the Chargers on Sunday.
Harper had been stabbed by his wife the night before, man couldn’t think straight
January 16th, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Saying the phrase “Greatest Tackle Ever” without mentioning Ronnie Lott, Jack Tatum or the Office Linebacker is just plain ridiculous.
January 16th, 2008 at 4:12 PM
Well, maybe not the greatest tackle in the history of Man, but definitely a helluva turn of events.
Manning gets sacked on 4th down and the Steelers get the ball on the Colts 2 with 1:20 to play. Bettis gets the ball and immediately fumbles for the first time all year. Nick Harper (after getting stabbed in the knee by his wife the previous week) picks up the ball and is running in for the probable game winning TD when he gets barely tripped up by the QB. Colts drive downfield and one of the most accurate kickers in NFL history shanks the tying FG.
Of course I’m biased, but that was some crazy shit.
January 16th, 2008 at 4:15 PM
Mike Jones’ “The Tackle” is the greatest tackle ever–1 yard line, no time left, the Super Bowl. Don’t even mess.
January 16th, 2008 at 4:24 PM
How about “Most-Improbable tackle on a play that gave a fan a heart attack”?
January 16th, 2008 at 4:28 PM
When I first read that quickly, I thought the reader was suggesting that Jerome Bettis was going to be the first colored man on TV. That was funny.
When I reread the email, I came to the conclusion that “The Tackle” only belongs to the Rams and their stand on the 1 yard line against the Titans. Anything else is a fraud.
January 16th, 2008 at 4:46 PM
“That tackle made the superbowl win possible for the steelers…”
Actually, it was the refs in the Super Bowl that made the Steelers’ win possible.
January 16th, 2008 at 4:47 PM
Moooooon River.
Fletch? Anyone?…Bueller?
January 16th, 2008 at 4:56 PM
“You using the whole fist there, Doc?”
January 16th, 2008 at 6:30 PM
I think Chuck Bednarik would argue about that being the greatest tackle ever. Don’t believe him, ask Frank Gifford…
January 16th, 2008 at 9:22 PM
I bet Bettis walks proudly into the studio every weekend because of his Super Bowl win. He didnt have a glamorous career like Marino did. But Marino must put his tail between his legs every time it’s mentioned that he doesn’t have a Ring. Bettis will never have to experience that.
January 16th, 2008 at 10:56 PM
Mike Jones’ tackle loses a couple points because the TD he stopped was game-tying, not a coffin-nailer.