This story may have legs yet! It seems Bobby Reid’s mother, Rajika, has looked thoroughly at Gundygate and decided that the aggrieved party is… Rajika Reid! In a case that we can only hope isn’t settled out of court and is played out on CourtTV, Rajika Reid has decided that she is going to sue Jenni Carlson and the Oklahoman.
The first thought I had when I read this was “Wow, she’s going to throw away all the good press OSU has built up over the past five days in an attempt to get a little money out of this!” And the second thought I had was “Wow, this is amazingly good news for TheLostOgle.com.” And then the third thought I had was “Hey, are those onion rings over there? Damn, they look good.”
Personally, I think Jenni forcing herself to listen to Saliva is probably punishment enough, but perhaps a court of law will decide otherwise. What I do know is that if Bobby Reid’s mother somehow wins this lawsuit, I’m hiring a lawyer of my own. Because that time John Rohde made fun of my go-kart driving skills will not go unpunished. He will pay through the nose.
EDIT: I see one of our readers beat me to the punch on this in the comments. Expect a lawsuit.
Though I was greatly disappointed that your third thought did not begin with, “Wow,” I suppose you should be commended for in fact having a third thought. Well done.
The bright side of all of this is that Jenni may be able to use this 15 minutes to launch herself to a larger market where she can get tiraded-upon by 60 year NFL coaches who are men.
Tee hee hee!
Maybe the entire Daily Oklahoman sports staff could get sent to another market?? Better yet, how about the entire newspaper??
Maybe Bobby can feed his Momma chicken in the court room. It’s only fair, right? This garbage makes me wanna puke. Gee, somebody hurt my feelings, I’m gonna sue!! Give me a break.
Today on WWLS a mysterious caller known only as “Chuck” called in to enlighten Hump and Mark about the chicken eating.
It turns out that Bobby was eating chicken and answering his cell phone at the same time. He was propping his cell phone up, and that’s when his mama fed him some chicken. This would play out great in court.
On one hand, I’m sad that the news cycle for this is bound to continue. On the other hand, this will be effing hilarious.
Were they Johnnie’s Onion Rings? Was Craig Humphreys there?
Sue for what? Extra nugget sauce?
There’s a huge gap between “considering” to sue and “has decided she is” going to sue. I realize it takes a wee bit of the edge off your humor…but it’s more accurate. And thelostogle certainly wouldn’t want to be less-than-on-the-bullseye when commenting on a story that revolves around the idea of inaccuracies, eh?
Mmmn…Sweet and Sour
We worship Gary England. Therefore, being inaccurate is somewhat encouraged.
Perhaps it isn’t accurate to say she’s decided to sue, but if that’s the case I think your beef is with KOCO, who I stole this story from.
The headline says:
“Mother Of OSU Quarterback Plans To Sue Newspaper, Columnist”
And the lead:
“The mother of an Oklahoma State football player targeted by a column in The Daily Oklahoman said she plans to sue the columnist and the paper.”
Is it too much to hope for that Al Sharpton and/or Jesse Jackson become involved before this whole thing goes away?
Dave, TheLostOgle.com can only dream. The only way it could get better than that would be if George W. Bush issued Jenni Carlson a nickname.
Carlson can be the new “Decider.”
Reid’s Mom VS. the Gaylord enterprise.
Pfffft. I call bunk.
http://www.firejennicarlson.com/
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Ms. Reid’s actions do more to make me think that Jenni Carlson was onto something than do any of Ms. Carlson’s statements in defense of her reporting.
I know I’m a day late and a dollar short - so Bill me for my subscription….. Anyway, I wouldn’t say Jenni’s article was inaccurate - just “unconfirmed”. All BS aside, I believe every word she wrote and no amount of smoke from a coach with terrible credentials will change my mind. Unless he’s blowing it up Coach Callahan’s skirt.