Rivers Front Page Feature in USA Today Sports

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Rivers playing, talking a good game in Chargers’ playoff run

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34 Responses to Rivers Front Page Feature in USA Today Sports

  1. wolfonthehill 01/18/2008 at 7:09 PM #

    ^ Ummm – since PR’s been getting criticized for yapping, the Chargers are undefeated. So I think not…

  2. redfred2 01/18/2008 at 8:02 PM #

    Did somebody say Terry Bradshaw? He wasn’t shy either even before he arrived in the NFL. But his was more bragging and I’ve never heard anything like out of PR’s mouth. Either way, Bradshaw wasn’t well received and he was also criticized early on, just like Rivers.

  3. HungryLikeTheWolf 01/18/2008 at 10:07 PM #

    One of the most famous UNC athletes in the world (with the initials MJ) was notorious for trash talking. He said it was all part of the game. And they didn’t write articles about it and I never heard a State fan gripe about it, either. As long as it doesn’t get nasty, it’s all just part of the fun. Getting into your opponents’ heads.

  4. wolfpack n da house 01/19/2008 at 11:37 AM #

    I hear Rasheed Wallace has a mouth. Any criticisms there

  5. redfred2 01/19/2008 at 6:05 PM #

    Not sheed, he wouldn’t do that.

  6. Roger 01/19/2008 at 11:03 PM #

    Go Philip! Beat those hated Pats!

  7. gumbydammit 01/20/2008 at 9:51 PM #

    So some fat drunk slob witha ticket can talk all the vulgar crap he wants, but people criticise Rivers for giving a little back without profanity? Exactly how DO all of you getup on those really high horses, anyway?

  8. Packaholic1 01/21/2008 at 8:35 AM #

    The SEC-centric wing of the media strongly dislikes Rivers, the 1999 Alabama high school player of the year and the 2004 Alabama amateur athlete of the year, for turning down both Alabama and Auburn, going to the hated ACC and being very successful. There were numerous sports yakkers on the Atlanta sports radio stations who predicted that Rivers would never play in the nfl, and now they look foolish so they are trying to find any little chink in the armor to attack.

  9. highstick 01/21/2008 at 7:49 PM #

    Just read this and makes you appreciate his performance last night even more.

    Rivers played the entirety of the Chargers’ 21-12 loss to the New England Patriots with a right knee with no ACL. He revealed Monday he had arthroscopic surgery last Monday to clean out loose cartilage and enable him to play.

    “If I don’t do that Monday, I had no chance of playing,” Rivers said. The San Diego Union-Tribune first reported Friday that Rivers had injured his ACL, but the extent of the injury was not known until today.

    “The ACL is gone,” Rivers said.

    Until Sunday night, Rivers and the team said his injury was just a sprained MCL.

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