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This is so obviously begging for page views from
fans that it's laughable. And please lay off Eric Lacy, he writes the stories, not the headlines.
First example: if you saw this headline ("Worthy stumbles at NFL Combine"), what would you think? HAHAHAHAHAHA, ANOTHER SPARTY NOOOOOOOOO!!!! Well, here's what the story says: "Worthy, according to ESPN.com, lost his footing and fell to the ground just seconds into an agility drill at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
" 'To his credit, he quickly bounced up and finished the drill,' wrote ESPN blogger Steve Muench. 'More importantly, he showed quick feet and above-average lateral burst before and after the mishap.' ...
"Despite the mistake, Muench claims Worthy 'has risen into the first-round mix' in recent weeks.
"The NFL website gave Worthy's overall combine grade a 79.5. He wasn't a top performer for his position in five categories listed on the site: 40-yard dash, vertical jump, broad jump, three-cone drill or 20-yard shuttle run.
"Michigan's Mike Martin led all defensive tackles at the combine in the bench press (36 reps of 225 pounds), but finished with a grade of 59.7."
But Worthy stumbled, eh? Not "Despite stumble, Worthy shines"? Or "Despite stumble, Worthy grades higher than Martin"? Not if you want clicking on the link, the first one below.
More egregious is the second headline: "Michigan State's Trenton Robinson falls shy of goal at NFL combine." Damn, I thought. I thought he had done well.
Ah, but read the story: "Trenton Robinson's bold prediction for Tuesday's NFL combine nearly came true.
"The Michigan State safety fell two-hundredths of a second short of producing the fastest 40-yard time among safeties at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
"Robinson ran in at 4.52 seconds, according to NFL.com, tying Vanderbilt's Sean Richardson for the second-fastest time.
"The result came two days after Robinson told msuspartans.com he planned on being the fastest player at his position during the Combine.
"South Carolina State's Christian Thompson led all safeties with a 4.50."
This is just ridiculous. Not only was he in the top 3 safeties at the Combine, he was 2 hundredths of a second off his goal. (And if he had reached his goal, he would have been the fastest safety at the Combine.)
I don't doubt that there are
out there who are looking for any support to claim that 
is a fraud, the team is overrated, and that none of the 
players are going to be anything once they get out into the big, bad world anyway. I just wonder if the DetNews realizes that at some point it's a zero-sum game trying to pull Wolvie clicks onto links with such obvious misstatements in the headlines: for every Wolvie who clicks on a link to rejoice in a SPARTY, NOOOO!!! moment (that didn't actually happen), at least one is driven away, and maybe more.
Why not just go with the actual truth of the story, instead of twisting the headline into something barely recognizable, thus disappointing
, driving away , and reducing your credibility with readers of every stripe?
Nope, must be too hard.
Monday's NFL roundup: Worthy stumbles at NFL Combine | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com
Michigan State defensive tackle Jerel Worthy reportedly experienced a moment Monday at the NFL combine he likely wants to forget.
www.detroitnews.com Michigan State's Trenton Robinson falls shy of goal at NFL combine | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com
Trenton Robinsons NFL combine nearly came true. The Michigan State safety fell two-hundredths of a second short of producing the fastest 40-yard time among safeties at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
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Foxbat said...
You spent how much of your life on some idiot comments on the DFP? ?
All right, I'll confess my confusion over your post.
(1) This is from the Detroit News, not the Free Press.
(2) The issue I have is not with any comment to either article linked, but with headlines inaccurately conveying the nature of the article.
So your criticism is...is what, exactly?
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UM fanboy is pathetic.
They actually create Facebook accounts to troll the lowest hanging fruit in society (comment sections make sports talk radio and this place look like legitimate media venues). I have noticed far less comments since they switched to Facebook, however. Looks like most of the UM faithful don't want to be known and operate better behind screen names.
Worst. Fan base. Ever.
Oh, Lacy is a human..."leave Eric Lacy alone",
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SpartanInNH said...
This is so obviously begging for page views from
fans that it's laughable. And please lay off Eric Lacy, he writes the stories, not the headlines.
First example: if you saw this headline ("Worthy stumbles at NFL Combine"), what would you think? HAHAHAHAHAHA, ANOTHER SPARTY NOOOOOOOOO!!!! Well, here's what the story says: "Worthy, according to ESPN.com, lost his footing and fell to the ground just seconds into an agility drill at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
" 'To his credit, he quickly bounced up and finished the drill,' wrote ESPN blogger Steve Muench. 'More importantly, he showed quick feet and above-average lateral burst before and after the mishap.' ...
"Despite the mistake, Muench claims Worthy 'has risen into the first-round mix' in recent weeks.
"The NFL website gave Worthy's overall combine grade a 79.5. He wasn't a top performer for his position in five categories listed on the site: 40-yard dash, vertical jump, broad jump, three-cone drill or 20-yard shuttle run.
"Michigan's Mike Martin led all defensive tackles at the combine in the bench press (36 reps of 225 pounds), but finished with a grade of 59.7."
But Worthy stumbled, eh? Not "Despite stumble, Worthy shines"? Or "Despite stumble, Worthy grades higher than Martin"? Not if you want clicking on the link, the first one below.
More egregious is the second headline: "Michigan State's Trenton Robinson falls shy of goal at NFL combine." Damn, I thought. I thought he had done well.
Ah, but read the story: "Trenton Robinson's bold prediction for Tuesday's NFL combine nearly came true.
"The Michigan State safety fell two-hundredths of a second short of producing the fastest 40-yard time among safeties at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
"Robinson ran in at 4.52 seconds, according to NFL.com, tying Vanderbilt's Sean Richardson for the second-fastest time.
"The result came two days after Robinson told msuspartans.com he planned on being the fastest player at his position during the Combine.
"South Carolina State's Christian Thompson led all safeties with a 4.50."
This is just ridiculous. Not only was he in the top 3 safeties at the Combine, he was 2 hundredths of a second off his goal. (And if he had reached his goal, he would have been the fastest safety at the Combine.)
I don't doubt that there are
out there who are looking for any support to claim that is a fraud, the team is overrated, and that none of the players are going to be anything once they get out into the big, bad world anyway. I just wonder if the DetNews realizes that at some point it's a zero-sum game trying to pull Wolvie clicks onto links with such obvious misstatements in the headlines: for every Wolvie who clicks on a link to rejoice in a SPARTY, NOOOO!!! moment (that didn't actually happen), at least one is driven away, and maybe more.
Why not just go with the actual truth of the story, instead of twisting the headline into something barely recognizable, thus disappointing
, driving away , and reducing your credibility with readers of every stripe?
Nope, must be too hard.
hoke- to alter or manipulate so as to give a deceptively or superficially improved quality or value.
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